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  • University Gallery: PLU Faculty Show The Ingram Hall University Gallery opens its season with a collection of recent work by faculty of PLU’s Department of Art & Design. Each year, the University Gallery showcases work from local artists, students, emerging talents and faculty alike. The…

    are significant in composing what I hope are engaging narratives. In using metaphors such as buildings, inner tubes, and turtles I attempt to imply concepts of progeny, resourcefulness, stewardship, and dominion of the natural world. Becky Frehse, lecturer of art Area of Emphasis: art education Artist statement: Oasis (2010; mixed media with font type drawer). One of my deep and fond memories of an exotic place is an oasis I visited while attending the camel races in Douz, Tunisia. The immense

  • Gift for all-purpose field primes athletic facilities transformation By Greg Brewis Transforming PLU athletic and recreational facilities took a big step forward recently. A gift of $1 million for the construction of an all-weather, multipurpose athletic field on lower campus, is making that closer to…

    is a good start at a major upgrade of athletic facilities at PLU.” Depending on the success of further fundraising for the athletic field, site preparation could begin in the fall, leading to the installation of the field in 2012. Construction will be completed in seven to nine months. The field is the first of two that will serve the, athletic, recreational, physical education and wellness needs of the campus. It will serve the men’s and women’s soccer programs as a practice and competition

  • Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation at PLU Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation.  At the end of this year, the Lilly Endowment’s $2.5 million, eight-year funding of the Wild Hope Project came…

    the similar goal of, as Torvend likes to say, “allowing students, faculty, and staff to pause and ponder meaning and purpose in life – something few places cultivate.” The Center for Vocation will also focus on training faculty and staff through workshops, study seminars on Lutheran Higher education and the like. Early on, organizers realized that, to be truly impactful, PLU needed to support faculty and staff – after all, they are the ones who are here year-after-year. “We have worked to train

  • Five Lutes took the stage in the summer  of 2011 for Seattle Opera’s production of ‘Porgy and Bess.’ (Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera) Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ – five Lutes, one stage, hitting the high notes in fun The recent Seattle Opera production of…

    a career in singing or opera? “Life isn’t a dress rehearsal,” she said. “Do your best work every time. Be accountable. Be flexible. Be able, ready and fierce with your art.” Like Van Mechelen, McIntyre arrived at PLU as a transfer student. She graduated with an English literature major, and a vocal and religion minor. McIntyre’s mother, Nancy McIntyre ’74, also graduated with a degree in education from PLU. After teaching in various places around the country, McIntyre now teaches theater arts in

  • Grad lands dream job By Emilie Thoreson ’15 After travelling to Macedonia on a Fulbright Student Fellowship and working for the National Albanian American Council, Kelly Ryan ’10 has landed his dream job — working for the State Department. Ryan made the trip to Skopje,…

    and [doing] more in-depth research on the impacts of bilingual integrated education on social contact,” Ryan said explaining his thesis project for his Master’s program. “I always knew that I wanted to go back…it’s, I’d say, my third home.” Read Previous One step at a time Read Next Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window

  • What are you reading this summer? Join the ‘Full Campus Read’ Patty and President Tom Krise are participating in the Common Reading Program. Are you? The PLU community will be reading ‘Into the Beautiful North’ this summer as part of the Common Reading Program By…

    – way for students to encounter college expectations, even before school starts. “The Common Reading Program offers incoming students a sneak-peek of what to expect – and what is expected of them – when it comes to their college education,” Baillon said. “Community, critical thinking and literacy are the core goals of the First-Year Experience Program, and the Common Reading Program provides a shared experience that allows students to tap into all three,” said Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, assistant

  • MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of…

    the CFA challenges, students work in teams to research and analyze a publicly traded stock. Each team produces a report on its assigned stock with a buy, sell or hold recommendation and then presents and defends its thesis to a panel of industry veterans. It’s a challenge perfectly suited to PLU’s MSF, which is jointly offered by faculty from Finance, Economics, Accounting and Mathematics to present a cross-disciplinary education that uniquely prepares graduates to excel in financial careers by

  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in…

    a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says

  • University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…

    such factors as the school’s first-year experience, general education program, experiential components of the curriculum, the strategic plan and alumni success and satisfaction. At PLU, Royce-Davis said, all of those factors tie together—purposefully. “The related engagement of faculty, staff and students that occurs at PLU is unusual in its scope and depth and is exemplified by the number of themed residential learning communities, such as the Creative Expression and Women’s Empowerment and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 10, 2015)- Throughout the week of Nov. 8-14 Pacific Lutheran University is hosting a trio of events celebrating and resourcing veterans and military service members. On Wednesday morning, the university will host a Veterans Day Celebration. On Saturday morning, it will host…

    services, education benefits, employment opportunities, post-traumatic stress disorder, housing and a number of other subjects of concern to many local veterans. There will also be a number of representatives on hand to offer self-care and veteran care resources to spouses and dependent children of veterans. The fair will take place from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Anderson University Center and is co-sponsored by the Tacoma Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Social Action Committee. Admission to