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Wang Center Photo & Video Contest Winners 2022 Posted by: Holly Senn / March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due to the worldwide pandemic, 46 students returned home early in spring of 2020 and

Kara Atkinson ’23, transfer history major and former military linguist, on her PLU experience Posted by: shortea / May 5, 2023 Image: Kara Atkinson is a PLU senior majoring in history with minors in religion and Holocaust & genocide studies. (Photos by Emma Stafki ’26) May 5, 2023 By Grant Hoskins '23PLU Marketing & Communications Student Writer Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major

believe that a person who has experienced and truly felt the magic of a Picasso painting or the emotional depth of a Beethoven symphony will become a more compassionate person with an expanded appreciation for what it means to be fully human.” Read Previous New work celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Read Next Three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin joins the PLU Jazz Ensemble on stage LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the

PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

. in the Studio Theater on campus. (The screening will be livestreamed online.)Coming to PLU in 2009, I quickly decided to major in political science and global studies. But, I had never considered the field of communication until I discovered the opportunities for documentary filmmaking with MediaLab. I joined MediaLab in September 2011 and I was given the duty of choosing the next documentary topic along with another member; both of us came from political science backgrounds with an interest in

advocacy for undocumented students Read Previous PLU student leads effort to raise awareness of gun-violence threat in Washington state schools Read Next PLU Department of Communication launches Film and Media Studies concentration, beginning fall 2018 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. LATEST POSTS PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named President of

be a more utilized place, especially for people of color. Tell us about your current graduate studies. I will graduate with my master’s in public administration from The Evergreen State College in June. It has been quite the journey. I am excited for my capstone, for which my team will be writing self-empowerment curriculum in both Spanish and English. What do you see as the most challenging part of your job? Vicarious trauma is real; while supporting people through crisis is a passion and skill

our friends in the President’s Office who also serve generously to find ways to support students, staff and faculty at PLU.” Read Previous Aminda Cheney-Irgens ’20 on her chemistry and Hispanic studies double major, research in Puerto Rico, and preparing for graduate school Read Next PLU Faculty and Staff “Call Up” the Class of 2020 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

and spiritual leaders, should be doing in such trying times.Samuel Torvend, Pacific Lutheran University professor of religion and university chair in Lutheran studies emeritus, recently hosted a series of Zoom presentations centering on Luther, and more specifically, how he navigated life and led others during the plague. The Zoom participants were from three local churches —two in Tacoma, and one in Olympia. Torvend has published articles, book chapters and books on Luther and early Lutheran

Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21 Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 Brandon Nguyen '21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies.1. Can you give us an introduction about yourself? My name’s Brandon Nguyen. I was born in Hawaii, and I lived there for four years. Then the Military PCS’d my family