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Sacred concerts highlights faith and music Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 From 1965 until his death in 1974, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington reformed both his worldview and his music. With his advancing age, failing health, and the death in of his beloved co-composer Billy Strayhorn, Ellington came to realize the impermanence of life and rekindled the deep faith instilled in him by his father. From here, Duke Ellington composed the Sacred Concerts, calling his first of

January 25, 2008 Activist fights against poverty and disease Stephen Lewis, a humanitarian, diplomat and human rights activist, will visit Tacoma for the Wang Center for International Programs’ symposium “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations,” slated for Feb. 21 and 22.Lewis is the former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. He will deliver the keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World,” on

November 1, 2010 From PLU, to Iraq, and Back By Nick Dawson When Barrett Bollen ’12 settled into the starting blocks for the 400-meter hurdles finals at the 2010 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships in Spokane last April, 10 hurdles measuring 36 inches in height separated him from the finish line. Compared to the hurdles that Bollen crossed one year earlier as a member of the United States Marine Corps in Iraq, those 10 hurdles seemed like a walk in the park. Barett Bollen ’12

September 16, 2011 Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 talks to students in Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s entrepreneurship class. (Photo by John Froschauer) Alaska governor urges students to be “gazelles” of business and think independently By Barbara Clements Looking around Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s financing and entrepreneurship class, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 declared he was looking at future gazelles. At least he hoped that was the case. He urged the 15 students gathered in a

Media Student Serves and Learns Simultaneously Posted by: Zach Powers / December 12, 2015 Image: (Photo by Angelo Mejia ’17) December 12, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 11, 2015)—Communication major Chris Boettcher ’17 is living out the deeply held commitment of Pacific Lutheran University to civic engagement — all while continuing his education.When Cathy Nguyen, Tacoma poet laureate, reached out to PLU looking for a videographer to tell the story

Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon Posted by: halvormj / January 31, 2018 January 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations. Interested PLU students get a tour, free lunch, and the

changing Tacoma, the Puget Sound region and the world. YWCA Pierce County CEO Miriam Barnett will talk about charitable giving in a presentation titled “Intent and Impact; When Making a Difference Doesn’t.” She says that she’s enjoying the challenge of planning a compelling talk that fits TEDxTacoma’s five- to eight-minute standard. “TED talks are unique because they are a concentrated way to plant seeds of change,” Barnett said.  “I am excited to share a message meant to do exactly that — plant a seed

contributed to that jump, but I’d like to think that having greater visibility across our primary recruiting region has certainly been one of them. The other thing we look at how is how our web site performs, where our traffic comes from, and how visitors engage with our content. Our web site is often the front door for students and their families who are just beginning to explore college options. Again, there are lots of things that contribute to these year-over-year increases, most notably a new web

PLU Names New Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 6, 2016 Image: Pacific Lutheran University’s Red Square (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2016 By Donna GibbsPLU Marketing & Communications Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officerTACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1

PLU students intern with Trinidad and Tobago Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Posted by: mhines / February 12, 2024 Image: PLU students at the Division of Health orientation during J-Term 2024. February 12, 2024 January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away