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  • Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Vice-chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2003 B.A., Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Public Relations Books Teacher, Scholar, Mother: (Re)Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy (Lexington Books 2015) Prophets

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  • : Pollyanna Wang coordinated a program within the Seattle Chinese Camp, taught by teachers in the Seattle STARTALK Teacher Program Helen Yung coordinated a Chinese Summer Reading Club, primarily aimed at students in rising grades 6-8 at Mercer International Middle School Stephanie Chen from Beacon Hill International School coordinated a Chinese Summer Reading Club using Level Chinese and Joy Reader accounts through Level Chinese Work in Progress: SPS Chinese Reading developed by Pollyanna Wang https

  • Barrier Reef and Human Ways of LifeI’d like to give a big thank you to my capstone mentors, Sergia Hay and Michael Behrens, my capstone colleagues, and my wonderful teacher, Claire Todd. Jack Mahr Environmental Studies and Studio Arts Major Project: Reframing Nature: Utilizing Art to Connect the Self to Deep Ecology Thank you to Professors Sergia Hay, Spencer Ebbinga, and Claire Todd. I would also like to thank my friends and family. Grayson Peet Environmental Studies, Biology & Political Science

  • Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme for this conference was “Survivors and Rescuers.” Scholars Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann and Dr. Christopher Browning presented their latest work in this year’s theme, “Survivors & Rescuers.” Survivors included the story of the Brill family, survivors of Exodus 1947; Renee Firestone, Auschwitz survivor; and Pierre Sauvage.Learn more about the Survivors and Rescuers conference 2013 Powell-Heller Conference

  • school classroom teacher. This scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in instrumental music education. Learn more about the Gordon O. Gilbertson Instrumental Music Education Scholarship.  Dr. Lynn C. Ostenson – Richard and Lynn Ostenson Endowed Scholarship – Dr. Lynn C. Ostenson ‘71 established this scholarship in memory of her late husband, Richard Ostenson ‘71. The Ostenson Scholarship is intended to increase the representation of African-American students in the Natural Sciences at PLU and

  • hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Read Next Elise Rodrigues ’15 voted Eatonville School District Teacher of the Year LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023

  • — have helped shape my academic interests as well as helped me become the student and person I am today Read Previous Grayson Nottage ‘23 prepares to become a teacher who excites students about science Read Next Emily Struck ’23 reflects on her time at PLU, captivated by chemistry and research LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny

  • people that you see regularly and that you trust to support you has been so important in my journey at PLU. The community and opportunities to be involved at PLU are fantastic but taking the first step to be involved is really important. Read Previous Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 relies on his medical training – and sense of humor – as an ER doctor in Central Washington Read Next Grayson Nottage ‘23 prepares to become a teacher who excites students about science LATEST POSTS Three students share how

  • historian,” Friedman began. “I am an eyewitness to history that no human eyes should have to see.” He took the audience back 69 years to 1939, when the Russians bombed his hometown of Brody, Poland. He was 11 years old. The Nazis invaded in 1941 and quickly deprived Jews of their basic rights. When the ghetto formed in 1942, the Friedmans went into hiding in a nearby village with two different Ukrainian families. Friedman, his mother, younger brother and their female teacher stayed in a barn. The tiny

  • Seattle and Melbourne, Australia. A self-described geek and math lover, Tilden said he decided to go to PLU because he thought of becoming a teacher, and the school had a good reputation. But once at PLU, he changed his mind. “I noticed all the accounting majors had job offers waiting for them in the fall of their senior years,” Tilden laughed. Today he serves on PLU’s board of regents. As he settles into his office, he looks at pictures of family members that crowd for space around his computer. They