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  • Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Lutes!

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  • Karen McConnell, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer at Pacific Lutheran University. McConnell joined PLU in 1998 as a faculty member in Kinesiology and was appointed Dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology in the fall of 2018.…

    includes five years as Director of Assessment and twelve years of service on institutional accreditation, including four as Accreditation Liaison Officer. As CIEO, she will serve as a member of the president’s council and lead the university’s efforts toward mission fulfillment, strategic planning, and assessment to provide measurable evidence of institutional effectiveness. “Now is the time for us to clarify our shared vision, synergize our efforts, and maximize our collective potential,” said

  • Professional Conference Presentations: 2022: NASPA Western Regional Conference & Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conferences - Jes Takla (with two PhD cohort members)

    . Beyond Campus Life, PLU is an incredibly collaborative campus that provides opportunities for professional staff to gain a wide variety of professional experiences. Below are just a few examples of ways in which professional staff have collaborated across the institution. Opportunities within Campus Life: Planning Annual Collaborative Student Leader Training and ongoing Professional Development Co-Creating and implementing sessions for LUTE Welcome, PLU’s New Student Orientation Planning and

  • By David Robbins It all started so simply, yet signs were there. In the spring and summer of 1969, I was looking for my first college teaching job as I completed my graduate music degree at the University of Michigan. Like so many seeking their…

    emerged in the new millennium with additional focus and fiscal discipline. Long-range planning and short-term initiatives were instituted, the former producing planning documents titled PLU 2000 and PLU 2010, the latter involving annual creation, monitoring and assessment of shorter-term goals. The university is currently in the first year of a three-year, pan-university cycle to produce the next planning document, PLU 2020. The last decade has seen strengthening of our three institutional hallmarks

  • Finding a special place at PLU By David Robbins It all started so simply, yet signs were there. In the spring and summer of 1969, I was looking for my first college teaching job as I completed my graduate music degree at the University of…

    emerged in the new millennium with additional focus and fiscal discipline. Long-range planning and short-term initiatives were instituted, the former producing planning documents titled PLU 2000 and PLU 2010, the latter involving annual creation, monitoring and assessment of shorter-term goals. The university is currently in the first year of a three-year, pan-university cycle to produce the next planning document, PLU 2020. The last decade has seen strengthening of our three institutional hallmarks

  • The ACS Bridge Project (ACS-BP) is partnering with the Genentech Foundation and the  ACS Leadership Institute (ACS-LI) to launch the Graduate School Readiness and Professional Development (GSRPD) Boot Camp for 25 selected undergraduate students from underrepresented racial and ethnic (UR) groups who are currently enrolled in…

    . When & Where The GSRPD Boot Camp will be held concurrently with the ACS-LI in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20 – 22. The core workshop activities will be held in 2023, with an additional pre-workshop event that will be held virtually mid-November. More details of the virtual event will be provided to selected applicants. All travel and accommodations will be covered by ACS. Highlights Participants will: Identify individual values, strengths, and motivations Write guided personal statements and

  • RecycleMania is a friendly competition and bench marking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities.

    first campus wide Garbology or waste audit. Hosted by RHA and ASPLU with support from the Sustainability Department at the time. This event helped show the PLU community that there were quite a few items that were being thrown in the trash that were actually able to be recycled or composted. ASPLU Sustainability Director, Sara Patterson, and RHA Sustainability Director Anna Pfohl organized the event in Red Square and invited students to get their hands dirty and sort through the trash collected in

  • MediaLab has developed partnerships with businesses, media outlets, nonprofits, and other entities. Our diverse experience provides our clients with a fresh approach to communication and gives

    photographers. Event PlanningPlanning an event, but could use a hand with logistics? We can make sure you cover all your bases without breaking a sweat. Public RelationsTake a unique approach in communicating with your publics. MediaLab can assist in connecting creative minds. Graphic DesignWant to bring new polish to a tired logo? Does your established image need some new life? MediaLab will design a fresh approach to your visual profile. Research and AnalysisTo solve a communication problem, you must

  • PLU’s Choir of the West and KammerMusikere Orchestra toured Germany and France this past summer with great success. The two groups – sometimes playing together, other times apart – performed numerous concerts at beautiful locations such as the Cathedral at Chartres and the Luxembourg Gardens…

    Lindenholzhausen,  Germany.  As part of the four-day international event, the Choir of the West took second place out of 17 groups – earning a gold medal.  The Choir’s men’s and women’s groups earned gold and silver medals respectively.  PLU’s men’s acappella group, PLUtonic, also earned a gold medal at this event. While the Choir was at the festival, KammerMusikere toured the Bavarian area of Germany. They performed at a middle school in Augsberg, shared the stage with a Brass Band in the spa town of Bad

  • Student musicians wow European audiences By Steve Hansen For the past two weeks, PLU’s Choir of the West and KammerMusikere Orchestra have been touring Germany and France, with great success. The two groups – sometimes playing together, other times apart – performed numerous concerts at…

    made a special stop at the Harmonie Festival in Limburg, Germany, where they stayed just long enough to gather-up all sorts of hardware. (Anyone bring an empty suitcase?) As part of the four-day international event, the Choir of the West took second place out of 17 groups – earning a gold medal – and the choir’s men’s and women’s earned gold and silver medals, respectively. PLU’s a men’s cappella group, PLUtonic, also earned a gold at the event. The performers are just returning from the trip, so