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Student-athlete forms special bond with coach Posted by: vcraker / August 2, 2022 August 2, 2022 By Craig CrakerSports Information Assistant Every game day, usually around lunch time, Jordan Thomas and Chad Murray sit down to have a chat. The Pacific Lutheran University men’s basketball star and the team’s head coach meet in Murray’s office to talk about anything and everything. The meeting can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as an hour. Topics range from that night’s opponent to

February 24, 2014 5 Lutes Play Major Roles at Tacoma’s Broadway Center Five PLU graduates work at Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. Bottom row, from left: Leilani Balais ’99 and April Nyquist ’09. Top row, from left: Jared Wigert ’07, Adam Utley ’04 and Mariesa Bus ’06. Utley will perform Feb. 28 at TEDxTacoma. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) And One, Adam Utley ’04, Will Perform at TEDxTacoma Katie Baumann ’14 Drastic budget cuts have wreaked havoc on arts programs in schools

September 11, 2014 PLU Makes Strong Showing at National Race & Pedagogy Conference By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27 features more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants—including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran University. The theme for the conference, which addresses issues of race and its impact on education, is “What NOW is the Work of Education and Justice? Mapping a

May 11, 2012 For more than a decade, Professor Craig Fryhle, chair of PLU’s Chemistry Department, has coauthored an organic chemistry textbook that has become standard, celebrated and familiar fare for sophomore students studying organic chemistry in many universities. Fryhle is just finishing up the 11th edition of the book with his coauthor, T.W. Graham Solomons. (Photo by John Froschauer) For organic chemistry students, Prof. Craig Fryhle’s name pops up almost every time they open a book. By

March 19, 2014 MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of Science in Finance students have won the local 2014 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge and competed in its prestigious Americas Regional Finals. And

Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years Posted by: mhines / March 27, 2024 Image: Inspired by his study away experience in Oxford, England, Elijah Paez ’24 founded the Birders of PLU club. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) March 27, 2024 By Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in environmental studies and mathematics. While at PLU, he founded Birders of PLU, served as

Getting to Know the Alumni – Nicole Wassynger Posted by: wagnerjc / October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017 Nicole Wassynger, 2017 MSMR Graduate, loved her experiences working with real-world clients. She encourages current and prospective MSMR candidates to take responsibility for their education, ask questions, and network. What was your favorite project you completed while in the MSMR program? I’m probably the only one from our cohort with this answer, but the project we did for Mulder’s class

Simon Carrington to guest-conduct PLU’s Choir of the West Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 2, 2015 November 2, 2015 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerPacific Lutheran University’s Choir of the West will perform under the direction of Simon Carrington, one of the world’s foremost choral conductors, as the featured ensemble for the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) Conference, to be held in Portland, November 12-14. The choir will give Tacoma fans an opportunity to hear the

June 16, 2008 Graduate breaks new ground It’s been a whirlwind four years for Candice Hughes ’08.An international student from Trinidad and Tobago, Hughes participated in theater and Dance Ensemble, held leadership roles in the Diversity Center and ASPLU, and spearheaded the first campus Caribbean Carnival in February 2006. She even fit in a semester studying away in Botswana. At Spring Commencement 2008, the geosciences major capped off her university career as the senior class speaker. Her

July 23, 2009 One-on-one: Behrens By Barb Clements Being a marine biologist is a pretty good gig. And why wouldn’t it be? There are obvious perks, Michael Behrens admits, to having a job where diving is part of the package. Seeing creatures swim by as they hunt for food in the Galopagos is a nice benefit, as well as diving in the rocky shoals of Washington state, which he counts as among the most beautiful places on earth. For PLU Assistant Professor of Biology Michael Behrens diving gives him