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designing PLUTO curriculum. The conclusion reached by PLUTO participants: PLU is special because of its faculty relationships with students, community building and fluid communication. Bodewes said the key is creating opportunities for students to learn about the people behind the keyboards. “We’re trying to keep them connected to PLU,” Bodewes said. So far, student evaluations in the online and blended courses have been positive, Lewis added.  Harney, who is teaching a blended public relations course

marketing. Having the basic knowledge of how different sports operate has allowed me to bring in my own ideas, as well as feed off of and learn from the many other ideas that (Sounders staff and interns) bounce around each day. Samantha Lund '16 is a communication major with an emphasis in public relations. Samantha Lund - Alaska AirlinesWhat is your title; how many hours per week do you work; and which staff members do you work with most? My official title is “Digital Content Intern,” which means I

been recent graduates of PLU.” Furthermore, PLU recently re-established a campus chapter of Habitat, which has come and gone throughout the years. Through the chapter, students can easily get involved with work at the Woods and other Habitat for Humanity projects. The campus chapter’s Secretary and Public Relations Officer Melissa Munson ’18 recently headed “Cookies for Humanity.” With the help of fellow students, Munson baked and sold more than 500 chocolate chip cookies to raise money for

Alaska-Canada Highway,” which premiered at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma and ultimately was broadcast regionally by KBTC, Tacoma’s local PBS affiliate, as well as other public broadcasting member stations across the nation. “Building Connections” also received a first-place award from the National Broadcasting Society. Originally, “Building Connections” was conceived as an academic journal article, or possibly a book. The film was not an intended part of the original project. “It was

Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon Posted by: halvormj / January 31, 2018 January 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations. Interested PLU students get a tour, free lunch, and the

officer in Minnesota, topped newspapers and social media news feeds. Cunningham watched as friends from a wide range of backgrounds struggled to engage the challenging topic of systemic racism. To address the need for a deeper understanding of race relations in her own backyard, Cunningham founded an event series now known as The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness. It’s an initiative designed to provide a supportive space for the PLU community and the broader Puget Sound community to

Seed Teachers Program gives Tacoma High School students debt-free path to becoming teachers Posted by: mhines / June 9, 2023 Image: Students from Mount Tahoma, Lincoln, SAMi, IDEA, and TOL are part of a new program by Degrees of Change, Tacoma Public Schools, and Pacific Lutheran University, offering Tacoma students a debt-free, supportive pathway to earning their college degree and becoming teachers. Seed Teachers Program creates equitable public education system with teachers who reflect the

the university’s alumni and friends,” said Steve Olson, vice president for development and university relations. “Participation in the campaign was incredible,” Olson said. “More than 17,500 people provided generous support at all levels. These gifts are having a huge impact on campus today that will continue for generations to come.” Volunteer leadership for “Engage the World: The Campaign for Pacific Lutheran University” was headed by PLU Regent Brad Tilden ’83, CEO of Alaska Air Group. He

politics; the second paper called “Cooking, Celebrity Chefs, and Public Intellectuals,” examines the roles of Celebrity Chefs (think Wolf Gang Puck and Rachel Ray), who are products of consumer capitalism, verses the Public Chef Intellectuals, whose focus is on teaching cooking techniques. Young and Eckstein have been working on these articles since March 2014, the idea devised over warm tomato soup and a grilled cheese, and maybe a rant about Guy Fieri. The articles are just the start, next, they

Speakers Bureau’s 2015-16 roster. Ciabattari, who describes her selection as “an opportunity to bring conversation about families to the public,” will join a cohort of other notable experts who will travel throughout the state giving public presentations. Ciabattari has been teaching at PLU since 2007. After receiving her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington, Ciabattari says, she wanted to build her career at a liberal arts school where she could work closely with undergraduate students