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December 2, 2011 PLU students put their best dance moves to the test during Swing Club. (Photo by Theodore Charles ’12) More than a two-step By Katie Scaff ’13 Students in PLU’s Swing Club dance to improve their skills and make friends. The club brings together new and experienced members who share a common love for dance so they can learn from one another. “I just showed up and fell in love,” said senior English major Jen Jepsen. Jepsen came to a meeting her first year at PLU and hasn’t looked

PLU announces plans for a full return to campus this fall Posted by: Zach Powers / March 2, 2021 March 2, 2021 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has announced the intention to return to in-person learning for Fall 2021. The news was shared with campus last Friday in an email from President Allan Belton.“Like every action we’ve undertaken as a community during the pandemic, this decision is being made in full consideration of public-health guidelines and

BOEING Engineering Internship Program Summer 2022 Posted by: nicolacs / January 14, 2022 January 14, 2022 At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with

Job Opportunities at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Posted by: nicolacs / July 1, 2020 July 1, 2020 Jacob Yeager, the Analytical Chemistry Branch Head of the Laboratory Division at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, reached out to inform us that they have entry-level chemist positions available to recent chemistry program graduates. Yeager says: “My laboratory team is comprised of 41 enthusiastic and dedicated professionals who support the US Navy and its essential mission by providing

Dr. Torvend on Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: dupontak / May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 By Joy Edwards '21Religion & English MajorDr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities.Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a couple of weeks, but

Why The Digital Humanities Lab Impacts Us Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Carol Quigg presents a Quigg award to Adela Ramos and Scott Rogers during the PLU faculty and staff lunch, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2020 By Yisel Morales '22English Major“Inquiry. Collaboration. Development. Those are the three words we choose to define the work we do at the lab.” - Dr. Adela RamosThe Digital Humanities Lab, or DHLab, is a creative space at Pacific Lutheran

Dance celebrates Storytelling in their upcoming performance Posted by: Kate Williams / April 10, 2018 April 10, 2018 By Helen Wilmot ’19 and Kate Williams, Outreach ManagerDance 2018: Storytelling will feature PLU dancers in an inspiring collection of faculty, student, and guest artist choreography, revealing fresh perspectives and diverse artistry, directed by Visiting Assistant Professor, Rachel Winchester. Storytelling runs April 20 and 21 at 7:30 pm in the Eastvold Auditorium of Karen Hille

August 23, 2010 Brues put ‘exclamation point’ on their time at PLU In his words, former Professor of Economics Professor Stan Brue, along with his wife Terri, wanted to “put an exclamation point” on their long association with PLU. This past May, the university accepted their gift of $500,000 that will endow annual scholarships and offset study-away expenses for several students in the Social Sciences. Stan and Terri arrived in Tacoma in 1971, he as a new assistant professor and she as a

July 7, 2011 Darrel Bowman recently travelled to Washington D.C. to accept the national SBA Veteran Small Business Champion Award for 2011 in May. This award followed the Veteran Small Business Champion for Washington State and Region 10 earlier in the year and last year. (Photo by John Froschauer) To succeed: ‘Be persistent, be passionate’ Darrel Bowman’s best advice to graduates who are facing one of the toughest job markets in a generation is the same advice he gave himself when he was first

February 21, 2012 Food Symposium addresses the many ways food impacts the world. The ethics of food By Katie Scaff ’13 The PLU Philosophy Department’s Food Symposium Feb. 21 will address the ethics revolving around food. Keynote speaker, Paul B. Thompson – the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics will speak at 7 p.m., Feb. 21 in the UC Regency Room. Thompson, who has published several works on the environmental and social significance of agriculture, will discuss three