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Join the University of Arizona for a Virtual Information Session On Chemical and Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs Posted by: alemanem / October 21, 2021 October 21, 2021 Attention seniors!  Interested in pursuing graduate studies in either Chemical or Environmental Engineering?  Your are invited to an upcoming virtual information session (via Zoom) regarding five graduate programs at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona. The 2021 Univ

Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana Posted by: Liza Conboy / May 20, 2024 Image: Professor of Communication Amy Young teaches her COMA 361 “Strategic Communication” course in Ingram Hall, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 20, 2024 Students in Professor Amy Young’s Fall and Spring Strategic Communication classes created a crowdfunding campaign with Undue Medical Debt that raised

June 4, 2009 Swimmer Jay Jones rewrites the record books. And he’s only a sophomore. When PLU swimming head coach Jim Johnson recruited Jay Jones out of Mt. View High School in Vancouver, Wash., during the 2006-07 school year, he knew that the young man with an ordinary last name could be an extraordinary swimmer for his Lutes. In (swimming)recruiting you go by times, not like other sports such as basketball and football where it is more subjective,” Johnson said. “He had good times, so we knew

June 4, 2009 Embracing the ‘bigger questions’ and living with a true sense of joy CALLING ANY UNDERGRADUATE an expert in spirituality might be an overstatement. But in speaking with Timothy Siburg, it is abundantly clear that he has done some deep thinking about the nature of spirituality at PLU. And he has some serious credibility. What are the ‘bigger questions’ Timothy Siburg learned to ask at PLU? Last summer, he was one of only 50 undergraduates in the nation invited to attend the annual

January 15, 2010 Olympic medalist turns the world’s attention to Darfur and human rights issues By Barbara Clements In 2006, international journalists gathered around a relatively unknown skater, preparing for the usual lines about the long journey to winning an Olympic gold medal and thanks to mom and dad and his coach for supporting him. But that’ not the speech they received from Joey Cheek. Joey Cheek, gold medalist and humanitarian, will speak at the Wang Center Symposium in March. Cheek

April 17, 2011 Rosanna Pansino advises wannabe actors to believe in themselves and be persistent. The 2007 graduate came to PLU last week as part of a MediaLab speaking series. Lute reaches for the stars and lands work on hit series Glee By Barbara Clements When Rosanna Pansino arrived at PLU, at first she thought she wanted to be a nurse. Then maybe an FBI agent. Or perhaps a television journalist. But it was during her last class, taken after she graduated in 2007 (she needed to earn a pesky

October 7, 2011 Meant to Live: Keynote speaker shows a passion for service and nursing By Barbara Clements When Charleen Tachibana, ’77, first stepped on to the Pacific Lutheran University campus, she knew she had found a place that felt like home. Tachibana had moved out to the Northwest from the Midwest when she was 13 years old. Charleen Tachibana ’77 is the chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Hospital. (Photo by John Froschauer) The fit was a bit awkward, Tachibana remembers, taking a