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Three Lutes headed to Guinea through Peace Corps Posted by: Kari Plog / April 18, 2018 Image: Haley Bridgewater ’18, Margaret Chell ’18 and Madeline Wentz ’18 are all headed to Guinea through the Peace Corps. The seniors are part of the first cohort of the Peace Corps Prep program. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) April 18, 2018 By Mackenzie Cooper '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 18, 2018) — One of the first cohorts of Pacific Lutheran University’s nascent Peace Corps Prep
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Intensive PLU program prepares future principals Posted by: Kari Plog / May 7, 2018 Image: The cohort of graduating principals at the School of Education’s Principal Intern Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 18. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 7, 2018 By Debbie CafazzoContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (May 7, 2018) — William Peterson took a non-traditional path to the principal’s office.After earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a teaching credential, he jetted off to Ecuador where he
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encourage Jake K.M. Paikai to embrace the faith of his Jewish grandparents? That hands-off approach proved essential to Paikai. “It allowed me a little space to breathe – to ask deep faith questions on my own.” When he arrived at PLU, he was still asking a lot of questions. After a few years, he fell in with the Alijah Jewish Club. For Paikai, it was what he needed – a community of fellow students with similar traditions, all who seemed to be asking a lot of questions about their own faith. “I like
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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
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March 28, 2011 The Rose comes home Sunbeams stab out through the dust and darkness in Tower Chapel, as Ramon Coranado carefully eases the 30-inch heart of the Rose Window from its lead fittings in the window frame where he had just placed it. The other pieces already have been fitted into place. This is the last and final piece. The fit isn’t quite right, so both Coranado, and his boss, Paul Martinez, of the stained glass specialist Judson Studios in Los Angles, will trim a bit more, before
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September 28, 2014 PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission PLU Resident Artist Jessica Spring works in studio. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Spring) Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pacific Lutheran University resident artist Jessica Spring has been selected to receive an impressive AMOCAT award from the Tacoma Arts Commission. Every year, the commission honors
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‘UnPLUgged’ to Conclude With Recycling Fashion Show on Oct. 30 Posted by: Zach Powers / October 23, 2015 Image: Sustainability sweater swap in the Anderson University Center at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 23, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 23, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s UnPLUgged series aims to entertain, educate and make a difference on campus. UnPLUgged is a series of events that encourage students
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PLU Partners with Palmer Scholars to Create New Scholarship Opportunity Posted by: Silong Chhun / January 11, 2021 January 11, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University and Palmer Scholars are expanding their partnership to better serve students of color in Pierce County. For many years, Palmer Scholars have chosen PLU as their top private school choice. Since 2016, PLU has accepted 19 Scholars and has nine currently enrolled.To continue to support these
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named one of the top colleges in Washington for veterans by Intellegent.com and one of College Census’s best universities for veterans. PLU has also been named one of the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® Spouse Schools, making it the first university in Washington state to be honored with the award. Now ranked sixth in the nation, PLU has been a “Military Friendly School” since 2010 and this year became a “Military Friendly Gold Top 10 School. “PLU is an amazing place for Veterans to transition out of
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throughout the university, that core priorities are being upheld, and that progress is being measured and accounted for, so the school can adapt, respond, improve and thrive. “The work itself involves the intentional integration of strategic leadership, assessment, institutional research and accreditation,” McConnell says. “Ultimately the goal is to support people and processes and help move the university forward with intentionality and integrity to our mission.” McConnell joined the PLU faculty as a
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