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Jon Grande ’92 embraces innovation, talent and fun at Amazon Games Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsJon Grande ’92 was an intern at Microsoft the summer before he enrolled at PLU. His supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began.“Don’t bother majoring in business,” he can still hear her telling him

Save the date: Documentary ‘Namibia Nine’ to premiere in February Posted by: Todd / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 After a year and a half of planning, production and travel, Namibia Nine will premiere on February 28 at 6:30 p.m., to coincide with Black History Month celebrations, in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash.The film, created by a team of PLU filmmakers, explores the impact that access to education can make in the

June 10, 2014 Life-Changing Connections Across Time and Continents The ‘Namibia Nine’ film crew on location, from left: Andrea Capere, Princess Reese, Joanne Lisosky, Melannie Denise Cunningham, Shunying Wang, Maurice Byrd. PLU Film Team Spends a Month in Namibia Exploring Transformative Experiences in Higher Ed—Including Their Own By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications As part of a post-apartheid strategy nearly 20 years ago, 100 promising young Namibian leaders came to the

PLU introduces new Doctor of Education in educational leadership Posted by: mhines / May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing and CommunicationsPLU officials announced the launch of a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in Educational Leadership program. The program will focus on educational leadership in P-12 schools, preparing graduates to serve as district superintendents and in other education strategy and leadership roles.“We are thrilled to announce the new Ed.D in Educational

PLU students conquer the math modeling marathon! By Emily Holt, MFA ’16 | PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Posted by: mhines / July 14, 2023 Image: Natural Sciences students compete in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, a competition that goes 24-hours a day from Thursday to Monday (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) July 14, 2023 At PLU, you can test your math skills in the classroom, but you can also showcase your problem-solving prowess outside the classroom! This year, a three-person PLU

Houston-based Center for Healing Racism will lead upcoming The People’s Gathering Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 16, 2022 Image: Peoples Gathering at PLU, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2022 By Debbie CaffazoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterThe 10th edition of The People’s Gathering will ask a stark question: Do you really want to talk about racism? “Most people really don’t — and they run from the discomfort,” says Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s director

the collective note taking process at the conference, I found myself reverting back to my own personal note taking strategy instead. In the weeks following, I continued to reflect on the practice of collective note taking and decided that there are indeed benefits to the practice if it is carefully designed. For example, if I were to use such a strategy, I would organize students into smaller groups of maybe three or four, rather than asking an entire class (or large group) to simultaneously work

concept is quite simple and the strategy has been in use since the time of Socrates. Best of all, discussing essential questions fits perfectly with PLU’s mission to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry. The Socratic seminar is one effective way to structure inquiry in a course. However, I believe using essential questions offers a simpler strategy that can be implemented across all academic levels and disciplines, including ones that rely heavily upon factual knowledge and performance

Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Posted by: Marcom Web Team / June 7, 2024 Image: Image: PLU’s first Innovation Studies major Heven Ambachew poses for her Senior Spotlight portrait, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 7, 2024 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to

It’s Mylie Miller’s job to market Wild Waves. And yes, she has a lot of fun at work Posted by: Zach Powers / November 22, 2019 Image: PLU alumna Mylie Miller works in marketing at Wild Waves Theme & Water Park in Federal Way. (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) November 22, 2019 By Ernest JasminGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsMylie Miller ‘19 had only visited Federal Way’s Wild Waves Theme & Water Park once before last spring, and that episode ended with her looking like a pint-sized