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  • . “I wouldn’t have known that stuff if I didn’t have access to lawyers and learning about my rights.” Simmons was so inspired that she started pondering the possibility of her own career in law, but feared her criminal history would keep her from pursuing her vocation. Strait, the Seattle University professor, told her it wasn’t going to be easy, but it was definitely possible. “She was making a bet,” Strait said. “I knew she would definitely go through a character and fitness hearing when she

  • magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Features On Campus Discovery Class Notes ResoLute Staff Recent Articles Multiculturalism in Norway Greater Tacoma Peace Prize Lutes Broker Peace Våre Røtter: Our Roots Attaway Lutes Archives © 2018 Pacific Lutheran University | All Rights Reserved X Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Vimeo VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1 – WINTER 2018 SENIOR EDITOR Kari Plog ’11 WRITERS Kari Plog ’11 Christian Caple

  • access to legal information,” she said. “I wouldn’t have known that stuff if I didn’t have access to lawyers and learning about my rights.” Simmons was so inspired that she started pondering the possibility of her own career in law, but feared her criminal history would keep her from pursuing her vocation. Strait, the Seattle University professor, told her it wasn’t going to be easy, but it was definitely possible. “She was making a bet,” Strait said. “I knew she would definitely go through a

  • Faculty Research InterestsStudents are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU. Check the Natural Sciences website for more information about the Undergraduate Research summer program.Ann Auman I am a microbial ecologist interested in studying microbial communities in natural environments with the goals of understanding how the microbes are contributing to global processes and what products these microbes may be making that may be of

  • arriving to campus by submitting this online form. We can meet you at the Campus Safety office and help you move-in.  The deadline for submission is: August 1 for Fall and January 15 for Spring. Get Connected Sign Up for Global Campus Connection (GCC) GCC is a program in which new International Students and current PLU students are matched for a mutually beneficial learning experience. To learn more about the program, please visit the GCC website. The deadline for submission is: August 1 for Fall and

  • . That resulted in more than $650,000  year available for student financial aid. Among the hundreds of endowments established for student scholarships are these: A Global Scholars Grant that provides $100,000 a year to fund study abroad for low income students. It was first established with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Transfer students studying business now benefit from an endowment established by Doug Saugen ’79 and his wife Vicky. The Katherine Kandel and Elizabeth Oleksak

  • The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education provides support to faculty interested in developing community-engaged scholarship and teaching. Contact the Wang Center Executive Director, Tamara Williams, at williatr@plu.edu if you are interested in discussing CEL coursework.Faculty Quick Links CEL Course Design PDFDesign a CEL CourseWhat is CEL?At PLU, Community Engaged Learning (CEL) is a pedagogical model that incorporates classroom learning with local engagement with community

  • accomplish it.” Mbugua grew up in Kent and Federal Way, WA where his family has lived since 2003. But the Nairobi-born Lute keeps Kenya on his mind. And close at hand — he wears a bracelet with the colors of the Kenyan flag on his right wrist. Kenyans, he says, tend to be relentlessly entrepreneurial. His own ambitions are fueled by a desire to inspire others. This reflects the philosophy of Lutheran higher education and its insistence that human beings are not called upon to escape this world, but

  • Molly Martin’s full story Applying Psychology to Marketing Analytics (formerly Marketing Research) Nicki Clifford graduated from PLU with a Bachelor of Science in psychology with minors in politics and government as well as religion.  She continued her studies at PLU to gain a Master of Science in Marketing Research.  “The MSMR program relates to my undergraduate studies because we delve deep into psychographics and geodemographics, which leads to a more comprehensive view of the human experience

  • Geographic “an elegant literary map that celebrates shifting topographies as well as human bodies in motion, not only across water and land, but also through life.” Borich’s previous book, My Lesbian Husband (Graywolf), won the American Library Association Stonewall Book Award. Her work has been anthologized in Waveform: Twenty-First Century Essays by Women and in After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays, and has been cited in Best American Essays and Best American Non-Required Reading