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Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market Posted by: Zach Powers / April 26, 2024 Image: Cece Chan ’24 is a double major in communication and gender, sexuality, and race studies from Seattle. (photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2024 By Nikki McCoyPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For Cece Chan ’24, what began as a love of student advocacy and social justice in high school, has blossomed into activism through art at

shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar locale.Utilizing Tacoma’s diverse and complicated history, Hammerstrom and 23 students have the opportunity to learn firsthand about Tacoma’s Buddhism. The upper-division global religion course is split between on-campus lecture and discussion and off-campus site visits. Most recently, students visited the Tacoma Buddhist Temple and a Korean zen temple, both within a 20-minute drive of campus

. Grace Takehara is a business major with an emphasis in marketing. Grace Takehara - NordstromWhat is your title; how many hours per week do you work; and which staff members do you work with most? My specific title is Retail Management Intern. More specifically, I am the intern in The Rail/Topman department at Flagship (Store One in Downtown Seattle), which is a department offering clothing marketed toward men. The amount of hours I work per week has varied, especially during one of Nordstrom’s

From PLU History to Grad School in the Big Apple! Posted by: shimkojm / August 20, 2018 Image: Carli studying at her desk before her final exam (loving it!) August 20, 2018 By Carli Snyder (2017 History graduate) and Beth Kraig (Chair of History at PLU)Thinking about graduate study in history? Pacific Lutheran University history majors have an excellent track record when it comes to earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (or both) in history.I recently touched base with Carli Snyder, ’17, about her first

“jamming”—unrehearsed, unplanned performances that often feature extended solos and performers engaging one another in friendly competition—has tremendous importance in the lexicon and history of jazz music. The Jazz Day program will include periods of jamming with a special twist, spotlighting standout students and inviting them to com of age on stage as jazz performers. “We are having a few select students ‘sit in’ with the professional trio and see if they can hang with more mature musicians playing

Island at the edge of the Canadian border. For one week over the summer, Roche Harbor served as a site of discovery for a handful of Lutes interested in archaeology.A group of Pacific Lutheran University students ventured into the woods as part of an archaeology field method workshop, facilitated through the Seattle-based Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Amanda Taylor, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, runs PLU’s side of the project and leads students in the research component

with a PLU degree?” Others featured in the campaign include Android co-founder Nick Sears ’87, ’95,  Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 and Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01. Read all about the campaign and browse all 11 billboard designs in the latest online issue of ResoLUTE.  Read Previous PLU Business Students Donate Class Project Revenue to Wounded Warriors Read Next PLU Graduate Nursing Student Awarded Prestigious Armed Forces Scholarship COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated

Nursing alumna Katie Blanchard on how her near murder has led to her powerful advocacy Posted by: Zach Powers / November 26, 2019 Image: Katie Blanchard ‘13 speaking with PLU students on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 26, 2019 By Zach PowersMarketing & CommunicationsThree years ago, Katie Blanchard ‘13 was set on fire and nearly killed by a colleague at a military health center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.Since then, Blanchard has undergone over 100 recovery

to gain valuable professional media experience. Associate Professor of Communication Robert Marshall Wells, faculty advisor of MediaLab, has directed the program since its inception. But Wells, who left a successful career in journalism to teach at PLU, said the idea of MediaLab actually came from fellow Communication Professor Joanne Lisosky.MediaLab AnniversaryVisit to learn more and purchase tickets for the fundraising event“I was sitting in a faculty meeting, minding my own business, just

Nick Sears ’87, ’95,  Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 and Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01. Read all about the campaign and browse all 11 billboard designs in the latest online issue of ResoLUTE.  Read Previous PLU Included on Best-of Lists for Value and Business Schools Read Next An Open Letter to the PLU Community from President Tom Krise 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