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the 49 other Teachers of the Year, at the White House and meeting President Barack Obama? One of the constant challenges of teaching is being passionate in a career that is immersed in negative rhetoric. Often teachers feel under appreciated, overworked and unsupported by their administration, districts or communities. When I attended the White House events and met President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and Secretary of Education John King, I experienced my profession being
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discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita
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school. She hopes to be accepted to the Johns Hopkins University public health MD/MPH program.Core Crew Elizabeth Larios says she owes a debt of gratitude to her PLU professors, i particular Miho Takekawa (music), Julie Smith (biology), Patricia Dolan (biology), Jan Weiss (education) and Carmiña Palerm (Hispanic and Latino studies). Read Previous WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media Read Next International Complexities: Mycal Ford ’12 discusses how he
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searching logical analysis in the Politics, Ethics, and Poetics. In the medieval trivium of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, words reigned supreme. But these three are far from trivial! Out of the love of words, Erasmus produced the first printed Greek New Testament (1516). Based upon the Renaissance recovery of ancient languages, Luther translated the German Bible (1534), which shaped most profoundly German language and culture, and also global civilization through the Reformation. Just so, the brilliant
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AmeriCorps before completing a Master’s degree in English at Washington State University. She stayed on at WSU for several years as a college writing instructor, and is now pursuing a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies, at the University of California, Davis. Ultimately, Stacy attributes much of her success post-graduation to the small class sizes and academic rigor that are so integral to PLU’s mission as an institution. Stacy truly feels as though as her
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: Another PLU student speaks to the camera.] PLU Student: and embrace the need to listen [video: Dr. Bridget Yaden speaks to the camera.] Dr. Yaden: at the same time we unequivocally repudiate hate speech [video: A PLU student speaks to the camera.] PLU Student: and the normalization of dehumanizing rhetoric [video: A PLU staff member speaks to the camera.] PLU Staff Member: we stand in solidarity with marginalized identities and communities [video: Dr. Davidson speaks to the camera.] Dr. Davidson: and
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reason. [2] PLU students at work in 2012 Since Plato, the Beautiful, the True, and the Good—these words and the ideals they express—have been significant in humanistic study. Aristotle, Plato’s student, added searching logical analysis in the Politics, Ethics, and Poetics. In the medieval trivium of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, words reigned supreme. But these three are far from trivial! Out of the love of words, Erasmus produced the first printed Greek New Testament (1516). Based upon the
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Alumni NewsletterSummer 2014New Forensics Director Builds on PLU LegacyPLU Forensics has a longstanding tradition of success, and this year they’ve added a new face to that tradition. Dr. Justin Eckstein, the new Forensics Director, holds a Doctorate in Rhetoric and Communication Ethics from the University of Denver. He is an award-winning researcher, and his work has been featured in internationally renowned argumentation periodicals.Dr. Eckstein has been involved in Forensics for the last 17
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organizations that focused on securing land tenure for Indigenous Peoples, and making global agricultural supply chains more transparent and ethical. Every day we hear about companies making new commitments to various social and environmental policies, whether it be removing antibiotics from their poultry supply chains, increasing their minimum wage, or committing to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. While much of this is considered to be “greenwashing” or public relations rhetoric, multinational
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by the ideology, which prevents criticism while cloaking their beliefs in a mask of inherency: ‘do what I want because it is the only possible thing to do.’ 1 Max Horkheimer, Eclipse of Reason (New York: Oxford University Press, 1947), 12. 2 Nomi Claire Lazar, Out of Joint: Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019), esp. 166-208. 3 Lazar, Out of Joint, esp. 16-59.Alfred RosenbergAlfred Rosenberg, the repulsive “philosopher of the Third Reich,” used this very
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