Page 186 • (1,881 results in 0.061 seconds)
-
TACOMA, WASH. (March 13, 2017)- Hop on my pink tour bus and let me tell you about the craziest days I experienced this past January — or the days we called the Choir of the West Southwest Tour (for hashtag purposes, #COWthwesternTour). Over 11 days,…
before coming to PLU. Luckily now, after completing my first one in 2015 during a University Chorale tour, staying in a stranger’s home didn’t seem as scary. Homestays are important because they allow us to get to know the community, and vice versa. My homestay partner and I enjoyed staying up a bit after the concert and just talking with our homestay family. We exchanged pictures of our animals, talked about our common likes and dislikes, and discussed the most important part of life — breakfast
-
TACOMA, WASH. (April 7, 2020) — No matter what field or industry you work in, the COVID-19 pandemic has probably dramatically reshaped the way you do your job every day. For Kari Plog ‘11, a digital journalist for local NPR affiliate radio station KNKX, telling…
think hearing how others are coping truly helps foster community, even if we can’t be in the presence of others. NEW: Michelle Bennett couldn’t hold her mother’s hand in those final moments, 10 days after Carolann Gann tested positive for #COVID19. But Gann's nurses connected mother and daughter one last time, and comforted the patient to the end. @KariPlog reports: https://t.co/2pmtInWji2 pic.twitter.com/FzbRHZZ3Nz— KNKX Public Radio (@knkxfm) April 1, 2020 PLU: How important is journalism right
-
During his senior year, computer science major Adrian Ronquillo ’22 filled out 203 job applications. Despite already having a job offer from a tech company he was interning with, he wanted to see what other opportunities were available to him. One of those applications included…
professors. “I’m really glad I went to PLU for computer science because of those connections I made,” Ronquillo said. “I feel like it was a lot more genuine and a lot easier to create those connections because of how small these classes were. I’m excited for the future.” Read more stories from the Fall 2022 issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous Rooted and Open: Rev. Jen Rude talks about centering community, spiritual diversity, and Campus Ministry Read Next WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie
-
Teranejah Lucas, 28, is now in her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, and majoring in social work. She’s preparing to do great things—after already accomplishing significant wins—and wrapping up a fascinating capstone. “As a single parent, first-generation college student, I’m out here defying the…
hopes to found and lead a nonprofit that helps children of color discover secret talents through new opportunities. Lucas’s daughter dances at Sound Movement Arts Center—and joined the Franklin Pierce Junior Wrestling team. “She tried wrestling, did very well and ended up taking first at the state tournament,” Lucas says. On top of being a full-time student, Lucas works full-time as a case manager at Comprehensive Life Resources, a community behavioral health clinic in Tacoma, helping those
-
Maria Surla has traveled a long and rewarding road. The 39-year-old recently graduated with PLU’s Class of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. “The difficult experiences I’ve had made me who I am now,” Surla says. Born and raised in the Philippines, Surla…
patient care and monitoring under the direction of registered nurses (RNs). She immediately began employment at a nursing home and a correctional facility.She continued nursing studies at Tacoma Community College, then transferred to PLU for her RN degree. “I chose PLU because I worked with RNs who graduated from PLU at the Pierce County Jail, and I was blown away by their work ethic and compassionate and professional approach.” Surla’s capstone, “Moral Distress in Correctional Nursing,” focuses on
-
PLU President Thomas W. Krise welcomes faculty and staff back to campus, highlighting the strengths of PLU and his goals for the future. (Photo by John Froschauer) “A University of the First Rank” By President Thomas W. Krise Good morning and welcome to the 2012…
scholarship not only for its own sake (and we do that too) but also for the value we gain from having people hear about the work that our faculty and staff do so well here. We need to energize our natural constituencies such as our alumni, our retired faculty and staff, our supporting congregations and synods of our Region One of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, our partners in the community, in various groups and associations—and we need to give them narratives to tell. For those of us who
-
Dave Robbins Steps Down after 33 Years as Chair of the Department of Music Greg Youtz’s first glimpse of Dave Robbins was him strolling down a hallway in Eastvold, while his two-year-old daughter toddled along at his side, clutching his finger. “I remember thinking that…
science Read Next Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022
-
TOP 10 REASONS why PLU can be a great fit for you Montserrat Walker ’14 Loves the focus PLU places on global issues, and how her classes investigate issues from multiple perspectives Every student has different reasons why they have found PLU to be a…
like crazy. Every new building is green. We’re building new solar panel systems and rain gardens, and our student-run community garden provides nearly two tons of produce for area food banks. There are even paid student fellowships for students who want to find new ways to make PLU even more green. Rachel Wattley-Williams ’14 appreciates the connections she has made on campus, both with her fellow students and with the professors in her small classes #4 We’re Lutheran – and proud of it. But it
-
Mycal Ford ’12 has spent the year teaching in Taiwan on a Student Fulbright Fellowship. Mycal Ford ’12: A journey of discovery leads this Lute to China and Taiwan By Barbara Clements University Communications Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at…
would eventually send him first to Norway and then to China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDOT1A1DQY “It was the catalyst to defining me in a person in my culture and as a leader in the community,” Ford said of his China experience. In his three months in Chengdu, he found he loved the stillness in the country, and the frenzy in the city; the open curiosity of its citizens toward him and their generosity in inviting him to everything. One life-changing moment during the trip came when Ford
-
TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…
the same grave news will fall on him.” He was positive. These Lute grads are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, in Manhattan, Chrissy works full time for their OB/GYN department, where every admitted woman giving birth is tested for the virus. Six have tested positive for Coronavirus so far; two were completely asymptomatic. Additionally, Chrissy has volunteered to help at a Long Island community hospital on the COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, who
Do you have any feedback for us? If so, feel free to use our Feedback Form.