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  • Nicole (Hughes) Hargreaves graduated from PLU in 2009 with a degree in communication and a minor in women’s and gender studies. Originally from Kirkland, Wash., she went on to begin her career here in the Pacific Northwest. However, after her husband Paul was struck with…

    was a bit emotional for me because I’ve not heard anyone else explain what happened to him before.  We showed our daughters the episode without telling them first, it took a minute for them to ask why daddy and mummy were on tv — then after they figured it out, they only wanted to see scenes that included themselves.Beach Life in Ocean GroveClick here to watch the episode!What kind of community response have you experienced since the show aired? The episode has not yet aired in Australia, but

  • Hard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything.  While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan Dolan ’22.  Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics , is in the midst…

    connection? Then Join LuteLink, PLU's online network where you can choose to mentor or be mentored.Join the communityLearn more about PLU's Alumni & Student ConnectionsAlumni & Student Connections supports each Lute in creating their own career vision and then connects them to opportunities, resources and people that will help make their visions a reality. We invest in current and former student success by facilitating close connections and intentional pairing within the PLU community around topics of

  • TJ 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…

    community choir. After seeing their performance, I decided on a whim that I needed to audition. I was really nervous that I wouldn’t be good enough. I walked in and auditioned for Dr. Nance. He welcomed me, and I thought I would sound bad and he would reject me, but he told me that my singing was beautiful. I will never forget how he chased me out of the choir room to talk to me about coming to PLU and studying more music. The impact that made on me — the fact that I felt wanted here — it’s a big reason

  • Michael Halvorson ’85 was a technologist before he was a historian. His PLU undergraduate degree is in computer science and he worked at Microsoft for the first 10 years of his career. He spent the next 15 years writing books about software and emerging technology.…

    such a great fit for PLU and its creative blend of the liberal arts, professional studies, and community-oriented programs. At PLU, innovation is a direct outgrowth of our mission. Read more stories from the innovation-themed issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous PLU basketball legend Van Beek ‘bled black and gold’ Read Next A Universal Language: Cassio Vianna shares a passion he discovered in Brazil with students at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for

  • In high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the…

    a professional theater company would be like and what sort of things people do in those companies. I feel so honored to be working with a well-established and well-known company in the Seattle theatre community. I enjoyed hearing all of these wonderful artists and professionals talk about the theater process and how it looks in the professional world. Read Previous Speedcubing builds problem-solving skills and social connections in schools Read Next PLU School of Nursing professor to be inducted

  • While at PLU, Angela Pierce-Ngo ’12 was worried by a troubling pattern. After the first year of college, many peers and friends — especially classmates of color — left school or took an extremely long break. Even as she worked as a diversity advocate and…

    eventually led to program planning and supervision. The past 10 years have passed quickly, and now Pierce-Ngo serves as the program director of Northwest Education Access. Northwest Education Access supports low-income young people and helps them plan and begin post-secondary education paths. The organization works outside the K-12 system through community partnerships and open-door re-engagement programs that help students get a high-school diploma or GED. Many are low-income and experiencing other

  • Shelby Hatton (Murdock) ’17 always knew she wanted to become a doctor, but now that she’s in osteopathic medical school she’s still deciding on what kind of doctor. The challenge, she says, is that she’s enjoying every aspect of her studies. That’s no surprise, because…

    during my interview process. It felt very family and community oriented. Everybody I spoke to in the interview process was genuine and kind, and they seemed to really care about me as a person, not just another applicant.  It felt similar to PLU in that way, and I had a really good educational experience at PLU. I enjoyed learning at a small school and I learned that I really thrive in an environment where I have more access to my professors and mentors, because I like to ask lots of questions. PNWU

  • As I travel around talking to prospective students and their families, donors, and friends of PLU, I am often asked, “what is a Lute?” From time to time, I blog about examples of students and alumni that uplift what it means to be a Lute.…

    comments are moderated Read Previous 2015 Convocation Read Next PLU Ranks in Top 10 of “value added colleges” in the New York Times LATEST POSTS President Krise’s open letter of support for Muslim community January 30, 2017 An Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 What election season reminds us about higher education December 2, 2016

  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…

    young person to learn more about programming and computational thinking. Use your organization’s resources to support computer science education broadly in the community. If you haven’t already done so, also give Hour of Code a try! Grace Murray Hopper would be pleased. Michael Halvorson, Ph.D., is Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History and author of the forthcoming book, Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America, 1970-1995 (ACM Books / Morgan

  • Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be…

    . Samuel Torvend St. Benedict of Nursia “It’s very clear in the Rule that every community should be self-sustaining,” said Dr. Torvend. “There were no grocery stores or wholesale food suppliers in the early medieval world. You ate and drank what you grew.” The stability of rural monastic life was an appealing alternative to the urban decay and ongoing military conflict of medieval Italy. “They had no one to rely on but themselves.” Sustainability was necessary in order for these monastic communities to