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PLU chef prepares to blow his competition’s taste buds away PLU chef Chuk Blessum will compete in the National Association of College & University Food Services March 21. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) By Katie Baumann ’14 For the fifth year in a row, Pacific…
available to them at PLU. His practice requires Blessum to be prepared literally from head to toe, from wearing his chef’s hat while doing practice runs to familiarizing himself with his ingredients and equipment. Blessum hopes to use success in competitions and conventions such as NACUFS to grow PLU’s culinary program, bringing in new chefs and expanding what the creative minds in the PLU kitchen can do for their students. For 2013, the NACUFS Pacific Regional Culinary Competition will be hosted by the
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LollaPLUza 2014 This year’s LollaPLUza logo was designed by Samuel Hosman ’14. Student Input Helps Make Music/Street Festival Bigger and Better Than Ever By Katie Baumann ‘14 Something great is coming to PLU. It’s big. It’s free. It’s LollaPLUza 2014. And it’s coming to Garfield…
day, such as a giant Jenga, provided by Habitat for Humanity; inflatables, provided by RHC; raffles; tie-dying; an interactive student mural; and much more. “We wanted to make it more of a street festival instead of just a music festival,” McLaughlin said. The added events aren’t all that’s new. This year, event merchandise will be available for everyone, and not just volunteers. “This is the first year in a long time that we’re selling [event] shirts,” said McLaughlin. Students will be able to
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By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Jan. 29, 2015)—Molly Loberg ’98 has been awarded the History Article Prize by The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the oldest and largest association for female historians in the country, for her publication “The Streetscape…
Urban Space in Interwar Berlin.” The prize recognizes the best article published in any historical field by a woman who is normally a resident of North America. Loberg’s article was chosen from a pool of more than 100 nominations. “I feel very honored to receive this recognition from an organization which has done so much to advance not only the work of women historians but also new ways of understanding history,” Loberg said. Loberg, now a history professor at California Polytechnic State
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TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 17, 2015)—Another year of Recyclemania has kicked off, and Pacific Lutheran University already is ranked sixth in the nationwide competition. Over an eight-week period, colleges in the U.S. and Canada participating in Recyclemania report how much trash and recycling are collected each…
www.recyclemaniacs.org. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) VIDEO: Recyclemania 2013 - GarbologyA day’s worth of trash at PLU was sorted over seven hours in Red Square to kick off Recyclemania 2013. The day ended with 18 bins and three bags of recyclables and compost on the left, and six bins of landfill trash on the right. Read Previous PLU Recognized as a Nationwide Top Producer of Fulbright Students for 2014-15 Read Next PLU’s New Lancelute Mascot Premieres, Reignites Spirit COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 2, 2015)—Internationally known mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe gave more than just singing lessons to five lucky Lutes. When Blythe visited campus on Feb. 23 to deliver a master class, she held nothing back: If something was wrong with a student performer’s shoes, posture,…
nothing back: If something was wrong with a student performer’s shoes, posture, grammar, pacing or pitch—she called it. Blythe is recognized as one of the best in her generation. She has visited the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the San Francisco Opera and is performing in Semele with the Seattle Opera through March 7. Vocal Studies professor James L. Brown told PLU’s The Mast that Blythe “is an advocate for opera and a champion of the whole gambit of vocal music.” Fifty Lutes applied to perform
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)—Jennifer Warwick, PLU Victim Advocate and Voices Against Violence Project Administrator, has been selected to participate in the national Think Tank on Sexual Violence Prevention on College and University Campuses organized by the Centers for Disease Control. Warwick, who has worked…
-violence prevention.” Read Previous PLU’s New Emergency Notification System Goes Online Read Next Emmy-Nominated Documentary Screened for Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty alike were excited by the opportunities showcased at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education’s Study Away Fair on March 11. At the event in the Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU faculty,…
308/489) or the literature and history of the Caribbean with Krise in an English Literature course (ENGL 216). Their paths will cross each time they visit a new location—a total of 18 stops, Krise said. Students from the Business class will brief traveling Lutes about the markets they are about to enter, and English-minded students will explain history and culture. While Krise has visited Lutes abroad throughout his tenure at PLU, this will be the first course he teaches abroad. Krise went to high
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TACOMA, Wash. (April 27, 2015) — Take Back the Night, an annual internationally recognized protest against rape and sexual assault, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in Red Square at Pacific Lutheran University. The event offers a chance to learn about ending…
Night, the daylong event Stand in Solidarity (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Red Square) asks men to take a stand against sexual assault by making a silent statement of presence and support. For more information, stop by the Women’s Center or email sapet@plu.edu. Read Previous PLU Marketing Students Win Business Competition Track Read Next PLU Dedicates New Baseball Press Box to Jim Kittilsby ’60 on May 3 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 16, 2015)- Classrooms are taking in more students, budgets are decreasing and curricular standards are becoming more rigorous in the modern school atmosphere. With all of the challenges facing today’s educators, one teacher can’t do it alone anymore. Pacific Lutheran University Professor…
, Paraeducators & Principals both acknowledge, teach and discuss the importance of a paraeducator’s role at a school. “The impact that he’s had on students is extremely difficult to quantify,” Kline said. “He has also had a huge impact on the education program at PLU, in the state of Washington, and also at the national level.” Paraeducators are still a relatively new idea and are looking to make changes. Several groups across Washington state are working to determine minimum employment standards for
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at…
Collaborators,” “Women as Survivors” and “Reconsidering Anne Frank.” (Full conference schedule) The conference keynote speaker is award-winning author and renowned professor of sociology and law Lenore J. Weitzman. Formerly a professor at Stanford University and Harvard University and currently a professor emeritus at George Mason University, Weitzman’s research has led to the 14 new laws in California and was instrumental in reforming national legislation on child support and pensions. Weitzman’s keynote
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