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the Road program, which takes place each year to help first-year students become familiar with the city and region that will be their home for the next four years. Some explored the lava caves at Mt. St. Helens. Others learned salsa dancing at Abbey Ballroom in Tacoma. Some visited Tacoma’s art and glass museums. And some pulled weeds. More than 390 students took part in On the Road, at 23 different locations. Four of those trips were designed help students find a place where they could volunteer

October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long

Applications Open for Paid Sustainability Fellowships at PLU Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 25, 2015 Image: Amy Scott ’15 is a Political Science major and a 2014-15 Sustainability Fellow who’s working on a mapping project that includes sustainability devices on campuses and in the Parkland community. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) Scott is identifying sustainability points in the Parkland area, which include community gardens and fitness and educational opportunities, and hopes to plug their

47.5% Pell Grant-eligible In addition to the academic achievements of the new class, PLU is also welcoming a significant number of student-athletes to campus. This fall, 119 first-year students and 15 transfer students will join PLU’s NCAA Division III teams, bringing talent across Lute athletics. International representation has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with over 100 international students enrolled for the first time since 2017. These students hail from 21 different countries, bringing a

three siblings. What started as Facebook Live videos of the group cooking evolved into a cake lover’s dream, creating mouth-watering dessert concoctions for weddings, birthdays and other special occasions. “We set up a whole little kitchen in our garage, got permits and all of that,” she said. “We were doing 10 to 12 cakes a week and it was super intense. It kind of just snowballed into this really big thing and now we’re doing wedding cakes and stuff.” Sandhu, a member of the six-time Northwest

audience ultimately chose efficiency. “I’m not surprised the debate turned out the way it did. In a lot of ways it mirrors the national discussion,” Justin Eckstein, Director of Forensics and Clinical Assistant Professor at PLU, said. The debate was streamed via Lutecast, PLU’s streaming media service. Audience members both on campus and online were asked to weigh in electronically via text message and Twitter on the primary question both before and after the debate. The results of the voting showed a

who welcomed him to Red Square to his touching—and even humorous—Commencement address, it was a day fit for a king. Please watch for full coverage of the king’s visit—including lots more photos, up-close videos and a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to host a head of state—in a special 125th Anniversary issue of ResoLUTE, in print and online in September. Read Previous His Majesty King Harald V of Norway’s Commencement Speech at Pacific Lutheran University Read Next PLU Welcomes Doctor of

taking classes full-time at Pacific Lutheran University, the senior Biology and Economics double major serves on the city council for her hometown, Fircrest, Wash. Voted in almost one year ago, the 21-year-old Lute is the youngest person elected to a council in all of Pierce County. Also on the Executive Board for the Pierce County Young Democrats, Reynolds first became interested in city council when she grew frustrated that members of the council were relatively inactive.  “I initially ran [for

promoting bystander intervention and training victim advocates—have been in place at PLU for the last eight years. In 2005, PLU received its first Department of Justice grant to promote victims’ advocacy, men’s engagement, developing a bystander intervention program, and training for campus and local law enforcement.  All these programs are now in place, she said. Even so, PLU will continue to work to improve its response to this issue, said Laura Majovski, Vice President of Student Life and Dean of

September 15, 2008 What does being a Lute really mean? A record crowd of faculty, staff and continuing students welcomed over 1,000 new students with a standing ovation as they processed into opening Convocation on Sept. 8.Bruce Bjerke ’72, vice-chair of the Board of Regents brought greetings on behalf of the regents and spoke of the character of PLU where all care deeply about things beyond themselves. He also reminded new students that in the first days of the academic year they will be