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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 7, 2016)- Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Nicole Laumb ’11 did and plans to do it again. “The giggles were endless,” she told her loyal Facebook followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek…

    towns where they traveled, to help spread the word about the circus and maybe give sneak peeks to willing audiences. One of those times, the willing participant was a nun in Calistoga, California, who Laumb said volunteered to have two performers juggle around her. Now that the circus life is over, Laumb has returned to working with kids in the after-school enrichment program. She says her interest in farming attracted her to the job, and she hopes to open her own farm and circus program for kids

  • Nicole (Hughes) Hargreaves graduated from PLU in 2009 with a degree in communication and a minor in women’s and gender studies. Originally from Kirkland, Wash., she went on to begin her career here in the Pacific Northwest. However, after her husband Paul was struck with…

    we’ve been able to share it with some of our Aussie family and friends who have all enjoyed seeing the final product after waiting so long since filming. The response from our family and friends in America has been a little overwhelming. I’ve had people reach out from all areas of my life saying they have seen the episode. All of the feedback has been really positive, but I truly didn’t believe that many people would see it or even have an interest in seeing it. However, I’ve been proven wrong. Paul

  • As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…

    , theory building, research methods, statistical analysis and using psychology in human context. The Bachelor of Science degree also is an excellent degree option for students with an interest in pre-medicine (including psychiatry), behavioral health, cognitive neuroscience, or neuropsychology. Read Previous Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Read Next Act Six Scholar Finds Support, Future at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • Sophia Barro ’22 is a senior education major and religion minor at PLU. She recently completed full-time student teaching at Lakeview Hope Academy. We spoke with Barro about her experiences at PLU and as a student teacher, and about the values she hopes to inspire…

    sneak books to read late at night. That is why I chose the reading endorsement. I didn’t know what teaching literacy would encompass at all. I have been learning the stages of reading and language acquisition, learning to teach phonics, and learning to inspire interest in reading in kids. That’s part of the reason I really enjoyed working with second graders during my student teaching. How was your student teaching experience? I recently completed my student teaching at Lakeview Hope Academy in the

  • In high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the…

    Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the summer interning with the Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle.“When I was going into college, it was a no-brainer for me because I just had such a strong interest in it,” Noreen said. “The theater industry is so vast that I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know what type of role I want to do, but it’s got to be theater.’ ” We recently met with Noreen at the end of a long day teaching for the company’s summer camp program

  • While at PLU, Angela Pierce-Ngo ’12 was worried by a troubling pattern. After the first year of college, many peers and friends — especially classmates of color — left school or took an extremely long break. Even as she worked as a diversity advocate and…

    meet with an advocate once a week or so at first, then about once a quarter after entering a program. There’s a common misconception that those who left school are uninterested in more school — but Pierce-Ngo notes that recent research showed that 95% of South King County youth surveyed indicate interest in further education. Angela Pierce-Ngo with her parents at PLU Commencement in 2012. Angela Pierce-Ngo tabling with the Diversity Center during a student involvement fair. Angela Pierce-Ngo

  • Highly recruited as an outside hitter out of Chiawana High School, Sianna Iverson ‘24, a talented volleyball player, knew she found a home at PLU after a campus visit.  “As soon as I visited, I knew it was going to be a great fit for…

    therapy and her high school sports medicine classes informed her interest in kinesiology and sports medicine. “I first went to physical therapy for a sports-related injury when I was 11. I thought it was super cool, and I really loved my physical therapist. Since then, I decided I wanted to be a physical therapist, even though, at the time, I had no idea what that meant.”Iverson’s first collegiate campaign on the volleyball court for the Lutes during the 2021 spring COVID season, when she recorded 17

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    chose six films out of 27 on offer from the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Foundation. Our criterion in making the selection was to bring a diverse set of films to campus that would not only feature the languages and cultures studied in the Department of Languages and Literatures, but also would speak to issues of interest to many on campus: migration, human rights, environmental degradation, collective memory. We reached out to faculty members from art history, nursing, marriage and

  • In our new series, “Office Hours,” faculty open their doors and give you a look into their creative spaces. Join these faculty for their own office hours at PLU. Come in, sit down, have a conversation, you might just learn something new! Associate Professor Spencer…

    also realized that college was a really safe place to take risks and blow it. If I wasn’t blowing it, I wasn’t pushing myself. I challenge students with the same thing now when I see them making beautiful things that are too easy. I start to ask the questions, “Are you in a comfort zone, what’s next for these forms, where do you go from here, how do you keep pushing yourself?” Read Previous Jp Avila – “Office Hours” Read Next Fourth annual Ruth Anderson Public Debate talks third-party vote LATEST

  • Two episodes of a new four-part MediaLab documentary project is set to premiere this spring. The series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender, screened Feb. 17 at…

    , screened Feb. 17 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The other two portions of the series will premiere in Tacoma later this spring.  Episode III (Sedalia, Missouri- race) and IV (Richwood, West Virginia- class) will be featured on April 5, at 7pm in Ingram 100. “A World of Difference” was jointly sponsored and supported by PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the university’s Diversity, Justice and