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ongoing effort to improve the baseball park and PLU athletic facilities in general, Hagen said: New bleachers and turf have been installed, and now announcers, scorekeepers and media will find counters, writing surfaces and shelter in a press box fittingly named for the humble but hugely influential Kittilsby. “I did things in baseball behind the scenes,” Kittilsby said. “My skillset in sports fits better in the press box than it does at home plate or in the coaching line. Certainly they wouldn’t name

strong commitment to Lutheran values and a liberal arts education, but rather enhancing the brick-and-mortar experience. “It’s creating a different environment for learning,” he said. “PLU will always be brick and mortar. I don’t think faculty, students or administration want to move away from that.” However, he added: “It gives them choices.” For example, Foy said, students who might enroll in a general education course at a community college back home during the summer may instead opt into an

to attend. “Summer Academy really helped me find my passion and dive into it,” said Torres. Reinmuth said he feels more prepared: “It sets you on track so that when you arrive at college (in the fall) you don’t feel like a stranger,” he said. “You feel like you’re already at home because you attended Summer Academy.” Read Previous PLU to host TEDxTacoma 2016: Speakers include YWCA CEO, best-selling novelist and Army lieutenant general Read Next PLU alumnus, Tacoma teacher draws from his own tough

opened up endless opportunities for different ways of learning and interacting with the material.” What’s new in the A&P lab?The anatomy and physiology lab, known on campus as the A&P lab, is widely utilized by students. In addition to supporting anatomy and physiology classes that meet general science requirements, it is frequently used by students in the biology, nursing and kinesiology programs.  Ann Auman, PLU’s Dean of Natural Sciences, says that the lab was a space that had long been a priority

my eyes. Well, it turns out they’re right. So, the most rewarding aspect has been the mentorship connections cultivated with professors. From what I hear from friends and the general public, I probably wouldn’t have the same opportunity elsewhere, at other schools. I’m thankful for those connections and the guidance that comes along with that. My Hispanic Studies major and two minors—in business and Holocaust and genocide studies— speaks to the global education PLU provides. I’m really happy with

, she will work in cardiovascular intensive care units at both Multicare Tacoma General Hospital and Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup. “Residency has been a challenge to say the least,” Millett says. “The learning curve is steep, but I have an undying faith that everything will get better and more comfortable with each new experience every day.”   × This article is part of the “Science of Care” section of the Fall 2023 issue of Resolute Magazine. Read Previous Annica Stiles ’25 explores

teachers and increasing general participation in computer education, with an emphasis on girls and underrepresented minority groups. Alice Steinglass of Code.Org introduces the Hour of Code (Photo/John Froschauer) Regular blog readers may know that I work at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, but received my M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington. So I enjoy going back to the UW campus when I can. But why is Computer Education Week so important? First and foremost, Computer

by Dr. Jennifer Smith with students from her International Honors 253: Gender and Sexuality course and women in the Therapeutic Community (TC) at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW). Together they applied theoretical texts to design and execute a long-term project that examines and reflects upon the boundaries and connections between universities & prisons as well as the general population and people who are incarcerated. The Parkland Tour ProjectThe Parkland Tour ProjectDeveloped

which the intellectual historian Leonard Krieger, in his recent book Time’s Reasons: Philosophies of History Old and New (1989), speaks of a contemporary “crisis” of faith in the notion of historical truth. He writes: The most potent contemporary influence on the discipline of history . . . is the challenge to the very substance of the historical approach to life that has been mounted by antithetical agents of the general culture. What is new and especially lethal in the current rejection of history

the people of other countries.” It is the largest U.S. international exchange program, and one of the most selective. It sends about 1,450 students a year to more than 155 countries, with a mandate to embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world’s inhabitants. It should be no surprise that students like Henrichsen see the chance to continue their studies in places like Geneva as a natural progression of their studies. In fact, PLU’s Wang Center for International