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April 1, 2013 Photo by John Froschauer Cancer survivor inspires teammates with spirit, perseverance and a mid-90s fastball By Nick Dawson It was only one pitch, but it was a pitch filled with emotion for PLU pitcher Max Beatty ’14 and the entire PLU baseball family – coaches, players, parents, fans. When Max Beatty threw the first pitch of the 2013 Pacific Lutheran baseball season opener to Concordia University batter Sheldon Austria on Feb. 4, it concluded one harrowing chapter in Beatty’s

Lute Powered: MultiCare Health System PLU alumni Terri Card ’83, Mark Mariani ’98 and Leah Butters ‘15 serve at the Washington-based health care organization Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that’s been caring for communities in Washington state since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital in 1882. MultiCare has grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, not-for-profit

April 17, 2011 Rosanna Pansino advises wannabe actors to believe in themselves and be persistent. The 2007 graduate came to PLU last week as part of a MediaLab speaking series. Lute reaches for the stars and lands work on hit series Glee By Barbara Clements When Rosanna Pansino arrived at PLU, at first she thought she wanted to be a nurse. Then maybe an FBI agent. Or perhaps a television journalist. But it was during her last class, taken after she graduated in 2007 (she needed to earn a pesky

May 7, 2013 Training with the Lute battalion By Katie Scaff ’13 Most college students don’t walk out of the classroom and directly into a leadership position. Most don’t have a job locked down more than a year before they graduate. And most don’t get the training needed to make those type of things happen for free. But Ray Velásquez isn’t like most college students. Velásquez is part of a small minority who will graduate and immediately rise the ranks and have a guaranteed job for the next

Lute Powered: MultiCare Health System PLU alumni Terri Card ’83, Mark Mariani ’98 and Leah Butters ‘15 serve at the Washington-based health care organization Posted by: Zach Powers / May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that’s been caring for communities in Washington state since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital in 1882. MultiCare has grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, not-for-profit

Lute Powered: City of Tacoma PLU alumni Tom Chontofalsky '03, Clarissa Gines '12 and Lisa Woods '92 serve the public good at the City of Destiny Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 20, 2022 Image: Left to right: Tom Chontofalsky ’03, Clarissa Gines ’12 and Lisa Woods ’92. (Photos by John Froschauer and Silong Chhun) July 20, 2022 The City of Tacoma provides high-quality, innovative and cost-effective municipal services that enhance the lives of its 215,000 residents and the quality of its

September 16, 2011 Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 talks to students in Assistant Professor Kevin

Lute Powered: Educational Service District 113 PLU alumni Kristen Jaudon ‘94, Tracye Ferguson ‘94 and Kate Hall ‘17 are committed to service, community and equitable education Posted by: Silong Chhun / September 6, 2022 Image: Left to right: Kristen Jaudon ‘94, Tracye Ferguson ‘94 and Kate Hall ‘17 (PLU photo/John Froschauer) September 6, 2022 There are nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington state. Created in 1969, the ESDs help local school districts by providing academic

‘What’s a Lute?’ — Go Lutes Edition Posted by: Lace M. Smith / September 18, 2015 Image: PLU Homecoming football game against Linfield at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. (Photo/John Froschauer) September 18, 2015 As I travel around talking to prospective students and their families, donors, and friends of PLU, I am often asked, “what is a Lute?” From time to time, I blog about examples of students and alumni that uplift what it means to be a Lute. We’ve received two

Collin Brown: A Lute Returns Home Posted by: Matthew / December 8, 2017 December 8, 2017 Robin and Collin (pictured in 2017) were PLU students and, eventually, became spouses. Now, Collin is back as a professor. By Henrik Rojahn '18PLU HumanitiesIn Fall 2017, PLU’s Department of Languages and Literatures welcomed visiting lecturer Collin Brown. Professor Brown is teaching first semester Norwegian as well as Writing 101. As a former Lute (2010), Professor Brown is naturally inclined towards the