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April 1, 2013 Greg Youtz: Composing for the cannery – of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes By James Olson ’14 In 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of a year in limbo – graduating high school a year early and giving himself time to explore before college. In the dead space between high school and “higher learning,” potential itineraries sprawled

April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications   The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job

September 11, 2014 PLU’s Marks Constitution Day With Free Speech (and More) Keynote Speaker U.S. Rep. Denny Heck Headlines Sept. 23 Conversation About Democracy By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will mark Constitution Day on Sept. 23 with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Denny Heck titled The Constitution is 227 Years Old … How is it Doing? But first, to prepare you—and to mark the official Constitution Day—Lutes will hand out copies of America’s

PLU Alumna and Gospel Music Superstar Returns to Campus Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 10, 2015 Image: Crystal Aiken ’97 returned to PLU in December 2013 to perform at the annual holiday luncheon. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) February 10, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ‘18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 10, 2015)—On Thursday, Feb. 12, Pacific Lutheran University alumna and gospel music star Crystal Aikin '97 returns to campus for a signing of her sophomore album, All I Need.Aikin

Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz at PLU: Video and Photos Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 A Powerful Presentation at PLU Watch Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz’s riveting talk on sexual assault, “From Victim to Survivor to Leader,” which she delivered to a rapt audience at Pacific Lutheran University on Feb. 17. FlorCruz publicly shared her own story of sexual assault for the first time; she also presented effective tips for preventing sexual assault, and for supporting its victims

Campus Tour: PLU’s newly renovated anatomy and physiology lab Posted by: Zach Powers / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 PLU Resident Instructor of Biology Michelle Crites gives a tour of the newly renovated anatomy and physiology lab in the Rieke Science Center. Learn more about the PLU Department of Biology. Read Previous Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future Read Next PLU’s new anatomy and physiology lab is the first

PLU students and faculty collaborate on summer chemistry research Posted by: Zach Powers / August 29, 2023 August 29, 2023 Dive deeper into PLU’s summer undergraduate research program! Students Rebecca Smith ’24 and Aidan Hopson ’24 spent ten weeks collaborating with chemistry professor Andrea Munro to study colloidal nanocrystals, particles so small they are nearly invisible. #LutesEmbraceComplexity To learn more about chemistry projects, classes and research opportunities at PLU visit plu.edu