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February 26, 2013 PLU’s ROTC program is the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU ROTC named top program with MacArthur Award selection Pacific Lutheran University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) department has won one of eight MacArthur Awards for the school year 2011-2012. The awards, presented by the U.S. Army Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation, recognize the ideals of, “duty, honor and country” as advocated by
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November 5, 2012 Politics at PLU: Where do current students stand in the upcoming election? By Katie Scaff ’13 From healthcare and environmental issues to education and the general state of politics, the issues PLU students are concerned with are almost as diverse as they are. Some are greatly concerned with equality for all and have shared their support for R74, which would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, while others have expressed concerns about healthcare coverage and issues of
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St{art} Momentum Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 13, 2012 April 13, 2012 St[art] Momentum, the 2012 Senior BFA Exhibition at Pacific Lutheran University kicks off with an opening reception on April 25, 2012, from 5p.m. to 7p.m. Graduating BFA students will have their best work on display. The exhibit remains open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or by appointment) through May 27, 2012 in Ingram Hall at Pacific Lutheran University. Admission is free and open to the public. Patrons can
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Meet Dr. Marnie Ritchie, Assistant Professor of Communication! Posted by: Todd / January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 Meet the Communications department’s most recent faculty member, Dr. Marnie Ritchie. Dr. Ritchie joined PLU in 2018 and has taught a variety of communications classes since then, from introductory communications to courses covering complex topics like gender and ethics. Dr. Ritchie’s other interests for her own research and writing include rhetorical studies, war, and surveillance
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream first opera set in the Karen Hille Phillips Center Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 2, 2014 January 2, 2014 Fairy high jinks, true love and bewitching spells will play out on stage at the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts January 23-26 when PLU’s Opera series presents Benjamin Britten’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Originally premiered in 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, Britten’s evocative score has a rich harmonic texture, beautiful lyrical music
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PLU Represented at Jazz Education Network Conference Posted by: Reesa Nelson / January 18, 2022 January 18, 2022 The Jazz Education Network Conference hosts thousands or people from around the globe every year, connecting jazz beginners, professionals, scholars and educators, and industry experts. In 2022, following safety guidelines, the conference was held in Dallas, Texas in early January. Dr. Cassio Vianna was invited to participate in the conference in two ways: a performance and a clinic
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March 14, 2008 Civil War love letter inspires wind ensemble As the story goes, Maj. Sullivan Ballou was like most men in the Northern army at the start of the Civil War. He fought not to end slavery, but to preserve the Union. At 32, Ballou had a promising career as a lawyer, a wife and two sons. An ardent Republican and devoted supporter of Abraham Lincoln, he volunteered in the spring of 1861. Ballou and his men left Providence, R.I., for Washington, D.C., on June 19. Ballou wrote a letter to
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September 15, 2008 Student rounds up a few abandoned bikes and voila, a co-op. PLU’s bike co-op gets rolling BY Barbara Clements It is not just PLU employees who are seeking better, more sustainable and less expensive ways of getting to and from campus. Students are thinking about this too. And one student, with a few abandoned bikes, is doing something about it. Senior Eric Pfaff will open PLU’s first bike co-op this fall, an opportunity for students to run errands, commute to work or school
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April 6, 2009 ‘Lofty’ is just a word to crush For as far as the eye-can see white follows the landscape, lightly bleeding into a calm blue sky. Wind can make or break success and even determine survival here. There are no animals and the conditions often make any adventure silent amongst its travelers. This is Antarctica and in 2001 Liv Arnesen, from Norway, and Ann Bancroft, from Minnesota, became the first women to make the trip across the continent through the South Pole. On March 31, the
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September 8, 2009 Convocation – A generation of globalists The incoming and returning students at PLU are part of the first global generation, said President Loren J. Anderson during Convocation on Sept. 8.“Quite simply you are globalists,” Anderson said to more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and guests at the ceremony officially marking the start of PLU’s 120th year. The advancements of technology have made it a smaller world and brought down borders that before only few could or would
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