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PLU announces regent Michelle Long as Commencement 2019 keynote speaker Posted by: Julie Winters / April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 11, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University is honored to announce that Michelle Long ‘85, who is a vice chair on PLU’s Board of Regents and a longtime member of our Lute family, will help celebrate this year’s graduates graduating seniors as the keynote speaker at the university’s 2019 Commencement

PLU nursing student earns national study away scholarship Posted by: Kari Plog / December 12, 2016 December 12, 2016 By Erin Baker '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself looking to “dream bigger.”Zimmerman received

April 19, 2010 Claim: The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates is heralded as the first real philosopher in the Western tradition. He embarked on a quest for wisdom. Finding little wisdom, but lots of self-certainty, he began his job as the gadfly of Athens. He asked people questions and publicly revealed that their guise of authority and assuredness masked ignorance and inconsistency. He suggested that everyone undertake the task of carefully examining their beliefs and think for

April 26, 2013 PLU Student Involvement organized this year’s Relay For Life event on upper campus Friday April 26. (Photo by Thomas Soerenes ’14) Relay For Life at PLU raises nearly $20,000 By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 200 people attended the PLU Relay For Life April 26 and raised nearly $20,000. Relay For Life is a volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Each relay team is required to have one person walking on the track at all times during the event. Mackenzie

December 1, 2009 What will you do with your one wild and precious life? PLU is a little different from most universities. You can see it everyday on campus – in the classroom, in the residence halls, on the athletic fields. PLU students have a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. A lot of that has to do with our Lutheran heritage. Students are asked to wrestle with issues of value throughout their studies so that they develop the skills and sensibilities to be successful human

PLU alumna lands in Yosemite wilderness as park ranger after long journey traveling the world, exploring vocation Posted by: Kari Plog / August 1, 2016 Image: Bryanna Plog ’10 working as a park ranger at Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in summer 2015. (Photo courtesy of Plog) August 1, 2016 By Natalie DeFord '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 1, 2016)- Bryanna Plog ’10 seems to have done it all in her years after Pacific Lutheran University – teaching

the band’s drummer for the past four years. Horn says he will always think fondly of his experiences with both the band and his director. “It’s been an exceptional journey,” he said, adding that he’s learned a lot from Deacon-Joyner, “musically and in segways to life.” Horn combined his interest in music with his major through his capstone project — an analysis of the subculture of band kids. He’s focusing his analysis on the interaction of band kids and deviance. “There’s a huge range of deviance

Brian Bradshaw ’07 inspires others even after his death; scholarship encourages students to emulate his leadership Posted by: Kari Plog / November 1, 2016 Image: Paul and Mary Bradshaw, parents of Lt. Brian Bradshaw ’07, with PLU President Thomas W. Krise at the 2016 PLU Military Appreciation Football Game. (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) November 1, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else

February 14, 2008 Get ready, Relay for Life set for April For the third time in as many years, PLU will host a Relay for Life event on campus. The annual fund-raising event for the American Cancer Society also celebrates cancer survivors and caregivers and remembers those who’ve died from the disease. Relay events are held in communities across the nation. Teams of students, faculty, staff and alumni are already forming for PLU’s 18-hour walk around the university track on April 25 and 26. This

Q&A: Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 discusses her vocational journey that led to success as a hand-lettering artist, author Posted by: Kari Plog / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 8, 2016)- Gabri Joy Kirkendall ’09 studied political science and French languages and literature at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, she's a published author and artist. Below is an edited discussion about her vocational journey and her experience creating hand