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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself…

    the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a prestigious national scholarship geared toward diversifying the types of students studying away. Zimmerman is the only Pacific Lutheran University student to receive the scholarship this year, and only the second in 10 years. Zimmerman, a nursing student, will study away in Windhoek in the spring. She will take nursing classes at the local university, as well as online PLU courses. “I’ve always dreamed of traveling,” Zimmerman said. “It had

  • Originally Published in 1990 It would appear that Louis XIV never said: “L’ état, c’est moi.” The researches of modern historians have produced no credible witness attesting that France’s Sun King pronounced this coldly witty laconism. But just try to find a modern history of…

    saying,” is one historian’s way of reporting what never occurred. How is it that history persists in individuals who have no claim upon them? Moreover (and more curiously) how is it that we feel it is good to know about this famous, if apocryphal, sentence?History will judge. . . How often history, to whose powers of calm reflection contemporaries blithely relegate the responsibility of deciding this or that question of momentous import, dissolves under close scrutiny into a confused welter of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 14, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. Pfeifle died Aug. 29, just before he planned to return to PLU for his sophomore year. Following the…

    Concert Hall at 6 p.m.Pfeifle died Aug. 29, just before he planned to return to PLU for his sophomore year. Following the news, President Thomas W. Krise asked the entire Lute community to join him in remembering Pfeifle’s vigor, spontaneity, leadership and hopes for the future. The celebration of life next week will provide an outlet for all Lutes to remember those qualities and more. The ceremony is one of many ways the campus community is honoring Pfeifle, who was an active member of Outdoor

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself…

    the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a prestigious national scholarship geared toward diversifying the types of students studying away. Zimmerman is the only Pacific Lutheran University student to receive the scholarship this year, and only the second in 10 years. Zimmerman, a nursing student, will study away in Windhoek in the spring. She will take nursing classes at the local university, as well as online PLU courses. “I’ve always dreamed of traveling,” Zimmerman said. “It had

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…

    through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a few chimed in from different corners of the room.Wade, alongside longtime teacher Darrell Chase, calmly commanded the classroom as though he had done it for years. Yet, the 38-year-old is in his second year of teaching, and he credits his immediate success to the intense preparation at Pacific Lutheran University through the Alternative Routes to Certification (ARC) program

  • Uganda Blog: Third entry By Theodore Charles ’12 We have been in Uganda for three days including our arrival through Entebbe on Sunday the 10th. I have never been more amazed by a country as I was when we were making our final descent into…

    .” (Photo by Theodore Charles ’12) Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in the world, houses a vast array of wildlife a majority of the fish that I have been consuming in Kampala. The smell is breathtaking, much like gardening on a hot day, with a thick smell of earth and sweet smell that I have yet to identify. We hopped into a van and headed forty-five minutes across a crazy traffic filled stretch of roadway into the heart of Kampala for groceries. Everyone was incredibly exhausted and after

  • Are you planning what to do next year? Maybe an accelerated industry career focused MS program in Electrochemical Science and Technology is right for you. Please visit:   https://electrochemistry.uoregon.edu/masters-internship-program/ for more information and to apply.

    Accelerated MS in Electrochemical Technology Materials Science Institute - University of Oregon Posted by: alemanem / April 6, 2022 April 6, 2022 Are you planning what to do next year? Maybe an accelerated industry career focused MS program in Electrochemical Science and Technology is right for you. Please visit:   https://electrochemistry.uoregon.edu/masters-internship-program/ for more information and to apply. Read Previous Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) Read Next Summer

  • Norm Dicks to be Commencement Speaker at Pacific Lutheran University Commencement in May Former Congressman Norm Dicks will be Pacific Lutheran University’s Commencement speaker at the university’s Commencement ceremony on May 24.”After almost 36 years in Congress, U.S. Representative Norm Dicks closed out a career…

    Appropriations Committee, he steered hundreds of millions in federal money to clean up Puget Sound and the Hanford nuclear reservation, revive the downtowns of Tacoma and Bremerton, and bolster defense projects in the state. Former Congressman Norm Dicks will speak at the 2014 Spring Commencement on May 24. “We are honored to have him speak to the graduating class of 2014, and we imagine that he will go a long way in inspiring the next generation of leadership in our state,” Krise said. Dicks began his

  • Associate Vice President Karen McConnell , Ph.D., recently stepped into a new role. It’s not only new for her, but also for PLU. She is the school’s first chief institutional effectiveness officer. McConnell explains that in this role she will help ensure that evidence-based decision-making…

    throughout the university, that core priorities are being upheld, and that progress is being measured and accounted for, so the school can adapt, respond, improve and thrive. “The work itself involves the intentional integration of strategic leadership, assessment, institutional research and accreditation,” McConnell says. “Ultimately the goal is to support people and processes and help move the university forward with intentionality and integrity to our mission.” McConnell joined the PLU faculty as a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 18, 2017)- You could argue that Michele Anderson’s head was in the stars when she chose to pursue an engineering degree. “I’ve known that I want to pursue engineering for a long time now, due in part to my love of ‘Star…

    PLU engineering student earns competitive fellowship Posted by: Kari Plog / May 18, 2017 Image: Michele Anderson May 18, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 18, 2017)- You could argue that Michele Anderson's head was in the stars when she chose to pursue an engineering degree. “I’ve known that I want to pursue engineering for a long time now, due in part to my love of ‘Star Trek’ and all things related to space in science fiction,” she said. “However, I knew