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  • Getting down to business – and winning! By Chris Albert Over Spring Break, six PLU business students took a deep breath and kept charging as a computer breakdown cut their time to complete a competition in half. “Problems happen in the real word,” said Vitaliy…

    series of quarterly business reports, relying on each other to get the job done. It paid off with first place finishes in multiple categories of the competition. “I wasn’t too surprised,” said Kory Brown, assistant professor of business and the group’s advisor. “The six individuals we sent are just outstanding students.” For more than four months, the six PLU seniors worked toward making the decisions as an executive team of a corporation. Collectively, they spent nearly 2,000 hours working on the

  • Helping students connect with what’s next New initiative aims to help students prepare for life after PLU. By Barbara Clements Students come to Pacific Lutheran University with passion, creativity and a resolve to change the world for the better. Now PLU has a program that…

    be the hub of the wheel of already existing services, including the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. “One of our major goals is to help students have a seamless transition into the next phase of life, said Bobbi Hughes, Director of Employer Relations at PLU. “We’re going to be doing, and have been doing, a great job in helping students discover what they are passionate about and what they

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — Jessica Anderson ’07 is hunkering down at home in Montana with husband Chris, kids Bryer and Jase, and Jethro the dog while working for an EdTech company supporting educators across the country as they transition to distance learning. As…

    previous packet during the next packet pick-up. In their packets, they have a mix of normal assignments and a menu of activities they can choose from. PLU: How big of a problem is access to tools? Anderson: Yes, access to tools is an issue. However, I think a bigger concern is being able to connect using digital devices (internet connectivity). Many people have access to smartphones but don’t always have access to high-speed internet. If there is internet connectivity and devices, teachers don’t have

  • During her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She soon met with PLU Peace Corps advisor, Dr. Katherine Wiley to learn more. She was excited…

    idea of putting her global studies major to work to help others. In March of 2020, she found herself in Guinea, West Africa working as a public health educator.She was more than a year into her service when rumblings began that there was a deadly virus, COVID-19, making its way around the globe. But in Guinea, Chell had only heard of one confirmed case. Initial communication from the Peace Corps was that volunteers could choose to stay or return home and exit the program. Chell welcomed the news

  • Brice Johnson ’99 finds vocation in Red Cross leadership. Two neighborhoods in St. Paul, Minnesota share streets and a zip code. Interstate 94 runs down the middle, and since the freeway’s construction in the 1950s, the life expectancy between Summit Hill and the historically Black…

    widened, now differing by 20 to 25 years. It’s one of the largest life expectancy discrepancies in the nation, and it’s not something Brice Johnson ’99 can ignore. “When you look at what side of the street determines how long you’re going to live, that’s really hard for me,” he says. “I can’t be okay with that.” As the regional chief executive officer of the Minnesota and Dakotas Region of the American Red Cross — a chapter that serves 7.3 million people, including 23 sovereign tribal nations

  • Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law. “As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to…

    Makaela Whalen ’23 adds a pre-law minor to full schedule as she prepares for law school Posted by: nicolacs / June 6, 2022 Image: Image: (From left to right) Honorable Philip K. Sorensen, Connor Lemma ’22, Makaela Whalen ’23, Calissa Hagen ’24, Honorable Clarence Henderson, Jr. (photo courtesy of Judge Sorensen) June 6, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsMakaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those

  • Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and…

    learning so much about chimpanzees, Webb decided she needed to visit Africa and learn more. She spent this fall semester studying away in Tanzania through the Lutheran Consortium of Colleges for Tanzania (LCCT). The program is a collaboration between PLU, St. Olaf College, Concordia College and Luther College. In it, students take classes at the University of Dar es Salaam and participate in LCCT work, such as independent research projects and teaching at local primary schools. Tanzania is home to

  • PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce…

    estate and trade figures, at least compared to the immediate post-recession years. Despite these positive developments, however, the local recovery is not yet complete; some problems persist in the labor and real estate market. One of the key concerns is the timing (and extent) of planned deactivations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The base not only supports returning servicemen and servicewomen, but also acts as a major source of civilian employment and as a source of revenue for local business

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios. Through the Center for…

    Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 31, 2015 Image: The cast and crew of the CMS student television show “Dear Emily” take the stage at a January kickoff party in The Cave. (Photo: Center for Media Studies) March 31, 2015 By Natalie DeFord ‘16For PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait

  • Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law. “As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to…

    Makaela Whalen ’23 adds a pre-law minor to full schedule as she prepares for law school Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 6, 2022 Image: (From left to right) Honorable Philip K. Sorensen, Connor Lemma ’22, Makaela Whalen ’23, Calissa Hagen ’24, Honorable Clarence Henderson, Jr. (photo courtesy of Judge Sorensen) June 6, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsMakaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those