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November 17, 2008 Recycling those hard to get rid of tech items Finding a place to put an old computer or all the stuff that came with it is no easy matter.“People don’t want to throw it in the trash when they have it at home, so it’s just sitting there,” said Wendy Robins, AM Operations Manager for Dining and Culinary Services. That’s where Tru Recycle comes in. Last week was the second time the university has worked with the organization. For a university with sustainability on its mind the

August 7, 2012 Inauguration festivities set to begin Sept. 4 To celebrate the installation of PLU’s 13th president, Thomas W. Krise, numerous public events are being planned in September, beginning with the opening convocation and inauguration ceremony, set for 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Olson Auditorium. The entire PLU community, including alumni and friends, are invited to the event. In the long standing tradition of PLU athletics, Spirit Weekend includes Women’s Soccer competing on

February 1, 2013 Fire drill between Feb. 25 and March 1. There will be a Fire/Evacuation drill in PLU non-residential buildings (Blomquist, CC,  E. Campus, Health, Ingram, Hauge, MBR, Mailroom/Warehouse/Printshop, Memorial, Morken, Mortvedt, Names, Neeb, Olson, Payroll House, Ramstad, Rieke, Theater, UC, Xavier) the week of Feb. 25-March 1 in the morning. The exact time and date will not be announced. A building fire alarm will trigger the drill in most buildings. Please read the following so

confidence to say yes to a job at a start up this summer. “I don’t think I would have had the confidence to join a startup without having to go through the competition first,” Grah said. Read Previous One on One: Jan Weiss Read Next Learning to Brew 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 PLU move-in day 2024 September 4, 2024 PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation

Benson Research Fellows Study Terminal Illness Posted by: halvormj / July 6, 2018 Image: Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash July 6, 2018 By Michael Halvorson.  Each year, the Business and Economic History program at Pacific Lutheran University awards summer research fellowships for innovative work that aligns with the mission of the University. Sarah Cornell-Maier, Benson Fellow In 2018, a student-faculty research team led by Sarah Cornell-Maier and Mark Mulder are looking for community help to

; Jennifer Rhyne, flute; and the PLU Choral Union under the direction of Richard Nance. The program will include works of Buxtehude, Bach, Franck, Rheinberger, and Britten. “It is a rare opportunity to hear the breadth and depth of the Lagerquist organ in so many different combinations in one concert. With the wide arrange of artists joining this performance, it is not the usual organ solo concert,” stated Paul Tegels, Associate Professor of Music and University Organist. The concert begins at 3pm in

November 11, 2009 Poetry helps explain a complex world Rick Barot wasn’t looking for how to address worldly issues when he began writing poetry. “I think, like a lot of poets, I started in poetry having very self-serving reasons,” the PLU professor said. In college, it was therapeutic and very much an emotional release. But as he learned the craft and honed his own skills, the complexity of it and how poetry can be used in addressing ethical, even moral values became clear. “These days, I think

establishment of the Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues. David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58 have generously donated funding to the PLU Environmental Studies program to support this new annual symposium. The gift is being invested in PLU’s endowment to go toward the university’s Earth Day celebration and to bring notable national speakers to campus. The symposium is the first piece of a significant investment the Steens are making in Environmental Studies at PLU. The Steens bring together generosity

May 18, 2009 The finish line The call came from Japan as Masahide Nishimura was finishing up his degree in Chinese Studies at Pacific Lutheran University a decade ago. His grandfather, Jisaburo Nishimura, 92, had had a stroke. Masahide felt he needed to come home and support his grandfather, who had raised him, and help with the family business – Kobe Toyopet Corp. – which distributes Lexus, Toyota and Volkswagen cars. This was a company started by his grandfather some 50 years earlier. “I

June 29, 2010 Student learns disaster’s impact firsthand By Kari Plog ’11 Boats remain docked in Venice, La. as oil continues to gush from a ruptured BP oil well offshore in the Gulf Coast. “I would love to talk to y’all, but my job is my number one priority,” one fisherman said to me when asked to comment on how the spill has affected him. “I want to tell you what I think, but this is my livelihood.” Oil seeping into the Gulf of Mexico has caused a wide-spread impact of the coast from