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  • Q & A with ASPLU Environmental Justice Director Posted by: vcraker / September 2, 2021 Image: Kenzie Knapp ’23, incoming ASPLU Environmental Justice Director at the Pierce Co Transit center near campus, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at PLU. One of her goals is encouraging public transit use. (Photo/John Froschauer) September 2, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsIn the spring of 2021, Kenzie Knapp ’23 was awarded a Udall Foundation scholarship. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships

  • true embodiment of this idea.  At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation.  As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes

  • September 11, 2014 PLU’s Marks Constitution Day With Free Speech (and More) Keynote Speaker U.S. Rep. Denny Heck Headlines Sept. 23 Conversation About Democracy By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will mark Constitution Day on Sept. 23 with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Denny Heck titled The Constitution is 227 Years Old … How is it Doing? But first, to prepare you—and to mark the official Constitution Day—Lutes will hand out copies of America’s

  • lot. The study away program was one of the main things that drew me to PLU. I studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico and completed an internship at a rural development organization that was working in conflict resolution and on programs empowering women in rural communities. Speaking of internships, your resume is jam-packed with them. Is there a first internship that stands out to you as representing the beginning of your professional journey? It wasn’t exactly an internship, but actually a really cool

  • ” in a panel moderated by University Pastor Jen Rude on Thursday, March 5 at 3:45 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. What is Lutheran Community Services Northwest and can you share a bit about your program, in particular? Lutheran Community Services Northwest is a regional organization that serves vulnerable children, families, refugees and others throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. My program, in particular, is working on refugee resettlement. We help refugees secure housing and work with

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…

    help them up, not chase after the ball,” she said.Mary Bradshaw said her son always wanted to join the Army, following in the footsteps of both his parents, who are now retired from the service. “He felt very strongly about serving his country,” she said. After a summer working with ROTC cadets at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and military training at Fort Benning in Georgia, Brian moved to Alaska on assignment in August 2008. He deployed to Afghanistan in March 2009. “Brian was coming home,” Mary said

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 30, 2016)- One frame. That’s all it took for Kevin Ebi ’95 to get his work on a postage stamp – sort of. Ebi, a self-taught nature photographer who has made a living traveling around the world and documenting its beauty, weathered…

    faced medical troubles, Ebi was traveling a month and a half each year for his photography. Last year, he traveled just six days. “The problem with dialysis is that it keeps you alive but it doesn’t give you the life that you had,” he said. “You have your life, but it isn’t really living.” To care for his wife and help her with dialysis, Ebi has switched gears with his photography business. He is working with inventory that is already cataloged. He’s exploring the area around his home with the “same

  • TACOMA, WASH. (October 28, 2015)-Pacific Lutheran University is on the cutting edge of the U.S. government’s financial aid process. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator (NASFAA) was looking to recommend changes in how students submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)…

    preliminary study, Soltis was asked to serve as a NASFAA Commissioner by NASFAA’s National Chair, Dan Mann. Soltis and the PPY Task Force members, including Associate Director of Financial Aid Lorie Staab, are looking at the program from all angles.  They are proactively identifying any implementation issues while working with NASFAA staff and the US Department of Education on ensuring a successful nationwide rollout for the 2017-2018 school year. “Right now, we’re trying hard to think of any concerns and

  • Kate Monthy ’04 and Dmitry Mikheyev ’10 empower fellow artists at Spaceworks.

    . Mikheyev, also known as Dominique D’Amour and Mylo Precious, dazzles in drag and burlesque shows around the Pacific Northwest. While both of them are comfortable center stage, it’s their performances behind the scenes at Spaceworks Tacoma that help fellow artists’ passions flourish. Spaceworks, a joint initiative of the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, launched in 2010 with the goal of activating Tacoma’s empty storefronts and vacant spaces with art and creative

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    people’s intentions are generally really good.” Her counterpart, Nathaniel Hansen ’16, is working in an orphanage in Ghana until the end of November, helping with the nonprofit’s economics and outreach. The Global Peacebuilding Award was founded six years ago. Originally, the program was meant to accompany a master’s program in peacebuilding. When that program didn’t come to fruition at PLU, the money was still there and the award was born. Nathaniel Hansen '16 (Photo by Kari Plog/PLU) It’s funded by