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Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

titled “Learning from Standing Rock” on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. PLU and South Puget Sound community members will gather in Red Square to listen to indigenous leaders share what they’ve learned from the recent events at Standing Rock, as well as local environmental conflicts.“The ‘NODAPL’ protection efforts at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota have captured the attention of the entire world,” said Darren Moore, a computer purchasing and services coordinator at PLU and a co

acclaimed Clemente Course in the Humanities.The partnership will launch a Clemente Veterans’ Initiative (CVI) course that will take place in the coming spring semester. CVI was developed in 2014 to provide a meaningful intellectual community to veterans who are working to adapt to civilian life, and is based on the idea that guided discussion of humanities texts can provide these veterans with an opportunity to reflect on their military experiences and move out of isolation and into community. “Pacific

, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do after graduation. But when he took a microeconomics class, he says it all clicked, and he knew what he wanted to study. Through The Alumni & Student Connections Economics Mentoring Program, McDaneld spent his summer interning with Russell Investments as a data analyst with the global data operations team. Russell Investments is a global investment manager operating in 31 countries. McDaneld shares with us his experience interning with

the national 2015 Washington Monthly College Rankings released Aug. 24. That’s PLU’s best ranking in years, and places the university among the top 4 percent of the country’s more than 700 master’s universities. “We at PLU are pleased to be recognized for the high quality of our programs and outcomes,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise. “The key thing to note in any ranking is what goes into the formula; Washington Monthly focuses on social mobility, research and service, and our faculty, staff

cycle progressed, he began attending monthly dinners hosted by the Pierce County Democratic Central Committee (PCD), a countywide organization that recruits and supports democratic candidates seeking local, state and federal offices. The gatherings on the first Monday of every month allow community members to engage with elected officials. Beiermann, an economics major, remembers feeling hesitant to participate at the dinners in the beginning. He says the PCD focuses on bridging the gap between the

. “Every one is there, raw, authentic, unfiltered.” Visitors will see a wide variety of media from ceramics, sculpture and painting, to photography and graphic design. There will also be plenty of opportunities to talk one on one with the artists themselves. “Viewers should be very open-minded when coming to the gallery. There is going to be a large variety of artwork on display, with all types of themes and genres,” Krista Fredricks, head advertiser and senior artist, said. “I like to believe that art

be together on Friday nights to do our prayers together,” Eaton said. Four years later all that has changed. Thanks to Eaton, the Alijah Jewish Club has been rebuilt. Having graduated with an undergraduate degree in nursing last month, Eaton leaves behind a club with a healthy membership base. “Now, there are six Jews on our leadership team and about 20 others who regularly attend Shabbats and other meetings and activities,” she said. “We also have big events at Hanukkah in the fall and Passover

November 1, 2010 Ramstad Scholarship a fitting tribute to a PLU leader By Greg Brewis Gifts in memory of a loved one are a cherished part of the close relationship with the university that are often built by PLU families. There is surely no more poignant example of this than the establishment of an endowed scholarship by family and friends in memory of Marvin J. Ramstad ’38. The scholarship is the recognition and reaffirmation of the significance of one young man’s college experience, an

assembled master’s and bachelor’s graduates to practice the attitude of gratitude, courage and wonder. President Loren J. Anderson enters the Tacoma Dome to give his last commencement address on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Counting himself as an honorary Class of 2012 graduate- Anderson retires May 31 after 20 years of service to PLU – he acknowledged that stepping out beyond the “Lutedome” can be unsettling and and anxious times for graduates who ranged in age on Sunday from 20 to