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PLU alum takes leadership role as Tacoma’s chief equity officer Posted by: vcraker / August 4, 2022 August 4, 2022 As far back as middle school, others noticed Lisa Woods’ quiet strength and power of observation. “My demeanor is to listen, hear people and see people,” she says. “I’ve developed that over time, but I’ve always been the listener in the room and not necessarily the talker.” Today, Woods (’92) uses her powers of reflection as chief equity officer within Tacoma’s Office of Equity and

You Ask, We Answer: Can I study international business at PLU? Posted by: shortea / April 21, 2023 April 21, 2023 The School of Business at PLU offers a broad range of courses and skills. We offer areas of specialization (what we call concentrations) in marketing, management, accounting and finance. Students who are interested in international business may use any one of those concentrations as a pathway into international business. For example, Megan was a student in the marketing

industry,” he said. “It seemed right to me, so I decided to give it a shot.” The company grew quickly, and in 1990 was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the fasting-growing small companies in the United States. That same year, he bought-out his partner and renamed the business Pinnacle Rarities, based in Lakewood, Wash., and focused the company on high-end collectors and investors. “I quickly acquired an appreciation for the history and artistry of coins, and more important, I found I loved dealing with

April 18, 2008 Lutes find trip to New Orleans inspiring, shocking At first, the neighborhoods seemed like any other to the PLU students traveling around New Orleans over spring break. But then they began to notice that many of the houses were empty, as hollow-eyed windows stared blankly back at passerby, with no furniture, no families, and sometimes no interior walls. The strange cross hatched markings on the buildings – on closer inspection – revealed themselves to be a grim haiku that search

‘Namibia Nine’ Premieres to Full, Excited Crowd Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 2, 2015 Image: President Thomas W. Krise, left, joins the “Namibia Nine” film team and Namibian PLU graduates at the documentary’s premiere Feb. 28. (Photo: John Froschauer) March 2, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 2, 2015)—Namibia Nine, the PLU-produced documentary depicting the journey of nine Namibian students back in their homeland after graduating from Pacific

Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty Posted by: Lace M. Smith / August 13, 2019 Image: Justin Foster ’02, and School of Business Dean Chung-Shing Lee photographed in the Morken Center for Learning & Technology at PLU, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 13, 2019 By Vince SchleitwilerGuest WriterLutes often find ways to show gratitude to the community that supported their education, but Justin Foster ’02 got started early. An

PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is proud to announce the establishment of the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance, thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders. Fritts has pledged $2 million to support and

May 2, 2008 Sustainability Fellows to tackle bikes, recycling Juniors Lauren Buchholz and Eric Pfaff were named the 2008-09 Sustainability Fellows last week. Awarded annually by the Sustainability Committee, the fellowships give students an opportunity to further the campus sustainability effort by researching existing practices and the use of resources on PLU and at other college and university campuses. Buchholz will work with Environmental Services to determine strategies to perpetuate the

September 24, 2012 As the keynote Meant to Live speaker at Homecoming, Gordon Campbell ’75 tells Lutes to follow their passion. (Photo by John Froschauer) Gordon Campbell ’75 tells Lutes to follow their passion. By Barbara Clements Gordon Campbell ’75 has three bits of advice for students or recent grads from Pacific Lutheran University. The first being: be passionate about what you do. That passion will hold you in good stead when you hit roadblocks during your career or find yourself in a

October 16, 2012 Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust” speaks at a Brown Bag Lecture as part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Journalist and author examines IBM’s role in the Holocaust By Barbara Clements University Communications Let’s make one thing clear, said Edwin Black, an investigative journalist and author of “IBM and the Holocaust.” “There would have been a Holocaust without IBM,” he told a group