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SchoolsChief Leschi is one of nearly 200 tribal schools in the United States. Operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, it enrolls 670 students in preschool through high school.  Visual representations of Northwest Native culture and art are present throughout the school, and the curriculum is infused with the tribe’s cultural heritage. The architectural design of the campus reflects the concept of the circle — which reflects beliefs about the natural world and humanity’s place in the circle of life. At

February 11, 2011 For more than a month, geosciences professor Claire Todd and her geosciences student, Michael Vermeulen ’12 lived and worked on the ice in Antarctica. (Photos by Claire Todd) Editor’s Note: For the past two research seasons, Assistant Professor of Geosciences Claire Todd and two students, Mike Vermeulen ’12 and Mathew Hegland ’13 travelled to Antarctica to research climate change among the rocks and ice. Vermeulen went with Todd in the 2010-2011 research season, while Hegland

, to walking across the stage in Olson Auditorium at her Spanaway Lake High School graduation. Kreis has thrived in the community for years, and now she serves as the business outreach director in PLU’s School of Business. “Working at PLU feels so natural and fitting, a sort of coming home feeling,” says Kreis. “There’s definitely a strong pull to serve the community that gave me so much support at an early formative age.” In January of 2022, Dr. Mark Mulder, dean of the PLU School of Business

her being accepted into the PLU School of Nursing and receiving a degree, with help from Palmer Scholars, a Tacoma-based organization supporting postsecondary success for youth of color in Pierce County, Washington. Now, she serves as a nurse at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.A Winding Road Saucedo grew up a military kid in Lakewood, Washington. She attended Western Washington University and Tacoma Community College, before transferring into PLU’s nursing program.  “Becoming a nurse

Multi-talented senior and composer TJ Wheeler ’22 views music as his vocation Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 By Isabella DaltosoMarketing & CommunicationsTJ Wheeler '22 is a music composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. This semester, he was a valuable member of six music ensembles, including Choir of the West, Opera, Steel Band, Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and the PLU Ringers handbell choir. We talked with Wheeler about his experiences at and before PLU

. The Global Scholar Grants program will help the university meet and exceed that goal. “This will have a profound and significant impact on our study away program,” President Loren J. Anderson said in announcing the scholarship fund last Thursday night. PLU made history in 2006 by becoming the first United States university to have students and faculty studying on all seven continents simultaneously – including an exploration of the natural history, environment and conservation of the Antarctic

August 4, 2010 Tenacity is the hallmark of ad man’s work By Liz Anderson ’10 Brian Ford ’95 began his creative work early during his college career, designing posters for clubs and organizations through ASPLU’s agency, known as Impact. Now, as co-founder and creative director of the advertising agency Zambezi, his list of clients includes NBA superstars Kobe Bryant and, as it pertains to his endorsement deal with Vitaminwater, LeBron James. Ad man Brian Ford’s list of clients includes NBA

201, called “Value Creation in the Global Environment,” is designed to introduce students to the many aspects of business – from financial accounting and operations to marketing. By design, it covers a broad swathe. But that doesn’t mean students spend all their time with their nose in a book. Hardly. “I thought the best way to conduct the class was to have the students apply what they are reading to a real idea for a business,” said Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence. “I have been

the case that these monasteries deserve World Heritage status. The Benedictine order is named for St. Benedict of Nursia, who around 530 C.E. wrote the Rule, a guide for monastic life that has been adapted for Christians from many different traditions. The Rule of St. Benedict gives instructions on everything from the roles of different monks within the abbey to virtues that guide spiritual life to the observance of a daily and seasonal calendar attuned to the natural seasons of the year.  Dr

arrows and is a more general term. Taylor showed how the Native Americans made scrapers. They took a rock and broke off a shard of obsidian. They then jammed one end of the obsidian into an antler and used it as a scraper. The class discussed what might have been in the Lysol bottle. It was old and looked like it was meant to be sealed with a cork. Noel Raetc ’14 examined the mechanical calendar and said, “It tells you the date if you remember to turn it.” The students took and drew pictures of each