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April 4, 2008 State association recognizes student When she started her undergraduate degree at Western Washington University, Amanda Montgomery decided to major in physics. However, she quickly realized that while she liked studying electrons, fission and atomic numbers, it wasn’t what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She discovered she liked people and changed her major to psychology. After graduating, Montgomery enrolled in PLU’s Marriage and Family Therapy master’s program, from

with, and I have an obligation to serve,” he explained. “I want to do what I’m suppose to do and find out how to get there.” He got a chance to talk with students from across the United States who are struggling with similar questions of vocation when he was named a recipient of the Fund for Theological Education Undergraduate Fellowship. The competitive fellowship recognizes students who have gifts for leadership and are exploring the possibility of ministry as a vocation. Only 50 were awarded to

four years of legal wrangling, culminating in a monumental decision at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Tacoma. This September, federal judge Robert Leighton ruled that sexual orientation does not negatively impact unit morale or cohesion, and that Witt is constitutionally entitled to reinstatement. With the ruling, Witt has won the opportunity to get her job back – though she understands there may be many more years of appeals, perhaps all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. More importantly, she

February 8, 2012 Sol y Luna is a center in Mexico that serves severely disabled children. (Photos by Greg Williams) Drawn to serve By Katie Scaff ’13 For PLU professor Greg Williams Mexico is more than a spot to vacation – it’s a place to continue his service to children with disabilities. Williams has made more than a dozen trips to Mexico over the last four years to volunteer at a local center for severely disabled children called Sol y Luna. Williams, a professor of Instructional Development

PLU’€™s Visiting Writer Series Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary Posted by: Marcom Web Team / November 6, 2014 November 6, 2014 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—In 2005, two new professors in the Pacific Lutheran University English Department came up with an idea for the Visiting Writer Series (VWS). This year, the series celebrates its 10-year anniversary—with a dedicated budget from the Provost’s office and a group of new writers

, and Instant Karma. She’s also the author behind the graphic novel series Wires and Nerve. Marissa has a BA in Creative Writing from PLU and an MA in Publishing from Pace University. When she’s not crafting epic tales, she’s hosting The Happy Writer podcast, where she dives into all things books and writing. Dive into her world this summer and get ready to be hooked! The Lunar Chronicles Cinder “Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population

Undergraduate Research at Caltech Posted by: alemanem / November 12, 2019 November 12, 2019 Caltech is excited to announce two summer research opportunities available to continuing undergraduate students. The WAVE Fellows program provides support for talented undergraduates intent on pursuing a Ph.D. to conduct a 10-week summer research project at Caltech. The WAVE Fellows program aims to foster diversity by increasing the participation of underrepresented students in science and engineering

MediaLab recognized for latest documentary on higher education Posted by: Todd / March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLab receives an Award of Merit from The Accolade Competition of Southern California and the Grand Prize in the documentary category in the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) Electronic Media Competition.MediaLab received two awards for its most recent documentary film, These Four Years. The documentary, which premiered in Seattle in November 2015, has earned

. The Silver Circle honors media professionals who have a record of making contributions to the industry and their community for more than 25 years. Heacox is a senior executive with experience in television, technology and higher education and serves on the SOAC advisory board. Heacox’s resume includes time as a network executive in New York and Los Angeles with NBC, and the first director of the Paul F. Harron Graduate Program in Television Management at Drexel University. He currently serves as

May 2020 Innovation Studies Graduates Posted by: halvormj / May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 By Michael Halvorson, Chair of Innovation Studies. The Innovation Studies program is pleased to announce the graduation of five new Innovation Studies minors. Each has completed a program of study designed to foster innovation and design thinking in an interdisciplinary context. They graduated on May 23, 2020 with the Class of 2020. The physical graduation ceremony was postponed until September due to the on