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Education Career Fair Brings Major Employers to Campus—and Results in Immediate Jobs Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 6, 2015 Image: Students and employers connect at the Education Career Fair at PLU on March 18. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 6, 2015 By Taylor Lunka ’15PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (April 6, 2015)—Last year, Pacific Lutheran University’s undergraduate Education program achieved a 100-percent hiring rate, while the graduate program saw 90 percent of its
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Media Student Serves and Learns Simultaneously Posted by: Zach Powers / December 12, 2015 Image: (Photo by Angelo Mejia ’17) December 12, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 11, 2015)—Communication major Chris Boettcher ’17 is living out the deeply held commitment of Pacific Lutheran University to civic engagement — all while continuing his education.When Cathy Nguyen, Tacoma poet laureate, reached out to PLU looking for a videographer to tell the story
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PLU students premiere sex trafficking documentary Posted by: Kari Plog / May 2, 2017 May 2, 2017 By Matthew Salzano '18Contributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University seniors, Cara Gillespie and Elise Anderson, publicly premiere their documentary, “More Than A Mission,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Ingram 100.The documentary shares the story of a woman who escaped the bonds of human trafficking in the Philippines, shining light on how thoughtful activism can
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PLU’s Dr. Dean Waldow recognized with prestigious Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 9, 2019 November 9, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 8, 2019) — In recognition of his impactful work as an academic researcher and mentor, Pacific Lutheran University’s Dr. Dean Waldow has been awarded the Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award by the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust.The purpose of the award, which is
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PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher Posted by: Silong Chhun / January 4, 2023 Image: PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) January 4, 2023 By Lisa Patterson ‘98PLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterPLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is in her first year teaching biology to ninth graders at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. Her classroom consists of a diverse population of students — something her recent completion
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A new space for neurodiverse students on campus Posted by: Zach Powers / April 27, 2023 Image: Members of PLU’s Student Neurodiversity Club at a recent meeting. Club president Ryan Browne is top row, second in on the right side. (Photo by Alex Reed) April 27, 2023 By Alex Reed ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterLast October, a new club emerged on campus: the Student Neurodiversity Club. Although small, this club is having a growing impact on the PLU community.When attending a
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Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU Posted by: mhines / May 20, 2024 Image: Julian Kop ’23 is a physics major who spent last summer conducting research in PLU’s W.M. Keck Observatory. (photo by Sy Bean/PLU) May 20, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Julian Kop spent the summer of 2023 at Pacific Lutheran University looking up at the night sky and the stars. Kop earned an opportunity to do summer
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from PLU with a degree in nursing and thought she’d found a career in that field until a 2008 audition for Black Entertainment Television’s first all-gospel talent show, “Sunday Best.” Aikin would go on to beat out some of the country’s best church singers to win the contest and was awarded a major contract with Zomba Gospel — the largest gospel label in the world. “I think it’s wonderful when alums give back, stay connected,” Aikin said. “PLU is a part of my academic journey, but they’re also
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him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major in communication. Even when it nudged him out of a burgeoning early career in public relations and into the world of corporate internal communications.Zeebuyth’s curiosity eventually led him to join the communications team at Starbucks, where he served in six different roles over a 10-year span, starting as a project manager and departing as a director of communications. It’s
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students in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education. That birthday gift, Hall says, is the gift that keeps on giving. She feels privileged to work with a talented team of communicators. “I have loved watching the communications team blossom and grow,” she says. She’s had a variety of roles supporting internal and external communications needs, including web design, graphic design, social media and web and document accessibility projects
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