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better able we are to improve society. Diversity in profession and education benefits everyone.” Chávez said her speech at the conference focused on the findings of her most recent book project, which is due out in 2019. The book, titled Latino Professional Success in America: Public Policies, People, and Perseverance, explores how first-generation Latinos became professionals, their experiences as professionals amid the country’s institutional racism, and the policies and programs this group

novels include: Hunger in America, a New York Times Notable Book, X Out of Wonderland, and Freeman Walker, both Montana Book Award Honor Books, and Ben Armstrong’s Strange Trip Home, a gold medalist in the 2013 Independent Book Publishers Book Awards. The winner of the Montana Arts Council’s Artist Innovation Award in 2010, his stories and poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, and his travel articles in Outside Magazine and the New York Times Sophisticated Traveler. Cates is the

. Students spent the summer and fall of 2016 hard at work on “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers,” which premiered at Tacoma’s Theatre on the Square at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The MediaLab documentary team spent much of 2016 travelling across North America, talking to leading experts about issues such as watershed and river health, and the impacts of pollution and population growth on drinking water. Even though 10 years have passed, both Wells and MediaLab are looking

high schools. Norbert and Sonia built a life in those communities, after coming home to America following World War II. Because their access to education was limited, they dreamed of opening opportunities for a new generation of students in the communities they called home. This scholarship opens those doors. Danielle and Brad Tilden Endowed Scholarship Fund In January 2019, the Danielle and Brad Tilden Endowed Scholarship Fund was finalized by Danielle and Brad Tilden. Both Brad and Danielle are

Studies Non-Profit Leadership Political Science Psychology Religion Sociology @plu_gender_sexuality_and_race As I navigate the nonprofit world as a young professional, I find myself grateful for the ways my GSRS coursework and faculty taught me to engage in difficult conversations and actively unpack my own privilege as a white, college-educated person in America. The way I move about the world is heavily informed by my GSRS degree; I strive to cultivate equitable and inclusive environments, and I

218 Women and Gender in World History - ES, GE HIST 220 Modern Latin American History - ES, GE HIST 237 History at the Movies - IT, GE HIST 305 Slavery in the Americas - ES, GE HIST 323 The Middle Ages - IT, GE HIST 333 Colonization and Genocide in Native North America - ES, GE HIST 335 Slavery, Pirates, and Dictatorships: The History of the Caribbean - IT, GE HIST 337 The History of Mexico - IT, GE HIST 348 Lewis and Clark: History and Memory - IT, GE HIST 351 History of the Western and Pacific

, dialogue, and setting. Students will learn to critically read and evaluate scripted media and to produce their own original scripts. (4) ENGL 241 : American Traditions in Literature - IT Selected themes that distinguish American literature from British traditions, from colonial or early national roots to current branches: for example, confronting the divine, inventing selfhood, coping with racism. (4) ENGL 251 : British Traditions in Literature - IT Selected themes that define British literature as one

benefit is available to full-time employees who have completed three years of service, and is based upon additional university criterion. Only a limited number of dependents typically receive the benefit each year. Website: www.tuitionexchange.org The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Tuition Plan Program includes a group of 26 colleges and universities. Some of these institutions provide tuition remission to qualified PLU dependents. This benefit is available to both full-time and part

Scouts of America — an organization for which he served more than two decades, including 10 years as Scoutmaster. He also stayed connected to his church choir and made time to hike and travel with his wife, Evelyn. Rodney is survived by Evelyn, his wife of 60 years, and his sons Paul ’90 (Vashon Island WA) and Karl ’91 (Seattle WA). A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on May 19 at Peace Lutheran Church, 2014 East Pioneer, Puyallup. VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s

.” PLU continues to build on that foundation, being genuinely hospitable to all as it reshapes its Campus Ministry program during this 2015-16 academic year. Last spring, the university, in partnership with the Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (the church body with which PLU is affiliated), began the first comprehensive review of Campus Ministry in more than 20 years. The ministry review strives to strengthen and deepen Campus Ministry in every way possible