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TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…
advance the investment profession in the Puget Sound region in technical competence and professional integrity. Read Previous Professor of Education Kent Gerlach Retiring After Award-Winning Career Read Next Marissa Meyer ’04, Best-Selling Author COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the
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To catch Josh Wallace, you’ll have to call him — and he’ll probably be on the move when you do so. The busy MBA student is juggling school classes, his job as a marketing intern… and a starring role in The Fern Shakespeare Company’s “Othello,”…
reach your professional goals sets PLU Theatre & Dance apart from other programs.Learn more about The Fern Shakespear Company’s production of “Othello” starring Josh Wallace. Read Previous It’s Mylie Miller’s job to market Wild Waves. And yes, she has a lot of fun at work Read Next Nursing alumna Katie Blanchard on how her near murder has led to her powerful advocacy COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research.
and sharing results with the broader scientific community,” Smith said. “The extensive reading and thinking about primary literature that accompanies research allows students to further explore and identify the questions and topics that excite them.” The experience also is good for students who don’t become professional researchers, she said. “For students who do not go on to become research scientists, this serves them as lifelong learners,” Smith said. “For others who do pursue research careers
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
into a professional presentation on public health issues. “As a first-year, I think it’s important to dive in and take a challenge,” she said. “So you can meet more people and make connections.” Gina Hames, associate professor of history, and Sandra Estrada '20 Hames said the assignment was aimed at preparing first-year students for the rigorous academic journey ahead of them. “I have them do a full-blown research project,” she said of her writing 101 students. “The 10-page paper prepares them for
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Pacific Lutheran University alumna Jessica Anderson ’07 is passionate about education, geosciences and technology, and has combined all three to become an award-winning educator.
professors, particularly Greg Williams, showed me the power of forming professional relationships and recognizing the human element of teaching. It’s through the human lens that I advocate for my students, teachers and profession.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Ann Kullberg ’79 has never taken a formal art course, but her work is internationally known—and her story is as colorful as her art. Though the lines were not always straight, and there were rough patches along the way, Kullberg…
, teaching English for a few years in a rural school, returning to Washington—and seeing a colored-pencil drawing at a relative’s house. These pencils were not just your usual Crayolas, Kullberg thought, and she was captivated that professional brands could be used as an art medium. “Colored pencils and I were meant to be,” she said. “I am a champion for colored pencil artists and the medium. It was all timing and meant to be.” Kullberg then bought her first set of 24 Prismacolors. (Little did she know
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…
diverse backgrounds of our students,” McCann said. Read Previous PLU Partners With Tacoma Schools to Offer Administrator Professional Certification Program Read Next PLU Music Professor Plays Instrumental Role in Chinese President’s Visit to Tacoma COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
. During the graduation ceremony, held at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, Daly noticed a sign touting a local sports team: the Ontario Fury. She had never heard of it. So she pulled out her phone, punched in a Google search and discovered that the Fury was a professional men’s indoor soccer team and a member of the Major Arena Soccer League (the Fury play in the same division as the Tacoma Stars, based at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, about 25 miles northeast of PLU’s
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William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering.
don’t see technology modeled as a tool,” he said. “FabLab opens the door so this kind of opportunity is more available, readily, to all people.” Mark Mulder, assistant professor of business, also brought PLU students to work with FabLab in 2013. They helped explore marketing opportunities for the makerspace. Mulder said Davis is a great example of a Lute with a true sense of vocation. “He has sought different professional positions with major corporations, while serving the community through FabLab
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