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  • 2015 Convocation 2015 CONVOCATION President’s Remarks Good morning!  I’m delighted to welcome you all to the 2015 University Convocation!   Whether you are a part of the entering class of 2019, a student joining us with some college experience already behind you, or an exchange student…

    community, it paled in comparison to the upwelling of concern and anger over racial issues that have arisen in the past year. I needn’t remind you of all the racial violence that has ensued since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014.  Since that day, our society has struggled to come to grips with our collective failure to right the wrongs we thought we were well on our way to righting.  Since Ferguson, we’ve seen racially motivated

  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    , I’ve added 18 theater productions to my resume, invaluable professional experience as the Theatre House Manager, leadership experience within Alpha Psi Omega and Vpstart Crow, and a Liberal Arts education that focused on honing my passions toward making a positive difference. What’s next? I have been accepted to The New School for Drama in New York City, and will begin working toward my MFA in Acting in September 2012. Anna Kreutz – Bachelor of Science in biology and chemistry Anna Kreutz ’12 is

  • Who: Jermey Mangan – Graduated from PLU in 1998 with degrees in fine art and German Many SOAC students hope their careers turn out like Jeremy Mangan’s. Currently, he is included in Tacoma Art Museum’s 10th biennial, a group exhibition at Cornish College and a…

    then transferring and completing my MFA at Hunter College in New York City. I stuck around New York for a couple years after grad school, working and trying to paint, but mostly just working. I moved back to my native Pacific Northwest five years ago. I returned for many reasons, but one primary reason was to commit completely to making paintings. I live and paint in Fife, WA, and work on-call as an art handler and preparator at Tacoma Art Museum. How has PLU impacted your professional growth? Of

  • Commencement 2009 This year more than 650 students will make up the graduating Class of 2009 at PLU on May 24 at the Tacoma Dome. Here in their own words are a few insights from graduating students about their time at PLU and the next…

    intend to return to school in the near future to continue to study health care policy or economics and in the interim I wish to pursue an opportunity to explore these fields outside of the classroom. Kathryn (Katie) Oliver – Bachelor of Science in Biology Why PLU? My older brother, a great scholarship, a community that made me feel at home and ultimately a ‘chance’ last minute decision. My PLU experience: My four years at PLU are characterized by field trips, late nights studying, dinner parties

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2017)- “What makes an American an American?” This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all…

    , Oregon, and hired a lawyer to help them get green cards. That lawyer cheated Kim and his family, taking their money and chance for legal status. In an article by the The Oregonian, it was discovered that the Kims’ lawyer had been disbarred for violations of professional conduct against many other families like Kim’s. As a high school student who was well aware of his family’s immigration status and financial capabilities, Kim figured college wasn’t in the cards. “My post-high school plan was to go to

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 15, 2015)—Resilience is characterized by the “power or ability to return to original form” after being “bent, compressed or stretched.” You see examples of resilience in the news all the time—in the exhausted yet determined faces of Syrian refugees, in the grace of forgiveness following…

    | Exhibition Opening May 1 | 4:00 p.m. | Scandinavian Cultural Center Student curated exhibition about the Labor Rights Movement in the US and Scandinavia. Sex +: Q&A with the Sexperts! May 2 | 6:00 | Diversity Center Join Allena Gabosch, Director of the Center for Sex Positive Culture in Seattle, and Kim Riano, Director of PLU’s Health and Counseling Centers, for a no holds barred conversation answering ALL of your questions about sex and sexuality. There will be opportunities to submit your questions

  • TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…

    that I could stay connected with throughout the process. The HR team member in Tacoma told me that all of Nordstrom’s internship opportunities would become available at the beginning of December. When it comes to securing an internship at Nordstrom, it is important to not only introduce and present yourself as being polished and professional, but to be informed about Nordstrom, which includes their history, the culture and their values as a company. If you know what Nordstrom stands for and can

  • By Michael Halvorson ’85, Professor of History.  When Dwight D. Eisenhower was a young officer in the U.S. Army, he was responsible for protecting his troops during the 1918 Pandemic that threatened military bases in the U.S. This is one of the fascinating stories about…

    staggering, Eisenhower and the Army believed that his command had significantly mitigated losses in his crowded training camp.   Eisenhower’s plan for controlling the flu epidemic at Camp Colt helped establish health care protocols later adopted by the US. Army. I Despite his hope to command troops in World War I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, two years out of West Point, was saddled with training raw troops.   In the winter of 1917, the Army assigned him to Camp Meade, Maryland to help the 301st Tank Battalion

  • Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus…

    professional growth. 12 p.m., Anderson University Center Room 133. March 4-6: The 2015 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. Children’s Voices: The Holocaust and Beyond. This annual high-profile event kicks off Wednesday, March 4, with a free public screening of the Emmy-nominated film 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, which chronicles the courageous and intricate work of Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus, an American couple whose commitment to saving Jewish children led them to

  • Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…

    How did this experience continue to shape your views on cross-cultural learning and global education? Auman: I have always been a big proponent of cross-cultural education. I previously served as site director for PLU’s Gateway program in Namibia. I was interested in this experience because I already had that personal and professional interest. There is a lot to be gained from seeing how regular people live, as well as how Chinese students see us. Yaden: I have traveled with students, and I lived