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Real-world experience, distilled: PLU marketing analytics grad students partner with Heritage Distilling Company Posted by: Zach Powers / October 31, 2019 Image: PLU Master of Science in Marketing Analytics recent graduates Matthew Dixon ‘19 and Ingeborg Jore ‘19. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) October 31, 2019 By James CarpenterGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 31, 2019) — When most people hear the words “Master of Science in Marketing Analytics,” they don’t
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PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 8, 2022 November 8, 2022 PLU Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. Kate Drazner Hoyt has directed a documentary which will premiere at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma on Monday, November 21. The film is one installment in the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation’s “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” film series. Funded by Tacoma Creates, CRPF is working with cultural communities in Tacoma to create short films that tell
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Fall 2020 Masterclass Announcement Posted by: Reesa Nelson / September 4, 2020 September 4, 2020 The Department of Music is excited to announce some of our special lecturers and master class leaders who will work with music students in all areas including voice, instruments, and composition. This incredible group of professionals has been recruited by our dedicated faculty for the benefit of music students. While the COVID-19 pandemic has made some aspects of teaching and learning more
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teams of undergrad students have 99 hours straight to create a mathematical model addressing a complex social or scientific issue. Each year, the top awards go to large technical schools, often in China. This year, a team from Pacific Lutheran University finished in the top five.Duffy Anderson ’24, Matthew Helmer ’24 and Madeline Rue ’25 were one of 1,057 teams to tackle Problem D, which required teams to analyze the effects of technological advancements, natural disasters and international crises
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April 11, 2008 Holocaust survivor shares his story Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman recounted his experience under the unspeakable horror of Nazism and stressed the importance of sharing survival stories at the 12th annual Raphael Lemkin Essay Awards Banquet. The banquet also featured the work of student essayists, who submitted papers on topics related to genocide. The winners, senior Ethan Jennings and junior Kristen McCabe, were recognized during the banquet program. “I’m not a scholar or a
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September 17, 2010 Something I thought I’d never do: Sing for 12 million people! By Kari Plog ’11 John Marzano never thought he would be on live television singing in front of millions of people – but that’s exactly what he did alongside nine other close friends over the summer. The PLUtonics performed this summer on ‘America’s Got Talent.’ “I would have never, ever thought I’d be on the stage of America’s Got Talent singing in front of 12 million people,” said Marzano, a sophomore vocal
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November 5, 2010 Visiting Writer Series By Kari Plog ’11 Rick Barot, assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, was a political science major as an undergraduate before accidentally discovering his passion for poetry. Matthew Dickman came to PLU as part of the Visiting Writer’s Series. He hopes students will gain a similar experience from the annual Visiting Writer Series. “You never know what you will learn from an event,” Barot said. Barot discovered his passion for
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January 21, 2011 Working toward peace for 20 years By Chris Albert For 20 years, PLU Regent Tom Eric Vraalsen worked toward peace in Sudan. Earlier this month, the former ambassador of Norway saw part of that work come to fruition with a vote by the south Sudanese people to secede from the north and become an autonomous country. PLU Regent, and former ambassador of Norway, Tom Eric Vraalsen shared his thoughts about elections in Sudan. (Photos by John Froschauer) Thursday, Jan. 20 Vraalsen
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October 5, 2012 In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents in Washington D.C. when something caught his eye by the door. “One of the first things you saw was an IBM punch card system,” he recalled. “No one knew what it was for. IBM and the
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study environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University with all those experiences informing his worldview. He will graduate this month after spending the last few years examining issues related to global climate change, sustainability and environmental justice. He cited Environmental 350 — for which he studied Pierce County’s Clover Creek and its surrounding watershed — as one of his favorite classes. “It was all focused around different areas of the creek and studying its health along its route
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