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with business leaders and students from around the world. “Students are stretched in ways no other academic setting can,” Brown said. He calls simulations like these “the real world with a safety net.” The culmination of this year’s competition will take place April 18-20. But much of the work will be done long prior to that. For about six months, PLU Business students will have been at work making decisions as a corporate executive team. Students selected to participate in the competition need to

love to work on reconvening and being a part of the University Sustainability Committee. That’s part of that long-lasting change a lot of us are hoping to continue for years to come.Get involved with ASPLUThe Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) supports the values that uplift all students on campus: diversity, justice, and sustainability. Members of the ASPLU are the elected leaders of PLU’s elected leaders. The President heads the Senate, while the Vice President heads the

PLU Ranks in Top 4% of America’s Best Master’s Universities Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 24, 2015 Image: Samantha Harrison ’16 works in PLU’s Geoscience lab with samples collected from Mount Rainier. (Photo: John Froschauer: PLU) August 24, 2015 The Washington Monthly Also Names PLU a ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ Institution By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University ranks number 25 in the Best Master’s Universities category of

Rwandan genocide. “This fall, with the support of the Kurt Mayer Endowment for Holocaust Studies, we focus on the efforts of young Rwandans to practice the art of argument in a society still struggling to make dissent normal, safe and nonviolent,” said PLU History Professor Beth Kraig, director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor. “Silence often follows genocides and civil wars, as people live in fear and lack trust in others. The iDebate Rwanda program provides opportunities for breaking that

thinking about how what we learn in chemistry relates to things like social justice and sustainability and diversity,” he said. “I think that both Alice and Maddie, because they’ve studied abroad, because they have (studied) a foreign language, I think that’s given them a need for that bigger picture.” Smith and Henderson have had long lasting interest in environmental issues, which they brought with them to PLU. “Sustainability has always been an overarching interest that finds its way into all of the

with a laugh. “It really is about the gift of sport, good sporting behavior and ‘put ups’ of other players and themselves.” Attendees come from as far away as Oregon, Montana and Hawaii, but the camp is priced and placed to be accessible for families in Parkland and Spanaway. “This is the least expensive (high-level soccer) camp that you will find for five days, and that’s done intentionally,” says Hacker. “What we’ve done is create a first class operation but with an orientation to serve and to

Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities Connie Gardner (not pictured) co-teach this PLUS 100 course The concept behind PLUS 100 is a simple but valuable one: a class designed to prepare college freshmen for success, both academic and personal. “In the beginning we talked more about work, time management, that kind of thing,” Martinez said. “But now we’ve got into more social justice, implicit bias, things that have to do more with communication with people.” That ties into what McAdams

throughout my career to provide it,” Sears said. Sears said his career failures are most important to share with new professionals. Failure is a key part of success, Sears said, because it taught him to project confidence through hard work and challenges. “Most successful people have struggled and failed many times,” Sears said. “Failure is painful and it hurts, but it teaches you the lessons that you need the most.” Teaching students how to enter the job force is Sears’ driving inspiration for most of

development and for the PLU community as a whole. What things have you learned about being a college athlete and a student? How do they benefit one another? Danny: Being a student-athlete has taught me numerous lessons. I have learned how to be a more responsible individual, work in a team with differing personalities, and manage my time while juggling multiple roles. The opportunity to participate in athletics while also furthering my education has only given me positive experiences that I will continue

Q&A with a PLU Palmer Scholar Posted by: vcraker / January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021 A native of Yemen, Abdulghani Mosa ‘23 became connected with Palmer Scholars while a sophomore at Foss High School. Pacific Lutheran University and Palmer Scholars have announced they are expanding their partnership to better serve students of color in Pierce County. Mosa shares with us why he applied and how the program has helped him with his college career.1. How did you hear about Palmer Scholars? I heard