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is the CMA 2017 Apple Award for “Best Newspaper,” presented to The Mast for journalistic excellence in the category for schools with fewer than 5,000 students. WE WON!!!! BEST NEWSPAPER! 🍎Go Lutes! @PLUNEWS #cmanyc17 pic.twitter.com/mVmHXHDU41 — Mast Media (@PLUMast) March 14, 2017 A total of 10 Pacific Lutheran University students traveled to New York last month to attend the student media conference hosted by the CMA, an organization that offers education, research and resources for student

said. “I recently spoke to my academic adviser, and I was telling him I really want to do studio art. This was a confirmation that, yep, that’s what I want to minor in. I’m now a 1,000 percent sure.'” “We were really excited to see the level of student interest for our first year,” Pippin said. “We’re hoping it will be an annual program every J-Term.” The second iteration of the j-term job shadow program will be formally announced this fall. Students are encouraged to schedule alumni job shadows

and information. Bannon left his adviser’s office inspired. “She helped me see that something I was really passionate about could be found in libraries,” he says. “I never would’ve made that connection.” Later that spring, Bannon was accepted into the University of Washington’s Master of Library and Information Science program. Now, 26 years later, Bannon is the New York Public Library’s first-ever Merryl and James Tisch Director, responsible for directing NYPL’s 88 neighborhood branches as well

course of the grant, faculty will collect data on barriers students face. They’ll measure the impact of these barriers on students’ sense of belonging and success. While other research on student supports has been done at large universities, the results of this study may have implications for student support programs at small liberal arts schools nationwide. “By collecting data along the way about what strategies work best, this project will help not only those students receiving scholarship support

series, Jazz Under the Stars, on July 10. The 2014 professional concert series, now in its 16th year, focuses on the wealth of jazz talent in the Northwest, as well as nationally known performers with PLU connections. The concerts are sponsored by the PLU Department of Music and KPLU 88.5 FM and are held at 7 p.m. Thursdays from July 10-Aug. 14 at the open-air Mary Baker Russell Amphitheatre at PLU. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and picnic food (though, in the event of rain, the concerts

volunteering at a local senior home for Holocaust survivors, she met Giovanna Urdangarain, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, and Rona Kaufman, professor of English, who were interviewing survivors and recording their stories. “I realized I wanted to be involved in that,” Dieringer recalls. Following that trip, during her sophomore year, she worked with two other PLU students to transcribe and translate the survivor interviews conducted by the professors. As a junior, she headed to Oxford University

the Düsseldorf region of Germany. He networked with other brewers and conducted online research to guarantee the recipe was right and, more importantly, authentic. They even altered the water to create a similar mineral content to that of the beer von Bora would have brewed. The result of the combination of the perfect water, malt and yeast? A craft beer that offers a nod to its German roots while offering a modern flavor that’s hard to resist. “Crisp and malty is what we’re aiming for,” Thoburn

PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree Posted by: howardrm / September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & Communications PLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to create lasting impacts on

. The more support we have, the better it would be.” Other opportunities for students to get involved include the sock drive organized by the university’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes in support of the Tacoma Rescue Mission, and the PLU’s men’s basketball tournament on Nov. 25 and 26 in Olson Gymnasium. Tickets cost five dollars, and the money raised will support the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Another campus Thanksgiving activity is Operation Thanksgiving Dinner, hosted by the Association of the

sizes where professors knew my name and offered office hours to chat about academics, career options and life in general. How did your experience and background prepare and inspire you for your new role as Director of Career, Learning & Engagement?  Working with teenagers (as a high school English teacher) taught me that one of my biggest passions is helping students find their vocational calling, and then helping them turn their dreams into reality. Are you working on any projects that you would