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How the PLU School of Business is adapting with the times Posted by: vcraker / May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsSomaye Nargesi, a second-year business professor, came to PLU from a large research institution. She immediately noticed a stark difference in how her new institution approached the field.“At PLU, the business curriculum is mostly designed around soft skills, meaning how you build insightful inquiries, how you’re able to connect the dots

contributing to work that aims to educate and inform people about infectious diseases.   The third-generation Pacific Lutheran University graduate conducts backyard surveillance of mosquitoes in Atlanta, where she works as a field manager at Emory University. Her team collects and identifies the insects, working in and outside the lab studying the spread of West Nile virus. Blakney said it was PLU’s commitment to global citizenship, social justice and environmental conservation that helped her discover her

March 9, 2012 Visiting Writer’s Series – Eric Goodman Five time novelist, Eric Goodman will have a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 in the Regency Room of the UC. There will be a Q & A with the writer at 3:30 p.m. that day at the GBC. Goodman is the author of five novels, including In Days of Awe and Child of My Right Hand, which won a 2004 Book of the Year Award from Foreword Magazine. He has been awarded three Ohio Arts Council fellowships and residencies at the Headland Center for the

always a little shy. Coming into PLU she was looking for any way to make friends and connect with her peers. One day she saw a flier for the Students of Color Retreat and the rest was history. The retreat ignited a passion in her to meet and advocate for students of all different cultures, beliefs, and ages. It gave her the opportunity to express herself among people with similar experiences, but vastly diverse backgrounds. The retreat got the ball rolling in her Diversity Center journey. “The

New PLU Kinesiology Club Uses Some Muscle to Meet Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll Posted by: Sandy Dunham / December 2, 2014 December 2, 2014 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communication Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2014)—One of the newest clubs at PLU this year—the Kinesiologists of the Future Club or, as it’s known on campus, KFC—is kicking off with a bang. Since it is the Kinesiology club, founders Kevin De Jong and Jordan Zepernick, both seniors, knew they wanted to do an

demonstrate the most potential for affecting positive change and leadership in academic and co-curricular life on campus. It began with Director of Military Outreach Michael Farnum, an Army veteran who set up the endowment to honor the wishes of his late father-in-law, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene C. Price. Dean is a member of the Snohomish tribe, which is a small tribe associated with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, a Native American community in the mid-Puget Sound area. She is the first recipient of the

February 24, 2012 Rick McKenney, Executive Director, Water for Humans, speaks about water issues in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Photo by John Froschauer) Suffering from Water in Oaxaca By Katie Scaff ’13 We all need water, said Rick McKenney, executive director of Water for Humans. McKenney kicked off the second day of the Wang Center’s Water Symposium with a talk about the challenges and opportunities with water and sanitation in Oaxaca. “Suffering from water – this is what Mexicans say when they are

, educational seminars and film screenings. “I would describe it as a place where people can come and fully be themselves,” Brewer said. As a co-leader of Harmony at PLU, Brewer participated heavily in raising awareness around LGBTQ issues both on campus and beyond. She also worked as one of the Diversity Center’s first LGBTQ peer advisors. Brewer — who identifies as a pansexual queer female — discovered her sexuality while at PLU. Brewer said she never gained much exposure to other sexual orientations

August 14, 2008 Transfer students bring wealth of experience Jake Taylor’s college career began a bit differently – he started at another four-year college, Evergreen State College. He decided he wasn’t that wasn’t the best place for him, so he decided to take the long road, taking courses at North Seattle and Tacoma community colleges before arriving at the PLU campus. The trip has given him a wealth of information and experience from which to compare notes. For Taylor, his previous

named CEO, Wolfe had served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Port since June 2005. Prior to joining the Port of Tacoma, he served for two years as the Executive Director of the Port of Olympia, and before that as Olympia’s Director of Operations and Marine Terminal General Manager. Wolfe also spent 10 years with Maersk Sealand/APM Terminals in Tacoma, most recently as the terminal’s Operations Manager. A native of Puyallup, Washington, Wolfe earned a Bachelor’s degree in business