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Kristina Walker ’02 on running for office, loving Tacoma, and city council goals Posted by: Zach Powers / January 8, 2020 Image: Kristina Walker ’02 is sworn in at Tacoma City Council by her husband, Alex Walker ’03, on Tuesday, Jan. 7. (Photo courtesy the City of Tacoma) January 8, 2020 By Lisa PattersonGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 8, 2020) — At about this time last January, Kristina Walker ’02 got The New York Times’ special insert that featured all 126 women

When the pandemic cut her Peace Corps service short, Margaret Chell ’18 enrolled in medical school Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 25, 2021 October 25, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsDuring her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She soon met with PLU Peace Corps advisor, Dr. Katherine Wiley to learn more. She was excited about the

Breana Downs ’24: A summer soaring with native birds at the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance Posted by: Ava Edmonds / October 4, 2023 Image: Breana Downs ’24 is glove training one of Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance’s ambassadors, Kingston! Kingston is a Red-Tailed Hawk who was admitted as a patient just over a year ago after running into a second-story window on one of his very first flights. (All photos in this article are provided by Breana Downs.) October 4, 2023 By Ava EdmondsPLU Marketing

his story isn’t part of the marketing plan, but he acknowledges that his experience undoubtedly motivates his work at PLU. × “We were low-income, first-generation students who went to college and realized the transformational experience of higher education. How it transforms, not just your thinking and how you look at the world, but how it can transform your quality of life.” – Mike Frechette, Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Financial Services“We were low-income, first-generation

Library. Or prepare yourself to literally change the world just like William Foege, M.D., Class of 1956, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this May for devising the global strategy for the eradication of smallpox when he served as Director of the Centers for Disease Control. And among your own near contemporaries, four members of the Class of 2012 showed great promise for the future by winning Fulbright Scholarships, bringing to 91 the number of Fulbrights won by Lutes. These awards

offer students. Tiffany Brown’11 – Bachelor of Business Administration (concentration in marketing) What’s next? Currently I am pursuing a career in the medical industry within marketing and business development. Timothy Hekili Guy – Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and political science Why PLU? The Library. I mean, aside from having grown up in the community south of the Lutedome, specifically the Spanaway and Graham area, I have been a frequent visitor to PLU since before NPCC had a stage. Yes

Military Trailblazer Who Was Sexually Assaulted in College Will Share Her Story With PLU Audience Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 16, 2015 January 16, 2015 JBLM’s Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz Speaks Feb. 17 as Part of PLU’s “…and Justice for All?” Spring Spotlight Series By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz has blazed such a major trail in the military that soldiers and civilians alike know the basics of her inspiring

The King of Norway is Coming to PLU in May Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 HM King Harald V to Speak at Commencement, Receive Honorary Degree By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 10, 2015)— As part of his official visit to Washington and Alaska in May, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway will speak at Pacific Lutheran University’s Commencement ceremony, where he’ll receive a Doctor of Laws jure dignitatis.HM King Harald also will

PLU students study Beyoncé, starships and Holocaust artifacts as part of eclectic fall curriculum Posted by: Kari Plog / September 15, 2017 Image: Students study Beyoncé and black feminism in one of many interesting courses offered this fall. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 15, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the

PLU invests in continued accessibility improvements across campus with help from student advocates Posted by: Kari Plog / September 19, 2017 Image: Noelle Green ’18 has been a vocal advocate for accessibility on PLU’s campus. She is pictured above on a new ramp in the Kreidler Hall lounge. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 19, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 19, 2017)- Noelle Green ’18 says equal access to education means equal access to facilities