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News Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Home Alumni News Alumni Awards & Recognition Mike Burton ’69 Distinguished Alumnus Award B urton’s distinguished career spans four decades in an array of stellar programs and services such as forensics, national boards and officiating. In addition, he was a master teacher who received the coveted Golden Apple Award from Channel 9 and PEMCO Insurance for excellence in education. Burton’s career as a

PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is traveling across the mountains to eastern Washington to perform in various venues this March. The 50-student ensemble will perform in Yakima, Spokane, Richland, Pasco and Portland, Oregon, and will finish with a homecoming concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall… March 1, 2016 Touring

of nerves, anticipation and excitement. She had never been to Washington, and “didn’t know a soul” at PLU (then Pacific Lutheran College). When the train stopped in downtown Tacoma, for a moment, so did her heart. She clutched the monogrammed luggage she received as a high school graduation gift, and departed. A senior from Knutson’s soon-to-be college was standing there with a warm smile and a cardboard sign with her name on it. She still remembers how special and welcome she felt that momentous

Calling all Social Workers...Contact us and let us know where you are and what you are doing since leaving PLU. We’d love to hear from you. Email us at: socw@plu.eduEmily Goodright '15I recently accepted a position at Work Opportunities, a non-profit organization that assists individuals with developmental disabilities in obtaining employment and engaging in their communities. I am a Community Access Specialist, and I get to work with individuals in their communities supporting them in

Washington, her young mind was a swirling sea of nerves, anticipation and excitement. She had never been to Washington, and “didn’t know a soul” at PLU (then Pacific Lutheran College). When the train stopped in downtown Tacoma, for a moment, so did her heart. She clutched the monogrammed luggage she received as a high school graduation gift, and departed. A senior from Knutson’s soon-to-be college was standing there with a warm smile and a cardboard sign with her name on it. She still remembers how

Learn More: Makonde Body MaskThese lipiko masks, which in the language of the Makonde people means “helmet mask.” come from the minority ethnic group of the Makonde live in southern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique, both north and south of the Rovuma River. The Makonde first came to the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth century seeking refuge from the slave trade and they have continued to experience a great deal of cultural transformation and change over the past century, but

Learn More: Makonde Mask 1These lipiko masks, which in the language of the Makonde people means “helmet mask.” come from the minority ethnic group of the Makonde live in southern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique, both north and south of the Rovuma River. The Makonde first came to the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth century seeking refuge from the slave trade and they have continued to experience a great deal of cultural transformation and change over the past century, but especially

Learn More: Makonde Mask 2These lipiko masks, which in the language of the Makonde people means “helmet mask.” come from the minority ethnic group of the Makonde live in southern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique, both north and south of the Rovuma River. The Makonde first came to the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth century seeking refuge from the slave trade and they have continued to experience a great deal of cultural transformation and change over the past century, but especially

Learn More: Makonde Mask 3These lipiko masks, which in the language of the Makonde people means “helmet mask.” come from the minority ethnic group of the Makonde live in southern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique, both north and south of the Rovuma River. The Makonde first came to the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth century seeking refuge from the slave trade and they have continued to experience a great deal of cultural transformation and change over the past century, but especially