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Former PLU President Eugene Wiegman will be remembered for his passion for service, advocacy and Tacoma Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 13, 2020 July 13, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationsFormer PLU President Eugene Wiegman passed away on July 1 at the age of 90. Dr. Wiegman will be remembered for his remarkable career in education, government, advocacy and ministry—and his unceasing kindness and compassion.“Dr. Wiegman was a pure joy to talk with and work with,” says PLU

gathered samples and expertly interpreted the amassed data. This research project was part of the Natural Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSSURP). NSSURP allows student researchers to work directly with PLU faculty mentors to experience a learning dimension rarely accessible from the academic-year textbook and laboratory assignments. Research projects reflect the natural sciences fields of biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geosciences, mathematics, physics

helping Pierce County residents access the equitable health care they need.”Partnership for Health InnovationPartnership WebsitePowered by PLU, MultiCare, and Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, the Partnership for Health Innovation will work to address health care inequities and provider shortages in Pierce County and beyond.WSU, MultiCare, and PLU officials affirmed their expectation that Partnership for Health Innovation will be a long-term initiative and say that

leadership across the university to nurture a clear Lutheran center that is, at the same time, wonderfully and hospitably open to other traditions. To teach this delicate skill of bilingualism to our students, faculty and staff members, we hold regular lecture series and retreat series, require religion courses, and there is also the important work of renewing our Campus Ministry. We measure and set goals for volunteering in the community, studying abroad with an emphasis on service learning, and other

doctors.” She encouraged the audience to take mission trips overseas. “This type of work is challenging,” she said. “But the compensation emotionally, far outweighs the challenges.” Finally, Mary Beth Peterson ’75, talked of working in Colombia during her time in the Peace Corps between 1978 and 1980. She said that the bus driver who took the nurses to the hospital, doubled as a guard, since rebel forces often targeted Americans for kidnapping in the wild regions around Bogota. Read Previous Author

every world record now on the books was set by a swimmer wearing the new suit. Jones, for his part, did not wear the new full-body suit at the conference meet – yet still set four school records. It is reasonable to assume that unless Jones gets one of those expensive suits, he may never compete at the national meet. For his part, Johnson thinks that Jones has the talent and work ethic necessary, even without the competitive body suit, to take the next step. “I’m confident that he’ll get there the

charismatic energy that she had,” he remembered. “She could come into a room and diagnose from the people there who was in the most pain. Her emotional and empathic intelligence was off the charts.” She also had quite a sense of humor. When reviewing their “dates” after a particularly somber meeting with landmine victims, White said that Diana at first quipped that hers was July, 29 1981, the date she married Prince Charles. As for his work against landmines, it’s not done. There are between 60 to 80

September 11, 2014 PLU Makes Strong Showing at National Race & Pedagogy Conference By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27 features more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants—including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran University. The theme for the conference, which addresses issues of race and its impact on education, is “What NOW is the Work of Education and Justice? Mapping a

majors and interested in applying to graduate school. Despite graduate school being so competitive, everyone is supportive and works together. I never got this feeling where people try to sabotage each other or hurt each other. We’re all really supportive and help each other on the assignments or the labs. 4. What are your future plans after graduation? After I graduate, I plan to work in the hospital as a scribe and get more clinical experience to see what it’s like being in their emergency

, teaching two semesters of World History at Brooklyn College (BC). She writes, “Teaching World History has been one of the most challenging and enriching aspects of my graduate school experience. My students come from incredibly diverse backgrounds and bring so much to the classroom. I get to learn about historical topics that I do not cover in my own work and I have such a broader understanding of global historical trends now. Brooklyn has also been incredibly supportive—we (the other teaching fellows