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Special education teacher Erin Azama ’01, MAE ’06 discusses her distance learning transition Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 8, 2020 Image: Special Ed Teacher Erin Azama poses by an art themed sculpture (Photo/John Froschauer) July 8, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterErin Azama ’01, MAE '06 is a special education teacher at Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, an arts-focused elementary school in Tacoma’s North End. She works with children from kindergarten to fifth

March 20, 2013 Raechelle Baghirov ’05 teaching in Azerbaijan with the Peace Corps. (Photo provided by Raechelle Baghirov) In pursuit of wild hope in Azerbaijan By Katie Scaff ‘13 Discovering your wild hope doesn’t end when you leave PLU,  just ask Raechelle Baghirov ’05. After graduating, Baghirov spent three years volunteering with the Peace Corps in Azerbaijan, where she learned much more than a foreign language. “The phrase ‘a life of service’ was thrown around a lot. Professors would talk

, especially when heard in the confines of the compact choir rehearsal room where I eventually listened to Sam play. Tall with light, dusty brown hair, and thin glasses resting on a strong face, Sam is dressed in an unassuming grey T-shirt, and blue jeans. Built like an athlete, he is not who I pictured I would be meeting, but when he plays his stature makes perfect sense. His chest expands and the veins on his arms jump to attention, sent immediately to the dermal front lines. https://www.youtube.com

Lutes sing their way through the Southwest on Choir of the West tour Posted by: Kari Plog / March 13, 2017 Image: Kiana Norman-Slack ’17 stands in front of the Choir of the West tour bus during the Southwest tour in January. (Photo courtesy of Norman-Slack) March 13, 2017 By Kiana Norman-Slack '17PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, 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

, where you will buy many a double tall latte before class in order to stay awake, because on so many nights you will wander campus with friends until you can’t wander anymore. You will especially need these lattes during your first few weeks here, as you will not want to sleep for all the things to explore and people to meet. Up above the front doors are the flags that represent the different nationalities represented by our students and professors. You will visit two of them. You will look in awe at

communication, says a recent Mellon Foundation grant made the curriculum change possible. “This is an exciting development in our department,” Young said. “Our main focus remains media and media studies across a variety of contexts.” The goal in coming years is to design and implement a hallmark PLU program, by harnessing existing faculty interest and leadership in Communication and elsewhere on campus. This is hopefully the start of something big, says Robert Marshall Wells — associate professor of

Commencement 2017: Lutes prepare for life after college Posted by: Kari Plog / May 15, 2017 May 15, 2017 By Staff writersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2017)- Classes are over, tests are on the horizon and therapy dogs are waiting in the wings. It's the end of spring semester, and for several hundred Lutes that means life after college beckons. Pacific Lutheran University students are fast approaching Commencement 2017, a ceremony that will mark the culmination of their

, where she earned her master’s and Ph.D. at Stanford University. Her research focused on the development and burn-out rate of first-year teachers, and what keeps a teacher loyal to a district where they first ply their craft. It was the “aha” moment for her. Her true calling was helping teachers teach. “Of course it’s all about the kids,” she said.  But she felt that working with good teachers, and keeping them on the path to their dreams – and avoid burnout – is just as valuable as being in front of

February 18, 2010 A leap of faith: one Lute finds that one person can make a difference By Barbara Clements Matt Kennedy ’07 sat in front of his computer screen and tried not to hyperventilate. On one side of the screen was his bank account, on the other side was the airlines Web site where he planned on purchasing his ticket to Uganda. Matt Kennedy ’07 traveled to Uganda between 2008-2010 to organize soccer tournaments. He held his breath and hit “buy” and watched his bank account shrink

PLU alumni husband-wife duo doing their part in New York City’s COVID-19 battle Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 14, 2020 Image: Sean Boaglio ’13 and Chrissy Boaglio ‘14 are both in the thick of New York City’s fight to contain COVID-19 — Sean as a physician and Chrissy as a physician assistant. April 14, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to