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  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    track after switching out of biology, but I value the extra opportunities that a fifth year of college allowed me to explore. Alex Limoges ’12 is from Vancouver, Wash. Looking back, I don’t feel like I have left anything undone or been disappointed by my experience. I am just ready to move forward. What’s next? Immediately, I will be concerned with preparing for and passing the NCLEX examination for my RN certification while I hunt for jobs. I hope to find a job in a critical care new-grad position

  • The  2018 SCI Scholars Summer Internship program   application deadline is  November 30, 2017. SCI Scholars  is a summer internship program supported by  Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) , the  American Chemical Society (ACS) , and the  American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) . In…

    selected for 10-week Summer 2018 internships at 14 companies. Winners will receive  $6,000-$10,000+ stipend, depending on the internship  Certificate of recognition  $1,000 professional development stipend Opportunity to nominate an inspiring high school chemistry teacher for recognition. Teachers will  be awarded a certificate and $1,000, which can be used for professional development or classroom materials. If interested please visit:  www.acs.org/SCI  or see the SCI Scholars flyer Read Previous 2018

  • Forty years of of serving and caring By Hailey Rile ’13 Marilynne (Buddrius ’68) Wilson Marilynne (Buddrius ’68) Wilson came to PLU planning to study social work. But a simple conversation with her parents one day led to a different career path. “I called home…

    degree in nursing. After graduation, Wilson began her nursing career at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. It was at that job she realized the two most important skills her PLU professors taught her: how to problem solve and how to think logically. “I remember when I got my first job at Sacred Heart and thinking, ‘I don’t know how to do anything,’” Wilson said. “Lo and behold, I discovered I knew how to think.” Wilson met her husband, Lewis, in 1969. The couple married two years later and

  • Really Cool Internships Learning at PLU means much more than class participation alone. It also means venturing outside the classroom and actively engaging in the world – we believe there’s no better way to prepare yourself for success – no matter where your passion takes…

    audiophile. So, during his senior year when he was taking an audio production class, he found himself thinking that he’d like to learn more about it. It didn’t matter that it didn’t have anything to do with his major. More >> Paris Cochran ’13 Major: Environmental Studies and Hispanic Studies Internship: HELPS International (Oaxaca, Mexico) Every student who participates in PLU’s Gateway study-away program in Oaxaca, Mexico, has to participate in a four-week internship. In Paris Cochran’s case, she was

  • Cameron Bennett, DMA, is well-known as the Dean of PLU’s School of Arts and Communication , but from 2019-2021 he also had another title — Chief Innovation Officer and chair of the Presidential Commission on Innovation and Change . Established in fall 2019, the commission’s…

    students,  representing 40 university departments, were appointed to serve. In the end, a set of “highest priority” recommendations were identified and are continuing in various implementation stages today.  Bennett was inspired by the work of the commission, and gets excited when thinking about the potential for similar projects to come.  “The incredible campus-wide enthusiasm for this process clearly demonstrated the necessity of PLU’s continued work for innovation and change,” Bennett says. “This

  • Associate Vice President Karen McConnell , Ph.D., recently stepped into a new role. It’s not only new for her, but also for PLU. She is the school’s first chief institutional effectiveness officer. McConnell explains that in this role she will help ensure that evidence-based decision-making…

    organize, communicate and use information and data,” she explains. “We can also bring new or innovative approaches to the way we do our work by bringing people together across traditionally unconventional lines and supplying them with quality data and information so that new ideas, new approaches, and new programs can emerge, and informed decisions can be made.” For McConnell, it makes a lot of sense that a place like PLU would be home to such a creative and forward-thinking role. “PLU has always been

  • I had two internships during my time at PLU. One led to a full-time offer and I stayed there for almost seven years. Getting that second internship was about my talent and also about the right place, right time, right skill set, right newsletter subscription.…

    if it’s the right fit —  and how to find the next door if it isn’t.  Opening doors is a thoughtful and conscious act —  it doesn’t just happen. Long-term thinking and planning are vital in this act. In my work with Seed Internships, opening doors is effectively our mission summarized in two words. On our team, we talk all the time about exposure and how if we can expose students to interviews, professionals in their field, other interns in and outside their discipline, and our local employers

  • Interested in flavors and fragrance chemistry?  Did you know that Washington is the top-producing spearmint and peppermint region in the world?  I.P. Callison & Sons in Lacey, WA has recently announced that they have expanded their internship program.  A current PLU chemistry student  has already…

    the industry.   I.P. Callison & Sons will now be constantly on the lookout for new interns. Attached is a general Job Description for the Internship program. Interviews will be conducted and positions filled on an ongoing basis in all departments (Flavor Development, Flavor Research, Mint Varietal Development, Applications, and Analytical Services). Interested students should e-mail a cover letter and resume to Catherine Maurseth (Flavor Coordinator)  callison@ipcallison.com and be prepared to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — Jessica Anderson ’07 is hunkering down at home in Montana with husband Chris, kids Bryer and Jase, and Jethro the dog while working for an EdTech company supporting educators across the country as they transition to distance learning. As…

    PLU alumna is helping educators nationwide adapt to teaching from a distance Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 14, 2020 Image: Jessica Anderson ’07, Montana’s Teacher of the Year in 2016, has been helping fellow teachers transition to distance learning in her role as Manager of Learning & Development for Virtual Instructional Coaching for an EdTech company. April 14, 2020 By Lisa Patterson ‘98Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — Jessica Anderson ’07 is

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 7, 2018) — Brittany Bowen ’18 had barely started school when she chose her life’s work. By the age of 8, she’d decided to become a teacher. Although she set her career goal early in life, Bowen’s path to a Pacific Lutheran…

    career. Itzelly Rubio ’22, a Lincoln High School student who will start classes at Pacific Lutheran University in the fall, is a participant of the Teach 253 program. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) “It prepared me for some of the classes I would take at PLU,” Bowen said. “It helped me to develop and begin thinking about my teaching philosophy.” Her final career goal: teaching special education kids in a low-income, high-needs school. One goal of Teach 253 is to encourage students of color and those