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their families to seek work and money. Often, these demands can lead to human trafficking, sexual assault, and violence against women, she says. While in Indonesia during her study abroad semester, Beeson took an 8-hour ride-share journey to visit Watini and meet her family. “It was truly a full circle moment for me, seeing her again, six years later,” Beeson says. Beeson wanted to learn more about issues that affected women like Watini. Beeson interviewed representatives from five organizations
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December 7, 2009 LEED Gold for Neeb This fall the Martin J. Neeb Center received the distinction of being named Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified. According to the U.S. Green Building Council, the Neeb Center is the only radio facility in the nation with a LEED Gold ranking. “We are proud that the building meets LEED Gold standards and affirms Pacific Lutheran University’s commitment to energy conservation,” said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. The Neeb Center
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to a wide range of careers in social service and mental health agencies, as well as on preparing graduates to become certified as school counselors. The public health program prepares graduates to respond to contemporary challenges in public health at the local, regional, national, and global levels. PLU’s AACSB-accredited MBA program focuses on strategy and innovation, and offers optional concentrations in healthcare management, technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship and closely
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Highlights of the King of Norway’s PLU Visit Posted by: Sandy Dunham / May 26, 2015 May 26, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (May 25, 2015)—It’s not every day a king comes to Pacific Lutheran University, but on May 23, an especially special one did—and hundreds of Lutes put together an exceptionally warm, royal welcome for him.Here are some of PLU photographer John Froschauer’s photo highlights of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway’s visit to PLU and the 2015 Commencement ceremony: From the excited crowd
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working on research together in fall 2015, as I prepared for the transition to graduate school and Justin continued to expand his body of work. During the Ruth Anderson Public Debate, hundreds of tweets flew back and forth between debate attendees. They were fact-checking one another and coming up with novel, innovative argumentation. Eckstein and I pored over every tweet during the summer. We discovered how new arguments emerged and watched reasoning flow and evolve, paralleling and splitting from
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Applications Open for Paid Sustainability Fellowships at PLU Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 25, 2015 Image: Amy Scott ’15 is a Political Science major and a 2014-15 Sustainability Fellow who’s working on a mapping project that includes sustainability devices on campuses and in the Parkland community. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) Scott is identifying sustainability points in the Parkland area, which include community gardens and fitness and educational opportunities, and hopes to plug their
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University takes great pride in its dynamic and challenging Theatre program. We train students in all aspects of theatre – from acting and directing to stage management, producing, playwriting, technical theatre and design.Set in the 1950s, the play centers on an African-American father and his relationship with his son. Troy, a Negro League baseball player who never got a legitimate shot at the segregated major leagues and instead became a sanitation worker, tries to quash the football dreams of his son
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their health centers and training staff to administer tests, PLU Athletics has taken it upon itself to manage the process. “That is something that is unique,” Jen Thomas, interim athletic director, said. “Having our coaches do that … there’s a lot of positives in doing it that way and it should be celebrated.” Teamwork is nothing new for Lutes, but now that attitude spreads across individual sports. After seeing their spring season end abruptly, the athletics department chose to zero in on that
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Summer Research 101 Info Session on Monday Posted by: yakelina / November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, now is the time to be thinking about what you’re going to be doing this summer! If you are interested in paid, full-time summer undergraduate research programs/internships in the sciences and engineering, please come find out the nuts and bolts of what they’re like, where to find opportunities, and how to apply. Current PLU students who have
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his work featured by numerous national publications and businesses, including National Geographic, Shutterbug Magazine, Sierra Heritage Magazine and Microsoft. In addition to his work as professional photographer, Miller, who graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2001, is also a photography teacher and backcountry excursion guide. Miller is living the life he dreamt about as a PLU student, but his success was not achieved overnight. He has spent his entire adult life honing his craft and
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