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April 2, 2012 PLU professor wins Fulbright award By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU Professor Greg Williams will spend the 2012-2013 academic year continuing his work in Mexico as part of a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award.  A central theme of his work will be efforts to accommodate children and youth with disabilities into public schools.  Williams is a recipient of the J. William Fulbright – Arturo Garcia Robles U.S. Scholar All-Disciplines Award, one of five Fulbright programs in Mexico. “J. William

June 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smw51O_JTNI Kelvin Adams ’12, explains his capstone – a trebuchet. It’s all physics for this Lute as he prepares for the next chapter in his life. Kelvin Adams – Bachelor of Science in physics, minor in mathematics Compiled and edited by Chris Albert – news editor; video by Katie Martell – video producer This past Spring, Kelvin Adams ’12 graduated from PLU. Before he left for the next chapter in his life, he shared his thoughts about what brought

March 26, 2014 PLU Sustainability Program is a Finalist in Nationwide Competition This is a still photograph of one of the opening slides of PLU’s sustainability video. (Photo: Katherine Martell / PLU) Voting on PLU’s stop-motion video begins April 1 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications An innovative Pacific Lutheran University program that links Study Away and campus sustainability has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards. Watch

Lutes craft handmade face masks, donate them to community members Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 18, 2020 Image: Chair of the Faculty Michelle Ceynar has sewed almost 40 face masks for staff colleagues. April 18, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 18, 2020) — Even before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended U.S. citizens use face coverings when in public, there was a national shortage of masks due to COVID-19 — so members of the

NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Posted by: bennetrr / February 9, 2021 February 9, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful

Ellie Dieringer explores impact of the Holocaust in South America Posted by: Zach Powers / September 5, 2023 September 5, 2023 By Anneli HaralsonResolute Guest WriterClose to 50,000 Jewish refugees fled to Argentina during the rise of Nazism and World War II. In fact, between 1933 and 1945, Argentina received more Jewish refugees per capita than any other nation in the world, except Palestine. But to most – outside of historical scholars or researchers — those facts are likely surprising. It’s

Krise Endowed Internship Fund Posted by: Thomas Krise / April 17, 2014 April 17, 2014 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsAnnouncing the Patricia L. and Thomas W. Krise Endowed Internship Fund. The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job offer). Just

Journalists of Western Washington. Plog, who as a PLU student majored in Journalism and served as Editor-in-Chief of The Mast, a producer for Media Lab, and student writer for University Communications, says she’s loved nearly every moment of her career thus far. When and why did you decide you wanted to be a journalist?  After 9/11, I realized how little I knew about current events and the world around me — and that really bothered me. At that point, I realized that the best way to learn about the world

March 19, 2012 Professor Kory Brown and five of the six students who will be competing in the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in Long Beach, Calif., this year. Working Together By Steve Hansen On Kory Brown’s office wall there is a small rectangular plaque. He earned it 17 years ago for his participation in a business simulation competition when he was an MBA student. The plaque is a curious memento given Brown’s accomplishments since then: For nearly two decades, he

Tacoma-area Conference for Innovation Students Submit your proposals by February 22, 2021 Posted by: halvormj / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies Are you a current Innovation Studies student? Read on if you’re interested in presenting a paper or student project at a local Innovation conference. I was contacted recently by a colleague at the UW/Tacoma who directs their university’s Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement. Each year they