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On Exhibit: Black Authors Writing about Racism Black History Month Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / January 27, 2021 January 27, 2021 [Exhibit has closed.] This exhibit is comprised of books by Black authors who discuss and analyze race and racism. The books are recent contributions to scholarship and narrative, most having been published since 2019. Book topics include feminism, fatigue, discourse, vilification, education, real estate, racism history, police violence, and mass incarceration

joined the 10,000-member strong Romance Writers of America and began attending monthly meetings in Seattle and annual nationwide conventions, where, as you might expect from a group comprised almost exclusively of women, they were warmly welcomed into the fold. And, naturally, they started writing their own romance novels. It’s been a couple of years now, and Gregson is still about 40 pages into her novel. (Don’t expect anything, she warns.) But from the standpoint of getting the dish on the people

Rick Barot and Ann Pancake Discuss PLU’s MFA in Creative Writing and the Impact of Creative Writing (Podcast) Posted by: Zach Powers / July 27, 2015 Image: MFA Director Rick Barot and MFA mentor & instructor Ann Pancake at KPLU’s recording studio in downtown Seattle. [Photo by Zach Powers/PLU] July 27, 2015 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2015)- Known as the Rainier Writing Workshop (RWW), Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative

September 7, 2012 Government scientist shares passion for empowering women and minorities By Katie Scaff ’13 The science world needs more women, particularly in academic and research institutions, said government scientist Debra Rolison. “They’re too white — and too male,” said Rolison. “There’s a statistical imbalance between women and men.” She argued for change in her field before students and professors at a seminar in Morken on PLU’s campus Friday afternoon. Scientist Debra Rolison spoke

$3,000 Minority Women in STEM Scholarship Posted by: alemanem / February 25, 2020 February 25, 2020 Find out more about this Bold.org Minority Women in STEM Bi-Annual Scholarship online. The submission deadline is March 22. Read Previous WSEHA 2020 Student Scholarships Read Next 2020 REU at Mississippi State University LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate

On Exhibit: Women in Translation Posted by: Julie Babka / August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month; a time to highlight some of the incredible translated writings by women from around the globe. Only 30% of women who write and publish in languages other than English are translated in the U.S. and only 36% of books translated into English are from non-European countries (Women in Translation, 2022). WIT month hopes to make changes to these numbers by celebrating

to go back to middle or high school. For many, those were awkward times in just about every way imaginable. For folks that struggled with reading, writing, communication or other subjects, even the academics of those school days probably felt like huge weights to bear.But students at Keithley Middle School and neighboring Washington High School — both down the street from Pacific Lutheran University — may not share those sentiments if they were polled years from now. That’s because they now have

about how many of the seemingly intractable problems facing developing nations can be attacked through simple and affordable drugs. Or by leading nations – such as the United States – actually giving the aid promised, insisting on better treatment for women and deciding that millions of children and women dying each year of preventable diseases, torture and hunger is not OK. Lewis is currently a senior advisor to the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York and co-director

October 7, 2011 Meant to Live: Keynote speaker shows a passion for service and nursing By Barbara Clements When Charleen Tachibana, ’77, first stepped on to the Pacific Lutheran University campus, she knew she had found a place that felt like home. Tachibana had moved out to the Northwest from the Midwest when she was 13 years old. Charleen Tachibana ’77 is the chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Hospital. (Photo by John Froschauer) The fit was a bit awkward, Tachibana remembers, taking a

What About Monkeypox? Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 14, 2022 July 14, 2022 Monkeypox has now shown up in Pierce County and we are in close contact with Tacoma Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) to determine an appropriate initial campus and Health Center response to this matter. TPCHD sends out regular updates on new cases, which, as of today, number two unrelated individuals, neither of whom have experienced recent travel. This link will take you to the TPCHD announcements related to