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New ’employer relations’ position connects students with employers By Steve Hansen A new position has been created on campus to help bring together students with future employers in the region. Bobbi Hughes, who has been advocating for students at the Women’s Center, has been named…
of employer relations? And how will it affect students?According to Hughes, the newly created position will be something of a facilitator among many of the essential career planning services already available to students, such as the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. To be clear: Those offices and opportunities are not going away. “My role is more of a collaborator – to bring a lot of the
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By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)— The Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University will host Seattle-based novelist Tracy Weber on Friday, Feb 6, at 6 p.m. Weber will read from her new novel, A Killer Retreat , the…
, New York Times bestselling author of the Domestic Diva and Paws and Claws mysteries. “A well-crafted whodunit with an intriguing mystery and a zinger of a twist at the end!” Weber is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. Weber’s first-time visit to PLU will be the only Pierce County stop on a ten-city tour of Washington state. Read Previous PLU Idol Competition Takes to the Stage During J
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From PLU to Sochi: Professor Colleen Hacker teaches teams, individuals to possess a gold-medal attitude. By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Kinesiology Professor Colleen Hacker knows all the Olympics predictions, all the stats for the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team. World champs. Favored to win the…
about any of that. She doesn’t want her team to focus on these facts—or predictions, either. She wants them to focus on their first game against Finland on Feb. 8, the day after the Games’ opening. She would love to march in with the team during Opening Ceremonies, but she wants the team to keep focused on that all-important game in the first group, and then focus on other opponents in the first round of competition, including Canada and Switzerland. “Yes, it’s going to be a tough round,” she
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Around the world to find a calling By Chris Albert While waiting for a flight, a fellow passenger starts to make small talk with Najib Abbas. The conversation starts with pleasantries, maybe they discuss the weather, but before long the fellow traveler will be telling…
times,” Abbas said. Maybe people just feel comfortable with him, but perhaps it’s something more. People tend to talk in-depth about their lives with him, the 54-year-old said. For most of his life he didn’t think much of these occurrences, but then a moment in his life changed his mind and led him to his passion. “It’s my calling to be a therapist,” Abbas said. This spring, he will graduate with a degree in marriage and family therapy from PLU. With it, he will return to his home in Saudi Arabia
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You may have seen him tearing up the stage in Lagerquist Hall or starting an impromptu concert in the UC. Maybe you recognized him from America’s Got Talent “YouTube Acts Compete.” Or, if you were in Seattle last weekend, you may have seen the young…
, joined the group last year as a chorus member in the production of Turandot by Puccini. After the show ended on Aug. 18, Marzano was invited back as a chorus member in La Boheme. Rehearsals for the universally popular classic began in January and since then Marzano has been leaving campus right after Choir of the West practice to head up to Seattle. Leaving at 5 p.m. puts him in Seattle around 6 p.m., so he can get his makeup done and costume on before the curtains go up at 7:30 p.m. “The good thing
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The Sankta Lucia festival has been an annual tradition at Pacific Lutheran University since 1951. Photo: PLU files. SCC Holds Annual Sankta Lucia Fest By Sandy Deneau Dunham The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University presents its traditional Sankta Lucia Fest at 7:30 p.m.…
November 1, 2013 The Sankta Lucia festival has been an annual tradition at Pacific Lutheran University since 1951. Photo: PLU files. SCC Holds Annual Sankta Lucia Fest By Sandy Deneau Dunham The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University presents its traditional Sankta Lucia Fest at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. For more than 60 years, a PLU student has been chosen to represent the spirit of Lucia, a female saint venerated in Sweden for bringing light and hope during the darkest month of
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Eva Nathan, 59, describes growing up in Uruguay as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Her mother did not talk about the Holocaust for decades, but Eva says it was always “implicit.” Read English Transcript Read Spanish Transcript
Eva Nathan Testimonial Posted by: kaufmard / January 29, 2023 January 29, 2023 By PLU Uruguay Project TeamEva Nathan, 59, describes growing up in Uruguay as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Her mother did not talk about the Holocaust for decades, but Eva says it was always “implicit.”Read English TranscriptRead Spanish Transcript Read Previous Sara Piatnica Testimonial (Part 1) Read Next Irene Rzadzinksa Testimonial LATEST POSTS Hilda Waksman Testimonial May 3, 2023 Enrique Shapira
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St[art] Momentum , the 2012 Senior BFA Exhibition at Pacific Lutheran University kicks off with an opening reception on April 25, 2012, from 5p.m. to 7p.m. Graduating BFA students will have their best work on display. The exhibit remains open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.…
see all their favorite mediums: ceramics, sculpture and painting, to photography and graphic design. “One of the great things about the work students have done is they’re really trying to push their mediums, think outside the box, and convey their artistic vision in really beautiful and unique ways,” Kate Miller ’12, BA student says. The entire process for this University Gallery show is like no other show this season. The exhibition is student driven from the advertising and catering to
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PLU political science graduate, Riley Dolan, receives prestigious Fulbright Award. Riley Dolan’s research and perseverance has paid off awarding him the Fulbright Award. This award will allow him to continue his research in Guatemala. More
Congrats Riley Posted by: Marcom Web Team / September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019 By The ChroniclePLU political science graduate, Riley Dolan, receives prestigious Fulbright Award.Riley Dolan’s research and perseverance has paid off awarding him the Fulbright Award. This award will allow him to continue his research in Guatemala. More Read Previous Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee visits PLU Read Next Justin Kjolseth ‘10 on law school, PLU debate and life as an Assistant Attorney
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Workers install new furnishings in a Stuen Hall room on July 8. The renovated residence hall will be ready for residents in Fall 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Upgrading Residence Halls With $10 Million Bond PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will save millions…
July 13, 2014 Workers install new furnishings in a Stuen Hall room on July 8. The renovated residence hall will be ready for residents in Fall 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Upgrading Residence Halls With $10 Million Bond PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will save millions of dollars in interest on upgrades to three residence halls, thanks to bonds issued July 10 by the Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority. The upgrades will include structural and
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