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Lutes gather at CenturyLink Field to soak up sun and Sounders Posted by: Kari Plog / August 14, 2017 August 14, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 14, 2017)- Even though Leah Foster-Koth is not an alumna yet, she found herself in good company Saturday, sitting with a crowd of former Lutes at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.In fact, she hasn’t even started at Pacific Lutheran University. But the incoming first-year student jump-started her school pride and

December 1, 2009 What will you do with your one wild and precious life? PLU is a little different from most universities. You can see it everyday on campus – in the classroom, in the residence halls, on the athletic fields. PLU students have a uniquely broad idea of what it means to be successful. A lot of that has to do with our Lutheran heritage. Students are asked to wrestle with issues of value throughout their studies so that they develop the skills and sensibilities to be successful human

Diversity Center Alums podcast discusses PLU’s Trinidad and Tobago exchange program Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 29, 2018 Image: Angie Hambrick (foreground) sits down to record a podcast about PLU’s Trinidad and Tobago exchange program with Shelondra Harris ’17 (right), author Earl Lovelace and PLU English professor Barbara Temple-Thurston (left). November 29, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 29, 2018) — Study away is a big part of the Pacific

, her decision was cemented by books she read in middle school classrooms, biology classes she took in high school, and eventually, the teachers and mentors she met at Pacific Lutheran University. Now, the Bonney Lake, Washington native has graduated and earned the prestigious Fulbright research grant — a national award that only 20 percent of applicants receive after a rigorous, year-long application process. In January, she will leave for Namibia, where she will spend nine months studying

advocate for issues she is passionate about.“Elana Meyers Taylor is an iconic athlete and a passionate champion of important causes, including access and resources for female athletes, concussion research and public education,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “We’re thrilled she will be joining us to celebrate PLU’s class of 2023.” Meyers Taylor is a four-time World Champion, eight-time World Championships medalist, three-time Winter Olympian and medalist (2010, 2014, 2018) and 2015 World Cup champion

Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 25, 2020 February 25, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing & Communications Guest Writer TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve ever wondered whether leaders are born or made, the answer is both. At least it is when you’re referring to Pacific Lutheran University graduate Amy Spieker ’09. Growing up in a Navy family, Spieker moved her fair share of times, and in doing so was

, Relay For Life was started in Tacoma in 1985. In 2016, more than 5,000 community-based Relay For Life events will be produced in more than 20 countries. PLU’s rendition of Relay For Life features a 6-hour team walk around the university’s upper campus. Festivities will began at 5:30 p.m. in Red Square with a performance by the PLU Jazz Ensemble and the opening ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. Teams will then walk until midnight, while simultaneously enjoying student performances ranging HERmonic and