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  • Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…

    Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History, where participants in a workshop and lecture will discuss strategies to address this important issue. From 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ms. Steinglass will participate in a workshop with Heavenly Cole (Lincoln High School) and Laurie Murphy (PLU) to discuss the importance of teaching computer science at the high school and college level (Xavier Hall, Nordquist 201). Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson will act as organizer and MC. Elementary school

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…

    PLU ROTC student to be honored in Washington, D.C., as only recipient of Green to Gold award for excellence in leadership Posted by: Kari Plog / September 29, 2016 Image: Shiva Thapa ’17 (Photo by Angelo Mejia ’17/PLU) September 29, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa '17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army

  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…

    interesting programs in Java, Python, C++, assembly language, and other tools. This work is not just situated in the natural sciences. In the Department of History, for example, we had a fascinating student-faculty research project this summer that considered again the origins of personal computing. Damian Alessandro studied the history of Apple and their first products, wondering to what extent these systems might be considered ‘convivial’ according to the socio-technical context of the 1970s. (The term

  • By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…

    programs in Java, Python, C++, assembly language, and other tools. This work is not just situated in the natural sciences. In the Department of History, for example, we had a fascinating student-faculty research project this summer that considered again the origins of personal computing. Damian Alessandro studied the history of Apple and their first products, wondering to what extent these systems might be considered ‘convivial’ according to the socio-technical context of the 1970s. (The term convivial

  • Aimee Hamilton’s undergraduate course, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Religions of South Asia, gathers for a morning site visit at the Khalsa Gurmat School in Kent. Khalsa Gurmat is a nonprofit school that emphasizes Sikh history, Punjabi language, computing, art and math. The school also functions as…

    PLU Religion class visits Sikh Temple Gurudwara Singh Sabha Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 20, 2016 February 20, 2016 By Lace M. Smith, captions by Aimee HamiltonPhotos by John Froschauer Aimee Hamilton’s undergraduate course, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Religions of South Asia, gathers for a morning site visit at the Khalsa Gurmat School in Kent. Khalsa Gurmat is a nonprofit school that emphasizes Sikh history, Punjabi language, computing, art and math. The school also functions

  • By Michael Halvorson.  On October 17, 2017, PLU alum Brad Tilden (1983) engaged with students, faculty, and alumni in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines. The special event was organized as the 13th annual Dale E. Benson lecture in…

    E. Benson lecture in Business and Economic History, a yearly opportunity to hear from a nationally prominent speaker on economic history and the world of business. To prepare for the event, Pacific Lutheran students and faculty from 10 courses studied Alaska Airlines and its business practices throughout the Fall semester. The students then wrote questions and voted on them, so that the most useful questions could be posed to the Alaska Air Group CEO in a conversational format, which allowed for

  • 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

  • PLU’s MBA program named one of the nation’s best by The Princeton Review Posted by: Silong Chhun / December 11, 2020 Image: Photo by John Frocschau/PLU December 11, 2020 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsThe PLU School of Business’s MBA program has been named one of the nation's most outstanding business schools, by The Princeton Review®. The education services company chose the school for its list ``Best Business Schools for 2021”.The PLU MBA program is founded on the cornerstones of

  • Greg Youtz: Composing for the cannery – of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 1, 2013 April 1, 2013 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of a year in limbo – graduating high school a year early and giving himself time to explore before college. “My music is essentially dramatic, it’s story telling. Because I’ve spent

  • The Head in the Game: Q&A with PLU Coach Goes Inside the Mind of an Athlete Posted by: vcraker / February 16, 2022 February 16, 2022 By Veronica CrakerAssistant Director of CommunicationsZach Willis ’19 earned a BA in kinesiology with a concentration in health and fitness promotion and minored in sport and exercise psychology while playing on the football team at Pacific Lutheran University. Last year he returned to the university to serve as the football team’s assistant offensive line coach