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Guggenheim, NEA and USA Rolón fellowships, a NYFA grant in poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Center Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award, he is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and writes a monthly column for NBC-Latino online. Currently, he is professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey, and the inaugural Stan Rubin Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Rainier Writing Workshop. In

Past University PresidentsBjug J. Harstad, 1890-1895, 1897-1898 Bjug Aanondson was born on December 17, 1848 on a farm near Valle, Setesdal, Norway. In 1861 his family immigrated to America and Aanondson became a student at Luther College from 1865 to 1871. Upon a suggestion from the president of the college, Aanondson changed his last name to Harstad in honor of the name of his family farm in Norway. From 1871 to 1874, Harstad studied theology at Concordia University in St. Louis and gained

that I belong the most,” Cuthbertson says. “I can be who I am—the whole of who I am.” “I think once we (the community) start understanding better what Lutheran higher education is, that is then what we offer,” says Eva Frey, dean of students. “That crosses all lines and compartmentalizations.” As a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, PLU affirms the ELCA’s social statements embracing the intrinsic value of the whole creation, inclusion and life within community. The church

the society we say we want? If you are having conversation about “these issues” with people you have chosen, and that you are not challenged by, then chances are you are hearing what is comfortable to you. “We Can Make What America Must Become” by James Baldwin “This is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen,” writes Baldwin, “and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not

PURPOSE A. Organization: The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, education and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to, establishing and maintaining within the State of Washington an institution of learning of university rank in the tradition of Lutheran higher education, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (the “ELCA”), and known as Pacific Lutheran University (the

, politics, history, kinship, and economics. (4) ANTH 368 : Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE The course examines foragers in Africa, North America, and Australia. Using classic ethnographic literature, it provides a cultural ecological perspective of foraging societies in a variety of environments. It also examines how foraging studies inform archaeological research and the challenges that these peoples now face in a rapidly changing world. (4) ANTH 370 : The Archaeology of Ancient

being self-aware and perceptive to the needs of others. The readings that we’ve been doing have been very informative to provide a historical context for America as I’m Canadian. Getting the cultural and societal context has been interesting and helpful in informing my understanding my current views. What is your biggest takeaway so far? Finding vocation is not supposed to be a lonely journey, it’s supposed to be with other people and finding the right people to reflect and have real honest

for the Emergency Capacity Building Project and is a co-author of Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. She earned her MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Title: Turning the Humanitarian System on its Head Who: Jonathan Scanlon, Senior Advocacy Advisor, Oxfam America Abstract: The global humanitarian system is overstretched; inadequately investing in risk reduction and prevention, and providing assistance that is often insufficient

regard has worked with over 100 institutions across North America, United Kingdom and West Africa. He is a co-author on the upcoming book Norton’s Guide to Inclusive Teaching and author of the upcoming book What then shall I teach? – Rethinking equity in higher education. He is the founder of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Deep Teaching Residency, a national workshop aimed at supporting faculty in transforming their classroom to more meaningfully incorporate inclusive practices. Bryan

. “This is the place I that I belong the most,” Cuthbertson says. “I can be who I am—the whole of who I am.” “I think once we (the community) start understanding better what Lutheran higher education is, that is then what we offer,” says Eva Frey, dean of students. “That crosses all lines and compartmentalizations.” As a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, PLU affirms the ELCA’s social statements embracing the intrinsic value of the whole creation, inclusion and life within