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April 29, 2011 ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community By Barbara Clements In a decades-old video shown in the UC this week, Archbishop Desmond Tutu – the keynote speaker at the May 13 “Be the Spark” event – listened carefully as speaker after speaker came before him, telling of beatings and murders that marked apartheid in South Africa. MaryAnn Anderson, chair of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation board, says “We are now calling Parkland ‘Sparkland.'” Beside her at the podium is

March 2, 2014 PLU’s High School Programming Contest Clicks Into Overdrive Students compete at PLU’s fourth annual High School Programming Contest on Feb. 1. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’15) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU’s inaugural High School Programming Contest, in 2011, drew 32 student competitors from five schools—not bad at all. But … to get to 32, event organizer Kenneth Blaha, Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, sent emails to everyone in the

makes our story especially important is that we were the first university in Maryland to welcome students of all races and backgrounds,” Hrabowski says of UMBC. “We are a place for all students to participate equally in higher education, preparing them for meaningful lives and careers that work to solve the most pressing problems facing humanity.” He touts the university’s unique story of learning how to help all students — including those who are underrepresented in higher education — be the best

PLU Students thrive in internships through pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / August 14, 2020 August 14, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21Marketing & CommunicationsAcross the world, we've seen a change in our daily routines as we seek to socially distance and help flatten the curve of the current pandemic. Nearly every part of daily life has been affected from how we learn, to how we work.What does this mean for college students preparing for a professional life that is growing more and more uncertain

be together on Friday nights to do our prayers together,” Eaton said. Four years later all that has changed. Thanks to Eaton, the Alijah Jewish Club has been rebuilt. Having graduated with an undergraduate degree in nursing last month, Eaton leaves behind a club with a healthy membership base. “Now, there are six Jews on our leadership team and about 20 others who regularly attend Shabbats and other meetings and activities,” she said. “We also have big events at Hanukkah in the fall and Passover

cultural values that are different from their own, and learn to recognize when they are acting/reacting on the assumption that their values are “right.” (In other words, to recognize when they are being ethnocentric.) These anthropological learning objectives are congruent with PLU’s Wild Hope Project, in that they give students the chance to discover the kind of “big enough questions” that will continue to have an impact in the student’s life beyond the classroom, today and in the future. Both courses

relevant quantitative and qualitative marketing-research skills,” said Mari Peterson, director of the MSMR program. PLU’s MSMR program has been developed as a highly engaging, hands-on, full-time 10-month program, offered from September to June. PLU Marketing Research Professor Susan Harmon said the program will adhere to PLU’s distinct ethical and moral philosophies through coursework and community involvement. Each term, students will progress through courses that will broaden their capabilities and

July 13, 2014 PLU Awarded PSE Foundation Grant to Update Campus Emergency-Notification System PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has received a $15,000 grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation to increase the university’s capacity to respond to the campus community and the public during emergencies and natural disasters. As a result, PLU is implementing a new Emergency Notification System this summer: the Metis Secure MS-5100 Indoor Emergency Help Station. For less

titled “Learning from Standing Rock” on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. PLU and South Puget Sound community members will gather in Red Square to listen to indigenous leaders share what they’ve learned from the recent events at Standing Rock, as well as local environmental conflicts.“The ‘NODAPL’ protection efforts at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota have captured the attention of the entire world,” said Darren Moore, a computer purchasing and services coordinator at PLU and a co

Willie Stewart ’69 talks breaking barriers as Tacoma’s first black principal in 1970 Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / January 20, 2020 Image: Willie Stewart ’69, winner of the 2019 Tacoma Peace Prize, sits down to discuss breaking barriers in 1970 as Tacoma’s first black high school principal. January 20, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 17, 2020) — In 2019, Willie Stewart '69 received the Greater Tacoma Peace Prize for his community work and racial