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Hrivnak’s experiences being published in Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S Troops and Their Families (Random House, 2006).  His entries were included in a documentary which was nominated, but didn’t win, an Academy Award in 2008.  Hrivnak intended to publish his own book long before now, but life got in the way – children, a wife who returned to grad school, a career change – Hrivnak works now as a firefighter for Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue.  But

until I found success and received encouragement from my professors in the several writing courses I took while at PLU that I started thinking of writing as something more than an enjoyable hobby.” After graduating from PLU, Walton headed straight to graduate school at Portland State University where she would earn an MFA in Creative Writing. “I wrote The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender in grad school,” she says. “So, in a way, my writing career started at PLU.” Walton lives in Seattle

decades, a majority of his 40-year career in education. He’s been at the district’s helm for 11 years. Beyond his commitment to the partnership with PLU and his full-time administrative work, he serves on the boards of the Junior Achievement of Washington, Latino/a Education Achievement Project, Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis Foundation, Pierce Center for Arts & Technology and the Pierce County Skills Center. He also is a longtime member of PLU’s Administrative Professional Education Advisory Board and

any career and help with applying to graduate schools.”MAKING SCIENCE HAPPEN: “I am preparing our selenium precursor by reducing our selenium powder with 1-dodecanethiol,” said Smith. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean)DRAWING CHEMISTRY: “Dr. Munro and myself are discussing the phase identification of ZnSe nanocrystals characterizations. Differentiating the cubic and wurtzite lattice X-ray diffraction patterns that this material can form,” stated Smith. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean)“This summer allowed me to experience

PLUS 100 cohort might be the first of its kind at PLU, the motivations of breeding excellence in those student-athletes has plenty of campus tradition behind them. “The PLU football program has had a long-standing history of growing men of integrity,” Dr. Frey said. “It is no different today.” Read Previous Alumni Profile: Superhero, secret agent, zookeeper? Read Next Building Better Students: PLU’s 3-2 Engineering Program LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24

family. As musicians, we spend most of our time in our isolated world of personal practice and rehearsals. To make connections with this piece to the greater campus community is all the more special since that is really what the liberal arts, and Lutheran Higher Education, is all about.” Tickets to the April 23 concert can be purchased online, over the phone (253-535-7411) and at the door: $8 general admission, $5 senior citizen and alumni, free for PLU & 18 and younger. The Lyric Brass Quintet is

, exploring devotion through lust, whimsy and…fish. Intended for mature audiences. $8 General Admission; $5 Senior Citizens and Alumni; $3 PLU Community, any student ID and 18 and under. Tickets available at the Campus Concierge (253-535-7411) or at the door prior to event (tickets at the door are cash only).      Sankta Lucia Fest Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. Chris Knutzen Hall An hour-long program featuring Swedish music, song and dance and a very special children’s performance. The celebration marks the beginning

Annual Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival in Linz, Austria. PLU Christmas Concerts: Schedule & TicketsArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Ore. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m.   Benaroya Hall, Seattle Monday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.   Lagerquist Concert Hall, PLU, Tacoma Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m.[SOLD OUT] Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. [SOLD OUT] Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m.[SOLD OUT] Tickets to the above concerts are General Admission $35 | 55+, PLU & Alumni $30 | Students $25 | Group Sales

Statement of Community Care Posted by: Lace M. Smith / October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018 Dear campus community, Pacific Lutheran University’s community is deeply rooted in care. It is in our mission to continue creating a campus environment that welcomes, values and protects the voices and vocations of our community members and recognizes the humanity in all of us — students, faculty, staff, alumni and beyond — even when others refuse to do so. Events of the past few weeks have been difficult

, Soliai decided to apply and was accepted into the program. This helped pave the way for her to go to PLU.  “A lot of my friends who are in Act Six, like me, they wouldn’t be able to afford a private university like PLU,” Soliai said. “Private schools are dream schools for some kids.”Invest in Change-MakersThis spring, members of the community and PLU alumni, family and friends are invited to boldly invest in students like this through the expansion of the Act Six scholarship program. Learn more at