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Relay for Life
PLU Relay for Life Wins 5th National Top 10 Award Participants in PLU’s 2013 Relay for Life raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham Content Editor In April 2013, more than 400 Lutes participated…
![Jordan Lee ’17 trains at Sprinker five days a week, two hours a day, and attends classes. (Photo courtesy of Jordan Lee.)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/01/jordanlee.jpg)
A Seasoned Skater Lands on Her Feet
A Seasoned Skater Lands on Her Feet By Valery Jorgensen ’14 Pacific Lutheran University first-year student Jordan Lee decided to become a figure skater during this time of year—winter—about 12 years ago. “I got inspired when I started watching the 2002 Olympics,” Lee said. Lee…
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Black History Month Concert
PLU concert celebrates Black History Month Pacific Lutheran University pays tribute to the artistic entrepreneurship of African Americans with a Black History Month Concert that celebrates a lasting legacy of music, literature and art. Covering a rich tapestry of gospel, blues, jazz and concert works,…
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SCC Exhibit Opens Feb. 6
A mock-up of one of the panels in the exhibit Us Local People: Sámi Vuoiŋŋa and Resilience . (Courtesy of the Scandinavian Cultural Center.) Scandinavian Cultural Center Exhibit Kicks Off Months-Long Human-Rights Inquiry at PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham, Content Editor Pacific Lutheran University’s renowned…
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Lutes at Oxford University
Lutes study social justice at one of the world’s oldest, most prestigious universities By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director Nine Pacific Lutheran University students are studying at Oxford University as part of the first such program at PLU, one of the only universities on the…
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Top ten for study away
PLU students Karyssa Allbritton and Kristin Neuneker get a lesson in blowgun use from Bolivar Endominga in Ecuador on a 2012 Study Away program. (Photo by Kyle Monahan.) PLU ranks in Top 10 for Study Away Pacific Lutheran University ranked ninth in the nation in…
![PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/01/martin-wurm-econ.jpg)
Economic Index
PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce…
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Mortar Board
PLU Earns Prestigious Mortar Board Chapter By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU is populated with outstanding student leaders and meaningful, campuswide ways to recognize them—from Emerging Leaders to the Ubuntu Award and Pinnacle Society—but until now, there was no opportunity for national recognition. That’s where Mortar…
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Dr. William Foege ’57
Dr. William Foege ’57 told students during his visit to campus to find their passion and become a “generalist” as well. (Photo by John Froschauer) Dr. William Foege tells students to find their passion, and pursue it By Barbara Clements Content Development Director Mention…
Luke Olson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uu94p78Pz0 ‘Sunrise’ and Stardom By Sandy Deneau Dunham One amazing Sunrise is shining quite a spotlight on Luke Olson ’16. Olson and his band, The Olson Bros, are the new national champions of The Texaco Country Showdown songwriting contest, billed as the nation’s largest and…
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Extra! Extra! Lute Wins Prestigious Award for Journalism Career
Lisa Patterson ’98, one of Seattle Business Examiner’s 40 Under Forty winners. (Photo by Mike Wells.) Extra! Extra! Lute Wins Prestigious Award for Journalism Career By Valery Jorgensen ‘15 Lisa Patterson ’98, editor of 425 and South Sound magazines, recently was honored with the Seattle…
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PLU Hosts Traditional Sankta Lucia Fest on Dec. 6
The Sankta Lucia festival has been an annual tradition at Pacific Lutheran University since 1951. Photo: PLU files. SCC Holds Annual Sankta Lucia Fest By Sandy Deneau Dunham The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University presents its traditional Sankta Lucia Fest at 7:30 p.m.…