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Web Accessibility is both art and science. It includes the technical aspects of how a website is implemented and the tools used to publish content to the web, as well as, the way content is created
What is web accessibility?Web Accessibility is both art and science. It includes the technical aspects of how a website is implemented and the tools used to publish content to the web, as well as, the way content is created and communicated on webpages.Why web accessibility? Up to 20 percent of Internet users experience accessibility issues when using the internet. Improving Web Accessibility provides the extra benefits of increased Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and improved user experience
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In the op-ed piece “it’s time to give up whaling” (TNT – 9/16), is Bergman writing to support the special nature of whales, or is he writing to attack Makah Culture? We’d like to make it
Respect the Makah Culture and the whalesIn the op-ed piece “it’s time to give up whaling” (TNT – 9/16), is Bergman writing to support the special nature of whales, or is he writing to attack Makah Culture? We’d like to make it clear from the outset that we are not writing to attack those who believe that whales are special, but we do feel that it is urgent to express support and respect for Makah Culture. All humans view things through the lens of culture, and no one has a monopoly on the
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Michael Halvorson ’85 was a technologist before he was a historian. His PLU undergraduate degree is in computer science and he worked at Microsoft for the first 10 years of his career. He spent the next 15 years writing books about software and emerging technology.…
The Key to Innovation Innovation Studies program director Michael Halvorson discusses how understanding the past can unlock the future Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Zach PowersResoLute EditorMichael Halvorson ’85 was a technologist before he was a historian. His PLU undergraduate degree is in computer science and he worked at Microsoft for the first 10 years of his career. He spent the next 15 years writing books about software and emerging technology. He went on to earn
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Fiction, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center.
Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword
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Each year Pacific Lutheran University awards scholarships to new applicants in the Rainier Writing Workshop.
Scholarships & Financial AidEach year Pacific Lutheran University awards scholarships to new applicants in the Rainier Writing Workshop. The number and amount of the scholarships vary depending on the qualifications of the candidates.“I can’t say enough good about the program. It’s been a great light in my life.”ScholarshipsPLU Alumni Scholarship - $5,000The $5,000 PLU Alumni Scholarship is a one-time scholarship automatically awarded in the first term of the program to graduate students who
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Consultant | Writing Center | Caitlin is a fourth-year Elementary Music Education Major and Dance Minor.
Caitlin Collins Consultant She/Her, They/Them Biography Biography Caitlin is a fourth-year Elementar
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Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Brenda Miller edited the anthology The Next Draft: Inspiring Craft Talks from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her most recent collection of her own work is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes.
Brenda Miller Nonfiction Website: http://www.brendamillerwriter.com/ Biography Biography Brenda Miller edited the anthology The Next Draft: Inspiring Craft Talks from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her most recent collection of her own work is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes. Her book of collaborative
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The PLU Computer Science department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum.
writing code for software simulations of proteins, creating the next big video game, or developing a social application that connects people in new ways. The possibilities seem limitless. Software is a fundamental part of modern life. Most of what we do runs on software, and the world needs quality people to create that software. At PLU, we strive to educate our students to be responsible citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and to value life-long learning. Employers value our
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Poetry, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Fleda Brown has published nine collections of poems.
– one-shot 3-hour sessions, weekend retreats, and semester-long creative writing classes. Sometimes students come into a workshop simply wanting a push, sometimes they need help finding their voices. Everyone talks about ‘finding a voice,’ as if we all knew what this means. We don’t. I don’t. What I can do in a workshop is to help students allow themselves to be clumsy, foolish, and sometimes nuts in their writing, while loosely hanging onto the reins. What are the reins? I don’t know that
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Rick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and the director of the Rainier…
Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative writing during a pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 By By Zach Powers ‘10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsRick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and
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