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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from running for office. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She’s concerned with bringing people together to…
. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your professors, you get to see
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Three years ago, Katie Blanchard ‘13 was set on fire and nearly killed by a colleague at a military health center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Since then, Blanchard has undergone over 100 recovery-related surgeries, filed a personal injury claim against the Army and enrolled in…
hospital and they give me a hug. When people tell me that what they heard me say in a video or at a speaking event helped them see things a different way and gave them the strength to say that the culture at their workplace needs to change.How would you describe PLU and your undergraduate experience? It was just amazing. It was so nice to be in a small community and have that support system. I had moved to Washington from New York for college, and I really benefited from the small cohorts and classes
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PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.
validate his research. Johnson and Griswold helped analyze data and write up sections of the manuscript. “This project reflects an ideal example of how students in classes can help contribute to scientific discourse using their course-required activities to both learn and generate meaningful data and findings,” Grahe said. “Beyond their experiences as researchers and now published authors, this collaboration extended between multiple departments at PLU, showing students the importance of
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PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior.
able to pursue them at PLU, knowing that I would eventually have to set them aside to focus on paleontology. I took a lot of classes to do with art, writing and literature coursework. I also played tuba in the wind ensemble and the crazy pep band PLU had back then, known as “commando band.” I’m really glad in retrospect I did it that way. That would be advice I’d give any current student — look forward and prepare for your desired career, but don’t feel like you have to immerse yourself in it as an
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 21, 2016)- With a Catholic mother and Buddhist father, first-year April Nguyen never had to worry about understanding religious diversity in her household — it was just how she was raised. Religion studies and religious diversity weren’t on her radar until she…
."- First-year Paris Franklin Nguyen and Rosenberg both agree that listening to the way students positively react to the lectures and digest them has been the best part of the new series. Nguyen recalls students asking an Islamic speaker about religious dress and rituals that they would otherwise be uncomfortable asking in passing. Though, Nguyen pointed out, the lectures aren’t only supposed to be for students. Faculty and staff can take away just as much, if not more, from diversity training
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…
, while the juniors are mentoring the freshman and sophomores,” Mejia said. “So, basically the goal for CLC is to prepare you for your senior year, learning how to work with TLP (troop leading procedures) and to use that for making plans and training happen.” "I’ve always wanted to join the military and at the same time, I’ve always wanted to go to college and become an officer."- Angelo Mejia '17 Mejia says his time with PLU’s ROTC program prepared him for a lot of the Fort Knox tactical trainings
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)-The seventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “failure” among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila , and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown . “Open…
be participatory. Amy Young: Is that a disciplinary issue? Kory, can you do that in your classes? Do you feel like there is a way to allow people room to fail without and that they feel like they could without thanking? Kory Brown: I’m moderating a panel at a conference next week that’s on this very subject. Amy Young: Interesting. Kory Brown: What we’re examining is how extended the experience of learning is. Semester-long or multi-semester learning experiences actually provide sufficient time
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Yannet Urgessa ’16 has lived on three continents and speaks five languages. But it took coming to PLU for her to feel comfortable in her own skin for the first time.
that before,” she said. Many of her new friends at PLU were social justice advocates who “embraced their blackness,” she said, and it inspired her to follow their lead. So, among other changes, she stopped straightening her hair. Through her newfound support system, immersion in PLU’s Diversity Center and sociology classes, Urgessa became equally comfortable in her own skin in yet another new culture thousands of miles from home. “I found that I could be unapologetically who I wanted to be,” she
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Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.
. Eventually, the program will evolve to include about 12 students, Zylstra says. Once it’s fully fleshed out, students will take a class exclusively offered to the TIES group and two classes of their choice at off-campus locations, in addition to an internship or community-based research opportunity. (This year, students are participating in a slightly modified schedule to start.) TACOMA, WASHINGTON This program focuses on community partnerships and advocacy, place-based writing, Puget Sound industry and
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Every year since 2011, PLU has sent two Lutes to Norway as part of its summer Peace Scholars program. The Lutes learn about peacebuilding and dialogue, bringing what they learn home to apply it on
come to campus the week of March 11, visiting classes and bringing students into an interactive photography project centered on peace. Greater Tacoma Peace PrizeTwo years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war. Learn how he joined forces with a cohort of other Lutes to launch a unique organization honoring local peacemakers. Peace ScholarsThe Peace Scholars program was established in 2011 as an annual program designed to deepen
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