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the connections Thompsen ’94, ’97 made as a Norwegian while attending Pacific Lutheran University. Thompsen has more than 16 years of experience working internationally within sales, marketing and product management. After graduating from PLU, he managed Natilus Publishing in Seattle and returned to Norway in 2000. Currently, he is the head of Bid Management and Sales Support for Intelecom Group out of Norway. Thompsen and his wife have three children. To some extent, it was by chance that he came
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October 4, 2012 Doug Smith ’15 and Aiko Nakagawa ’15 after chalking advertising for “unPLUg” a sustainability and low power use push at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) UnPLUg aims to create culture of conservation By Katherine Baumann ’14 The lights are off but the competition is on. Students in the 10 resident halls across campus are vying against themselves to see who can save the most energy during the month of October in the annual UnPLUg competition. The UnPLUg tradition began in 2009 with
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Building in downtown Tacoma. His last day is Wednesday, Jan. 9. “It’s another challenge,” Villahermosa said of his new position. “I’m excited to bring a lot of what I learned here – the skills I learned, the knowledge and especially the culture – to my new job. “I’ll definitely miss it here, I’ll miss the people.” A reception to bid farewell to Villahermosa and welcome Berger is slated for Jan. 9 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Berger has 21 years of law enforcement experience
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PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 8, 2022 Image: Autumn Johansen ’23, Dalen Todorov ’23, Zoee Kooser ’22, Elijah Paez ’24 and Dr. Lowell Wyse, the Tacoma Tree Foundation executive director. November 8, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsA group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer
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summer. Get her going on microbes, be in those that caused the Spanish influenza outbreak in 1918 or a more obscure disease named after distant relative Theodor Maximilian Bilharz (yes, with one “l.”) The affliction named by and for Bilharz involves a worm that will wreak havoc on your liver once it burrows into your skin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_umhIvhQC4 Bilharziosis is usually picked up in African or Asian countries by walking through standing water. If you like, she’ll show you a stained
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Science Association Latino Caucus.The book, Latino Professionals in America: Testimonios of Policy, Perseverance, and Success, combines rich qualitative interviews, auto-ethnographic accounts, and policy analysis. It explores the converging oppressions that can make it difficult for Latinos to become professionals and to envision themselves as successful in those professions. “Receiving the Latino Caucus Best Book Award for this book is an honor because it shows me that the discipline of political
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Product Testing Project Manager Position Posted by: nicolacs / June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019 The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction (HWTR) Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Product Testing Project Manager (Natural Resource Scientist 2). This position is located in our Headquarters Building in Lacey, WA. Salary: $48,792.00 – $64,008.00 Annually We are looking for applicants with a strong sense of curiosity, who like challenges and are creative in their problem solving
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at 9 o’clock in the morning and talked to him about PLU’s history,” said Ringdahl, the longest-serving university employee who retires this month after 53 years. “And then after that he met with his President’s Council.” And Thomas Krise, who served PLU 2012-17, had good reason to prioritize facetime with Ringdahl. As archivist and curator of PLU’s Special Collections, she is a university icon — who is finally ready to embrace retirement at 82 years old. “Honestly, it’s kind a of boring time
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Theatre & Dance take on the famous Greek tragedy, Medea Posted by: Kate Williams / October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerOne of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea, opens the last week of October on the PLU Eastvold stage. In this famous tragedy, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her
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Theatre & Dance take on the famous Greek tragedy, Medea Posted by: Kate Williams / October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerOne of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea, opens the last week of October on the PLU Eastvold stage. In this famous tragedy, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her
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