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February 16, 2010 Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser,” Reed Timmer, comes to PLU By Brielle Erickson The annual Meant to Live program is right around the corner here at Pacific Lutheran University, and this year’s two-day event is sure to have something for everyone – including those who might want to explore their more adventurous sides. The Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser” Reed Timmer is the keynote speaker for Meant to Live. The keynote address of this year’s Meant to Live program will be

March 23, 2010 PLU, one of top business schools nationwide named to The Princeton Review’s “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools” By Greg Brewis Pacific Lutheran University is one of 15 graduate schools of business named to The Princeton Review’s second annual “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools.” PLU is listed in the categories of global management and general management. PLU’s MBA program was named as one of the top business schools by students surveyed by The Princeton Review

Music under David Robbins, who remains the head of the department. Kopta taught private voice lessons at PLU for 11 years. She also taught in her private voice studio while also serving as a choral director. Kopta left PLU in the spring of 2007, but not without making a positive impact on the lives of students of all ages, all levels of ability and all walks of life. Her teaching career was complimented by her career in performing. Kopta spent many years in Seattle and Rome. She was selected to be

May 19, 2011 The new Professorship of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies is the result of a decade of effort by the Svare family and professor emeritus, Audun Toven. (Photo by John Froschauer) Professorship in Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies announced By Barbara Clements At Pacific Lutheran University’s third annual Syttende Mai  – or Norwegian Constitution Day – celebration last week, President Loren J. Anderson heralded the day and then paused for a very appropriate, and unexpected

October 21, 2011 PLU’s first solar panel system arrives in 2012 By: Katie Scaff ’13 PLU is that much closer to being carbon neutral by 2020 thanks to a $50,000 Solar 4R Schools grant from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The grant will pay for a 20-ft solar panel system, which will be installed on the Facilities Building   in March 2012.Designs are currently underway. Chrissy Cooley, sustainability manager through facilities management, worked with students to write the grant, and

March 7, 2012 Opening a window, when the door goes shut By Chris Albert In today’s world, innovation, creativity and ideas are the venture capital of tomorrow, PLU President Loren J. Anderson told the assembled crowd of business leaders at the annual meeting of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County. At the March 2 meeting, Anderson was the recipient of the first Golden Shovel Award for his, and PLU’s role, in making the South Puget Sound region a healthy community and vibrant

July 30, 2012 Patricia Krise: A dedication to service and student engagement By Barbara Clements Focused. In a word, that would describe Patricia Krise. And friendly too. As she sits down for coffee outside the Old Main Market, she will admit that focus is a skill that has come in handy during her last 25 years of working for the Ford Motor Company and the Nissan Motor Corporation. She plans to continue to telecommute for Ford, working on Detroit time, so late afternoons and evenings can be

speaker for the March 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Forum. [Augsburg, Augustana (Sioux Falls), Concordia (Moorhead), Luther, and St. Olaf]. “We pride ourselves on global education and I think this is one way for us to practice globally within the United States,” said Claudia Berguson, associate professor or Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies at PLU. The Nobel Peace Prize Forum, an annual three-day event in Minneapolis, is held to inspire students and other citizens to become active participants in

March 18, 2013 PLU chef prepares to blow his competition’s taste buds away PLU chef Chuk Blessum will compete in the National Association of College & University Food Services March 21. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) By Katie Baumann ’14 For the fifth year in a row, Pacific Lutheran University is sending one of its own talented chefs to compete in the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) Pacific Regional Culinary Competition. In the past four years, PLU has taken

June 12, 2013 Career Connections Opportunities Board continues to bring employers and job-seekers together Career Connections connects students with PLU’s best academic and career planning services, but one of the most popular resources is an essential online tool – the Career Connections Opportunities Board. According to Executive Director of Career Connections Bobbi Hughes, the new Career Connections Opportunities Board is the central location for all job-search, internship and volunteer