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forefront of technology. When you’re at the forefront of technology, you’re guessing some of the times. Amy Young: Yes you are. Kory Brown: You can do all of the strategic and analysis work and all of those pieces but you’ll place a bet and you’ll spend 10 million dollars. When it doesn’t come through, people lose their jobs. That’s painful. When your decisions are not only affecting yourself, affecting the livelihood of tens of other families is a painful professional experience that the one has to

July 14, 2008 Fellowship encourages senior to find calling Since childhood, Timothy Siburg’s sought to determine his life’s purpose. At PLU, the quest to find his vocation has only intensified. The senior religion and economics double major knows he wants to serve others, but he isn’t sure in what capacity. His friends tell him to stop stressing, that everything will work out. Still, he frets about choosing the right path. “For better or for worse, I feel there are certain gifts I have to serve

Lutes Show Passion for Vocation with National Teaching Achievement Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 2, 2015 Image: Dannielle Hanson ’08, ’10 is one of 35 Lutes who are members of the 2014 class of National Board Certified Teachers. (Photo courtesy Dannielle Hanson) March 2, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (March 2, 2015)—Displaying their vocational passion for teaching, 35 Pacific Lutheran University alumni graduated from the 2014 class of National Board

Seattle Business Magazine Editor Teaching Journalism Course at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / October 23, 2015 Image: (Photo by Hayley Young/Courtesy of John Levesque) October 23, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 23)- Journalism students at Pacific Lutheran University have the opportunity to work with an accomplished industry professional this year. Seattle Business magazine managing editor John Levesque has experienced the journalism world from almost

PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award Posted by: Zach Powers / September 14, 2022 Image: PLU Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund says she takes great joy in building learning communities with students that explore how the microbial world is intricately tied to our lives. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 14, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund is the recipient of the American

PLU receives a major gift to fund environmental issues programming Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 3, 2022 Image: Appearing from left to right: Professor Sergia Hay, President Allan Belton, David Steen ’57, Lorilie Steen ’58, and Chair of Environmental Studies Adela Ramos accepts the generous gift to fund the PLU Environmental Studies program’s new annual symposium. October 3, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is excited to announce the

value and its intended learning outcomes. I just created a Sakai Project Site for my Composition Seminar and will try it out tonight. The idea is that we can post our recent music there and listen to it, and respond — both synchronously in conferences and asynchronously in chat rooms. PLU: Some academic disciplines are more natural fits for online instruction than others. Has teaching music through a distance-learning model been challenging? Youtz: Fortunately the abundance of music on Youtube makes

Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

disciplines such as economics, mathematics and accounting. “Larger university faculties may not be able to coordinate across these disciplines like we do,” Boeh said. The masters program targets new and recent graduates, and is an intensive program that will take 10 months to complete, rather than the more traditional two years for an MBA, he said. Because of the small class size that is traditional at PLU, professors will have the opportunity to focus on the individual, he noted. The PLU MSF aligns

is also the largest provider of cloud computing infrastructure services, which accounts for much of its revenue and future potential. Amazon’s Seattle Campus (Photo by Chad Slattery) However, for those interested in computer science research, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language understanding (NLU), the company offers an incredible array of engineering and cognitive research opportunities—right in our back yard. A Meet-and-Greet with Alexa Since its public debut in late 2014, I have