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November 1, 2010 From PLU, to Iraq, and Back By Nick Dawson When Barrett Bollen ’12 settled into the starting blocks for the 400-meter hurdles finals at the 2010 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships in Spokane last April, 10 hurdles measuring 36 inches in height separated him from the finish line. Compared to the hurdles that Bollen crossed one year earlier as a member of the United States Marine Corps in Iraq, those 10 hurdles seemed like a walk in the park. Barett Bollen ’12
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April 26, 2011 Getting down to business – and winning! By Chris Albert Over Spring Break, six PLU business students took a deep breath and kept charging as a computer breakdown cut their time to complete a competition in half. “Problems happen in the real word,” said Vitaliy Marchenko, shrugging off the setback. And in the end, the lost time didn’t matter. From left to right: Colin Zinnecker, Sanne Jacobsen, Tiffany Brown, Kasey Dorcas, Vitaliy Marchenko and Alisha Fisher took home two first
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September 16, 2011 Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 talks to students in Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s entrepreneurship class. (Photo by John Froschauer) Alaska governor urges students to be “gazelles” of business and think independently By Barbara Clements Looking around Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s financing and entrepreneurship class, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 declared he was looking at future gazelles. At least he hoped that was the case. He urged the 15 students gathered in a
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Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon Posted by: halvormj / January 31, 2018 January 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations. Interested PLU students get a tour, free lunch, and the
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selection of graduate courses in environmental chemistry. Students also take advantage of existing coursework in GWU’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, Elliott School of International Affairs, School of Business and the Trachenberg School of Public Administration. A capstone internship at the end of the second year with a partnering organization puts student in a competitive position for employment in the government, the nonprofit and private sectors. Deadline for fall: April 1. Website: http
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. Rude comes to PLU from Chicago, where she most recently served as program director for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, and as a colleague in ministry at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston, Ill.At Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, Rude led programs committed to expanding opportunities nationally in the ELCA for LGBTQ pastors. She has also served as youth outreach minister for The Night Ministry in Chicago, where she provided pastoral care, crisis response and advocacy in an interfaith and
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especially strong attention given to the arts, humanities, social sciences, health sciences and education. To register, visit plu.edu/holocaustconference. The Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education is made possible by the Powell Family Foundation, with special thanks to Nancy Powell and Carol Heller. We greatly appreciate the Mayer family for their support of the Powell-Heller Conference and the Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars Fellowship. Read Previous PLU receives a major gift to fund
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honor by meeting Tree Campus USA’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree-advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning projects. The recognition from the Princeton Review identities PLU as one of the 353 most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States. The education services company chose the schools for the sixth annual edition of its “Green Guide” based on data
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like it is my “job.” I want to be able to get up every morning and say, “I am a musician, and that is what gives me life.” As long as I am happy and my music makes others happy, that’s all I care about. Read Previous Lute Powered: MultiCare Health System Read Next Sophia Barro ’22 is following her passion for faith, literacy and diversity into elementary education COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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to everyday habits, from pleasure to decadence and suffering, public health crises, and so much more. On Wednesday, February 17 at 5pm, Pacific Lutheran University presents “Food and Narrative” in the Garfield Book Company’s Fireside Lounge. The event uses food to explore the 2016 SOAC Focus Series theme: storytelling. Conley along with PLU Communication Professors Amy Young and Justin Eckstein will be presenting. The three foodies have worked on several papers together exploring how the
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