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TACOMA, WASH. (July 28, 2015)- It’s safe to say Forrest Griek ‘00, ’02 loves being at school. Currently the principal of Tacoma’s Browns Point Elementary, Griek has spent his career serving in a variety of positions at schools throughout the South Sound, including Todd Beamer…
elementary school. What motivated that transition; what do you enjoy about elementary schools, and what do you miss about high schools? I have had a unique journey that has brought me full circle. I actually started out in elementary education at PLU and student-taught in fourth grade at Arlington Elementary in Tacoma. I have always had this core belief in early childhood education; it is the starting point for high school and beyond. At the time of my transition, my number one motivator was my family. I
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TACOMA, WASH. (October 28, 2015)-Pacific Lutheran University is on the cutting edge of the U.S. government’s financial aid process. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator (NASFAA) was looking to recommend changes in how students submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)…
information about their aid and helps them make an informed decision about college affordability.” With PPY, families can apply for FAFSA when they apply for schools; they’ll receive their financial aid offers earlier; and the offers will be more accurate allow families to plan better in case there’s new information or chances in the family situation. Soltis worked with NASFAA and the U.S. Department of Education on the PPY project and is currently helping to prepare colleges for the change. After the
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TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global…
curiosity about the rest of the world.” As CEO of Soliya, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to cross-cultural engagement, from 2008-2014, Idriss worked closely with family members of Ambassador Stevens and the Obama administration to establish the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative. “I feel as though I’m one of the few people who didn’t know him,” Idriss says of Stevens. “It’s extraordinary how many people I’ve talked to who came into direct contact with him and on whom
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We are Pacific Lutheran University. Inquiry. Service. Leadership. Care. PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their
work, and has shown me what it means to care for your community. These values make me a better leader and I have PLU to thank for that. Kennedy Gwin ‘20, Current Student Former ASPLU president CHOOSE YOUR NEXT PATHMAJORS & ACADEMIC PROGRAMSPacific Lutheran University offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, creative writing, education, kinesiology, marriage & family therapy and nursing. Find the program that fits for you.Undergraduate ProgramsGraduate
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Carl Petersen wrote, produced and starred in a short film titled “All The Marbles,” which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France as well as the Gig Harbor Film Festival.
experience playing games of marbles with his brother, who died in a work accident in 2010. “I was sitting there thinking about the family nostalgia of growing up with this childhood game that I think is, in some ways, forgotten now,” Petersen said. “I was just kind of thinking about my brother, who he was and what he had accomplished and not yet accomplished in his life.” Stirred by the memory of his brother, Petersen decided to pour his heart into a passion project that resulted in “All the Marbles
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Sarah Seder’s passion for dance has taken her all over North America. Now, she returns home to the Seattle area bringing with her unique experiences, a vast repertoire of skills, and an effervescent personality. She will lead PLU students through Ballet 1, Contemporary Dance 1…
graduate thesis at Smith College. We have a one-year-old daughter who just learned to walk. Read Previous A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale Read Next Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…
home in the Army. “I have a huge (amount of) respect for the Army,” he said. “It’s where I’ve made not just friends, but family.” Read Previous The Tournées Film Festival brings nine acclaimed international films and an award-winning filmmaker to PLU Read Next PLU president, spouse rappel down Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma for first Habitat Challenge fundraiser COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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Sarah Seder’s passion for dance has taken her all over North America. Now, she returns home to the Seattle area bringing with her unique experiences, a vast repertoire of skills, and an effervescent personality. She will lead PLU students through Ballet 1, Contemporary Dance 1…
graduate thesis at Smith College. We have a one-year-old daughter who just learned to walk. Read Previous A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale Read Next Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 8, 2015)—The story I want to share with you is silent. No words were exchanged. It is one of those cases in which words fail to express the extent of human despair. Thank God, it is also a case in which words…
. The younger boy nudges the older. They lower the ice cream, look up at the clerk and tilt their heads with a smile. They zip outside the store. We are all still numb. Impromptu whispers restart time. “Have you heard? They rescued 60 more in the Voukaria port this morning.” “I heard 40 or so still sleep in the cemetery across the monastery.” “Those kids must be in the park for, what? Two weeks now. Do they have any family?” “My neighbor gave them clean clothes on Monday.” The ensuing conversation
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 2, 2016)- Co-founder of Android and Pacific Lutheran University graduate Nick Sears took the technology world by storm when he teamed up with inventors Andy Rubin and Chris White to market and launch Android, one of the world’s top operating systems for…
’ new book will be available in the fall and the first thousand students to sign up at SeriousBiz will receive it for free. Sears will also teach a core management class in a School of Business master’s program next fall. Read Previous PLU’s Gospel Experience works to bridge cultural gaps and connects campus to larger community Read Next PLU religion professor Seth Dowland discusses his new book “Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right” (Podcast) COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated
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