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served in Alaska’s House of Representatives in 1992 at the age of 29. He was re-elected in 1994 and served one term in the Alaska State Senate form 1996 to 2000.During his tenure in the governor’s office, he has worked on Alaska’s economy, schools and championed domestic violence legislation. Parnell graduated from PLU with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. Married to his wife, Sandy (Scebold ’84) Parnell, since 1987, they have two daughters. Student commencement speaker   Andrew Reyna

F8 Developers Conference that it would be opening its Messenger Platform API for the development of chatbots, mini programs designed to interact with customers on a one-to-one basis without the need for a human being actively managing the conversation in real time. Think of interacting with a brand or organization just as you might have a text message conversation with a friend—with that friend’s ability to parse text and respond to inputs ranging from simple yes/no questions and multiple choice

Computer science major Cody Uehara ’22 works hard for exciting opportunities Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 18, 2022 April 18, 2022 By Isabella Daltoso ’23PLU Marketing and CommunicationsCody Uehara '22 is a senior computer science major at Pacific Lutheran University. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he came to PLU to play football, and eventually found his passion for computer science. We talked with Uehara about his experiences at PLU and the exciting things he has been working on during

, Microsoft Teams, and other tech—few had used it for everyday instruction. Virtual singing classes were soon on Brizuela’s schedule. “We were able to explore the music a little bit differently,” Brizuela says. “Last spring was definitely, ‘Let’s figure out how to make the students successful with the limited time and materials that we have.'” Students could practice research skills and sight-singing and record themselves. Essentially, activities often shunted aside when focused on concert deadlines

with fish, or shrimp or tofu, as he prepared it when it was on the menu in the UC. They had it on the menu for a while, and, even though quite a few people really enjoyed it, they took it off the menu because it was too much work to prepare. McGinnis carefully cuts a papaya. He found the recipe about four or five years ago, when the UC remodel was happening. McGinnis peels the sliced papaya. He put it together based on various recipes he found online. “What I tend to do with recipes like this is

series again starts on the right note with award-winning trumpeter Thomas Marriott Thursday, July 7. The university event is in its 13th year and has featured returning and new artists every summer. The concerts are free to the public and a perfect way to enjoy jazz in the setting of the Mary Baker Russell building’s outdoor amphitheater. Along with the series being free, refreshments are provided and star charts are passed out for those interested in viewing the night sky from the campus

Computer science major Cody Uehara ’22 works hard for exciting opportunities Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 18, 2022 April 18, 2022 By Isabella Daltoso ’23PLU Marketing and CommunicationsCody Uehara '22 is a senior computer science major at Pacific Lutheran University. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he came to PLU to play football, and eventually found his passion for computer science.We talked with Uehara about his experiences at PLU and the exciting things he has been working on during

mountain. “There was a point where every part of my body was telling me to stop; if you just turn around, it will all be better,” she wrote. “But I wanted that summit so bad that nothing was getting in the way.” Leir credited the support of her fellow Lutes with getting her to the top of the mountain. At one point, she said several of them linked arms and counted their steps up the final ridge, whispering words of encouragement to one another. “It’s still so unreal to me that I was actually standing on

“You assume just because I hate something I don’t want to do it?” Posted by: ramosam / September 12, 2022 September 12, 2022 By Madeline Scully Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do, this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The first filmed Austen adaptation was released in 1938, with a television movie of Pride and

weeks on this all-expenses-paid trip. For the live show, the group performed a rendition of the song “Low” by Flo Rida and received positive remarks from the judges. Following the live performance and nationwide voting, PLUtonic was in the last elimination round during the live results and was the second-to-last act eliminated, bringing their journey to an end. Marzano said that even though PLUtonic didn’t move on in the competition, the group was happy with the performance. “I wasn’t bitter but I