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includes artifacts from all five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), is a testament to the connection and trust the Puget Sound’s Scandinavian American community shares with PLU. “The collection in the Scandinavian Cultural Center is a reflection of this (Scandinavian) community. They entrust us with precious family heirlooms,” Ward said. “Items have been donated to PLU since the late 1970s, many of them hundreds of years old.” The artifacts and literature housed by the SCC
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contribution relies on decades of experience in intersections of religion, disability, health, and healing. An associate professor of early and medieval Christian history at PLU, Llewellyn Ihssen is the program director of IHON-Oxford. Llewellyn Ihssen uses critical disability theory in her work on ancient, late antique, and medieval religious texts. After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature and secondary education, Llewellyn Ihssen worked in special-education classrooms. Yearning to
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Alumni Check-in: Angela Tennant ’12 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 20, 2013 March 20, 2013 Angela Tennant ’12 Degree: Bachelors of Fine Art – Theatre, Acting Directing with an English Literature minor Organizations: Alpha Psi Omega (Member and Historian), Vpstart Crow (President), CLAY CROWS Improv (Member), SOAC Advisory Board Where are you now? “I currently reside in New York City. Upon graduation at PLU, I was accepted into the MFA Acting program at The New School for Drama, and I’m in
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started five years ago, for Finitsis’ Religion 211 class, Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible, and students were charged with the task of reflecting on the contemporary relevance and significance of the biblical material they were studying. Finitsis collaborated with Nick Butler, instructional technologies team manager, to bring the project alive. Today, it has morphed into a project and competition where students spend a great deal of time developing a story and creating videos that reflect
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, Rowland lived in 12 different states across the country. Most recently, he lived in California for about 14 years, until moving back to his home state of Montana, where he teaches Creative Writing at Montana State University in Billings. “He’s a wonderfully loyal friend and extremely supportive,” Stegner said. “Really devoted to Western literature.” Read Previous Kurt Mayer provides a legacy of research Read Next Explore! retreat helps students understand vocation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are
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coming to campus. VWS was conceived and is co-directed by English professors Jason Skipper and Rick Barot. When both began teaching at PLU, they started the series as a way for authors to share experiences with their readers in person. “Literature can change you, and often it does,” said Skipper. “My hope was to create a Visiting Writer Series where at each event this was a possibility for everyone in the room.” Since the series began, famous writers such as Mary Oliver, Brian Teare and Peter Geye
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school, specializing in immigration policy or law; • Ferraz, who graduated in May with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Music, is teaching for 10 months in Taiwan, where she also will study local and American songs; • Flanagan is teaching English in Germany and likely will enroll in a master’s program once his Fulbright tour is over; • Burton is studying piano education and culture in China, a continuation of her senior research project at PLU; and • Charles is studying in
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Pick Your Favorite Film for PLU Hebrew Idol 2015 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 19, 2015)—Lutes, it’s that time of year again—not just Spring Break, but also time to vote for your 2015 PLU Hebrew Idol.PLU Hebrew Idol is a film competition between students of Associate Professor of Religion Antonios Finitsis. Everyone who enrolls in Finitsis’ Religion 211 course, Religion and Literature of the Hebrew
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important political and philosophical ideas in an approachable anthology. “We are confident that our edition—Louise Dupin, Work on Women: Selections—will appeal to students and scholars of history, philosophy, literature, and feminist and gender studies,” said Wilkin. Wilkin became interested in Dupin in 2012 while working on a student-faculty collaborative research project with Sonja Ruud ‘12 who is assisting the ongoing project as a research associate and is currently completing her Ph.D. in
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Card ’83, COO of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health, and Mark Mariani ’98, MultiCare’s chief medical officer and vice president for retail health. Read Previous History and literature senior Kathryn Einan ‘22 aspires to be a lifelong learner Read Next Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a
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