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The Arts on Red Square: Get your groove on and unleash your inner artist! Check out a new event at PLU this year - Arts on Red Square! The Collective and LASR Radio teamed up to bring students an epic festival packed with awesome live music and art activities. Posted by: mhines / June 8, 2023 June 8, 2023 The Collective is a crew of students who are all about art. They organize workshops and studio sessions where you and your friends can get creative together. Imagine screen printing your own

class will be meeting there periodically to complete brainstorming sessions on whiteboards, design art in groups, and build simple product prototypes that they would love to see.  We’ll also be studying the history of popular products and some of their unintended consequences, many of which were surprising, unexpected, or problematic.” Of course, students taking Hist 248/Phil 248 will also have a chance to declare an Innovation Studies minor, which they can do directly with Halvorson. But there are

September 7, 2009 The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, Forness pursued graduate studies, culminating with the Ph.D. in history from Penn State. He joined the history department at Gettysburg College in 1964 and taught there for 36 years. He was remembered by a colleague as a

Summer Sessions: On-Budget, On-Time, Online Posted by: bodewedl / March 1, 2017 March 1, 2017 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Despite a long and lingering winter, it is almost time for PLU students to begin planning for summer. Instructors and advisers have an opportunity to talk with students about the advantages of participating in Summer Sessions. Consider how online summer courses at PLU can meet a variety of student needs: On-Budget PLU online summer courses are budget-friendly and

to elect the largest class of environmental leaders ever to the state Legislature – altogether we flipped seven state House seats and three state Senate seats from anti-environment seats to pro-environment seats. To win these 10 seats, we knocked on over 95,000 doors, making sure voters knew which candidates would protect their community. Working with these new elected leaders, we had a historic legislative session earlier this year. The Washington State Legislature passed the strongest 100

PLU’s debate program is one to watch out for,” said Bates. Teams debated on issues including immigration policy, death with dignity laws, criminalizing street harassment, quarantining people exposed to Ebola and U.S. foreign diplomacy in the Middle East. The team is open to all students with or without debate experience and meets 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Ingram Hall. The team will host a high-school speech and debate tournament on campus Dec. 5-6, and all students are welcome to judge. For

Tinker. “I’ve never seen that much excitement on the team.” Tinker also was recognized as the third best speaker in the senior division. It’s been another successful year for PLU Forensics. Tinker and Stanton were semi-finalists at a competition at Lewis and Clark College, where Megan Bowen and Tori Sullivan also received speaker awards. Sullivan was a junior varsity semi-finalist. “I am so pleased with the success and continued prowess of the debaters,” said Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein. “I

experience at PLU LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place

Swanson ’12, and Martin Vestre ’12 – were there with their advisor Kevin Boeh, assistant professor of business and director of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF). The G.A.M.E Forum was founded and continues to be organized by PLU alum David Sauer ’81, a professor at Quinnipiac University. It gives students the opportunity to learn about what is going on in the industry from professionals and test their own abilities on what they’ve learned. In 1982, Mary Lund Davis set up a fund of $25,000 with

is crucial. Many coaches talk about the importance of sport psychology but few have the appropriate training to effectively teach student-athletes how to improve their mental game. How does your Master’s Degree, in particular, help you in your role as a coach? I think my degree prepared me in a variety of ways to coach effectively. My main focus is on building up athletes’ confidence, encouraging them to be their best on and off the field, and challenging them in an appropriate manner. Ultimately