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Novelist Leslye Walton ’04 Nominated for Prestigious Morris Award Posted by: Zach Powers / January 5, 2015 Image: [Photo Courtesy of www.LeslyeWalton.com] January 5, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by
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of the Kings in Egypt has yet to be fully explored. In February, Pacific Lutheran University Faculty Fellow in the Humanities Donald Ryan, traveled to Egypt to resume excavation of the renowned archaeological site.The trip marked Ryan’s first time back to the valley after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 forced his team to evacuate due to the increasing instability of the area. “The conflict came to us and we were caught in the middle of it,” said Ryan. “We decided to go back and give it another
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PLU names Peace Scholars for 2017 Posted by: Kari Plog / April 17, 2017 Image: Cate Rush ’19 and Austin Beiermann ’18 were named Peace Scholars for 2017. Rush and Beiermann will leave June 17 for a seven-week program in Norway. (Photo by Molly Ivey ’20) April 17, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2017)- The last time anyone from Austin Beiermann’s family left the country, it was to fight in a war. This summer, he is going to do the exact opposite. “I
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series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender, will screen at 4 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The other two portions of the series will premiere in Tacoma later this spring. “A World of Difference” was jointly sponsored and supported by PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the Wang Center for Global Education and
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PLU’s Student-Radio Station Lute Air Student Radio Produces Monthly Concerts Posted by: Reesa Nelson / August 18, 2022 August 18, 2022 By Fulton Bryant-AndersonGeneral Manager, Lute Air Student RadioLute Air Student Radio (LASR) in collaboration with PLU Instructional Technologies (iTech) announces a run of free monthly concerts in The Cave at the Anderson University Center every third Thursday of the 2022 Fall Semester. Rock, jazz, pop, ska and other genres shows are held featuring local bands
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Prize Nomination is the fourth nomination he’s received. “The work we do does not get much media attention,” Bryn said. “To get nominated is then, ‘Yes, somebody is noticing.’” Bryn’s relationship with PLU began in 2004 when he co-taught with Amanda Feller, associate professor of communication, and Edward Inch, former dean of the School of Arts and Communication. Since that time, Bryn and Feller have taught together at PLU and at the Nansenskolen in Lillehammer, Norway. “One motivation for me to
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March 18, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBwlijVuw4 “PLU’s location close to Mt. Rainier is a huge resource for me and for students. For me, as a glacial geologist and as a professor, it’s really an easy place for me to go and convince students how geology affects our everyday lives, how natural resources are involved in our everyday lives and how the natural systems are inevitably going to be part of our backdrop as we move through our day-to-day lives,” said Claire Todd, assistant
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March 25, 2013 A path of discovery By Katie Scaff ’13 For Austin Goble ’09, volunteering after graduation was anything but a gap year. Goble wasn’t ready to jump right into the workforce, so after graduating in December 2009 Goble spent a year volunteering with Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC), and then a year with AmeriCorps. “For me a year of service was intentional,” said Goble, “an intentional path of self-discovery.” Goble met a recruiter from LVC at a career development fair before
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August 4, 2010 The Power of Hope By David Ward, assistant professor of Marriage and Family Therapy As a marriage and family therapist, the couples I work with tend to wait until problems in their relationship have significantly escalated before they seek therapy. Fortunately, amidst the distress, by the end of the session I usually experience a feeling that keeps me loving the work I do with these couples. David Ward sought out to understand hope within the specific context of couples therapy
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“These Four Years” premieres on campus April 28 Posted by: Todd / March 30, 2016 March 30, 2016 These Four Years, MediaLab’s newest documentary, will have its on-campus premiere Thursday, April 28, 2016, in the Studio Theater. The film has recently received both the Award of Merit from the Accolade Competition of Southern California and a National Broadcasting Society Award in the documentary category. It is the final event in the 2016 SOAC FOCUS Series on Storytelling. The documentary by
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