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October 23, 2014 Campus and Community Collaborate for an All-Treats, No-Tricks Halloween Children trick or treat at PLU in 2012; it’s a tradition that goes back nearly a dozen years. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 24, 2014)—On Halloween night, Pacific Lutheran University residence halls and adjacent Garfield Street will be filled with children strolling in cute costumes, frightening faces and giggly goblin gear
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Children’s theatre continues its revival at PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 8, 2017 February 8, 2017 “James and the Giant Peach” premieres this FebruaryWhen James Henry Trotter is forced to move-in with his horrible aunts, he finds comfort in a magical peach and a group of extraordinary friends who lead him on an adventure through the Atlantic Ocean, above the clouds, and to far-off, distant countries. Pacific Lutheran University’s next production, James and the Giant Peach, will be
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a mom who was a student, then a geographer. Weiss initially turned up her nose at Stanford, since it was too close to home. She opted for an elementary education degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland. But the faces looking up at her from the desks had known another, less privileged life. The recession and timber downturn in the 1970s and early 1980s had hit the families in Oregon City hard. “They were the kids from the projects, and I at first thought that was a gated community,” said
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Kate Hall ’17 builds connections, serves community at ESD 113 Posted by: Silong Chhun / September 6, 2022 Image: PLU alumna Kate Hall ’17 is a communication specialist at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that students in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 6, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterKate Hall ’17 remembers the job interview
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and a minor in philosophy. He will be enrolling in the PLU Master of Arts in Education program to complete his goal of becoming a secondary math teacher. We spoke with Canady-Pete about his time at PLU, the advantages of going to college locally and why he wants to become a teacher. How does being a local student benefit you as a college student? For one, it’s nice being able to help my friends out whenever they want to do something off-campus. I can tell them what are the good places and bad
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November 13, 2014 Lutes See The World During J-Term Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd on an earlier research trip to Antarctica. Students and Professors Will Travel to and Study on All 7 Continents By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 14, 2014)—This January, while the temperatures drop and the rain falls in Tacoma, Pacific Lutheran University students will disperse all over the globe for education, culture
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had arrived in the U.S.Upon returning home, Brizuela, who majored in music education at PLU, had two in-classroom days with his Clover Park School District students before classes were suspended. “It was a rapid-fire shut down of everything,” he remembers. Two states away, Sarah Lord ’00 was teaching high school biology and environmental science at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Montana. While inconvenienced by the immediate shutdown, she didn’t realize the scope until several weeks
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the same. As an education major, Patterson decided she wanted to start a first-year education program to teach first-years about the meaning of recycling and sustainability. Sustainability is part of what makes PLU, PLU. Sara Patterson ’14 found a passion for educating about sustainability. “Education is the start of every single positive change you can make,” Patterson said. “There’s so many opportunities to reduce your impact.” Patterson’s experiences with sustainability will come full circle in
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language learners and/or bilingual education. Toppenish SD has many English-language learners: 1393 youth qualify as ELL among 4774 full-time students. Or a little more than one-fourth of students.“Our motivation was to not pull ELL kids out of a classroom, which comes with a stigma and missed opportunities for peer interaction and role modeling,” says Teri Martin, Federal Programs Director for Toppenish School District. Teachers wanted the opportunity to keep students in the classroom, teach language
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across the nation. But in Tacoma, a collection of passionate people at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts has come together to keep the performing arts alive and well. About TEDxTacoma When: 3-9 p.m. Feb. 28. Where: Theater on the Square, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. Tickets: $79. More information and tickets: Click here. Five of these passionate people are Lutes: Associate Director of Events Leilani Balais ’99, Education and Events Associate Adam Utley ’04, Marketing Coordinator Mariesa Bus ’06
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