![Siblings Sydney and Jackson Reisner posing in their basketball uniforms for an official portrait for PLU athletics.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/sydney-jackson-web-725x408.jpg)
On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU
On the day of high school class choices, a middle school teacher noticed the normally outgoing Jackson Reisner sitting quietly, acting withdrawn. Jackson grew increasingly anxious as the morning progressed. A movie buff, the Burlington eighth grader had seen all the difficult depictions of high…
![PLU student Quan Huynh ‘25 in a medium to wide portrait, posing in front of the Washington State capitol building. Huynh is sitting, arms crossed, and smiling.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/huynh-legislature-web-725x408.jpg)
Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate
Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…
![Two separate headshots aligned next to each other, side by side as one image: One is University of Washington professor Tim Brown (left) and the other is Stanford University professor Hank Greely (right) together as the article's feature image and web header. Tim Brown is pictured on the left wearing a blazer, smiling with greenery as the background. Hank Greely smiles in the photo with his hands on his chin with a dark and blurred-out background.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/koller-menzel-web3-725x408.png)
Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture to explore bioethics and “Enhancement”
Join Pacific Lutheran University on March 16, 2023, from 4 to 6 p.m. for the annual Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture. The night will feature a bioethics discussion with University of Washington professor Tim Brown and Stanford University professor Hank Greely. The two esteemed speakers will…
![Author Minh Lê stands in front of an off white wall and looks down with a grin with both hands in his denim pants pocket.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/minh-le-web-725x408.png)
Acclaimed Author Minh Lê Speaks on How Stories Can Connect and Transcend
Pacific Lutheran University’s 12th annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will take place on April 18 at 7 p.m. Acclaimed author Minh Lê will deliver this year’s Benson lecture, titled “Shelf Life: Finding Community (and Yourself) in the World of Books.” Lê will discuss the…
![Brandi Hilliard poses in front of a greenery background that could be a bush or a tree with green leaves. Brandi is smiling and wearing a grey blazer with a purple tee in a headshot style photo.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/brandi-web-725x408.png)
Full Circle: Brandi Hilliard, Director of Career, Learning & Engagement
As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished. “I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,”…
![Amanda Sweger is sitting in a chair that is on a stage in a performance hall with her legs crossed. Auditorium row of seats serves as the backdrop with a spot light illuminating in the background.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/sweger-web-725x408.png)
Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre
Like it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she quickly realized she didn’t like acting or auditioning. So, she spent a…
![Aubrey Logan smiles broadly while wearing a yellow blouse and holding a trumpet. There is a white studio background behind her.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/aubrey-logan-web-725x408.jpg)
PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan
The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU…
![A professional portrait of Ryan Gliha in front of a shelf of books in a library.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/02/web-ryan-gliha-dir-northwest-725x408.png)
PLU to spend March 1 remembering Ambassador Chris Stevens and exploring international diplomacy and service
Pacific Lutheran University’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education will host the sixth biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service on March 1. The celebration offers a day of events focused on international service, highlighted by a Peace Corps service panel and keynote…
![PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is posing in front of Sammamish High School in a red dress with both hands on her hips and looking at the camera with a warm smile.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2023/01/becca-anderson-web-725x408.png)
PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher
PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is in her first year teaching biology to ninth graders at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. Her classroom consists of a diverse population of students — something her recent completion of the Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program at Pacific…
![Carol Sheffels Quigg (on the left) smiles at Romey Haberle (on the right), Associate Professor of Biology, in PLU's greenhouse. As part of the foreground, blurred green plants can be seen in the bottom right corner.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2022/12/quigg-awards-web-725x408.png)
PLU announces Carol Sheffels Quigg Award winners
Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce the winners of The Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation, established by alumna and regent Carol Quigg, whose endowment funds the awards. The Quigg Awards provide support for faculty, staff, and students who have demonstrated unusually…
![Gina Gillie poses for a photograph while holding a French horn and wearing a red zip-up sweater against a blurry background of natural green foliage.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2022/11/gina-gillie-web-725x408.png)
Music professor Gina Gillie discussed her new composition and short film
Professor of Music Gina Gillie recently premiered her first electroacoustic music composition at Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9. Titled “Pale Blue Dot for solo horn and fixed media,” the piece is inspired by the 1991 photograph taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as well as Carl…
![A group of five individuals posing together for a group photo with trees in the background.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2022/11/web-ttf_plu_september-18_lowell-and-interns-web-725x408.png)
PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time
A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The…