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Former Foss Hall Resident Reflects on the End of an Era Posted by: Zach Powers / August 17, 2015 Image: Opened in 1965, the sun will soon set on PLU’s Foss Hall. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 17, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsMy best friend and I met in our residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University. The band he and I started performed for the first time in its lobby. I can remember with equal fondness all-nighters spent cramming for finals and all-nighters

PLU alumnus, Android co-founder uses his marketing expertise to help students land jobs Posted by: Kari Plog / March 2, 2016 Image: Nick Sears (’87, ’95), co-founder of Android, speaks Feb. 22 as part of the Executive Leadership Series at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 2, 2016 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 2, 2016)- Co-founder of Android and Pacific Lutheran University graduate Nick Sears took the technology world by

think PLUSO has ever done much Bruckner, so this year I thought we MUST do some of his music!” Tickets are available on Eventbrite. $10 – general admission, $5 – seniors (60+), military, alumni, PLU community (faculty, staff, families) and free – PLU students and 18 and younger. Read Previous PLU’s Wind Ensemble upcoming CBDNA performance Read Next A Slice of Paradise LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending

, University Chorale, and University Wind Ensemble Spring Conference Appearances Read Next Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn

Netnography: Obtaining Social Media Insight Posted by: wagnerjc / November 8, 2017 November 8, 2017 Article originally published by The Balance on February 28, 2017 by Gigi DeVaultThe term netnography derives its name from ethnography and net – as in “the Internet.” Ethnography is a form of qualitative research conducted by researchers who enter – and gather data within – the cultural or sociological context that is the focus of their study. Ethnography and netnography share a set of attributes

The 2015 PLU Celebration of Leadership Posted by: Zach Powers / May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (May 12, 2015)— The 2015 Celebration of Leadership recognized students who live lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care while empowering their peers to do the same. On Monday, May 11, the Division of Student Life welcomed PLU faculty, administrators, staff and students to Chris Knutzen Hall to celebrate the contributions of student leaders who have excelled academically and

Communication & Theatre Chair Amy Young Discusses New PLU Podcast Series Posted by: Zach Powers / August 24, 2015 Image: Amy Young, Kevin O’Brien and Justin Eckstein discuss “advocacy” in KPLU’s Tacoma studio. [Photo by Zach Powers/PLU] August 24, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- This week, PLU introduced “Open to Interpretation,” a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social

Open to Interpretation: Advocacy (Episode 1) Posted by: Zach Powers / August 24, 2015 August 24, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- Hosted by Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, “Open to Interpretation” is a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses.The inaugural episode of OTI is a discussion of the word “advocacy” among Young, Associate Professor of Religion Kevin O’Brien and

Ordal Hall: Lots is New for Fall Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 2, 2015 Image: New furniture fills Ordal Hall’s third-floor lounge. September 2, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Student WriterTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 2, 2015) — Ordal Hall went under the knife for some major cosmetic surgery this summer. And now, as students arrive on campus this week, it is ready to take off its wrappings and show its new self.A ribbon-cutting will be held for the freshly remodeled Ordal Hall at 4:30 p.m

Open to Interpretation: Violence (Episode 2) Posted by: Zach Powers / September 30, 2015 September 30, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (September 30, 2015)- The second episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “violence” between host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Professor of Psychology Michelle Ceynar and Associate Professor of Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin.“Open to Interpretation” is a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of