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November 2, 2014 Pierce County’s Youngest City Councilmember is a Double-Major at PLU Shannon Reynolds is a full-time double major at PLU and a member of the Fircrest City Council. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) Shannon Reynolds ’15 marks her first year as an elected Fircrest official By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 3, 2014)—For Shannon Reynolds ’15, after-school activities extend far beyond campus clubs and sports teams. When she’s not

selected events. Friday Athletic Hall of Fame Luncheon: This will take place between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Olson Auditorium. The cost is $20. This year’s inductees include: Kim Corbay ’98 – Women’s Basketball, Karl Lerum ’98 – Football and Track, Eric Monson ’83 – Baseball, Tony Hicks ’75 – Men’s Basketball, Brenda Lichtenwalter ’93 – Soccer, Wendy Cordeiro ’95 – Track. Homecoming Lute Fest: This free event will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the University Center. Throughout the afternoon

eight years. As a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. at Pacific Lutheran University,  Velásquez and 86 other college students in the Tacoma area are training to become members of the U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve. PLU ROTC cadets go through morning workouts. (Photos by John Struzenberg ’15) ROTC is considered one of the best leadership training courses in the country, and it’s not without good reason. To participate, Velásquez is up before the sun rises and in bed well

,” he says. “The media made science out to be hard truth, and not fallible.” After he graduated from PLU, Paulson attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was in a class of three other students, one of whom is now the executive editor of Smithsonian. Paulson also started a construction company with a partner who is now a millionaire (“I should have stayed in construction,” Paulson jokes) and spent some time as a resident ski bum in Montana. Between then and now, he has worked as the science and

verify all those names, after completing a historical journey of his own this summer.   Kitajo serves on the board for the Puyallup Valley Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). His role in organizing the fair’s 75th Remembrance event Sept. 2 includes sifting through archival records to confirm the names of the Japanese Americans once confined to the fairgrounds. “It’s been 75 years since they were forced out of their homes and forced from their lives,” Kitajo said. “This is our

more details here: https://wsg.washington.edu/students-teachers/fellowships/wa-applied-sustainability-internship/#1581448509204-da23a9a5-b459 Read Previous Lathisms Scholarship Read Next Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Power LATEST POSTS Let’s Gaze At the Stars June 24, 2024 AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Water February 2, 2024 USM School of Polymer Science and Engineering REU January 23, 2024

Barbara Clements, University Communications The picture adorning the cover of the book looks like a tangle of trees in some in some non-descript Northwest forest. It’s actually a picture of Pacific yew trees on the 7th edition of “Organic Chemistry” by Solomons and Fryhle. That’s right,Fryhle.  For more than a decade, Professor Craig Fryhle, chair of PLU’s Chemistry Department, has coauthored an organic chemistry textbook that has become standard, celebrated and familiar fare for sophomore students

An Insider’s Look at O Nata Lux Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 One of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, The Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra present PLU’s annual Christmas concert, O Nata Lux. Works by Dan Forrest, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten and others will be mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites as we celebrate the glory, hope and light of the Christmas season. Read

about it,” said Baghirov of her time at PLU. “It made you look at what you were learning and how it could be taken to a higher level. I may not have thought of it at the time as preparation for the Peace Corps but it was. I may not have thought of it as this is my wild hope component but it was.” Baghirov applied for the Peace Corps during summer 2006. The idea of Austin Goble ’09, Ruth Tollefson ’09, Raechelle Baghirov 05, listen while Sallie Strueby ’11, speaks during an Alumni panel discussion on

Summer Research 101 Info Session on Monday Posted by: yakelina / November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, now is the time to be thinking about what you’re going to be doing this summer! If you are interested in paid, full-time summer undergraduate research programs/internships in the sciences and engineering, please come find out the nuts and bolts of what they’re like, where to find opportunities, and how to apply. Current PLU students who have