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Disruption and Continuity: PLU’s Division of Humanities in Spring, 2020 https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/disruption-and-continuity-plus-division-of-humanities-in-spring-2020/

worthwhile aspects of our work, innovating new ways to achieve our mission: educating students to engage—creatively, critically, and empathetically—with what it means to be human across the sweep of history, in diverse cultures and environments.Associate Professor of Religion Erik Hammerstrom re-imagined a concluding assignment for his course on the Religions of China to re-create a debate from the throne room of Emperor Wuzong in the year 841. The debate concerned how to balance Daoist, Buddhist, and

The Two Desks https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-two-desks/

William Carlos Williams pointed out, a poem is a machine made out of words. In the classroom, then, the poem can be discussed the way machines are discussed, with reference to the technical features that make the machine what it is. To speak of poems in this way, however, requires a scholar’s commitment to studying the genre’s history, its masters, as well as its formal and thematic dynamics. In my poetry-writing courses, it turns out that reading and studying poetry end up taking more time than the

Locating Humanities in the 21st Century https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/locating-humanities-in-the-21st-century/

, adolescence, family relationships, illness, death, and much more in a way informed by an understanding of a wide range of human stories. Not just by aggregate data.” (Nussbaum, 26) Studying in the Humanities, then, means seeing the world authentically. It means trying to understand the richness of human experience, to trace its history, to value its variability. The humanities prompt us to ask who we are and how we came to be this way. They ask us to reflect, to understand, to see knowledge as a process

Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hi https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/ash-bechtel-24-science-social-work-serve-hispanic-community/

science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024 Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU May 20, 2024

Brian Sung ’24 talks business, econ majors, Oxford adventure, and his unique PLU journey as a first- https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/brian-sung-24-talks-business-econ-oxford-first-gen-chinese-immigrant/

-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/brother-sister-basketball/

language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Computer science major talks NASA internship, capstone project https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/computer-science-major-talks-nasa-internship-capstone-project/

majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

Education major gives back to Parkland community https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/education-major-gives-back-to-parkland-community/

Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

How the PLU School of Business is adapting with the times https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/how-the-plu-school-of-business-is-adapting-with-the-times/

language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

In their own words: Current students on studying biology at PLU https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/in-their-own-words-current-students-biology/

about climate change LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike