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October 1, 2013 Editor’s Note: A Warm Winter Welcome Welcome to the winter edition of Scene—and, in the spirit of the season, a stockingful of newness. Starting with me. My name is Sandy Deneau Dunham, and I’m Scene’s brand-new editor. As a journalist who’s been away from journalism for a spell, I am thrilled and honored to join Scene—and Pacific Lutheran University. I had bumped into PLU here and there over my 20-plus years in the Pacific Northwest—first as an editor at The News Tribune, and

University of Oregon where she worked to make collegiate forensics more inclusive, welcoming, and supportive. The Megan Gaffney award is meant to celebrate Megan’s legacy and recognize students and educators for their efforts to make their community more inclusive, especially for women. Justin Eckstein, PLU Director of Forensics, in his nomination letter, wrote: “I have known Angie for five years and I am confident that she embodies the spirit of the Megan Gaffney award. As a coach, she’s a leader that

November 1, 2013 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. Dec. 6. For more than 60 years, a PLU student has been chosen to represent the spirit of Lucia, a female saint venerated in Sweden for bringing light and hope during the darkest month of

a place with tremendous capacity and has always had an authentically innovative spirit,” she says. This article is one of a four-part series on faculty innovators in the latest issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read about faculty innovators Renzhi Cao, Tamara Williams and Cameron Bennett. Read Previous Innovating for Access: PLU lives out its mission by blazing new trails Read Next Lute Powered: Amazon COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

current Art and Design students the more entrepreneurial route an artist can take. All three artists, while different, are great examples of strong women making a living as local artists. “They all have characteristics of fun, whimsical ceramics which are uplifting in spirit, and relatable to the general public.” Most work will be on sale at the show. Those who are interested can also find the artists at local craft fairs and in the Seattle Art Museum gift shop. The exhibition’s opening reception will

July 8, 2008 Third-generation Lute takes the long route to PLU For Zach Klein, the old saying, “you can’t get there from here,” comes about as close to accurate as one can imagine. A freshman guard on the PLU men’s basketball team, most people probably haven’t heard about him. After all, little is written about the team’s reserve players. His story is compelling, nonetheless, because most of his growing-up years were spent in hard-to-reach villages whose populaces could be counted in the

PLU alumnus, longtime educational partner of the university named superintendent of the year Posted by: Kari Plog / December 11, 2017 Image: Frank Hewins ’86 (Photo courtesy of Franklin Pierce School District) December 11, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- A Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and a strong partner in the extended Lute family recently earned an exceptional honor from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA).Frank

BJUG DAY: Q&A with Dr. Elizabeth A. Barton Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 28, 2021 October 28, 2021 By Veronice CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsPLU is creating a campus experience that helps our students thrive by supporting resources and experiential programs that cultivate the mind, body and spirit of each of our students. After all, it takes a healthy Lute to build a healthy community. Many of these resources are supported by our very own students, who understand that it takes a community

I write about the passing of one of our own. Thomas Pfeifle, a 19-year-old adventurous Lute who would have started his second year at Pacific Lutheran University this week, passed away Monday, several weeks after a climbing accident in Montana. Tom was climbing Granite Peak, Montana’s highest point at 12,808 feet, when he fell 20 to 30 feet near the summit and suffered a head injury on Aug. 8. He was rescued by helicopter and transported to a nearby hospital, before being airlifted to Harborview

. His work is often described as eclectic and varies in terms of style and content. His love for the printmaking medium is evident. Cornwall adopted a philosophy once voiced by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, ‘You can’t do what you did six months ago, that’s old stuff’.  His new series of work in the show features beggars. “[Beggars] can be like urban ghosts, there one minute and gone the next.  The works portray the ‘Anatomy of a Beggar’, the mind the heart and the spirit,” Cornwall says. “At some time