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June 4, 2009 Swimmer Jay Jones rewrites the record books. And he’s only a sophomore. When PLU swimming head coach Jim Johnson recruited Jay Jones out of Mt. View High School in Vancouver, Wash., during the 2006-07 school year, he knew that the young man with an ordinary last name could be an extraordinary swimmer for his Lutes. In (swimming)recruiting you go by times, not like other sports such as basketball and football where it is more subjective,” Johnson said. “He had good times, so we knew

June 26, 2009 MBA student says program gives him flexibility and challenges in “real time”. “One might say that Bryan Hopkins has received his masters in world travels already after working at Intel Corp. research and development site in DuPont, WA. His job as a project development manager for server platforms at the research and development site has allowed him to travel extensively in the Far East, including trips to China, Taiwan, Malaysia, as well as trips to Europe and Africa. And although

January 15, 2010 Olympic medalist turns the world’s attention to Darfur and human rights issues By Barbara Clements In 2006, international journalists gathered around a relatively unknown skater, preparing for the usual lines about the long journey to winning an Olympic gold medal and thanks to mom and dad and his coach for supporting him. But that’ not the speech they received from Joey Cheek. Joey Cheek, gold medalist and humanitarian, will speak at the Wang Center Symposium in March. Cheek

April 17, 2011 Rosanna Pansino advises wannabe actors to believe in themselves and be persistent. The 2007 graduate came to PLU last week as part of a MediaLab speaking series. Lute reaches for the stars and lands work on hit series Glee By Barbara Clements When Rosanna Pansino arrived at PLU, at first she thought she wanted to be a nurse. Then maybe an FBI agent. Or perhaps a television journalist. But it was during her last class, taken after she graduated in 2007 (she needed to earn a pesky

October 7, 2011 Meant to Live: Keynote speaker shows a passion for service and nursing By Barbara Clements When Charleen Tachibana, ’77, first stepped on to the Pacific Lutheran University campus, she knew she had found a place that felt like home. Tachibana had moved out to the Northwest from the Midwest when she was 13 years old. Charleen Tachibana ’77 is the chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Hospital. (Photo by John Froschauer) The fit was a bit awkward, Tachibana remembers, taking a

April 2, 2013 First Aid/CPR/AED/BBP training on April 26 and April 27 Free and open to all PLU students, faculty, staff and administrators, PLU – Environmental, Health and Safety is pleased to sponsor the following upcoming training opportunity: Michael Newhouse, NREMT-P and SEI of First Aid Northwest will be facilitating this full day training course in two separate sessions: Friday: April 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday: April 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A two year American Heart

October 28, 2013 Medal of Freedom honoree and PLU alumnus returns for Nov. 21 lecture Alumnus Dr. William H. Foege, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for leading the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox, returns to PLU on Nov. 21 for a free public lecture and book-signing. The event will take place in the Phillips Center at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Foege, an epidemiologist, worked on the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Presenting Dr. Foege with the nation’s highest

December 11, 2013 Dr. William Foege ’57 told students during his visit to campus to find their passion and become a “generalist” as well. (Photo by John Froschauer) Dr. William Foege tells students to find their passion, and pursue it By Barbara Clements Content Development Director   Mention poverty, and there is only one response from Dr. William Foege. Anger. “We, as a society, seem to accept poverty as if there is nothing we can do about it,” said Foege ’57, who visited campus in late

June 11, 2014 Marissa Meyer ’04 signs one of her latest books in the Luna series, ‘Scarlett’, for a fan this spring at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Love of Sci-Fi and Fairy Tales Leads to Best-Selling Series By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development, PLU Marketing and Communications Marissa Meyer ’04 admits she’s a bit of a nerd—and comes proudly from a long line of nerds, including an uncle who converted the second floor of his house into the bridge of the Enterprise. Really