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Global Classrooms Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 26, 2019 Image: PLU has long been a leader in global education, becoming the first U.S. college to have students and professors studying on all seven continents at the same time. November 26, 2019 By Emily McCannAdmissionIn January 2006, a group of PLU students — bundled up in warm coats, gloves, hats and sturdy boots — stepped carefully from the boat on which they'd been traveling onto the rocky and icy shores of Antarctica. This

March 19, 2009 What would be awesome? By Steve Hansen It would be easy to say that, over his career, PLU graduate Peter Parsons has found himself in the right place at the right time. He was on the Xbox development team when there were fewer than a dozen people working on the project. He was product manager for some of the early groundbreaking video games like Flight Simulator and Age of Empires. He had a hand in the “Where the Hell is Matt?” video going viral. Oh, and by the way, he also led

of what’s inexpensive,’ Swenson said. “I lived a lot off of Top Ramen. Rice is again one of those things. You can make a lot of it for not a lot of money.” ‘I’ll have the soup’ Rebecca Goulson ’15 admits that she doesn’t really know how to cook, but, as a sophomore who lives on campus and has a meal plan, she doesn’t need to. More Looking back, Swenson said had he known then what he knows now he would have mixed some beans in his diet. Two years later, one year out of school, Swenson found

education. ACTFL’s mission is to provide vision, leadership and support for quality teaching and learning of languages.As President of ACTFL, Dr. Yaden runs board meetings, writes for the organization, and advocates for language learning in Washington DC. She had also planned to travel to about 30 different national and international conferences. Many of these were either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. This meant that, instead of traveling around both the country and world, Dr. Yaden

Center’s new dining commons. The five sit together and have what would otherwise be a nice family dinner, square in the middle of hundreds of bubbly university students. For him, it is a telling moment.“There are so many students there, from so many different places. There is so much energy in the room,” he said. “It is such a great example of what PLU is, and what it will continue to become.”  “There are so many students there, from so many different places. There is so much energy in the room,” he

November 5, 2012 PLU students take part in election day coverage at the News Tribune. Playing reporter on election night By Katie Scaff ’13 Election night is a momentous occasion for all who eagerly await the results, but, for a small number of PLU students, election night is about more than sitting on the couch and watching the results come in on TV. November 5, 2012 Lute perspectives PLU students share what’s important to them this election cycle. More For the last five years, students have

March 22, 2010 Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his bed waiting for the horror. He knows the Nazi soldiers are there to take Jews away to concentration camps.   Holocaust survivor Philip Wagenaar shares his story at PLU’s third annual Powell and Heller Holocaust

outgoing First Lady, who was among a variety of speakers at the Jan. 13 event, touted the importance of spreading health and wellness initiatives. PLU was one of at least 350 community colleges and universities to participate in the White House Healthy Campus Challenge, which focused on health care as a primary objective this year.   The largest population of people without any kind of health care are young adults — including college students. The purpose of the White House Healthy Campus Challenge was

February 28, 2008 Senior attends national seminar, gains insight Harvard. Columbia. Northwestern. These were the titles my peers listed off. When my turn came, I proudly stated, “Breanne Coats, Pacific Lutheran University.” Being selected as one of 19 students from around the nation to participate in the National Press Foundation’s “Introduction to Washington for College Journalists” program was a surprise and such an honor. The program took place Feb. 16 to 20 in Washington, D.C. After being

January 14, 2010 Explore! 2010 Draws Record Numbers By Brielle Erickson The Explore! first-year student retreat celebrated its seventh year as part of the Pacific Lutheran University experience this past weekend at Camp Berachah in nearby Auburn. Every year, about 150 first-year Lutes pile into buses loaded with overnight gear, excited to spend some time away from the daily routine of homework, classes and jobs. Student group leader Jeremy Loween rallies first-year students for some fun