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  • Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed…

    Musician turned math major is excited to teach in his community Posted by: vcraker / May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion for math. He will graduate this winter with a degree in mathematics

  • Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed…

    Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

  • Kevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed…

    Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

  • In the Business of Making Connections Dan Rosales, left, and Daniel Smith, both ’07, are on the board of PLU’s Business Network Alumni Association. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Marketing graduates’ paths bring them together—again— on the board of PLU’s Business Network Alumni Association By Sandy Deneau Dunham…

    Center. Still, there is room for even more growth—and even better results. Rosales and Smith would like to build a stronger identity for the Network by increasing involvement and by creating and nurturing interaction. “The center of the Network is relationships, how connected they feel,” Smith said. He said the easiest part of the board’s job is rounding up recent graduates to help with undergraduate events. “Alumni want to feel included. They’re giving back, so just a few calls fills up that roster

  • Lisa Woods ’92 leads initiatives to help improve systems and services as the City of Tacoma’s chief equity officer. She says her approach to this work starts with listening and continuously thinking about how best to center community voices, experiences and needs. How can centering…

    transportation, communication, technology or any area where the dominant way to gain access has not considered every part of the community. What are a couple of ways that you work to center community in your work and practice?  One of the ways I work to center community in my work is connecting the community directly with key decision makers and not being in the middle. Supporting direct connection helps the community build and strengthen relationships with decision makers, allows their voice to be heard

  • Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning & Events | Alumni & Student Connections | engle@plu.edu | 253-535-7417 | Kathy graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in interior design and worked for an architectural firm in Seattle for nearly 20 years, taking a couple of years off to work with a private developer in Manhattan.

    for nearly 20 years, taking a couple of years off to work with a private developer in Manhattan. Kathy worked for a non-profit in Tacoma for four years before leaping into higher ed and PLU in 2012. The first five years were spent in the Office of Admission and in 2017 Kathy joined the Office of Alumni & Student Connections crew. She enjoys collaboration with campus partners in planning events both on and off campus bringing together alumni, current students and prospective students and their

  • Shortly after John Wolfe ’87 graduated from PLU he went to work for a Seattle-based company called SeaLand Shipping Line. In the years that followed he worked in sales, marketing, and operations for a variety of marine cargo companies and agencies. Eventually, he was appointed…

    our infrastructure – so that we can handle more cargo and create more jobs for the people of our state. “One thing I enjoy about meeting leaders from other parts of the world is that, amidst the tension that exists with certain countries and geopolitical relationships, we realize we are more alike than we are different. In fact, we are all remarkably similar and share many values.” – John Wolfe ’87 What are a couple of project examples? We are in the process of a $400M terminal redevelopment

  • PLU's MFT Department partners with local community mental health agencies and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor at each site.

    where students may volunteer and gain additional clinical hours. Placements are determined by the interest of the student and space availability at the practicum site.On Campus Site The Couple and Family Therapy Center - Community Clinic on PLU campus Every student in the program will spend their first semester of practica here performing therapy with a co-therapist from their class. Students will work with a wide range of clients, which include individuals, families,and couples. This site offers

  • In our new series, “Office Hours,” faculty open their doors and give you a look into their creative spaces. Join these faculty for their own office hours at PLU. Come in, sit down, have a conversation, you might just learn something new! Associate Professor Spencer…

    work and time, not to mention materials. I don’t have the time or energy to deal with that. At the Archie Bray a couple summers ago I attended a China painting workshop with Kurt Wiser, one of the professors at ASU where I did grad school. It’s a really beautiful glaze technique. It’s a painterly process, like painting with watercolor on glass. It’s all very low-temperature, so we would work on a piece during the day and then fire it that night, and repeat that process all week. You’re constantly

  • Hard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything. While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan Dolan ‘22. Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics, is in the midst of…

    Alumni mentorship helps student land dream internship in Boston Posted by: vcraker / September 2, 2021 Image: Keegan Dolan in Downtown Boston outside the headquarters of the Analysis Group (photo by Derek Palmer) September 2, 2021 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterHard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything. While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan Dolan ‘22