![Dr. Jennifer Specht](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/03/specht-640x400.jpg)
Caring at the Core: Dr. Jennifer Specht
Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Jennifer Specht ’94 A passion for research and the needs of her patients By Barbara Clements It comes down to a series of small steps, fleeting encounters, or choices that may not seem significant at the time , but in…
![Winston Zee '76](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/03/zee-200x262.jpg)
Zee rises in global law firm while retaining close PLU ties
Hong Kong native Winston Zee rises in global law firm while retaining close PLU ties By Dwight Daniels ’79 Attorney Winston K.T. Zee ’76 says he has learned one truth in decades of practicing law on the international level from his office in Hong Kong.…
![Karissa Bryant ’03 with school girls at Sacred Heart Boarding School in Shillong, India. Here Bryant is asking the girls who live at the school what they wanted to be when they grew up.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/03/karissa-kids-lrg.jpg)
Alum makes a difference in India
Karissa Bryant ’03 with school girl at Sacred Heart Boarding School in Shillong, India. Here Bryant is asking the girls who live at the school what they wanted to be when they grew up. In the evening they would share Khasi songs with Bryant and…
![Kjell Thompsen, Jr.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/03/kjell-lrg.jpg)
Building relationships, seizing opportunity
Kjell Thompsen, Jr. ’94, ’97 is the president of the PLU Scandinavian Alumni group. The group is active in keeping Scandinavian’s connected with PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) Building relationships, seizing opportunity By Chris Albert As an MBA student Kjell Thompsen, Jr. happened to sit…
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Facebook helps keep alumni in touch
Facebook helps Scandinavian alumni stay in touch and up-to-date on all things PLU. Facebook helps keep alumni in touch Facebook is opening the door for PLU alumni from around the world to keep in contact with each other and their alma mater. “It’s a great…
![Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 as Ado Annie in “Oklahoma!” (Photo courtesy of Fifth Avenue Theatre.)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/02/kirstenlift.jpg)
Alumna kicks up heels in production of ‘Oklahoma!’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mOgUOGyTE PLU alum Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 performs in “Oklahoma!” at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. Editor’s note: Since this article was first published, Kirsten deLohr Helland has finished up her work in “Oklahoma!”,and sang in the production of “Titanic” at the Fifth Avenue…
![John Amend ’60 explains the use of a spectrophotometer he donated to the PLU Chemistry Department.(Photo by John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/02/amend.jpg)
Alum donates $10,000 in equipment
Alum introduces a little titration magic, of sorts, into the PLU chemistry labs With a click of a mouse, magic – chemically speaking – seemed to happen in a lecture room at the Morken Center recently . Students and professors gathered around a new spectrophotometer developed…
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Saugen Transfer Scholarship
Saugen Business Scholarships for Transfer Students: A new opportunity to pursue your passion for business at PLU Attending Pacific Lutheran University has always been affordable. But for transfer students with an eye on a business degree, it’s just become more so through a generous gift…
![Last May, Gary Nelson ’81 summited Mt. Everest. He has reached the top of the highest peaks on five of the seven continents.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/02/gary-nelson-lg.jpg)
‘There are no excuses’
Last May, Gary Nelson ’81 summited Mt. Everest. He has reached the top of the highest peaks on five of the seven continents. ‘There are no excuses’ By Chris Albert The way Gary Nelson ’81 tells it, when ascending to the summit of some of…
![“There is so much value to what we do. Every group has it’s moments of dysfunction, but we are learning how to be better team members,” said Paul Scott ’04, choir director for Enumclaw Public Schools grades 6-12. “In most classrooms, it does not matter if someone else fails. In the music environment, everyone succeeds or everyone fails.”](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2012/01/paul-scott-md.jpg)
PLU experiences hit the right key
PLU experiences hit the right key By Teri Moore You do not need to be an accounting major to appreciate that an increase of 3,200 percent is staggering. Yet for Paul Scott ’04, choir director for Enumclaw Public Schools grades 6-12, that percentage represents the…
![A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/10/education-feature.jpg)
Passion for learning
A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the…
![Chris Fry works logs at his lumber mill in Spanaway.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/10/wood2.jpg)
From campus tree to campus artwork
Chris Fry ’91, of NW Wood, cuts a plank on his mill in Tacoma. Fry milled the wood from trees cut this summer into panels that now adorn the new Studio Theater. (Photo by John Froschauer) Transforming logs into artwork By: Barbara Clements To the…