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201, called “Value Creation in the Global Environment,” is designed to introduce students to the many aspects of business – from financial accounting and operations to marketing. By design, it covers a broad swathe. But that doesn’t mean students spend all their time with their nose in a book. Hardly. “I thought the best way to conduct the class was to have the students apply what they are reading to a real idea for a business,” said Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence. “I have been

February 27, 2014 Service in Between Schooling Biology Graduate Spends a Year with Lutheran Volunteer Corps Between PLU and Med School By Valery Jorgensen ’14 Anthony Markuson ’13 traveled the world as a Pacific Lutheran University student and moved across the country as a new graduate—and, always, everywhere, a little bit of PLU goes with him. Anthony Markuson, right, jokes around with a resident of the group home in Baltimore where Markuson is working with the Lutheran Volunteer Corps before

November 12, 2012 “The Other Side of Immigration” examines the impact migration has on the families that stay behind. “The Other Side of Immigration” By Katie Baumann ’14 PLU welcomed Roy Germano to campus this fall as part of the 2012 Department of Language and Literature Film Festival Series, to show his documentary, ‘The Other Side of Immigration.” This film explores why so many Mexicans leave their homes to migrate to the United States and explores another side of the issues surrounding

November 9, 2014 Psychology Department’s Colloquium Series Brings Prominent Scholars to PLU Dr. Anthony Greenwald to Speak on Nov. 14 By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2014)— As part of its prestigious Colloquium Series, PLU’s Department of Psychology hosts about six guest speakers a year—and each allows audiences to learn about different parts of the field and build important collaborations. “The Colloquium series provides opportunities

which she’ll graduate this summer. Recently, the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy named her the 2008 Student of the Year, an honor given to only one student in the state. “It’s pretty humbling,” Montgomery said. Selected by her peers and professors, the nomination letter hailed Montgomery’s academic excellence, clinical abilities, leadership skills and unique contributions to the program, including promoting multiracial issues, her compassion and her ability to make others feel

crazy because I wrestle with what to do with my life,” he said. “It was reassuring to see other people who are having the same struggle. I came away inspired.” At the conference, he was reassured to find other students actively seeking out their calling. Many of the speakers spoke to the topic as well, and Siburg said a speech by Charles Stith particularly inspired him. An ordained minister, Stith heard a call beyond the pulpit. He left the ministry and got involved both politically and socially

August 6, 2014 Mackenzie Deane ’15 and Professor Tina Saxowsky worked together this summer during a summer research project looking at the growth of yeast cells. (John Froschauer, Photo) By Barbara Clements Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communication While many of her friends might be out enjoying the sunshine this summer, Mackenzie Deane ’15 will be donning her lab coat and goggles and heading up to the second floor of the Rieke Science Center to culture, poke at, prod, and

?” It is this last sentence that has become the cornerstone of the Wild Hope Project, challenging students to ask: “What will I do with my one wild and precious life?” Funded by the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment, the project helps students develop a sense of their personal vocation, and provides support to faculty and staff in nurturing this development. Born in Maple Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, Oliver attended both Ohio State University and Vassar College in the mid-1950s, but didn’t

lunches.” Creating options every day was no easy task. Especially for the Gradwohl’s youngest son, Major, who suffers from Celiac disease, an intolerance to gluten. Gradwohl began seriously thinking about convenient alternatives to packing lunches every day. Fantazimo Foods was the solution. In partnership with the Seattle catering firm Gretchen’s Shoebox Express, parents can order lunches online by 4 p.m. and lunches will be delivered to schools and camps the next day. Fantazimo currently offers

music, she is well aware of that fact. The vocal performance graduate credits her connections with her voice coach and PLU music lecturer Holly Boaz, and Jim Brown, associate professor of music, with securing her connections with the Vashon Opera on Vashon Island, Wash. Surkatty recalls Boaz initially recommending her for a part in “Hansel and Gretel” with the opera company. She played Gretel. Then Brown hired her this fall to work on a stage production of “Cosi fan tutte” by Mozart. She clearly