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  • Karissa Bryant ’03 with school girl at Sacred Heart Boarding School in Shillong, India. Here Bryant is asking the girls who live at the school what they wanted to be when they grew up. In the evening they would share Khasi songs with Bryant and…

    . They want to offer more training opportunities in basic literacy, business, and relevant vocations, and this is where Bryant comes in. “It become really apparent that my goal in coming back to America was to raise money for this school,” Bryant said. “When I got back in April of last year, I started looking into the logistics of fundraising.” She hosted her first fundraiser, Cabaret for Change, on Feb. 8 at the Columbia Center Theater, which raised $5,000. The next event, Yoga for Change, is

  • PLU Student Involvement organized this year’s Relay For Life event on upper campus Friday April 26. (Photo by Thomas Soerenes ’14) Relay For Life at PLU raises nearly $20,000 By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 200 people attended the PLU Relay For Life April 26 and…

    April 26, 2013 PLU Student Involvement organized this year’s Relay For Life event on upper campus Friday April 26. (Photo by Thomas Soerenes ’14) Relay For Life at PLU raises nearly $20,000 By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 200 people attended the PLU Relay For Life April 26 and raised nearly $20,000. Relay For Life is a volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Each relay team is required to have one person walking on the track at all times during the event. Mackenzie

  • PLU Relay for Life Wins 5th National Top 10 Award Participants in PLU’s 2013 Relay for Life raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham Content Editor In April 2013, more than 400 Lutes participated…

    : www.plurelay.org The PLU Relay for Life has earned its fifth Nationwide Top Ten award for per-capita fundraising, contributing more than $25,000 from the 2013 event to the American Cancer Society. Since the first PLU Relay, in 2006, Lutes have raised nearly $200,000. “It is a great reminder of what a group of dedicated students can do to help in the battle against cancer,” said Ray Lader, Associate Director for Student Rights and Responsibilities at PLU. Each year, PLU’s Colleges Against Cancer club works to

  • The PLU Day of Vocation is almost here! PLU Chemists are a big part of it this year! (i) Keynote: Michelle Long , ’85 PLU Regent and chemistry alumna, Tues 4/5, 7 – 8 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center Join PLU Regent and alumna Michelle Long…

    department and Bret Underwood from Physics. The conversation, moderated by philosopher Keith Cooper will ask which questions are the important ones – in discerning vocation, in understanding the intersection between personal passion (your deep gladness) and the needs of the world around us (the world’s great hunger), and in life. The conversation is sure to be lively! Read Previous Paid summer school program in radiochemistry at OSU. Apps due Apr 20th! Read Next Two Lutes fundraising for ACS U.N. Climate

  • ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT SEEKS CAMPAIGN STAFF IN SEATTLE The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking hard-working individuals with good communication skills and a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this summer. If you are looking to…

    a real difference on critical environmental issues -Get experience with grassroots mobilization, fundraising and working with the media -Gain the skills and connections needed to launch a career in non-profit, political, or grassroots organizing -Earn money working for something you believe in. Our staff typically earn an average of $15-18/hour -Build long-lasting relationships with a team of people from across the country who share your interests on important issues   To apply online or learn

  • Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington announced today PLU’s intent to sell its broadcasting rights and facilities associated with KPLU to KUOW. Although not finalized, the agreement calls for two stations: one for NPR and Northwest news at 94.9 FM, and one for…

    collaborated for many years through the Northwest News Network, and through other fundraising and community events. “We believe that in KUOW’s capable hands, this important asset will continue to serve and celebrate the greater Puget Sound community, as well as national and international audiences,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise. “This is a natural union between two university-sponsored public radio stations that, for many years, have shared a common mission to inform, educate and entertain our region

  • Trevor Lubking throws a fast ball during spring training. (John Froschauer, Photographer) Facility upgrades expand athletic opportunity By Chris Albert and Barbara Clements Lower campus is transforming the PLU Athletic landscape with capital facilities projects taking place throughout 2012. This year, the focus will be…

    , should be complete by Fall 2012. Last year, new bleachers were installed for the baseball field. If the goal for the all-weather turf baseball infield is met by May 31, construction will begin later in 2012. “The direct impact it has on the student athlete is phenomenal,” Turner said, of the improved facilities. The baseball field and fundraising is moving forward to replace the current baseball playing surface with a synthetic playing surface. Improved capital facilities and the new all-purpose

  • Professor Mark Mulder works at a well during one of his recent visits to Central America. (Photo courtesy of Mark Mulder.) Nicaragua: Lutes Get Their Hands Dirty for Clean Water By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Instead of lazing around on beaches during Spring…

    Water, Brookdale Elementary, Trinity Lutheran Church and Rainier View Christian Church. PLU students were able to visit every class at Brookdale to talk about the trip and the clean-water crisis and to review the hygiene lessons students taught in Nicaragua. The Brookdale students held a fundraising drive and raised more than $300 in coins for the project. “I think this is a real neat intersection with our coursework,” said Mulder before the trip. “We have all these different  disciplines going, and

  • Advancement officers Doug Page, left, and Ed Larson. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Two PLU Advancement officers honored for their work and outstanding careers Two top professionals from PLU’s Office of Advancement—Ed Larson and Doug Page—received two prestigious awards this spring, honoring them for their professionalism and…

    demonstrated exemplary leadership and service to an organization within the fundraising and or public-relations fields. “The Association of Lutheran Development Executives has been an important part of my professional development, as well as a place where I am honored to have served and continue to serve and support,” Page said. “The Virgil Anderson Award has always been to me something I could aspire to, and and now I am encouraged to live up to its high standards.” Page is in his 15th year at PLU and has

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 14, 2016)- Laurel Minter, a Los Angeles-based, award-winning screenwriter and film director, will offer a beginners’ screenwriting workshop at PLU later this month. The workshop will educate students on how to craft screenplays using tools that most professional screenwriters use. The focus…

    journey Read Next MediaLab reminisces on a decade of service, invites alumni to mark anniversary with fundraising event at Tacoma Art Museum COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China