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aspects of marketing and communications including brand management, marketing operations, sales and recruitment marketing and internal and external communications.  Lange majored in communication at PLU, with a business minor. She spent the first few years of her career in public relations and event management in fields like technology and nonprofit, and then moved into brand management for companies, including Eddie Bauer and Starbucks. After moving to Gig Harbor with her young family, she decided to

him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major in communication. Even when it nudged him out of a burgeoning early career in public relations and into the world of corporate internal communications.Zeebuyth’s curiosity eventually led him to join the communications team at Starbucks, where he served in six different roles over a 10-year span, starting as a project manager and departing as a director of communications. It’s

they deserve it. Our students, more so than at other universities, have to deal with more demands on their time. They work their way through school, they work hard at their studies, they play sports, participate in the arts, they are excellent people. I only wish we had more to give.” Jerry and JeanMarie Foss Hometown: Fircrest, Wash. Giving history: Giving to Q Club since 2006 PLU affiliation: Current parents Activities: JeanMarie volunteers in PLU’s Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations

first-year students, like The First-Year Experience and the J-Term retreat “Explore!,” have been called out for high praise. More recently, thanks to the Class of 1958, Wild Hope’s Meant to Live program has been endowed to bring together students and alumni during Homecoming to discuss issues of vocation. This gives PLU students the chance to see how vocation is lived out by its alumni, and gives alumni the chance to think about how their own vocations have evolved through their lives. They all have

be the hub of the wheel of already existing services, including the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. “One of our major goals is to help students have a seamless transition into the next phase of life, said Bobbi Hughes, Director of Employer Relations at PLU. “We’re going to be doing, and have been doing, a great job in helping students discover what they are passionate about and what they

. “I say ‘yes’ to different possibilities,” she says. “I like trying new things.” That kind of thinking helped her segue from jobs in art education and publishing to public education communications.As senior director for communications, government relations and public engagement for Educational Service District 113, her team provides services such as writing, video production and graphic design for school districts in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties. They also foster

. The Namibian alumni, who currently work in all sectors of Namibia, from forensic science to foreign relations, will lead a panel discussion after the film about the impact education had on them and what it means for their democracy today. Student filmmakers Princess Reese and Andrea Capere will also be present for a question-and-answer session about the making of the film. Admission to the event is open to all. Namibia Nine is sponsored by the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education

PLU and University of Puget Sound announce new graduate admission partnership Alumni from both institutions will enjoy streamlined admission to select graduate programs Posted by: vcraker / April 7, 2022 Image: Photos for Admissions by Ike & Tash April 7, 2022 TACOMA, Wash. — Earlier this week, officials from the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will streamline the process for both universities’ current

the university community on the importance of internships and how inequities to the current internship system can have major consequences when students enter the job market and well into their careers. With help from PLU’s Division of University Relations, donors joined the effort, stepping forward to provide scholarships for students, like Willburn, who might otherwise have to pass on low-paying or unpaid internship opportunities. Alumni Step Up In order for all students to have equal access to

was very understanding and attentive and checked in with me as I was applying. She was so accommodating and gave really valuable feedback that was not only helpful for this scholarship but also for other scholarships I might apply for in the future. As a scholarship winner, you had the opportunity to attend the Udall Scholar Orientation virtually. What was that experience like? We met over four days and we had keynote speakers. One of which was an Udall alumni speaking on why it was challenging