
Lots of Lutes at Ferrucci
Lots of Lutes at Ferrucci A quorum of the 15 Lutes on staff at Ferrucci Junior High pose for a group photo outside the Puyallup school. From left: Jeanine Wernofsky ’82, Ron Baltazar ’00, Joan Forseth ’91, Kim Lawson ’82, Brent Anderson ’97, Steve Leifsen…

PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’ – Complete With Ice Cream
PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families…

PLU Line Cook is Set to Sizzle at National Competition
PLU Line Cook is Set to Sizzle at National Competition Jason Sipe, an MBA student and line cook at the Anderson University Center, has been selected to compete in the first-ever ment’or Young Chef Competition. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Taylor Lunka ’15 and Sandy Deneau…

Daffodil Royalty Blossoms at PLU
Daffodil Royalty Blossoms at PLU Five members of the 2014 Pierce County Royal Daffodil Court are all new Lutes this fall. From left: KayLee Weist, Nina Thach, Marissa Modestowicz (queen), Ji Larson and Kaetlynn Brown. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) 5 Members of the 2014 Court…

Business Alum’s Startup Gets Huge Boost From Salesforce.com
Business Alum’s Startup Gets Huge Boost From Salesforce.com Neil Crist ’99 Plans to Use Funds to Expand Venuelabs’ Services By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker It takes a lot of work to get a startup company off the ground—something Neil Crist…

Going for a Grammy
Going for a Grammy! Micah Haven ’09 is in his fifth year as band director at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma. (Photo: Tacoma School District) Micah Haven ’09 is 1 of 25 semifinalists for the 2015 Music Education Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing…

PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission
PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission PLU Resident Artist Jessica Spring works in studio. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Spring) Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker…

PLU Welcomes New Nursing Dean
Shelia Smith, new Dean of the School of Nursing. John Froschauer, Photographer Liberal Arts and Nursing. A Perfect Match of Science and Compassion By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s new Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Sheila Smith, says she…

Q&A With Author Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13
Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence , racked up some serious…

Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly School
Pacific Lutheran University Again Named a 2015 Military Friendly® School By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has been named one of the top Military Friendly® private universities in the country for the sixth year in a row. Victory Media’s…

PLU Professor Colleen Hacker is First Female Recipient of Prestigious International AASP Award
PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied…

First-Ever Demo Theater Shows the Fun of Physics
First-Ever Demo Theater Shows the Fun of Physics Katrina Hay, Associate Professor of Physics, center, works with Brian Ruggles, left, and PLU Physics Club Michelle Zhai on a demonstration for the Sept. 26 Physics Demo Theater. (Photo: Shunying Wang ’14) By Shunying Wang ’14 PLU…