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very welcoming. This program also aligns with exactly what I need to know for the projects that I am currently working on. What are you most excited to learn? Hard to narrow down! I have no marketing background so i’m excited to learn everything this program encompasses. How do you plan to use this degree in your future career? I’m currently working as a mortgage broker, real estate investor, and doing marketing for my family’s winery. Everything that i’ll be learning in this program will be

to the Pacific Northwest. Thompsen had been finishing a two-year program at a business college in Norway and was ready to go on to a university. First, he made his way to a university in New Orleans. A semester later, he was ready to move on. Classes where hundreds of students packed a lecture hall to be taught by teaching assistants, not professors, was disappointing to say the least, Thompsen recalled. By chance, he had a friend attending PLU. It became apparent to him early on  that it might

nothing back: If something was wrong with a student performer’s shoes, posture, grammar, pacing or pitch—she called it. Blythe is recognized as one of the best in her generation. She has visited the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the San Francisco Opera and is performing in Semele with the Seattle Opera through March 7. Vocal Studies professor James L. Brown told PLU’s The Mast that Blythe “is an advocate for opera and a champion of the whole gambit of vocal music.” Fifty Lutes applied to perform

enjoys. “That experience helped me grow as a person and in my chemistry career,” she said.   In the classroom, her aptitude was quickly noticed, leading to her becoming an organic lab teaching assistant in the fall of 2020 and 2021, and an invitation to be a student guest of the American Chemical Society at the Linus Pauling Award Symposium Banquet. “Yaquelin impresses you with her work ethic, diligence, and academic abilities,” Craig Fryhle, chemistry professor, said. “She is a very personable

leading us down this hall,” Youtz commented. Robbins, who’s been at PLU for 45 years, is stepping down as Department of Music chair, a position he’s held for the last 33 years. Dave came to PLU in the summer of ’69. He had cast a wide net in his job search but hadn’t found a fit. Then he got a call from Maurice Skones, the then current chair of the Department of Music, with an invitation to interview for a teaching position. He put him off and asked him to call back if the position wasn’t filled in a

Classroom Technology Updates – Fall 2016 Posted by: Jenna S / August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 by Layne Nordgren Reike Science Center – Leraas Lecture Hall Over the summer I&TS User Services teams upgraded several classrooms to include smart podium technology, added new computers to some classrooms, upgraded computers in some classrooms to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, and upgraded TurningPoint 5 clicker software to TurningPoint Cloud 7. Read on for more details. Classroom Podium

January 3, 2013 Editor’s Note: Dr. Michael Haglund gave the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture during the Homecoming 2013 festivities in October.  Neurosurgeon, alum follows his heart and passion to Africa By Heather Perry ’13 May 18, 1980 is the day Mt. St. Helens blew its top, but Dr. Michael Haglund remembers it as the day he graduated from Pacific Lutheran University. More than three decades and multiple degrees later, Haglund is now a professor of neurosurgery, neurobiology, and global health

Patterson’s experiences with homelessness, the founding of Next Chapter, and features footage from the Morgan Motel that Next Chapter has purchased and renovated. The students are proud of the work they’ve completed on this film and are excited to share it with a local audience. “It’s been a worthwhile experience learning Next Chapter’s story, and we’re eager to showcase the important work they’re doing in our community,” shared Ben Leschensky, one of the filmmakers. Production of the film was completed

Mike Hudema, the Greenpeace environmentalist featured in the film. Daniel Schwartz, Ph.D., University of Washington Schwartz is a science professor at the UW, and teaches chemical engineering courses. He has researched fuel cells and energy technologies. Frank Holmes, Western States Petroleum Association Holmes is the Manager for the Northwest Regional office of WSPA, which is an advocacy organization for the oil industry. He will speak to the industry perspective. Read Previous Learning

measure up to these standards that the world needs more PLU. Institutions like PLU not only help create the future—by teaching you to be creators of new knowledge—but we also preserve, conserve, memorialize, and celebrate culture and achievement. Many of the buildings and halls and classrooms you’ll be living and learning in bear the names of those who have made a difference in the world, and who wanted to give you the chance to make a difference. They know what you are sure to discover: college