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  • 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…

    now a regular long-term program. Acquire Knowledge UIP courses are given by professors from world-class universities worldwide, covering a wide range of topics including natural sciences, medicine, arts, law, business, literature, etc. Acquire Experience UIP delivers new experience to participating international faculties and students by demonstrating China’s past, present, and future in one burgeoning city, through various activities and field trips. Acquire Connections By 2024, nearly 1,400

  • Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and…

    May 13, 2014 Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communications It’s that time of year again: What do you do with that couch, or mattress or lamp you no longer want? And what about that unopened box of gluten-free

  • Like many students, Emily Peterson ’14 began her time at PLU unsure of what, exactly, she wanted to do. “I wanted to work for the United Nations,” she says. “Although at the time, I didn’t know what it was, to be honest, when I was…

    , she explains. But other nations lack government regulation on sodium. “This was a big step in markets with no current country regulation, to set global boundaries for the targets for the max amount of sodium that can be in any product,” Peterson says. In March, Landmark was acquired by the firm Edelman Global Advisory, which provides business, government and advisory services. As a result, Peterson is now senior program manager there. New York is far from Peterson’s original hometown of Great

  • The 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University. This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the…

    , Canada.  Grabowski’s research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. This year’s conference will also include a screening of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” a film based on the book by Glenn Kurtz, Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film.  “This year’s conference explores the rich and varied history of Jews in Poland,” Beth Griech-Polelle, Kurt Mayer Chair of

  • By Michael Halvorson, Chair of Innovation Studies. The Innovation Studies program is pleased to announce the graduation of five new Innovation Studies minors. Each has completed a program of study designed to foster innovation and design thinking in an interdisciplinary context. They graduated on May…

    -going pandemic. Our graduating seniors included Kristine McKinney, Cameron Clem, Kayla Spence, Hannah McAllister, and Logan Black. Each minor completed the INOV 350 course (Innovation Seminar), in addition to four other classes about design thinking, ethics, leadership, and entrepreneurship. The continuing program has now reached a milestone of 40 minors. Kristine McKinney Kristine McKinney double majored in Philosophy and Business Administration at PLU, with a business concentration in Management

  • By Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (Anderson UC building), Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden will engage with students, faculty, and community members in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines.…

    Alaska CEO Brad Tilden to Give Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / October 3, 2017 Image: PLU Faculty visit with Brad Tilden at Alaska Airlines. Left to right: Mark Mulder, Brad Tilden, Michael Halvorson, Chung-Shing Lee. October 3, 2017 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (Anderson UC building), Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden will engage with students, faculty, and community members in a lively conversation about the

  • Regan Zeebuyth ’01 has always been curious. Curious about words, about ideas, and about systems. He’s always trusted that curiosity to guide him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major…

    Regan Zeebuyth ’01 helps shape culture and solve puzzles at Amazon Posted by: Zach Powers / May 31, 2022 Image: As the senior manager for corporate affairs business operations, Regan Zeebuyth ’01 leads the business operations team for worldwide communications at Amazon. (Photo by Silong Chhun) May 31, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsRegan Zeebuyth ’01 has always been curious. Curious about words, about ideas, and about systems. He’s always trusted that curiosity to guide

  • When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…

    , and open, and patient with me when I asked questions about Honduran society.” Whenever he returned, he appreciated the hospitality and generosity of time. After he met his partner, he would return to visit his partner’s family, then schoolteachers he’d interviewed years before. When he returned to Honduras, instead of feeling culture shock, he felt like he had a second home. When we spoke on the phone, Levy was at home, on parental leave. His eight-month-old daughter slept soundly as her father

  • John Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green spaces. By high school, he had learned enough from his dad to become a skilled forager, someone who knew his capstones from his shaggy ink caps. (Those…

    Costa Rica showed me that things can be done, and we’ll be the people who do ’em.” Evanishyn enjoys a sip of coffee at “Les Deux Garçons,” a famous restaurant in Aix-en-Provence, France.× Read Previous Broadway performer Jay Paranada ‘06 to speak at spring commencement ceremonies Read Next How the PLU School of Business is adapting with the times to stay true to its mission COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding community . Individual scholarships ranged from $250 to $1,000. “The scholarships here don’t come close monetarily to justify…

    longtime Pierce County leader, acknowledge a staff or faculty member and student who have exemplified an extraordinary commitment to service; sustained engagement; and collaborative leadership with agencies, programs and community leaders that serve the public good. The student service award was presented to Nicholaus Townsend Falck, who combined his dual passions for music and business into a nonprofit that provides an after-school program at Brookdale Elementary and three one-week summer music camps