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acclaimed Clemente Course in the Humanities.The partnership will launch a Clemente Veterans’ Initiative (CVI) course that will take place in the coming spring semester. CVI was developed in 2014 to provide a meaningful intellectual community to veterans who are working to adapt to civilian life, and is based on the idea that guided discussion of humanities texts can provide these veterans with an opportunity to reflect on their military experiences and move out of isolation and into community. “Pacific

Pierce County Internship Program Posted by: nicolacs / January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022 Program Benefits: The purpose of the Internship Program is to provide realistic and meaningful work experiences to our community members, while providing Pierce County Departments with interns who bring fresh perspectives and assistance to complete special projects. Interns also have the opportunity to participate in professional development activities, classes, tours, and a holistic perspective of the

New exhibit exposes ecological change through art Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 20, 2013 March 20, 2013 The University Gallery’s upcoming exhibit provides audiences with a view of the natural world through the eyes of two Washington artists. The University Gallery presents the work of Cynthia Camlin and Elise Richman in “Each Form Overflows its Present.”  The new exhibition features the ever-changing natural world and is inspired by concerns of climate change. The exhibition will open on

PLU professor pens definitive book on college debate Posted by: Todd / December 9, 2013 December 9, 2013 Forensics in higher-education phrasing means competitive debate, a spirited intellectual aerobics. PLU Professor and Communication and Theatre Department Chair, Michael Bartanen and Professor Robert Littlefield from North Dakota State University, have published the first comprehensive text on this educational sport titled “Forensics in America: A History”. The authors’ findings closely link

Pierce County Internship Program Posted by: nicolacs / January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022 Program Benefits: The purpose of the Internship Program is to provide realistic and meaningful work experiences to our community members, while providing Pierce County Departments with interns who bring fresh perspectives and assistance to complete special projects. Interns also have the opportunity to participate in professional development activities, classes, tours, and a holistic perspective of the

Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Water Posted by: nicolacs / February 2, 2024 February 2, 2024 Engineering Intern with Tacoma Water, $31.10 – $37.80 Hourly. Tacoma Water has four engineering internship positions available for interested candidates to join our System and Asset Planning, Treatment and Quality Planning, and Water Design teams under the Planning and Engineering section.  Engineering interns can expect to build on their technical skills, further grow their professional

July 7, 2008 Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his math homework. But the middle schooler, who calls himself “Tex,” insisted she first read a rough draft of a love letter he wrote for his girlfriend. Like most teenagers, school is the last

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