![Fulbright Scholars Alexandra Dreher '17 (left) and Sydney Otey '17. (Photo by Molly Ivey '20)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/05/fulbright.jpg)
Lutes to teach English abroad through Fulbright Program
TACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2017)- Two Lutes were accepted into the prestigious Fulbright Program and will serve as English teaching assistants around the world. A third Pacific Lutheran University student was recognized as an alternate. Sydney Otey ’17 and Alexandra Dreher ’17 were awarded full-service…
![Rachel Lovrovich '18, general manager of MediaLab and creative director for "Changing Currents," films at the Connecticut River. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/05/emmy.jpg)
MediaLab’s ‘Changing Currents’ nominated for Emmy
TACOMA, WASH. (May 4, 2017)- MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a 2017 Emmy Award nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Northwest Chapter for the documentary film “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers.“…
![Students transport one of many giant prints created with a carved 3-by-3-foot sheet of linoleum and a steamroller at the 13th annual Wayzgoose letterpress festival in Tacoma on Sunday, April 30. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/05/wayzgoose.jpg)
Lutes storm annual Wayzgoose event in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. (May 2, 2017)—Pacific Lutheran University students and instructors participated in the 13th annual Wayzgoose on April 29-30. Lutes joined the annual letterpress and printmaking festival for steamroller printing, bookbinding and more. Students showcased their work and helped create giant prints using carved 3-by-3-foot sheets…
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PLU students premiere sex trafficking documentary
TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University seniors, Cara Gillespie and Elise Anderson, publicly premiere their documentary, “More Than A Mission,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Ingram 100. The documentary shares the story of a woman who escaped the bonds of human…
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PLU faculty members Claire Todd, Seth Dowland and Amy Young discuss the word ‘irrefutable’ (podcast)
TACOMA, WASH. (April. 20, 2017)- The eleventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “irrefutable” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young , Associate Professor of Religion Seth Dowland , and Associate Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies…
![Cate Rush '19 and Austin Beiermann '18 were named Peace Scholars for 2017. Rush and Beiermann will leave June 17 for a seven-week program in Norway. (Photo by Molly Ivey '20)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/04/peacescholars3.jpg)
PLU names Peace Scholars for 2017
TACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2017)- The last time anyone from Austin Beiermann’s family left the country, it was to fight in a war. This summer, he is going to do the exact opposite. “I am going to build peace,” Beiermann said. Beiermann ’18 will join…
![MediaLab General Manager Rachel Lovrovich '18 shoots on location at the Ohio River. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/04/medialab-currents3.jpg)
PLU’s MediaLab wins 2017 National Broadcasting Society Award
TACOMA, WASH. (April 5, 2017)- MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has won a 2017 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society – Alpha Epsilon Rho, for the documentary film Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers. Changing Currents ,…
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The Mast wins Apple Award in NYC for best student newspaper
TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2017)- I love souvenirs. So, when I traveled to the College Media Association spring conference in New York City, I had to snatch up as many “I Love New York” keepsakes as I could. T-shirts, stickers, mugs — you name it,…
![Mackenzie Deane and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tina Saxowsky work in a biology lab at PLU. (Photo/John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/04/symposium.jpg)
Symposium uplifts collaborative student-faculty research
TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University is aiming to increase visibility of student-faculty research across campus with its first Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 8. Previously, an annual reception in May showcased endowed projects. The change in format highlights a broader spectrum of…
![Kiana Norman-Slack '17 stands in front of the Choir of the West tour bus during the Southwest tour in January. (Photo courtesy of Norman-Slack)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/03/kianabus.jpg)
Lutes sing their way through the Southwest on Choir of the West tour
TACOMA, WASH. (March 13, 2017)- Hop on my pink tour bus and let me tell you about the craziest days I experienced this past January — or the days we called the Choir of the West Southwest Tour (for hashtag purposes, #COWthwesternTour). Over 11 days,…
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Pageantry and Protests: PLU students experience ‘messiness of democracy’ at President Trump’s inauguration
Washington D.C. (March. 9, 2017)- The small group of Pacific Lutheran University students, standing huddled together in a jam-packed section toward the front of the National Mall, remained silent. Some shook their heads in disbelief. Others wore expressions of shock. Two couldn’t stop tears from…
![PLU alumna Laura Brewer holding a sign that reads 'this is what a trans ally looks like'](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2017/03/brewer-featured.jpg)
PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center
TACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2017)- Laura Brewer ’03 was no stranger to activism when she started volunteering at the Tacoma Rainbow Center in 2000. An active Lute, Brewer engaged in a variety of LGBTQ advocacy work on Pacific Lutheran University’s campus through Harmony, known today…