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Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester discontinued TIES Program Update from Joel Zylstra (Director, Center for Community Engagement and Service) The Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program has been discontinued indefinitely. TIES served as one expression of PLU’s long-term commitments to linking global education with our local community. In the early 2000’s,… December 13, 2017 community engagementfaculty newsletterstudy away

Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County Stuart Gavidia is a first generation Latino student and spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU, and he knew he wanted to come here for college, so he could remain close to his family. From an early… June 13, 2024 AcademicsComputer ScienceInternshipsInvolvement

Debate student discusses local issues on KBTC’s Northwest Now After weighing in on the new proposed minimum wage at the Ruth Anderson Debate in early October, PLU Debater Angie Tinker ’16 took her argument to a much bigger audience when she taped a segment for KBTC’s Northwest Now. At a large news-show desk in… November 11, 2015 Debate

How Innovative was the Apple II? By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand… July 23, 2018 Apple IIconvivial toolsDamian Alessandroinnovation studiesSteve Wozniak

school year, Edwards started trying out voices for the “Choir of the West,” a name suggested by an early tour manager of the choir. Despite a shortage of qualified singers, Edwards started building a choir that became respectable and even excellent in time. The choir traveled regularly, often sang on the radio, and was critically well received. All through the 1930s the PLC Bulletin announced the special role of the Choir of the West: “This organization enjoys the unique distinction of being the only

. Nearly two years ago, the podcast idea took root when Avila met with Hall for one of their monthly lunches. Hall was a student of Avila’s and the two had stayed in touch, while Hall pursued his master’s in design at the University of Washington. The challenge of how to get to the next step in a design career sparked the conversation. Hall, who is living through those early stages, saw how the early practice allowed people to do exciting, innovative work. This Is Design School A podcast for those

Ethics Bowl 2020 Northwest Regional Ethics BowlBetween 2016-2019, PLU hosted the Northwest Regional

today.Allison Snow (2001)After graduating in 2001 I spent three years living, teaching, and traveling in Guayaquil, Ecuador. I returned to Washington to complete a master’s degree in Elementary Education and will start teaching 5th grade in September 2007 at Puesta del Sol Elementary in Bellevue.L.A. Beard (1998)After graduating from PLU with a BA in anthropology in 1998, I moved to San Jose, Costa Rica where I taught English to third through sixth grade students at a French elementary school. Teaching

. It’s a trip to be the expert in that relationship.” In 2016 Megan was hired as the Children’s Ministries Director at a church in Austin, TX.  When she agreed to move it was under the assumption that coaching rowing was going to be left in Boston.  It was lucky that Austin Rowing Club (ARC) was looking for a Master’s Recreational coach at the time. She’s been coaching there since and plans on coaching for a long time to come. You can find her there in the early morning Monday through Fridays. She’ll