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March 30, 2011 Port of Tacoma CEO sees strength in community Northwest native and Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe ’87, prides himself for being part of an organization that creates jobs. Established by the citizens of Pierce County, Wash., in 1918, The Port of Tacoma is among the largest container ports in North America. But Wolf sees the port as so much more than that – as a catalyst for community vitality, and a creator of economic growth for both the county and the state.“At the end of the day
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February 27, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38mOgUOGyTE PLU alum Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 performs in “Oklahoma!” at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. Editor’s note: Since this article was first published, Kirsten deLohr Helland has finished up her work in “Oklahoma!”,and sang in the production of “Titanic” at the Fifth Avenue in April. She will be in “Rent” this summer. Alumna kicks up her heels in Seattle production of ‘Oklahoma!’ By Barbara Clements; Video by Katie Martell Kirsten
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April 5, 2012 Film Festival Series: Most People Live in China The Department of Language & Literatures Film Festival Series 2011-2012 presents: Most People Live in China (Norway, 2002) at 5 p.m. Friday, April 13 in Ingram 100. Folk Flest Bor I Kina (Most People Live in China), directed by Martin Asphaug, is a political satire from Norway, consisting of nine separate episodes, each reflecting a different Norwegian political party. PLU Associate Professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies
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April 13, 2012 From the right, Kim Wilson ’76, Sheri Tonn, Tom Absher, Brad Cheney, Laurie Turner, Bruce Bjerke ’72, Frank Hewins ’86, and Thomas Suek ’12, shovel dirt. (Photo by John Froschauer) Groundbreaking sets all-purpose field plans in motion By Chris Albert This past Friday, April 13, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the first of two all-purpose fields on the PLU campus. “This day is a culmination of a long wish of a lot of people,” said Bruce Bjerke ’72, chairperson of the
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December 1, 2012 Newborn memories of the “oohs” and “ahs” heard in the womb By Barbara Clements University Communications Newborns are much more attuned to the sounds of their native language than first thought. In fact, these linguistic whizzes can up pick on distinctive sounds of their mother tongue while in utero, a new study has concluded. Research led by Christine Moon, a professor of psychology at Pacific Lutheran University, shows that infants, only hours old, showed marked interest for
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February 23, 2014 PLU Nursing Students Top in Exam Pass Rates PLU Nursing student Haley Urdahl ’15 works in the Ramstad lab. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The results are in for the 2013 NCLEX-RN exams, and for the second year in a row, Pacific Lutheran University Nursing students have achieved the highest pass rate among all baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing programs in the state. The interactive, computer-based NCLEX-RN test, or the
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Student Art on Display in the University Gallery Posted by: Zach Powers / December 7, 2015 Image: PLU students at the opening reception of the fall 2015 Juried Student Art Exhibition on Wednesday, Nov. 18. (All photos by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) December 7, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2015)—The latest works by Pacific Lutheran University student printmakers, painters and drawers will be on display through Dec. 16 in Ingram Hall’s University Gallery as part of the fall 2015 Juried
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PLU announces Master of Science in Kinesiology program Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 3, 2019 Image: Pacific Lutheran University is rolling out a prestigious new Master of Science in Kinesiology program, leveraging its standard-setting faculty and tradition of excellence to provide an intimate, mentorship-driven experience. December 3, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 2, 2019) — After almost six years of deliberation and preparation, Pacific
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Returning to the PLU School of Nursing will require reapplication to the nursing program. Readmission is neither guaranteed nor implied. If students are passing all nursing coursework they will be allowed to reapply to the School of Nursing and request permission to reenroll in the courses they were taking when they withdrew. If readmission is granted, the student will reenter the nursing program on a space-available basis. The student may be required to enroll in a 1 credit independent study
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INTRODUCTIONThe challenges faced by humanities programs in recent decades have been well documented. Due to declining budgets and a perception that humanities work is “unstrategic” (i.e., it is not typically training for specific career skills), humanities programming has been pronounced dead or on life support more times than we care to count. Legislators and administrators ask us: what is the value of the humanities? Students ask us: where will the humanities take me? We ask ourselves: how do
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