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Information, Technology and Leadership: an interview with Port of Tacoma’s Mark Miller ’88 Posted by: nicolacs / October 24, 2022 Image: Image: PLU alumnus Mark Miller ’88 is the director of information technology at the Port of Tacoma. October 24, 2022 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsWhen Mark Miller ’88 enrolled at PLU he planned to become a math teacher, but he soon discovered he had a passion for technology and business. He’s followed that passion ever since. His career in

colleagues in the Choir of the West was a no-brainer, of course she wouldn’t miss the concert or the reunion of Choir of the West alumni that took place on the PLU campus in mid-July. She had been planning to go to the U.S. to visit her sister anyway, so why not now, she laughed as she gathered with other COW alumni outside Lagerquist Hall before rehearsing for a Skones Era Choir of the West Reunion Concert, which took place on July 22. “Of course I’d be here, I just love this,” she said. http

PNNL Virtual Recruitment Event Career Connections Spring 2023 Posted by: alemanem / February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 Virtual Conference: Change the World at a National Lab Register Now!    Join Career Connections spring event from February 27-March 2, 2023! This semi-annual Career Connections events provide potential candidates with insights into the unique and exciting career opportunities available at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Join top scientists and engineers as they

your bachelor’s degree at PLU. You’ll have some great knowledge and skills to offer, but you should still be focused on growth. Early in your career, especially, look for jobs that will support that. It will set you up to have lots of options and opportunities down the road. Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. Mark Miller is the first of three Lutes being featured from the Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport

alumni panelists have found their vocation in global humanitarian initiatives, which makes their knowledge and experience invaluable to our students and PLU community.”  Virtual admission to the third biannual Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture is free. Please visit the event website to register. Register Here Read Previous Brian Lander ’89: Career Humanitarian is PLU’s Connection to 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Read Next Minus fanfare, small college football getting underway in Washington COMMENTS

helping each other and how important alumni are to our students. Our alumni network is very powerful and open to helping other Lutes, and it is amazing to know that other Lutes are looking out for us.Lutes Open DoorsAlumni & Student Connections Career Services brings together PLU’s best academic and career planning tools to help students make a seamless transition into the next phase of life, as well as providing continued services to alumni in connecting them to the right resources, advisors

Application for the ACS Scholars Program Now Open! Posted by: alemanem / January 18, 2018 January 18, 2018 The ACS Scholars Program is a renewable, undergraduate scholarship available to American Indian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors intending to or already majoring in a chemical science and planning a career in a chemical science field. The ACS scholarship is also available to students in two-year college programs

Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington and began his career working at the state legislature. He then spent 35 years working at Washington Public Ports Association, most recently as the executive director.Johnson now combines his interest in public policy, the environment and economics as the executive director of the Port of Tacoma – the fourth largest trade gateway in North America. In this role, he manages the industrial properties, selected marine terminals and planning

Lute Powered: Amazon PLU alumni Regan Zeebuyth ’01, Jon Grande ’92 and April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 excel at the tech and commerce leader Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. More than 125 PLU alumni work for the global commerce and technology leader. For this “Lute Powered” feature, we met with three of them to

Lute Powered: MultiCare Health System PLU alumni Terri Card ’83, Mark Mariani ’98 and Leah Butters ‘15 serve at the Washington-based health care organization Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that’s been caring for communities in Washington state since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital in 1882. MultiCare has grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, not-for-profit