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  • Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009, with a Bachelor of Fine…

    ,Lizard Boy is a “somewhat-autobiographical solo-show-with-three-actors” that follows a boy with lizard skin who fights evil and learns about love. Huertas attributes some of his triple-threat skills in performing, composing and writing to his theatre education at PLU. “Doing theater at PLU was awesome!” he said. Specifically, Huertas recalls that the study of Shakespeare and the Theatre Program‘s emphasis on language “stuck with [him] forever.” “How does this language inform what the characters are

  • Measuring PLU’s environmental footprint During fall semester of her freshman year, a religion course and an environmental science course sparked Becca Krzmarzick’s interest in sustainability issues. Before coming to PLU, the Hoquiam, Wash., native didn’t even recycle, a fact she admits almost sheepishly. Now a…

    relate to the built environment. Buchholz and Pfaff’s project topics weren’t restricted. Krzmarzick is compiling data for the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System – STARS for short. Developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the system “is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities,” according to the STARS Web site. The reporting system aims to provide a guide to

  • Sports brings the world to PLU – The Wang Center Symposium By Barbara Clements International sports will be on everyone’s mind as first the Winter Olympics wraps up in Vancouver BC next week, which will be followed a month later by the Paralympics in March.…

    the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy, ’07, who had started soccer tournaments in a Ugandan slum, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Theil, ’75 and Jason Edward, ’84, ’89, who has summited Everest four times. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. This will be the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smw51O_JTNI Kelvin Adams ’12, explains his capstone – a trebuchet. It’s all physics for this Lute as he prepares for the next chapter in his life. Kelvin Adams – Bachelor of Science in physics, minor in mathematics Compiled and edited by Chris Albert – news…

    him to PLU, his experience here, and what’s next in his life. The physics major, also shows off his capstone in the video above – a trebuchet. Why PLU? I came to PLU because I wanted to be a Lute! The sense of community at PLU was head and shoulders above every other school I visited, and I wanted to be a part of this community. I was also drawn to the fact that at PLU you have access to professors who are truly invested in your education and who even show up to events around campus like concerts

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 31, 2018) — After careful consideration, Pacific Lutheran University is choosing to adopt a test-optional admission policy for its prospective students following a strong recommendation from the university’s Admission and Retention of Students (ARTS) Committee. These new procedures allow prospective students to…

    students following a strong recommendation from the university’s Admission and Retention of Students (ARTS) Committee.These new procedures allow prospective students to choose whether to provide standardized testing scores as part of the application process, and will be put into effect in time for the incoming Fall 2019 class.“Going test optional means PLU is taking a giant step toward leveling the playing field for applicants, living our mission by working to ensure that a college education is

  • Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009, with a Bachelor of Fine…

    with lizard skin who fights evil and learns about love. Huertas attributes some of his triple-threat skills in performing, composing and writing to his theatre education at PLU. “Doing theater at PLU was awesome!” he said. Specifically, Huertas recalls that the study of Shakespeare and the Theatre Program‘s emphasis on language “stuck with [him] forever.” “How does this language inform what the characters are going through? That’s something I’ve always been very fascinated by.” Huertas also used

  • Zach Willis ’19 earned a BA in kinesiology with a concentration in health and fitness promotion and minored in sport and exercise psychology while playing on the football team at Pacific Lutheran University. Last year he returned to the university to serve as the football…

    after completing his Master’s in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Western Washington University. He also works as a master resilience trainer and performance expert at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Willis spoke with us about how he incorporates his education into helping students succeed on and off the field.What goals did you have in mind when you returned to the PLU football program? My initial goal was to come and serve the players and coaching staff in whatever capacity I could. PLU and PLU football

  • Karissa Bryant ’03 with school girl at Sacred Heart Boarding School in Shillong, India. Here Bryant is asking the girls who live at the school what they wanted to be when they grew up. In the evening they would share Khasi songs with Bryant and…

    took their final high school exam, 50 percent failed. “The biggest problem with education is that students are taught in their native language and then they are expected to pass high school in English,” Bryant said. “If they don’t get an education, then they have no future.” Bryant worked with the Salesian Sisters, who run BCC, to give students Karissa Bryant sits with a daughter of the Self Help Group member in Umphrew – a village outside of Shillong. The group members make bricks and sell them in

  • Lots of Lutes at Ferrucci A quorum of the 15 Lutes on staff at Ferrucci Junior High pose for a group photo outside the Puyallup school. From left: Jeanine Wernofsky ’82, Ron Baltazar ’00, Joan Forseth ’91, Kim Lawson ’82, Brent Anderson ’97, Steve Leifsen…

    ’04 used to be PLU study buddies with seventh-grade Social Studies teacher Brent Anderson ’97; •    Brooke Gustafson ’05 and Tawana Bens ’05 not only graduated from PLU the same year; they now teach together in a combined English/Special Education classroom; and •    one current Lute—who is a Ferrucci graduate!—to this day credits Leifsen and teacher Ron Baltazar ’00 with, basically, changing the course of her life. Ferrucci’s extraordinary concentration of Lutes could be coincidental (or

  • Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his…

    Team to help the families get settled and adjust to life in America, said John Summerour ’87, a member of the team. “It was not long after their arrival that we recognized the families had special challenges in the areas of education,” Summerour said. “They had no access to formal education in Somalia, and when they arrived, they were illiterate in their own language. “We realized the kids were going to have special needs, and it became obvious they needed additional tutoring.” The church applied