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policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024
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PLU Announces Election of New Board of Regents Chair Posted by: Lace M. Smith / May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017 Tacoma, WA (May 16, 2017) -- Pacific Lutheran University today announced the election of Ed Grogan to chair of the Board of Regents succeeding Gary Severson, who completed 19 years of service on the board, nine of them as chair.Grogan, a 1993 graduate of PLU and president of Summit Financial Group in Gig Harbor, WA, has served on the PLU board for four years, including two years as vice
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October 18, 2013 Scientists discover new species of enigmatic marsupial Along the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Reed Ojala-Barbour ’11 and a team of scientists discovered a new species of shrew-opossum. Their dive into discovery started more than two years ago, when Ojala-Barbour had undertaken a Fulbright Fellowship to study mammals of Sangay National Park. The remote mountain park is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Among the mammals that Ojala-Barbour studied
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December 7, 2012 PLU grad reaches new horizons, finds calling at NASA By Cassady Coulter ’14 After coming across an ad for a job at NASA in the newspaper, Sheryl Wold ‘76 decided to take her chances and send in an application. Wold didn’t just land the job — she beat out more than 250 applicants who had more relevant research experience. She now finds herself with a career she loves but never once expected. Wold was contracted by the government through the University of California, Sheryl Wold
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Vote! Women’s Center seeks community feedback on new name Posted by: marcom / February 20, 2016 February 20, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2016) - Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. After 25 years, the Women's Center will change its name to fit its expanded, mission-based work.A name says a lot. Students, faculty and
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CIC appoints Lynn Hunnicutt new Assistant Director of NetVUE Posted by: hassonja / February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018 The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Lynn Hunnicutt, Professor of Economics at Pacific Lutheran University, as the assistant director of their Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). NetVUE is a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation
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September 21, 2007 New device will probe the world of the atom Four professors over at Rieke are still pinching themselves. After applying for a National Science Foundation grant in January, on a hope and a prayer really, the chemistry faculty found out last year that they had been awarded a grant totaling $743,000 to purchase a powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. “We were floored when we learned we had received it,” Fryhle said. “We didn’t expect to get it the very first time (we
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New Accessibility Checker Tool for Sakai’s Rich-Text Editor Posted by: nordgrle / March 3, 2017 March 3, 2017 By Layne Nordgren PLU’s Sakai learning management system now includes an Accessibility Checker tool you can use to inspect the accessibility level of content you create in the rich-text editor (CKEditor). This editor is embedded within many Sakai tools such as Lessons, Mailtool, Announcements, Assignments, etc. The Accessibility Checker tool interactively reports on each accessibility
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said ‘numbers like that you just don’t get anywhere else.’” His prof, Assistant Professor of Business Kevin Boeh, would know. Boeh is a former Wall Street investment banker whose accounts totaled in the billions of dollars. Like he does for all of his students, Boeh helped Whitney identify a good match for his skills, and helped him prepare for the interview. The result? Whitney took a summer internship with Bank of New York Mellon, working 40 hours a week. After the summer, Whitney was given the
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steady progress in becoming a more sustainable campus, and, as our program this morning makes clear, we will move forward on our 2020 long range plan. In all of these ways and more we are determined to keep our eye focused on the university’s long-term future. In doing so, I trust hat we will continue to find in today’s challenges the pathway to new opportunities. Yes, my friends and colleagues, the PLU’s institutional story in this past year is replete with good news. And with each passing year I
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