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Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington and began his career working at the state legislature. He then spent 35 years working at Washington Public Ports Association, most recently as the executive director.Johnson now combines his interest in public policy, the environment and economics as the executive director of the Port of Tacoma – the fourth largest trade gateway in North America. In this role, he manages the industrial properties, selected marine terminals and planning

PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 16, 2023 February 16, 2023 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing and CommunicationsThe Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU Jazz Ensemble and PLU Jazz

Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Posted by: Julie Winters / March 19, 2023 Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean) March 19, 2023 By Grant Hoskins ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterGavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators.Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with

and CommunicationsJust south of Denver, Colorado, tucked beneath the vast mountain range, lies Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance. Their vision soars high above the Rocky Mountains as they unite communities and ignite a passion for wildlife like never before, relentlessly working to deepen public understanding, resolve human-wildlife conflicts, and empower wildlife professionals with knowledge, resources, and an unwavering support network. Breana Downs had the opportunity this summer to gain hands

Cece Chan: First-Year Student, Long-Term Goals Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 3, 2020 March 3, 2020 By Lora ShinPLU Marketing & Communications guest writerTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2020 ) — Cece Chan’s activism awakening came in high school. As a third-generation Asian young woman, she realized Seattle Public Schools’ majority-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or classroom leadership.“In

, teacher and speaker with years of research experience. Dr. Chávez specializes in American government, public policy, Latino politics, and race and politics. Her work centers on the political, civic, and professional experiences of Latinos in American society and her research has earned an American Political Science Association Best Book Award in Latino Politics twice. Dr. Chávez has also been selected for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Program twice, including for the current 2024-2025

Benson Student Research Fellows to Present at PLU Posted by: halvormj / November 7, 2017 November 7, 2017 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Friday, December 8, 2017, three PLU students will present the results of their summer research projects in a public presentation connected to PLU’s Business and Economic History program. The presenters are Michael Diambri, Teresa Hackler, and Alex Lund, and each spent the summer of 2017 working with a faculty mentor to

Locating Humanities in the 21st Century Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Scott RogersOriginally published in 2016As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do not resemble the ivory towers of old. Vignette #1 Prime Time Family Reading Night I ask the question

visual experience.” Within the paintings are themes of transportation, signs, advertising, graffiti and nature amongst man-made structures and evidence of the human footprint. Many of the images remain desolate and long to be populated, yet rarely are; others, Stasinos lightly populates. “I choose my locations without much planning except to paint an urban location that strikes my eye as interesting and challenging. I choose my locations around Seattle with a similar attitude. I hope to capture a

April 24, 2014 New MediaLab Event Features Career Advice from Successful Alumni By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Six alumni came back to Pacific Lutheran University on April 22 to serve as panelists for the inaugural MediaLab Presents event. The panelists, who graduated from PLU in 2005 or more recently, all work in high-profile jobs in communication and business: 1.    Chris Bowen ’09 graduated with a degree in PR and Advertising and now works as a Senior Project Manager at Radarworks in Seattle. 2