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PLU Lutes continue on the road to national debate tournament Posted by: Todd / February 2, 2016 February 2, 2016 By Kristin Monroe '16Angie Tinker ’16 and Matt Aust ’17 dominated the 2016 Pacific University Debate Tournament on January 31, earning speaker awards and finishing as semi-finalists. After five preliminary rounds, Aust and Tinker were ranked fourth and finished as semi-finalists. Additionally, Tinker received an award for being the third best speaker at the tournament. Aust also
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June 13, 2011 Student musicians wow European audiences By Steve Hansen For the past two weeks, PLU’s Choir of the West and KammerMusikere Orchestra have been touring Germany and France, with great success. The two groups – sometimes playing together, other times apart – performed numerous concerts at beautiful locations like Chartes Cathedral and Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Choir of the West and KammerMusikere Orchestra toured France and Germany this summer. In addition, the Choir of the West
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bagel Lunch: burger and fries or taquitos and Mountain Dew Snack: any kind of breakfast food Dinner: pizza from Little Caesars Late Night Snack: “Taquitos, Eggos, or cereal or chips or pizza–whatever’s there.” Read Previous Follow your dreams and say “yes” to opportunities, Patricia Krise advises Read Next Snow much fun 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
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March 6, 2014 PLU Hosts Annual JROTC Fitness Contest PLU Marketing & Communications Dozens of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from 12 high schools left blood, sweat—and possibly even a few tears—at PLU on March 7 after the annual JROTC Physical Fitness Competition. High-school cadets competed in physical challenges all morning, rotating between events such as the Army Physical Fitness Test (two minutes of pushups and sit-ups, plus a 2-mile run), “Move Heavy Stuff” and a
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Scholars gather at PLU for International Transformative Learning Conference Posted by: Zach Powers / October 19, 2016 Image: (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 19, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 19, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Transformative Learning Club and Associate Professor of Communication Amanda Feller, the XII International Transformative Learning Conference is Oct. 20-23 at PLU.Devoted to embracing and engaging
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topics. The roster of 34 Speakers Bureau presenters is made up of professors, artists, activists, historians, performers, journalists, and others – all chosen not only for their expertise, but also for their ability to inspire discussion with people of all ages and backgrounds. To reach as many Washingtonians as possible, they partner with a wide range of organizations, including libraries, schools, museums, community centers, and many more, to host and publicize these events around the state
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April 3, 2012 PLU prof’s book wins ChLA Book Award Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tales of Modernity, has received the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Book Award for books published in 2010. The book was written by Nathalie op de Beeck, PLU associate professor of English. It was published by the University of Minnesota Press. Suspended Animation analyzes the phenomenon of American picture books and what their imaginative form and content reveal about the
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January 11, 2008 East Campus holiday event successful In parade-like fashion, Dolly Hale’s first grader class from Tacoma’s Elmhurst Elementary School marched across the pavement. Each purposefully carried the toy they had purchased with their parents to the waiting car. The toys were donated to PLU’s East Campus holiday event, which serves 300 needy families living in the area. The huge outpouring of support from PLU and community organizations – like those elementary school students – made
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April 25, 2008 Poetic imagery celebrates Earth Day Mary Oliver has never written a poem from beginning to end, without edits. She loves her dog, Percy, dearly, and has devoted at least three poems to him. She likes to read non-fiction, mostly. She draws most of her inspiration from the natural world, but isn’t above placing images of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sniffing presidential armpits in her work – really. At last Tuesday’s Earth Day celebration, the reclusive Pulitzer
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September 22, 2008 Prof appears on Discovery Channel this week Classics professor Eric Nelson will once again be featured in prime time, this time talking about torture, animals and the environment, all in the time of the Caesars. Nelson will be featured this week on a Discovery Channel program, “Machines of Malice,” which will first air Tuesday, Sept. 23. He will also be travelling to Vancouver today (Monday) to work on an Animal Planet program, Animal Gladiators. Both programs will look at
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