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Students featured in University Symphony Orchestra season closer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will close its 2015-16 season with a blend of brand new works and twentieth-century masterpieces. The concert on Tuesday, May 10 at 8pm, features violinist Laura Hillis ’17 and composer Emilio Gonzalez ’16, and will be conducted by Jeffrey Bell-Hanson. The concert opens with a new orchestral fanfare, Bright Light Rising, by Scott
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July 14, 2008 Professor coaching at Olympics again For Colleen Hacker, being on the coaching staff of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team brings her professional and athletic careers full circle. It also marks the fourth time the PLU professor of movement studies and wellness has been on the coaching staff of a U.S. Olympic Team.“It really is quite exciting,” Hacker said. “One Olympic experience is rare, but this upcoming games is historic on many levels.” Field hockey is really where
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November 17, 2008 It’s not all about grading papers for PLU profs There are a few things that tie Mark Anderson ‘71, Jon Grahe and Mike Halvorson together. One is that they are all PLU professors. But another thing is their need to jam. All play in separate rock bands and earlier this month about a hundred students, staff and whoever dared to attend were treated to them rocking out with their respective groups in the CAVE for Battle of the Faculty Bands. Well, actually it was an exhibition, all
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September 29, 2010 MBA grads hit it off with giving kudos online By Barbara Clements Who doesn’t like props? That’s what Ryan Hart thought last year when he wrote a business plan for a local business award Website. Hart, 25, who completed his MBA at PLU, decided, why not try a local version of this idea? Ryan Hart (left) and Lee Pogue, both ’09, developed the Crown in Town Web site where customers can rate local businesses last year. The result, with the help of his fellow MBA grad, Lee Pogue
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January 12, 2011 Who doesn’t love penguins? Professor to write about relationship between bird and humans. By Barbara Clements It’s hard to get Chuck Bergman to stop talking about penguins. And really who can blame him? They’re cute. They mate for life, and seem to care for their mates and offspring. They do amazing things to care for the next generation – be it brave the brutal weather in Antarctica or hopping up – and down- sheer cliff faces to make their nests. This Gentoo Penguin is one of
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October 22, 2012 Care for the world, service to mankind By Chris Albert Brian Bradshaw ’07 was walking down the stairs of his residence hall when he saw a young woman crying in the lobby. She had a bad day and it had destroyed her in that moment. Bradshaw was planning on going skiing that day. He stopped to talk to her and after listening said, “Come with me.” The young woman responded, “But you’re going skiing?” He said, “Yeah and you’re coming with me.” They spent the day on the slopes and
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in the nation. Since 1961, PLU has produced 242 volunteers in the Peace Corps. “Every year, graduates of colleges and universities across the United States are making a difference in communities overseas through Peace Corps service,” said Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet. “As a result of the top-notch education they receive, these graduates are well prepared for the challenge of international service. They become leaders in their host communities and carry the spirit of service
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March 2, 2014 Turning Numbers Into Words Tyler Ball ’13, left, and PLU Math Professor Tom Edgar conducted research over the summer of 2012 (with Daniel Juda ’13) that’s now published in the Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Undergraduate Math Research Published in Prestigious Journal By Valery Jorgensen ’14 Two recent Pacific Lutheran University graduates have been published in the Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal, a prestigious peer
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count— yes, count—yeast cells for the next eight hours. And she wouldn’t have it any other way. Deane, a biology major, is working 10 weeks this summer with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Tina Saxowsky, doing a series of experiments that will look at the evolution of the little critters that make your bread rise. How do they mutate, and how did these traits give them an advantage to survive? How does drug resistance happen? Or tumor growth? “It really helps with critical thinking,” said Deane
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September 30, 2014 Business Alum’s Startup Gets Huge Boost From Salesforce.com Neil Crist ’99 Plans to Use Funds to Expand Venuelabs’ Services By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker It takes a lot of work to get a startup company off the ground—something Neil Crist ’99 knows a thing or two about. The PLU School of Business alum put his Finance and Entrepreneurship major to the test when he launched his Seattle startup, Venuelabs. However, finances might not be as
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