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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
“Show Me the Money!” Q&A about salary increases, funding new initiatives, and budget accountability. In the movie Jerry Maguire , the lead character is an incredibly successful and charismatic sports agent. Jerry has a crisis of conscience one night, after the young son of one of his injured players curses him out. Jerry realizes he’s come to value his… April 12, 2016
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…
Commencement 2016: Students will carry PLU’s mission into their post-graduate lives Posted by: Kari Plog / May 19, 2016 Image: Graduates celebrate following PLU’s 2015 Commencement ceremony. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 19, 2016 By PLU Marketing & Communications staffTACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It's the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016.The ceremony will mark the culmination
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Pacific Lutheran University has been recognized as the No. 1 school in Washington state for financial aid by LendEDU, an online marketplace for personal finance products. The report, released October 28, 2020, also ranks PLU ninth in the country. “This ranking reflects PLU’s institutional commitment…
colleges provide the most financial aid to their students,” said Michael Brown, LendEDU director of communications, in an email. “Schools are ranked on a total score that factors in what they offer in need-based aid, non-need-based aid, and international aid.” Each year, PLU awards more than $61 million in university-funded scholarships and grants. In fact, 97 percent of PLU students receive financial aid. To learn more about PLU’s scholarship and grant opportunities visit the PLU Financial Services
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NIST is one of the nation’s premiere research institutions for the physical and engineering sciences and, as the lead Federal agency for technology transfer, it provides a strong interface between government, industry and academia. NIST embodies a science culture, developed from a large and well-equipped…
longer-term research that anticipates future needs. This occurs in few other places and enables the Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), Engineering Laboratory (EL), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL), Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), and Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), to offer unique research and training opportunities for undergraduates, providing them with a research-rich environment and exposure to state-of-the-art equipment. The
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By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The Office of the Provost’s Faculty Resources website has a new webpage dedicated to Teaching and Learning with Sakai . Here faculty can learn more about how Sakai is being used across campus. View Real PLU Sakai Sites Ever wondered…
just using the online Sakai Gradebook to communicate student progress in a course. Consider talking to a colleague who is a PLUTO program graduate for advice on how Sakai can be used effectively in your discipline. *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Support for Using the New Sakai Site Templates Read Next Using Simple Technologies to Inspire Student LATEST POSTS Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners March 31, 2020 Rethinking Assessment at a Distance March 18
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Oil Literacy panel After the screening of “Oil Literacy” there will be a panel discussion with these guest panelists answering questions and talking about the literacy of oil. Diana Gibson, Research Director for the Parkland Institute Gibson is a Canadian researcher for a think-tank in…
Media Awareness Network Johnson works for a media literacy organization based out of Ottawa. He is featured in the film, and will discuss the issue from the lens of media consumption and coverage of oil in the media. Jessica Wilson, Communications Director for Greenpeace Canada (Vancouver) Wilson is an environmentalist who works intimately with anti-tar sands campaigns for Greenpeace Canada. Although she is not featured in the film, she was the key contact who helped the filmmakers get in touch with
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PLU and the UW have agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for KUOW to acquire KPLU to January 29, 2016 , so that the due diligence review can be concluded. Additionally, the two universities have agreed to allow a community…
launch a fundraising effort for a competing offer. The alternative community buyer will be given until June 30, 2016 to put forth a competing offer subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the APA. The alternative buyer must be qualified under the rules and policies of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold the license of a non-commercial educational broadcast station. On November 12, 2015, the two universities announced PLU’s intent to sell its broadcasting rights and
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10:00am–12:00pm Scandinavian Center, Anderson University Center Free and Open to the Public Speakers and Facilitators: Rev. Kristin Luana Baumann, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Issaquah WA Rev.
American and Indigenous Studies, PLU Lace Smith, Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications, PLU Simon Sung, Executive Creative Director, PLU Dan Lee, Vice President, Division of University Relations, PLU Dr. Joanna Gregson, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, PLU Allan Belton, President, PLU 4:15-5:15pm – Keynote Panel: The Legacy and Work of Cecelia Svinth Carpenter and Her Activism, Chris Knutzen Hall, AUC Cynthia Iyall, (Nisqually) Leschi Descendant and Center
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Diversity, Justice, Sustainability. These three values are central to the mission of Pacific Lutheran University.
each of us relates to all the facets of our lives and the roles that both our passions and professions can play. • We are called by new knowledge and experience, by other people, by pressing need, by global events and crisis, and-for many-by the numinous, a higher power, by God, into awareness that life is more than securing a comfortable existence for oneself. • We are called into relationship, into communities both temporary and life-long marked by diversity in life and thought, where we live
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Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, the Deputy Commanding General of I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, talks to students as part of the MBA Executive Leadership Series. (Photos by John Froschauer) Building leaders through faith, trust and risk-taking By Chris Albert In any organization, the pillars…
, finances, relationships and family helps build stronger leadership skills and establishes balance. “There’s no doubt in my mind you will experience crisis in those areas at some point in your life,” Dahl said. “When all those are happening, you’re in the hurt locker.” A strong faith has helped Dahl through those times, he said; but for the first 15 to 18 years of his career, he felt it was inappropriate for him to talk too much about that. “But then I became more comfortable with it when I discovered
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