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Benson Student Research Fellows to Present at PLU Posted by: halvormj / November 7, 2017 November 7, 2017 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Friday, December 8, 2017, three PLU students will present the results of their summer research projects in a public presentation connected to PLU’s Business and Economic History program. The presenters are Michael Diambri, Teresa Hackler, and Alex Lund, and each spent the summer of 2017 working with a faculty mentor to

PLU Selected for Tacoma Public Schools’ Community Partner Award Posted by: Zach Powers / May 7, 2015 May 7, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (May 7, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been selected as the recipient of Tacoma Public Schools’ Gold Star Community Partner Award for May 2015.The awards, instituted this academic year by the TPS Partnership Office, recognize and thank partners who go above and beyond in supporting student success. “In

MediaLab Documentary to Premiere at the Seattle Public Library Posted by: Zach Powers / November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLabTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 11, 2015)- MediaLab, the award-winning film production program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), will premiere its latest documentary, These Four Years, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. These Four Years investigates the current state of higher education in North America, including factors that sometimes prevent potential

PLU to host public memorial for fallen sheriff’s deputy Posted by: Kari Plog / January 11, 2018 January 11, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 12, 2018)- Hundreds of community members are expected to attend a gathering at Pacific Lutheran University on Wednesday, Jan. 17, to celebrate the life of a Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy who died in the line of duty.A two-hour, public memorial for Deputy Daniel McCartney will take place at 1 p.m. in Olson Auditorium

PLU Hosts Rwanda’s Best Young Debaters Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 28, 2015 Image: Students from iDebate Rwanda will visit campus and hold a mock debate on Sept. 21. (Photo: iDebate Rwanda) August 28, 2015 Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global GenocidesBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in

Former State Superintendent joins PLU as interim dean of the School of Education and Kinesiology Posted by: Zach Powers / July 7, 2016 Image: Terry Bergeson, interim dean of the PLU School of Education and Kinesiology. (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) July 7, 2016 By Donna GibbsPLU Marketing & Communications Former three-term State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., succeeds, Frank Kline, Ph.D.TACOMA, WASH. (July 7, 2016) – Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., has joined Pacific

PLU works with local Habitat for Humanity to build lasting partnership, sustainable community, homes for people in need Posted by: Kari Plog / April 26, 2016 Image: Volunteers, including some from PLU, secure and align a wall at a Habitat for Humanity build site in the Woods at Golden Given, a sustainable 30-home housing community. The house was built for a student who, at the time, was studying marriage and family therapy. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 26, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU

do not become involved or we as a community do not become involved with decision making, somebody else makes the laws and you are left out,” Franklin said. Franklin’s activity in public service only continued. In 1990, after years of volunteer and community work, Franklin decided to run for the state Legislature. With strong encouragement from her friends, Franklin began a successful grassroots campaign. "I’m no Harriet Tubman. Let’s get on with it and bring people together to solve problems

Fourth annual Ruth Anderson Public Debate talks third-party vote Posted by: Todd / September 28, 2016 Image: The Ruth Anderson Public Debate at PLU on 10/8/2015 (Photo/John Struzenberg ’16) September 28, 2016 Students and experts debate October 4Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Speech and Debate team will partner with local policy experts on Oct. 4 to publicly debate the potential benefits and pitfalls of voting for a third party in the 2016 presidential election. Democratic

program is to foster a generation of people who will serve as proponents of peacebuilding. It helps students find their niche in the field, St. Clair said, and refine the track they take to fulfill their vocation. “(The students) do gain a deeper appreciation for complexities and the roles that the people in the community play,” she said, including recognizing that it isn’t their role isn’t to drop into international communities to save people. It’s to listen and help, she said. “(Students) are