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Each year, Prism reflects on some of the distinctive and exciting work in PLU’s Division of Humanities. Our division collects a diverse array of programs: Chinese, Classics, Creative Writing, English Literature, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Nordic Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Southern Lushootseed. All are united in educating students to engage —creatively, critically, and empathetically— with what it means to be human across the sweep of history, in diversity cultures and

it was probably around the time when I was taking Publishing Procedures when I realized the program wasn’t just for fun, it was also going to be good for my career. It would offer a lot of job opportunities that other parts of my degree would not. Were you able to find community within the department? Yes, it was a great way to get outside my English degree while still sharing commonalities. We didn’t just have English majors in the program, we had people majoring in art, in communications, and

Sciences, Humanities, GenEd, Internship | Spring | English speaking country, no language prerequisite Learn More Bø, NorwayNatural Sciences, Environmental Studies, Business, Nordic Studies, or Kinesiology Various academic options at the University of Southeastern Norway (USN) | Fall or Spring | No language prerequisite Learn More Vestfold, NorwayKinesiology in Norway Study Kinesiology at the University of Southeastern Norway (USN) Vestfold campus | Fall | No language prerequisite Learn More Oslo

CreativeWorks at PLU CreativeWorks, a new applied theory and skills program within the Center for Media Studies, launched during the Fall 2014 semester. Projects undertaken by CreativeWorks students include media productions for both on and off-campus clients and audiences. In addition, the Center and CreativeWorks are also home to a student-run and semi-autonomous film and TV production program called “Showrunners.” Founded by PLU English majors Camille Adams ’16 and Rachel Diebel ‘16

forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, The Millions, The Rumpus, Cream City Review, Colorado Review, Boulevard, Kenyon Review online, Longreads, and many other publications. He is at work editing Imagining and Seeing: Voices of the Armenian Diaspora, an anthology of essays slated for publication with University of Texas Press in Fall 2022. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in English at PLU.

Appreciations: In Recognition of Mark JensenMark Jensen began his career in the French Program at PLU in 1989, fresh from Berkeley. A specialist of nineteenth-century French literature but polymath at heart, Mark wrote his dissertation on Alfred de Vigny’s historical fiction and is a leading scholar of Paul Bénichou, a preeminent critic of French Romanticism. Mark translated, with characteristic precision and elegance, several of Bénichou’s works from French into English–notably The

relationships to the landscape and autobiographical fiction.He will also be reading from the forthcoming English translation of his latest novel, Våke over dem som sover (Watch Over Those Who Sleep, 2014). The Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture honor’s PLU’s first president, and is made possible through generous donations by the Harstad family. The lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact your liaison library to schedule a library session or suggest a purchase for your department.College of Health ProfessionsKinesiology: Roberto Arteaga Marriage and Family Therapy: Roberto Arteaga Nursing: Roberto Arteaga Social Work: Roberto ArteagaCollege of Liberal StudiesAnthropology: Roberto Arteaga Economics: Roberto Arteaga English: Roberto Arteaga Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies: Roberto Arteaga Global Studies: Roberto Arteaga History: Lauren Loftis Holocaust & Genocide

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Reading: 7:00 pm, Scandinavian CenterA writer and photographer, Charles Bergman has lived nearly his whole life in the Pacific Northwest. He’s a long-time professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University. He’s the author of four books, including Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America. He’s written extensively on wildlife and animals in national magazines, including Audubon and Natural History and National Geographic. His

The PLU 2015 - 2016 Wind EnsembleFlute Paige Balut Kelli Bower Meagan Gaskill+ Mary Jostin Katherine Nakasone Torsen Necessary+ Oboe/English Horn Marissa Dallaire Gretchen Johnson Lydia Robinson* Bassoon Megan Cummings* Avery Floyd TJ Mallos Clarinet Daniel Aliment Lyndi Knox (Spring) Ian Lindhartsen Tim Loescher Ingrid Smith* Dru Wickenkamp Bass Clarinet Grant Benson Contra Bass Clarinet Abigail SheddAlto Saxophone Austin Baduria* Deborah Schmidt Will Radford (Spring) Gabe Johnson (Spring