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Associate Professor Claudia Berguson says PLU’s link to Norway informs the values carried through its mission.
and unique Greater Tacoma Peace Prize organization that honors our own local peacebuilders. We recognize our Norwegian, international alumni as important connections between the more recent past and today. Last but not least, we can be inspired by our PLU students who have ventured to Norway to study and experience for themselves Norway’s political, cultural and environmental relevance in the world today. The sociologist Hans Magnus Enzensberger once remarked that Norway is at once an ethnological
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By Michael Halvorson. On October 17, 2017, PLU alum Brad Tilden (1983) engaged with students, faculty, and alumni in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines. The special event was organized as the 13th annual Dale E. Benson lecture in…
. Tilden concluded. “A commitment to hard work, questioning, and preparing for a changing world will serve you well.” PLU’s Business and Economic History program seeks to connect PLU students from all majors to leading companies and thought-leaders in the Pacific Northwest, as well as broader trends in the business and academic community. The program offers a curriculum that encourages the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces
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collaboration with the Women Chemists Committee, is announcing the Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship that is awarded to female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or senior years of study. For more information about… $2000 DEIR scholarship- Extended Deadline May 15! Students- The deadline for the $2000 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect Scholarship has been extended to May 15. Please consider applying! https://docs.google.com/document/d
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
first Norwegian students. He remembers her as bubbly, outgoing and a natural at the craft. “Her writing was just so good,” Rowe said. Bjørhovde credits her degree, in part, to her longtime mentor. Originally, she intended to come to the United States for one year and one purpose: to study journalism. When she arrived on PLU’s campus in 1977, all the classes she planned to take were full. She needed Rowe’s approval if she had any chance of enrolling in that first news-writing class and sticking to
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Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…
Supported by a generous endowment from the Benson Family, the Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History is designed to bring leading experts in the fields of history, business, and economics to campus to address the PLU community. Jolita and Dale Benson at a recent Benson Lecture. Along with the business and economic history curriculum, the lecture is designed to encourage the study of business organizations, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces
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PLU is the small, private university in Tacoma, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice.
development, and administration. The curriculum includes at least 900 hours of practicum work as required by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). You’ll have opportunities to practice your skills in many different settings under the supervision of an MSW-trained social worker. Global focusPLU’s MS in Social Work includes a comparative global focus on health and behavioral health, with the opportunity to include a January Term study away course to learn about and compare local and international
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SEATTLE, WASH. (April 16, 2015)- Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009,…
traditional musical theatre, Lizard Boy is a “somewhat-autobiographical solo-show-with-three-actors” that follows a boy with lizard skin who fights evil and learns about love. Huertas attributes some of his triple-threat skills in performing, composing and writing to his theatre education at PLU. “Doing theater at PLU was awesome!” he said. Specifically, Huertas recalls that the study of Shakespeare and the PLU Theatre Program‘s emphasis on language “stuck with [him] forever.” “I have a lot of my
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TACOMA, WASH. (October 28, 2015)-Pacific Lutheran University is on the cutting edge of the U.S. government’s financial aid process. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator (NASFAA) was looking to recommend changes in how students submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)…
preliminary study, Soltis was asked to serve as a NASFAA Commissioner by NASFAA’s National Chair, Dan Mann. Soltis and the PPY Task Force members, including Associate Director of Financial Aid Lorie Staab, are looking at the program from all angles. They are proactively identifying any implementation issues while working with NASFAA staff and the US Department of Education on ensuring a successful nationwide rollout for the 2017-2018 school year. “Right now, we’re trying hard to think of any concerns and
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 19, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University students may soon see their professors, dressed in commencement regalia, coming to classes with a special invitation to join one of the most prestigious honor societies in the nation. This week, PLU joined the ranks of schools…
scholastic projects. DeLaRosby said students have control over how much work they invest in their membership with Phi Kappa Phi. “When I joined I never thought I’d use it for anything other than just being a member,” DeLaRosby said. But several years after joining, DeLaRosby reached out to Phi Kappa Phi to help fund his dissertation research. The scholarship DeLaRosby received was the Love of Learning award in 2013 for a pilot study investigating characteristics of successful college students who were
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 12, 2016)- Jane Wong knows good poetry when she hears it. The published poet, who is a visiting assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, was impressed with her students’ prose and wanted to share them off campus. “They are real…
got what Wong sees as a reward for performing through the nerves — good energy. “I know when I first started doing readings, it was super nerve racking, but it was such good energy,” Wong said. “It just feels really good to be listened to.” Read Previous DCHAT Podcast: PLU Dean of Humanities Kevin O’Brien answers alumni questions Read Next PLU nursing student earns national study away scholarship COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad
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