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  • Advancement officers Doug Page, left, and Ed Larson. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Two PLU Advancement officers honored for their work and outstanding careers Two top professionals from PLU’s Office of Advancement—Ed Larson and Doug Page—received two prestigious awards this spring, honoring them for their professionalism and…

    demonstrated exemplary leadership and service to an organization within the fundraising and or public-relations fields. “The Association of Lutheran Development Executives has been an important part of my professional development, as well as a place where I am honored to have served and continue to serve and support,” Page said. “The Virgil Anderson Award has always been to me something I could aspire to, and and now I am encouraged to live up to its high standards.” Page is in his 15th year at PLU and has

  • ELCA’s First Female Bishop to Speak at PLU The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will speak at PLU on Nov. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2014)—The Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and…

    husband, the Rev. T. Conrad Selnick, an Episcopal priest, is vice president for advancement and church relations at Bexley Seabury Federation. They are parents of two adult children, Rebeckah and Susannah. Read Previous PLU Student Selected for Prestigious National Council Read Next MediaLab’s Newest Film Breaks Down the Food Equation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)–The awards for MediaLab’s 2014 original documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation , keep rolling in. The documentary has won three additional awards in the past week. Waste Not , which focuses on global food waste and hunger, received…

    .”About PLU's MediaLabMediaLab, an award-winning, student-run media and applied research organization, is part of the Center for Media Studies located within the School of Arts + Communication at Pacific Lutheran University. MediaLab students work on projects for external clients across the media spectrum, including market research, photography, graphic design, web design, writing, video, public relations, event planning and more.In addition, Waste Not also is a finalist in the National Broadcasting

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 10, 2019) — Angie Hambrick, PLU’s Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, sits down with anthropology professor and PLU Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator Katherine Wiley, Hispanic studies professor Giovanna Urdangarain, and anthropology and global studies professor Dr. Ami Shah…

    hierarchy in a country that only legally abolished slavery in 1981. Having two different experiences in Mauritania to draw from, Wiley reflects on her deepened awareness of her positionality, identity, and capacity for learning.Dr. Ami Shah’s research in Nigeria and India consists of examining the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on livelihoods, identities and state-society relations for the urban poor. As a South Asian woman researching in India, she speaks to her experience of “double

  • PLU alumnus Brian Lander ‘89 grew up in Washington State’s Tri-Cities. But in early 2020, Lander was far from his childhood home, as he helped meet urgent needs in Northwest Syria. Turkish troops, Syrian and Russian armies, and opposition forces negotiated and battled over resources…

    UN and studied Chinese abroad on a one-year exchange program as part of his double major in Chinese Studies and International Relations (now Global Studies). The time abroad was integral to forming his future path. “After spending time in Southeast Asia, I realized I wanted to find a career that would allow me to travel internationally,” Lander said. “I realized I was  well-suited to that kind of life, and the experience triggered a deeper appreciation of international politics.” After graduating

  • As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished. “I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,”…

    warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,” she said. Now as PLU’s Director of Career, Learning & Engagement working in Alumni and Student Connections, she is helping students feel at home as they forge their own paths at PLU, and she’s helping guide them to what’s next. Tell us about your own experience as a PLU student. I’ve been a PLU student twice, both as an undergrad and as a graduate student, and I’ve truly loved both experiences.  … I enjoyed having

  • Sarah Saavedra ’22 is a social work major with a minor in psychology and a certificate in Peace Corps Prep. The Auburn resident is the first in her family to go to college. She credits her many scholarships for navigating college as a first-year student.…

    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

  • Alum introduces a little titration magic, of sorts, into the PLU chemistry labs With a click of a mouse, magic – chemically speaking – seemed to happen in a lecture room at the Morken Center recently . Students and professors gathered around a new spectrophotometer developed…

    PLU, Amend received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and was a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities. For 38 years he taught chemistry at Montana State University and has taught, by his estimation 29,000 students over the years. He is the author of 11 textbooks and three patents. He received PLU’s Centennial Alumni Award as one of 100 alumni honored at PLU’s 100th anniversary celebration in 1990. Read Previous Suffering from Water in Oaxaca Read Next Alumna kicks

  • Spring Poster Presentations On Monday May 2nd, our graduating Seniors presented their research to peers and faculty and staff on a variety of topics. Congratulations on a job well done!

    Poster Presentations Posted by: priggekl / May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016 Spring Poster PresentationsOn Monday May 2nd, our graduating Seniors presented their research to peers and faculty and staff on a variety of topics. Congratulations on a job well done! Read Previous PLU Alumni Named Pierce County Nurse of the Year Read Next Two Nursing Students to National Championship with Women’s Rowing Team LATEST POSTS Dr. Mary Moller – 2018 APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year April 30, 2019 Isabella Zubrod

  • If you missed last month’s PLU session, we invite you to join us THIS FRIDAY! The  Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program  at the University of Oregon provides an opportunity to  earn a master’s degree and a 9 month paid internship in science or engineering – in…

    Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 4, 2021 November 4, 2021 If you missed last month’s PLU session, we invite you to join us THIS FRIDAY! The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program at the University of Oregon provides an opportunity to earn a master’s degree and a 9 month paid internship in science or engineering – in about 15 months. Learn More: Virtual Alumni Panel #1 – THIS FRIDAY! Friday, November, 5th 12-1PM Pacific / 3-4PM Eastern RSVP for Zoom