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Global health leader and human rights advocate to visit PLU and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ communities globally Posted by: bennetrr / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on March 9. Amie Bishop, a global health leader and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote lecture titled “Vulnerabilities Amplified
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 16, 2016) – Just three short weeks after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Denae McGaha ’16 will embark on the journey of a lifetime. The communication major will travel for three consecutive months, visiting five continents and more than 10 different countries.…
personality and wide variety of extracurricular interests (all of which she showcased in her 60-second video application), made her an ideal fit for the Snap Gap contest. The winner is required to partner with StudentUniverse to share and document the journey as it happens. “I will be posting on my personal blog, as well as the StudentUniverse blog, and also taking over the StudentUniverse Snapchat account three times per week,” McGaha said. Throughout her summer travels, McGaha plans to focus on being in
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shootings. But that’s just one part of America’s gun violence epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in 2013 alone, 33,636 people died in firearm deaths, or 92 people every day. Most gun deaths in the United States are suicides, and most non-suicide deaths are homicides. And while it’s true that homicide rates have reached historic lows, no other developed country in the world has the same rate of gun violence as America. President Barack Obama decried the deadliest mass
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control. “Usually Kathy picks the designs and fabrics, but I have undertaken projects where there were no designs or fabrics,” Schultz said. This really comes down to the scale of the production. For Macbeth, Anderson has optioned dark tones. “There’s lots of blood, lots of killing, but there needs to be some light moments as well,” she says, smiling. “She’s really come alive in this new space,” Schultz says about Anderson. “It’s been a real gift to see how happy she is in that space. She’s an old
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School of Business Faculty Member Elected President of CFA Society Seattle Posted by: Sandy Dunham / July 14, 2015 Image: PLU Assistant Professor of Business Ufuk Ince, CFA, has been elected president of the CFA Society Seattle for the 2015-16 term. (Photo: PLU School of Business) July 14, 2015 By PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (July 14, 2015)—PLU Assistant Professor of Business Ufuk Ince, CFA, has been elected president of the CFA Society Seattle for the 2015-16 term. Ince and his
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February 10, 2014 PLU Ranks 3rd Nationwide for Peace Corps Volunteers PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has catapulted 15 spots up the Peace Corps’ list of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities for 2014—from No. 18 all the way to No. 3. The annual list recognizes small, medium, large and graduate institutions; PLU tied for third this year in the category of small universities (fewer than 5,000 students), with 16 undergraduate alumni currently serving as
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debut in late 2014, I have been deeply intrigued with Alexa, the virtual assistant or “brain” that powers Amazon Echo and other intriguing voice service products developed by Amazon. Echo is essentially a ‘smart speaker’ animated by a voice-controlled, intelligent personal assistant who responds to the name ‘Alexa’. The low-cost unit is capable of voice interaction, playing music, controlling devices in the home, and basic conversation about the weather, local traffic, and publicly-available
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ambiguous persona. In 1895 he was imprisoned for two years for homosexual offences. He is the author of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the play The Importance of Being Earnest, the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and many other works. – adapted from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable and The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, both available on CREDO Featured Here: The Importance of being Earnest and Other Plays Rita Indiana is a Dominican music composer, producer
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last spring to adjust our cost base as we planned for a lower student enrollment was not easy; it never is. As a community, we share long-range goals for improving compensation are now more elusive. And watching our personal retirement funds shrink rather than grow had been discouraging. But if you read the Chronicle of Higher Education or the daily newspaper, you know that relatively speaking, and so far, we are doing very well in a time of program elimination, salary freezes and reductions, large
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, but two of our “You ask, we answer” series made it into the Top 5! Here are the top questions of 2023: What is NCAA Division III and Where do I find my PLU student ID number? RELATED: We recently posted a fall 2023 sports recap; check it out to see the sports PLU offers. Spoiler: We had three NCAA national tournament qualifiers! We know why “Your PLU student ID number” ranked so high in our Top 5: It is vital for recently admitted students who are ready to take their next steps. Were you recently
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