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drive every day to the office to be a part of the department,” she said. “The fund also helped with gas money to drive to work in person with children and their parents.” The scholarship is an extension of the Student Ambassador Program, an initiative devised in 2019 by an innovation studies class led by PLU professor Mike Halvorson. The challenge from Halvorson was simple. Find something on campus you care about and improve it. This simple assignment grew into a partnership of students, donors
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FAQ for Students Asking for Letters of Recommendation Checklist, before you request the letter: Keep track of the deadlines. Ideally, your letter writers should have at least one month’s notice. Keep in mind that a potential letter writer might have to decline, and you’ll want to have enough time to find an alternate. Is this the right person from whom to request a letter? Choose people who are most familiar with your studies, research interests, or work, including at least one professor in the
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of Scene magazine, she was inspired to recall—and share—her own Choir of the West story … from 1939. It was so full of history and facts and fun, we wanted to share it with everyone. Writes Lorna: “Now at 93 years old, this trip remains very vivid in my memory!” By Lorna Vosburg '40, '69 “Whee…eee!,” I read in my diary. “We are off on the trip of a lifetime!” I was just 19 years old, a student at Pacific Lutheran College and a member of the famous Choir of the West, which was leaving on a 3,000
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are now 193 counties following a labyrinth of political systems and economic models, and a global population that now exceeds 7 billion. Just as the symposium reaches out to challenge the assumptions and understanding of the PLU campus community, so too is it intended to reach out to the broader Puget Sound Community. Previous symposia have been Migration: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Mobility, The Countenance of Hope: Towards an Interdisciplinary and
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April 25, 2012 VWS: Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken Washington State Poet Laureate, and MFA alum, Kathleen Flenniken ’07 is the next guest in PLU’s Visiting Writer Series Wednesday, May 2. Her visit starts with The Writer’s Story: Q&A at 3:30 p.m. at Garfield Books and concludes with a reading at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Flenniken’s first book, Famous (University of Nebraska, 2006), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was named a Notable Book
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Molly Martin’s full story Applying Psychology to Marketing Analytics (formerly Marketing Research) Nicki Clifford graduated from PLU with a Bachelor of Science in psychology with minors in politics and government as well as religion. She continued her studies at PLU to gain a Master of Science in Marketing Research. “The MSMR program relates to my undergraduate studies because we delve deep into psychographics and geodemographics, which leads to a more comprehensive view of the human experience
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Faculty Excellence AwardsThe university sponsors Faculty Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments of the faculty in five areas of faculty work: teaching, advising, mentoring, research, and service. The recipients have been nominated and selected by their peers, signifying their high regard among those who know them well. 2023 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching Emily Davidson, Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies The Faculty
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7. Service to the advancement of life, health, and wholenessOne of Martin Luther’s essential reforming insights insisted that while human beings are called to work diligently in this world, they can do nothing to work for or earn God’s favor. This counter-intuitive insight, discovered in Luther’s study of the New Testament, contradicted the cultural perception that human beings are called to strive for “perfection” or keep many religious rules and, in so doing, earn the favor of the divine. To
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two years of full-time work to be able to afford PLU.Ramstad Scholarship a Fitting Tribute to a PLU Leader Gifts in memory of a loved one are a cherished part of the close relationship with the university that are often built by PLU families.For the Edlund Family, Roots to PLU Run Deep The Edlund family has been intertwined with PLU for many years. To show their appreciation for the university, they are giving back in a big way. Keep reading to find out how they are making a difference.A Lifelong
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now have turned into full circles. View more photos of the men’s basketball team Lisa Patterson '98 Lisa Patterson is the editor in chief of South Sound magazine and 425 magazine, both regional, award-winning lifestyle publications. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1998, and enjoys coming back to campus to talk to students about media-related topics. Previous Post Welcome Next Post Thomas Kim '15 More Story Welcome Between memory and hope The university is one of the few places in
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