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Can the Innovation Studies minor help you to be more (well…) innovative? By Damian Alessandro. Innovation . If you read the popular press, you’ll see that this word is constantly thrown around in professional settings. But what does it mean? For some, innovation is all about progression and disruption. One of the defining ideologies of our time,… November 8, 2017 Damian Alessandrodisruptionentrepreneurial thinkinghistory of technologyInnovation minorinterdisciplinary
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Yannet Urgessa ’16 has lived on three continents and speaks five languages. But it took coming to PLU for her to feel comfortable in her own skin for the first time.
family relocated when she was 6 years old, fleeing a country rife with political instability. Her family never abandoned their ethnic Oromo roots, but actively immersed themselves in their new culture. Now, she’s relocated again, extending her international education to a third continent as a sociology major at PLU. The university’s commitment to global education is a value that’s familiar to Urgessa. She speaks five languages — Amhara and Oromo that are native to Ethiopia, English, Norwegian and
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Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Nicole Laumb ’11 did and plans to do it again.
followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek Circus, based out of Mendocino, California. Laumb’s final post rounded out months of social media updates that included videos and photos of her doing spins and splits on a rope with a hand loop — a routine called Spanish web — above 63 audiences throughout 10 cities. A winding vocational path led Laumb to the circus life. She earned a journalism degree at Pacific Lutheran University, as well as a minor in sociology. She bounced around between
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…
PLU awarded total of nearly $590,000 in state grant money for intensive, alternative route for teacher certification Posted by: Kari Plog / February 25, 2016 Image: Garrett Wade works in a classroom at Sylvester Middle School in Burien on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. (Photo: Kari Plog/PLU) February 25, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 26, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University has created a fun way to honor the Lutheran tradition and put those Pokémon Go skills to use in a new way (we promise we had the idea before Lutes were out looking for Pokéstops). Marty’s Reformation…
PLU launches Marty’s Reformation Station app to teach campus about Martin Luther in fun, engaging way Posted by: Kari Plog / September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 26, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University has created a fun way to honor the Lutheran tradition and put those Pokémon Go skills to use in a new way (we promise we had the idea before Lutes were out looking for Pokéstops).Marty’s Reformation Station is an app developed by
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TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global…
Global leader in diplomacy to visit PLU and discuss how ‘Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not’ Posted by: Zach Powers / January 27, 2017 Image: Search for Common Ground CEO and 2017 Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecturer Shamil Idriss. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) January 27, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…
PLU alumnus, Tacoma teacher draws from his own tough life lessons to inspire students in similar situations Posted by: Kari Plog / March 17, 2016 Image: Joshua Cushman speaking as part of the Wang Center Symposium “The Countenance of Hope” at PLU, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 17, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled
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TACOMA, WASH. (April. 19, 2016)- “Güeros,“ an award-winning drama set in Mexico City, will screen at Pacific Lutheran University on April 27 at 6 p.m. in room 101 of the Administration Building. The screening was organized by Christian Gerzso, PLU visiting assistant professor of English. He…
PLU faculty member and acclaimed filmmaker were friends as teens in Mexico City, will reunite for screening of “Güeros” Posted by: Zach Powers / April 19, 2016 Image: “Güeros is an Alice in Wonderland in Mexico City, an incredible visual and sensory exercise on a group of characters orphans of home and identity.” -Alejandro Alemán, El Universal April 19, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April. 19, 2016)- ``Güeros,`` an award-winning drama set in Mexico City
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing class has turned into a passionate effort to register student voters during a major election year. A group of business students at Pacific Lutheran University say they are concerned about lagging voter turnout that has historically…
PLU students work to get out the vote, register students to boost civic engagement in local community Posted by: Kari Plog / May 11, 2016 Image: Jared Christy, Dani Gapsch, Ingeborg Jore and Brooke Johnson are involved in a marketing class project to register other students to vote on local issues such as the Franklin Pierce School District 2016 bond. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 11, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 7, 2016)- Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Nicole Laumb ’11 did and plans to do it again. “The giggles were endless,” she told her loyal Facebook followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek…
University, as well as a minor in sociology. She bounced around between various extracurriculars during her time on campus, including working as an ally at what was then known as the Women’s Center (now the Center for Gender Equity). As Laumb approached her senior year, she didn’t really have a clear picture of what she wanted to do after graduation. When the time arrived, Laumb dabbled in a few different jobs, such as working for a parks and recreation program and as a freelance writer at the Puyallup
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