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September 8, 2014 Professor Claire Todd and team of six students hiked up to a glacier at Mount Rainier to study the changes in the glacier due to climate change. (John Froschauer, Photo) Students hike up the flanks of Mount Rainier to study glacial runoff and the connection to climate change For one Lute, summer research is a prequel to Antarctica By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications This is one group of Lutes that really rocks. While most students may have spent their summers
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Novelist Leslye Walton ’04 Nominated for Prestigious Morris Award Posted by: Zach Powers / January 5, 2015 Image: [Photo Courtesy of www.LeslyeWalton.com] January 5, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by
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PLU Community Encouraged to Attend Listening Session Regarding JBLM Personnel Cuts Posted by: Zach Powers / January 16, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) January 16, 2015 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—PLU community members are encouraged to attend a “community listening session” regarding proposed cuts of 11,000-16,000 active-duty and civilian positions from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The session will take place at the McGavick Conference Center
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Lute’s Company Sets the Stage for Seahawks Super Bowl Rally in Arizona Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 28, 2015 January 28, 2015 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Jan. 28, 2015)—If you can’t make it to the Seattle Seahawks’ pre-Super Bowl rally in Arizona on Jan. 31, you can take comfort in the fact that at least one Pacific Lutheran University graduate will be there representing the Lute #12s. Stephen Dilts, MBA ’14, kind of has to go to the rally, since
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Year” by the Society of Professional Journalists of Western Washington. Plog, who as a PLU student majored in Journalism and served as Editor-in-Chief of The Mast, a producer for Media Lab, and student writer for University Communications, says she’s loved nearly every moment of her career thus far.When and why did you decide you wanted to be a journalist? After 9/11, I realized how little I knew about current events and the world around me — and that really bothered me. At that point, I realized
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John Evanishyn ‘21 studied environmental science on campus—and in France and Costa Rica—during his four years at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / May 10, 2021 Image: John Evanishyn ‘21 on the CIEE (Council On International Educational Exchange) campus in San Luis Alto, Costa Rica. (Photos courtesy John Evanishyn.) May 10, 2021 By Ernest JasminPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterJohn Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green
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Wang Symposium reaches across disciplines to find the power of healing Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 23, 2022 Image: PLU students take part in a panel during the 2020 Wang Center Symposium “Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference.” (Photo taken prior to COVID-19 safety measures.) February 23, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterTwo years ago, the Wang Symposium explored the phenomenon of political and societal polarization, and its effect
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Tracye Ferguson ’94 brings her principles to work at state education agency Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 24, 2022 Image: Tracye Ferguson ’94 is an assistant superintendent for early learning at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that students in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 24, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTracye Ferguson ’94
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Grayson Nottage ‘23 prepares to become a teacher who excites students about science Posted by: Zach Powers / April 24, 2023 Image: Geoscience major Grayson Nottage ‘23 will began PLU’s Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program this fall. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 24, 2023 By Grant Hoskins ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterGrayson Nottage ’23 has wanted to become a middle school science teacher ever since she was a middle school science student. She admired many of her own
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Tiffany Wong ‘23 discusses transferring to PLU, her experience as an RA, and her plans to become a Certified Nurse Anesthesiologist Posted by: Zach Powers / April 25, 2023 April 25, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterPLU senior Tiffany Wong was drawn to study nursing after spending 10 years caring for her grandmother — a special woman who taught her about empathy and compassion.“My heart broke when she passed away this fall semester. There were numerous stories
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