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Sunny, Fuzzy, Pre-Finals Friends Posted by: Sandy Dunham / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 8, 2014)—To spread cheer and relieve stress before Finals Week, Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University and the PLU Counseling Center partnered with volunteer organizations, including Therapy Dogs International, to bring certified therapy animals to campus on Dec. 12. The therapy-pet program was a huge hit, with unconditionally loving puppies
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January 3, 2008 Transfer students enrich campus Each year, PLU admits anywhere from 250 to 300 transfer students to campus. It’s a diverse mix of students from all walks of life. Some are in their 50s, looking to complete a degree they’d left unfinished. Some are a year or two out of high school. Some are first generation college students. Others transferred from a four-year university looking for something more to their liking. “There is no typical transfer student,” explained Joelle Pretty
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LUTES ANSWER: What does it mean to innovate wherever you are? Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 What does it mean to innovate wherever you are? “To innovate everywhere means to think ahead and find new ways to answer new and old questions. It’s finding new ways to make even the mundane fun. Wherever I am I look for the next step, the step that revolutionizes and transforms where I am and who I am. ” –Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23 History Major General Manager, Lute Air Radio “It’s
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MediaLab film “Changing Currents” receives awards in multiple categories Posted by: Todd / December 1, 2016 December 1, 2016 MediaLab, the applied research and media services program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), received a total of six awards on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, from the Accolade Global Film Competition of Southern California for the new documentary “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers.” “Changing Currents,” which publicly premiered at Tacoma’s Theatre on the
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of the Holocaust, but the former PLU regent and namesake of the Holocaust Education professorship could have been talking about how to describe the strides the program has made. Mayer spent his youth fighting for survival. It was a time where blind hate, deception and disbelief led to the deaths of millions. By remembering the darkness of history, lessons can be learned, he said. “I think the world has changed,” Mayer said. The university has been part of a change for better understanding and
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experiences at PLU, Gradwohl mentions participating in the football program under Frosty Westering and making new friends as being among his warmest memories. “I made the best friends of my life, who I still talk to every day,” Gradwohl said. “The Godparents of my kids are my friends from PLU.” After PLU, Gradwohl married Andrea in 1995. They have three children: Max, 12, Sophie, 9, and Major, 6. Today, Gradwohl oversees Fantazimo’s day-to-day operations. He meets with schools, works on product
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March 25, 2013 A path of discovery By Katie Scaff ’13 For Austin Goble ’09, volunteering after graduation was anything but a gap year. Goble wasn’t ready to jump right into the workforce, so after graduating in December 2009 Goble spent a year volunteering with Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC), and then a year with AmeriCorps. “For me a year of service was intentional,” said Goble, “an intentional path of self-discovery.” Goble met a recruiter from LVC at a career development fair before
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present to a larger audience,” Cunningham said. “I thought, these are the kinds of experiences that are missing for our students (of color): the development experiences. “This is a chance to intentionally create space for a marginalized community here on campus, especially because the majority of folks that attend here are white women. It’s important that we pause and make it visible, so that we all understand the value of what we contribute to this campus life.”“Butterfly Confessions” runs Nov. 1
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PLU Record-holder Bailey Hamilton ’22 balances athletic involvement with academic excellence Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 20, 2022 Image: Hamilton (left) and teammates with their medals after their winning race. (photo courtesy of Bailey Hamilton) April 20, 2022 By Isabella Daltoso ’23PLU Marketing and CommunicationsBailey Hamilton is a senior nursing student at PLU. She is also a member of PLU’s swim team. Recently, she was a member of the winning four-member relay team at this year's
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Kristen Jaudon ’94: Picturing the possibilities Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 15, 2022 Image: Kristen Jaudon ‘94 is the senior director for communications 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. (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) August 15, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterKristen (Vold) Jaudon ’94 likes to keep her options open
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