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June 4, 2009 Tilden flies high as Alaska Airlines’ new CEO By Barbara Clements As a boy, Brad Tilden ’83 would look up from the yard at his home and see airplanes launch into the sky from the nearby Seattle- Tacoma International Airport. Someday, he wanted to fly. And while going to PLU and working toward a degree in business administration and accounting, the high-energy Tilden did just that – he took what money was remaining from his summer jobs and began training for a private pilot’s

July 7, 2011 Bashair Alazadi ’13 and Carlos Sandoval ’13 look forward to talking about the perceptions and the realities with the Muslim club. (Photo by John Froschauer) Engaging faith: A Muslim Student’s Perspective The first question that Bashair Alazadi ’13 gets from fellow students usually is framed like this: “Do you really want to wear a hijab, or is your husband making you wear it?”Or some variation thereof. But the real answer: It’s a choice for her, a declaration of modesty, and also

August 3, 2012 Brian Bannon ’97, CEO of the Chicago Public Library System. (Photo provided by Brian Bannon) Alumni Profile: An Unlikely Librarian By Hailey Rile ’12, University Communications Brian Bannon ’97 couldn’t have imagined he would become the head of the country’s second largest library system, the Chicago Public Library. He has always loved books but never saw libraries as his calling, until his late college years. His interest and expertise in the intersection between libraries and

July 14, 2014 Another Historic Harstad Hike From left, Carol Yenish of Mankato, Minn., the Beckers’ daughter and great-great-grandchild of PLU founder Bjug Harstad; Vance and Linda (Harstad) Becker of North Mankato; and Mark Harstad of Mankato display electronic and typed records of their ancestor’s journey to Yukon Territory in search of gold. (Photo: Amanda Dyslin/courtesy of The Free Press of Mankato) Founder’s descendants retrace 1898 Gold Rush quest to save PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU

PLU alumnus, longtime educational partner of the university named superintendent of the year Posted by: Kari Plog / December 11, 2017 Image: Frank Hewins ’86 (Photo courtesy of Franklin Pierce School District) December 11, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- A Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and a strong partner in the extended Lute family recently earned an exceptional honor from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA).Frank

Tracye Ferguson ’94 brings her principles to work at state education agency Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 24, 2022 Image: Tracye Ferguson ’94 is an assistant superintendent for early learning at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that students in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 24, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTracye Ferguson ’94

leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility. It is designed for both business and non-business majors. The program offers a small class size and can be completed in as little as nine months.  “We recommend PLU as an excellent choice for an aspiring MBA,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief. “What makes our Best Business Schools list unique is that we factor in data from our surveys of students attending the schools about their campus and classroom

PLU Partners with Palmer Scholars to Create New Scholarship Opportunity Posted by: Silong Chhun / January 11, 2021 January 11, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University and Palmer Scholars are expanding their partnership to better serve students of color in Pierce County. For many years, Palmer Scholars have chosen PLU as their top private school choice. Since 2016, PLU has accepted 19 Scholars and has nine currently enrolled.To continue to support these

Nursing (Academy). Richardson also serves as associate dean of academic affairs at PLU. “Dr. Richardson has been recognized for her significant contributions to advanced nursing practice and her leadership both in the military and in academia,” Barbara Habermann, dean of the school of nursing, said. “Her induction into the Academy represents a significant milestone after a rigorous and competitive application and review process.” Richardson is a dual board-certified Family and Emergency Nurse

You’ll love “She Loves Me” Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 If you’re a fan of romantic comedies and a good tune, She Loves Me is just the thing for you. Pacific Lutheran University’s spring musical opens Friday, May 13 in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The musical, set in a 1930’s New York Perfumery shop, features two clerks, Amalia and Georg, who respond to a ‘lonely hearts’ advertisement and begin exchanging anonymous love