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Gov. Inslee visits campus for town hall meeting with PLU community Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / May 10, 2019 Image: ASPLU’s Lute Vote is proud to welcome Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee to campus on May 13th. May 10, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (May 10, 2019) — Governor Jay Inslee will be holding a town hall at Pacific Lutheran University’s Karen Hille Phillips Center auditorium on Monday, May 13th, at 9 a.m.Gov. Inslee will field student

Standing with our Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander community members Posted by: Silong Chhun / March 26, 2021 March 26, 2021 In light of the shootings in the greater metro Atlanta area earlier this month, we yet again mourn in the wake of an act of senseless violence. The impact on Asian and Asian American women nationwide — in conjunction with the rise in hate crimes directed at Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander community members — cannot and should not be ignored. We mourn

Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 4, 2019 October 4, 2019 A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare’s play Comedy of Errors. Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3, 2019 in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing

.” Hall is committed to continuing cultural exchanges with other indigenous groups. Before beginning her work with the Samish, she worked with an indigenous population in Rwanda. “There’s power in bringing our voices together and learning about one another,” she said. That’s why canoe journey, in particular, is so important. “It’s incredible to see how big this event has grown,” Hall said. “Every year, there are more and more canoes that participate.” Read Previous Partnering with Parkland Read Next

do it again. “The giggles were endless,” she told her loyal Facebook followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek Circus, based out of Mendocino, California. Laumb’s final post rounded out months of social media updates that included videos and photos of her doing spins and splits on a rope with a hand loop — a routine called Spanish web — above 63 audiences throughout 10 cities. A winding vocational path led Laumb to the circus life. She earned a journalism degree at Pacific Lutheran

, Flenniken experienced firsthand the social implications and secrecy surrounding the events of the Hanford nuclear site, which she explores in her book, Plume. “I’m interested in the way our personal lives interact with the political direction of our country,” said Flenniken of her poetic inspiration. “Thinking about secrecy and the damage it can do to a community and to a society.” In addition to her work with young students, Flenniken also engages with poets across the state by highlighting their wide

endeavors with Pacific Lutheran University. Natalie Mayer wanted to build on that good work by endowing a lecture series that addressed what she saw as a growing need — the spike in racist and anti-Semitic acts across the United States.The inaugural Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, taking place on May 2, hosts language scholar and international expert Dr. Lid King, who will discuss how hate speech has flourished on the internet and detail how we must work to build a counter

in Kinesiology, but here are just a few of the jobs you can get with a master’s in kinesiology.1. Exercise Physiologist—design and develop exercise programs for individuals recovering from illness and injury. In the Seattle-Tacoma area specifically, the annual mean wage for exercise physiologists is $52,000. 2. Athletic Trainer—work with athletes, individuals, or groups and with other medical professionals to prevent, treat, and rehabilitate injuries in settings like schools, colleges

social progress. Mentored at the University of Washington by PLU alumni Connie Kravas ’67 and Eric Godfrey ’70, Zeno’s goal is to empower communities to solve their own challenges through shared learning and mutual benefitting activities. For Zeno, this practice of active listening and community equipping, aligned with a university’s strengths and resources, is the most powerful way to create real, lasting societal change. As UW’s chief community builder for equity and inclusion, Zeno developed

kids with cancer and their families, which seeks to help families affected by cancer to connect, and gives their children a chance to have fun and feel normal.  Balut will graduate this May with degrees in music and mathematics and hopes to continue helping others by pursuing a graduate degree for medical research in biostatistics.  Read Previous PLU Raises Black Lives Matter Flag on Red Square Read Next PLU MAE alumna named Washington State Teacher of the Year COMMENTS*Note: All comments are