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arts credit) that she found her true calling and passion –acting. After that solo performance class, she took a private studio class, which led to key connections and a successful career in Hollywood, including nailing a non-speaking part in the FOX hit Glee, about outcast teenagers in a Ohio high school. “PLU was a warm community, that helped me sort through what I wanted to do,” Pansino, 25, told a group of students during a series of lectures and film screenings produced by MediaLab last week

instances of funds of knowledge, particularly as they relate to early childhood education in the Muslim community. When she took a group of PLU education students to India last J-Term to visit schools, she realized she knew very little about the cultural practices in Muslim community schools. It made her wonder – what are the learning practices that south Indian Muslim children bring from home that might facilitate learning later in the classroom? And how could those cultural practices inform what is

. Having a built-in support group of Lutes helped. Along with Hall and Van Mechelen, there was Novalee Richard, ’09, Stephanie Johnson ’11 and Ieisha McIntyre ’97. Johnson said that she has received huge support from her fellow Lutes, including Choir of the West members who helped her put together audition videos, and her current voice instructor (and PLU professor) Barry Johnson, who encouraged her to audition. “PLU has given me amazing connections,” she said. As for advice for other students seeking

example, he cites his work with BluetoothTM standards. That work involves more than 15,000 firms that are members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, and about 600 unique individuals who actively contributed knowledge to Bluetooth technology development. Members of these firms actively collaborate to advance Bluetooth technology and then return back to their companies to compete for profits. Brown, in essence, wants to understand these competitive and collaborative dynamics while competitors work

(L.U.N.I.C.Y.C.L.E.R.S.) when he was at PLU, where the group is still going strong.   For the Alaskan native, working at Nike has been a dream come true – much less being sent to the Olympics on behalf of the sports giant. When Bendzak was a student at PLU, first in Pflueger and then in South Hall, he’d scribbled a goal on a piece of paper which stated simply “Somehow, someway, someday, I am going to work for Nike.” He then framed it and pinned it above his desk.  Bendzak was first fascinated with Michael Jordan

October 16, 2012 Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust” speaks at a Brown Bag Lecture as part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Journalist and author examines IBM’s role in the Holocaust By Barbara Clements University Communications Let’s make one thing clear, said Edwin Black, an investigative journalist and author of “IBM and the Holocaust.” “There would have been a Holocaust without IBM,” he told a group

professor, and instructional and reference librarian, and Common Reading Program co-director. ”We see it as a great first step to get students into their new academic and social world.” During orientation, Assistant Professor of History Gina Hames and Assistant Professor of English Jenny James, as well as other faculty and staff and students, will be taking part in a panel discussion of the book, as well as leading small-group discussions with other PLU students. Seth Dufault will also be taking part in

excellent for the university,” he said. “We came into the event very blind, but knowing what we know now, and what our faculty advisor knows now about how it’s set up and what presentations do well, we can clearly say to the next group: ‘These are the things they look for; these are the ways they’re looking for questions to be answered,’ and that alone is huge.” Read Previous Former Gov. Gregoire is PLU’s Earth Day Speaker Read Next Lutes Follow Their Hearts on Alternative Spring Break Trips COMMENTS

11 PLU Students Attend Amazon’s First Annual PNW Career Day Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 26, 2015 Image: PLU Communication majors, from left, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15, Taylor Lunka ’15 and Amanda Brasgalla ’15 were part of the PLU group that attended Amazon’s first annual Pacific Northwest Career Day Conference on Feb. 23. February 26, 2015 By Taylor Lunka '15PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)—When my advisor first emailed me over J-Term about an opportunity to go

diversity,” Rush said. “When I read the mission statement I thought ‘wow I really relate to this.’” Beiermann and Rush were chosen from a group of nine students. Ksenija Simic-Muller, program director and assistant professor of math, said the choice was challenging. “We all thought as a committee that anyone of the applicants could have done it and represented PLU very well,” Simic-Muller said. “But Austin and Cate have different backgrounds and different interests and I think they will complement each