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long awaited and much anticipated event,” President Loren J. Anderson told the assembled crowd. The 60 year-old Eastvold had been identified as a building in dire need of revitalizing as far back as 1995, he said. It took a series of steps to get to this occasion. First was a fundraising effort ran purely by volunteers that raised $10 million. “It was, I think, by any stretch the most successful volunteer fundraising in the university’s history,” Anderson said. The next was a generous gift left to
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violence and conflict and humanitarian intervention. There also is a service component to the program, said program leader, Philosophy Professor Greg Johnson. Johnson said he has been working on the program for the last 18 months. Originally scheduled for launch in 2015, Johnson said that all the pieces fell into place early – so why not 2014? “No university on the West Coast, with perhaps the exception of Stanford, has a program like this,” Johnson said before leaving for Oxford earlier this month
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teacher at Washington High School. During his time at PLU, he became a well-liked teacher and colleague and a very successful author. With professor emeritus Don Wentworth, he co-authored five editions of “Economic Scenes”; wrote “The Evolution of Economic Thought”, a history of economic ideas; and coauthored with his former professor Campbell McConnell “Contemporary Labor Economics.” His biggest success, “Economics,” will soon be in its 19th edition. Nearly one in four U.S. students cut their
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PLU MediaLab Student Wins International Design Award Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 31, 2015 Image: Taylor Cox’s branding for the MediaLab documentary “Waste Not” finished second worldwide in the Mercury Excellence Awards. (Photo: Courtesy Taylor Cox) March 31, 2015 By Maddie Bernard '16For PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Taylor Cox '15, a member of MediaLab, an invitation-only multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a Silver Award from the
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May 15, 2011 Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a crowd of 15,000 at the Tacoma Dome urging them to change their world for the good, one act at a time. Tutu urges 15,000 in Tacoma Dome to be the spark that changes a community, a life. By Barbara Clements If you see people who are hungry, feed them. If they need pants, give them a pair. After all, Levi’s are not just going to float down from above. And, in the end, our humanity is ultimately defined by our relationship to each other. These clear
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about the close relationships between PLU, ROTC, the Armed Services and Joint Base Lewis McChord. Krise also gave a special call out to Lt. Brian Bradshaw ’07, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Bradshaw’s parents have started an endowed scholarship at PLU for ROTC students and veterans. In all, Krise said, some 200 students at PLU have an affiliation with some branch of the Armed Forces. Krise himself is a veteran, having received a B.S. in history from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he went on to
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social distancing, face covering, and on-campus surveillance testing. Our faculty (in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Biological Sciences) form a core group with a strong history of working together on joint research grants in this area, with the skills required to guide undergraduates in basic and applied research on multiple phases of chemical signaling processes. APPLY The Online Application
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campus for both his passion for student learning and also his knack for teaching design principles to all students, including those lucky enough to be Design majors in the B.F.A. program. Avila’s influence on PLU’s Innovation Studies program is significant. Because of his guidance, all students working toward the Innovation Studies minor must develop essential skills in either Communications or Design, in addition to the essential coursework that they take in business, economics, history, and ethics
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Quintet, and Regency Jazz Ensemble – along with members of the voice, keyboard, and instrumental faculty. Repertoire was selected with PLU’s history in mind. “This is a special occasion. It’s first and foremost a celebration of the Inauguration of President Krise, and also a rare gathering of PLU faculty artists with a program featuring music with wide appeal,” Jim Brown, chair of vocal studies, says. “It’s a great opportunity for us to showcase our wonderful music faculty.” Svend Rønning, chair of
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, as the old joke goes, the extent of diversity on campus, was Swedes, Danes and Norwegians. But as the university began to grow, both in student population and in recognition, the make-up of the student population began to change. A lot of this has to do with PLU’s history. PLU always had an international focus inasmuch as it was very connected to Norway. By the late ’70s, things were beginning to fundamentally change – PLU was becoming more globally focused. By the early ’80s, according to Phil
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