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Have you ever wanted to serve as an intern but you didn’t have the financial means to pursue it? At PLU, we believe all students should have a chance for any internship with the sky as the limit.
mathematics (STEM) fields; however, all eligible candidates are encouraged to apply. Deadline: Early January Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship ProgramCORO Fellowship in Public Affairs Eligibility: For more than 20 years, the Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program has provided students with fellowship opportunities to gain hands-on research experience with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy. The MLEF program was created in 1995 with the goal of improving opportunities for under
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All persons hired for a role that specifically requires teaching contact with students or professional library responsibilities will be classified as regular faculty or contingent faculty.
regular faculty outside of their teaching duties (e.g., university service, professional activity or faculty governance). Administrative Faculty The following persons have Administrative Faculty status by virtue of their administrative positions: (1) the president, (2) the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, (3) the vice president for university relations, (4) the vice president and chief operating officer, (5) the vice president for student life, and (6) the deans of the colleges
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…
departments. She wants to work for her tribe in a cultural or language department. Hall said she decided to attend PLU because it was close to home, but has since come to love the friendly staff and professors here. She said she is thankful for the opportunity to have found her vocation. “I think many students don’t know that individualized majors exist,” she said, “but it’s a really cool option at PLU.” Read Previous PLU Names New Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Read Next Works by
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See the complete list of Honorary Degree Recipients here.
Administration degree. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007 and has held assignments aboard including Sweden, Hungary, Kenya, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Malaysia. She has served as the executive director of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in the U.S. State Department, responsible for the management and financial
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A leap of faith: one Lute finds that one person can make a difference By Barbara Clements Matt Kennedy ’07 sat in front of his computer screen and tried not to hyperventilate. On one side of the screen was his bank account, on the other…
stuffed in his pocket – a gift from his girlfriend who dropped him off at the Seattle airport. “I remember thinking ‘please, pleeease, let someone be there for me,”” Kennedy said this year. There was a friendly face waving a sign. But Kennedy soon discovered the job he had flown almost 9,000 miles to do didn’t exist. This series of panic, calm, panic, calm, had been the normal state of affairs for Kennedy ever since he decided to leave his safe and secure job at REI in 2008. “I knew to be happy, to
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…
Vision in Washington, D.C., during her internship over the summer. (Photo courtesy of Bozich) The peacebuilding award isn’t as well know as some others, Hansen said, but people shouldn’t overlook it. “It gives them the opportunity to do good work,” he said. Courtney Lee ’16 completed her internship with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. State Department, in fall 2015. It was unpaid, so she needed to find a way to pay for housing, food and other
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
covers arts, cultural affairs and more at Aftenposten, a national newspaper she says is innovating in the world of multimedia journalism. “Aftenposten is leading Europe in making people pay for digital news,” she said. “We have many platforms. We have made a big transition.” And it’s an approach that’s working, counter to the narrative in many newsrooms across America. “We’re managing to get people to subscribe to our digital content,” Bjørhovde said, noting that online subscriptions recently
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LUTE Welcome Week - New Student Orientation is an exciting series of experiences designed to welcome new students to PLU’s vibrant community and allow you to get connected, to be involved and to
:00PMMeet outside Anderson University Center (AUC) DJS Lounge (140) Required (Veteran Students)Veterans Community Meeting REQUIRED for all new Lutes who are Veterans! 10:00AM-11:00AMHauge Admin 200 Required (Commuters)Lutes Commute Welcome Check-In for Commuter Students REQUIRED for Commuters: First stop for new first-year and transfer commuting students!10:00AM-11:00AMAnderson University Center CAVE (AUC Basement) HUNGRY? Optional: Residents lunch on your own10:30AM-12:45PMOptions for Residents: 208
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He was working by age 8, picking cherries and apples under the Yakima Valley sun. In the spring he worked as a smudger. He’d sleep overnight in an orchard and when the alarms rang he’d sprint to light the smudge pots that warmed the trees…
of Regents is responsible for managing the affairs of the university, including overseeing the financial affairs, establishing tuition and fees, and establishing scholarships and aid. That means, essentially, that even though Belton and other PLU officials develop initiatives and opportunities for financial innovation, the train doesn’t leave the station until the Regents are on board. “We’re incredibly fortunate to have Regents who care deeply about this institution and are willing to deep dive
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Tolu Taiwo and Angie Hambrick know all about wearing natural hair in predominantly white spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at…
but also wanting to be in touch with their roots.” "For a lot (of the women), it was a personal health choice. Both thinking about the strength of hair but also wanting to be in touch with their roots."- Tolu Taiwo After the first journal they submitted to didn’t accept the article, Hambrick and Taiwo spent time fine-tuning the content, orienting the paper more toward higher education and student affairs. They then submitted it to the Association for the Study of Higher Education and National
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