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joined her father, David Foster-Koth ’88, and a group of other alumni for PLU Day at the Sounders. Graduates spanning generations — from the 1970s to present day — sat in the sun, sipping lemonade, eating peanuts and watching the Sounders shut out Kansas City, 1-0. The father-daughter duo are Sounders fans who attend games every summer. Leah also is a former soccer player. “My favorite part of the game is when we score,” she said. “I love when everyone stands up and comes together.” It took one goal

Lutes craft handmade face masks, donate them to community members Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 18, 2020 Image: Chair of the Faculty Michelle Ceynar has sewed almost 40 face masks for staff colleagues. April 18, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 18, 2020) — Even before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended U.S. citizens use face coverings when in public, there was a national shortage of masks due to COVID-19 — so members of the

Dr. Maria Chávez APSA Member of the Month Posted by: Marcom Web Team / January 24, 2019 Image: Image: The Makerspace seats 30 people and offers opportunities for students to gather, collaborate and stretch their creativity. January 24, 2019 By American Political Science AssocationPLU Social SciencesDr. Maria Chávez American Political Science Association Member of the MonthFounded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of

create art, transforming audience perspectives on climate change. Where did you grow up, and why did you choose PLU for undergraduate studies? Ruggeri: I grew up in South Florida and wanted to go out of state for college, specifically a liberal arts college offering a theater program with a directing focus. I hoped to find a smaller community and had summer camp friends who had gone to PLU. And PLU gave me a good scholarship! Knapp: I grew up in Bellingham. I loved growing up there but wanted to

November 5, 2010 PLU Named Top Fulbright Producer By Chris Albert Pacific Lutheran University ranks among the top schools in the nation for the number of students selected for a Fulbright Student Fellowship in 2010.   Eric Buley and Nicolette Paso were selected as student Fulbright Fellowship recipients. Buley as a teaching assistant in Venezuela and Paso in research in Germany. (Photo by John Froschauer) Among comparable master’s degree granting institutions, PLU ranked in the top 15 in the

world and returned with a mission: to raise money to open an expanded training center for students in Shillong, Meghalaya, in northeast India. In November 2010, Bryant spent two weeks teaching students at a village training center called Bellefonte Community College (BCC) in Shillong. There, her eyes were opened to pressing and extraordinary educational needs. “High school drop out rates are at 70 percent,” according to Bryant. “There’s no accountability system there.” Of the students who stayed and

intramural dodgeball experience. “It turns out I’m just not good at that, either – I’m always the second person knocked out,” she said. “But that’s okay, because then I could be on the sidelines and heckle everyone else. That’s just as much fun as anything.” And that’s why intramurals are so great. It is sport. It is also fun. This all squares with the ethic of PLU to “educate the whole student.” Yes, university life is about classes, preparing for a profession, and discovering a passion. But it is also

May 7, 2013 PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for English 216: African and Caribbean short stories, some were a little surprised to find the university president, Tom Krise, standing in the front of the room with Professor Barbara Temple-Thurston. “There were some

& Communications Jerry White remembers sitting in his wheelchair in an Israeli hospital, looking at his nurse. When he found her, she just stared back, without sympathy, making no effort to help the 20-year-old American who had just had his right leg blown off by a landmine the week before. “I expected them to help me, but the nurses just stared back,” remembers White, now working for the U.S. State Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization. “They told me to get my

Lutheran University. Over the year, the school has faced many challenges. The school has a high mobility rate, which means many students move from and to the school during the year. The causes of such a rate vary from having to move because of the inability to afford housing or the need to find work. Sophia Stover  reviews a student’s work at James Sales Elementary. Moreover, 100 percent of the students receive free and reduced lunch. The school also provides breakfast for many of the students at the K