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October 11, 2013 Assistant Professor Brian Maeng works with a student in class. Maeng teaches Operations Management and Management Information Systems at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU’s School of Business ranked as one of the best in the U.S. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business is one of the nation’s most outstanding business schools, according to The Princeton Review. The company features the school in the new 2014 edition of its book, The Best 295

to leaving no stone unturned when it comes to financial aid and making our university as accessible as it can possibly be,” said Mike Frechette, PLU’s dean of enrollment management and student financial services. In the report, LendEDU analyzed financial aid data from 2018 – 19 of nearly 500 four-year colleges. PLU received a total score of 86.187 after recording a need-based score of 81.793, a non-need-based score of 99.97, and an international score of 52.02. “Each year, LendEDU uses the most

June 4, 2009 Building a relationship with God based on openness When Mycal Ford discusses his faith, his story is that of a classic Christian conversion. He was an all-star athlete. He was, and remains, handsome and popular. In high school, success came easy. And with it, so did other things – like alcohol, drugs and women. Of this, he’s not proud. And through it all, he remained unfulfilled. Why does Mycal Ford prefer to be called ‘spiritual’ as opposed to ‘religious’? One Sunday, he was

February 1, 2010 Your PLU Idol is… By Chris Albert This year’s PLU Idol winner pulled out all the stops, making all of Lagerquist Concert Hall his stage and getting the crowd singing along to his original song. But the reason behind Taylor Hagbo’s performance madness wasn’t just to be crowned the third PLU Idol, but to catch the eye of a girl.  The reason behind Taylor Hagbo’s performance madness wasn’t just to be crowned the third PLU Idol, but to catch the eye of a girl. “I sort of did it on

address is entitled: “New Wineskins: The Lutheran Contribution.” In science the present geological changes to the planet announce a new geological age, the Anthropocene, as a successor to the present age, the late Holocene. For humans this is, to remember a parable of Jesus, “new wine” that requires some “new wineskins” (i.e., a different way of life). Rasmussen will explore what these new wineskins and what are the contributions of Lutherans to them. Professor Larry Rasmussen will be the keynote

November 2, 2014 Pierce County’s Youngest City Councilmember is a Double-Major at PLU Shannon Reynolds is a full-time double major at PLU and a member of the Fircrest City Council. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) Shannon Reynolds ’15 marks her first year as an elected Fircrest official By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 3, 2014)—For Shannon Reynolds ’15, after-school activities extend far beyond campus clubs and sports teams. When she’s not

Physics Chair Bret Underwood receives 2023 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Students in Physics Chair Bret Underwood’s PHYS 310 course titled “Methods of Experimental Physics” experiment with big coils of wire and magnetic fields. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & Communications The K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research recognizes up to two faculty scholars who have made

May 9, 2008 Norwegian film takes top honors At the second annual Hong International Film Festival, the Norwegian film took top honors. In fact, it swept all five award categories. The festival featured 10-minute films created by students in 300-level foreign language courses in their target language (with English subtitles). This year showcased 12 films in German, Spanish, French and Norwegian around the theme “Ways of Seeing.” “It’s basically a way to get student to look at what could be

December 1, 2008 Organ enthusiasts celebrate a decade at PLU Heading east of campus off 121st Street Southeast, one travels back in time in both feel and vocation. Ramblers from the 60s are replaced by farm houses from the turn of the century. The traffic hum falls away. Cows poke up their heads from rolling pastureland as a car drives by. One comes upon an elegant wood-crafted building that looks like it belongs on the Lord of the Rings set. The front door rises 20 feet and peaks out with a

November 16, 2009 ‘Twilight’ is only the beginning for Forks High School principal “Twilight,” the bestselling teen vampire book series penned by author Stephanie Meyer and the subject of two major motion pictures, is set in the town of Forks, Wash. As a place that receives more rainfall than anywhere else in the nation, Forks is the perfect setting for vampires. It also is an ideal place for Kevin Rupprecht ’02, the current principal of Forks High School “I came to Forks in August 2007, and it