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By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—In 2005, two new professors in the Pacific Lutheran University English Department came up with an idea for the Visiting Writer Series (VWS). This year, the series celebrates its 10-year anniversary—with…
Regency Room at the Anderson University Center. In the spring, the series will welcome its last writer for academic year, Adrianne Harun. She will speak on Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at the Garfield Book Company, followed by an appearance in the Regency Room at 7 p.m. The VWS series is free and open to the entire PLU community. Read Previous Highly Decorated U.S. Army Veteran Shares His Journey From Service to Political Science at PLU Read Next The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps
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Psychology Department’s Colloquium Series Brings Prominent Scholars to PLU Dr. Anthony Greenwald to Speak on Nov. 14 By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2014)— As part of its prestigious Colloquium Series, PLU’s Department of Psychology hosts about…
the few experts in the field of adult development and aging. Schaie spoke at PLU in 2012, when he presented on the Seattle Longitudinal Study, one of the most extensive psychological studies of how people develop through adulthood. Previous Psychology Colloquium speakers during the 2014-15 academic year have included Philip Watkins of Eastern Washington University and Kalim Gonzales of Guangdong University in Guangzhou, China. Read Previous The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble
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Event Details What: PLU’s Veterans Resource Summit. When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Where: Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Building, on the PLU campus. To RSVP: Click here. PLU Hosts Free Resource Summit for Veterans Communitywide By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing…
at PLU will bring to bear some of Washington’s finest resources to help combat these issues.” PLU has a rich history of working closely with the military community. Located just 4.9 miles from JBLM, PLU is ranked fourth among regional universities in the West in the 2015 U.S. News Best Colleges for Veterans list, and PLU has been named one of the top Military Friendly® private universities in the country for the sixth year in a row by Victory Media. PLU partners with the United States Department
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 21, 2015)—Mike Burton ’69 has been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his 39 years of service as a national-award-winning speech and debate coach. Burton, who retired in 2008, is the first speech and debate coach from Washington…
all over the West Coast. When he isn’t doing that, he and his wife and “love of his life,” Jan, spend five months of the year as snowbirds in Mesa, Ariz. Read Previous Former Foss Hall Resident Reflects on the End of an Era Read Next PLU Ranks in Top 4% of America’s Best Master’s Universities COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first
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Two of the top ten colleges are fellow ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) institutions and three are members, with PLU, of The New American Colleges and Universities. TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 2, 2015)- A business column in the October 2nd edition of The New York…
just two institutions from the west coast, and just one from the Pacific Northwest—PLU. The list also featured two institutions (PLU and Wagner College) affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and three (PLU, Wagner, and Manhattan College) that are members of the NAC&U.. In a letter to the editor, the presidents of PLU, Wagner and Manhattan College, pointed out that, “half of the colleges listed are examples of a kind of school often overlooked by commentators on higher education
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Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund is the recipient of the American Society for Microbiology’s 2023 Carski Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes a university educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students. What I love about teaching microbiology is that…
2023 ASM honorees, including Professor Siegesmund, is published on the organization’s award page.Studying biology teaches you how to think and how to observe your world. To learn biology is more than just learning facts! It’s learning how to answer questions, how to develop strategies to obtain answers and how to recognize the answers as they emerge. The department is dedicated to encouraging students to learn science in both an intuitive and logical way. Read Previous PLU Rises to 11th in the West
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Mike Snyder will serve as the President of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators ( NADIIIAA ) for the 2024-2025 membership year. Mike Snyder has spent the last three years as PLU’s Director of Athletics and Recreation , guiding the department to eight…
west region of the NCAA DIII a voice that is so desperately needed due to our unique geographical location in proximity to our other DIII institutions and the built in hurdles that come with it. How have your experiences at PLU prepared you for this leadership position? PLU has an incredible level of care built into all facets of our work, and intentionality is something I hope to bring to this role. We have a lot of work to do to continue advancing our organization and making NADIIIAA the premiere
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Professor Emeritus | Religion | oakmande@plu.edu | The Reverend Doctor Douglas E.
). During the 1990s, Oakman participated in archaeological excavations at Jotapata and Cana in Galilee. Oakman was born and reared in Iowa. He is an ordained minister on the roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and served during the 1980s as an Associate Pastor in West Oakland, CA. He is a connoisseur of classical jazz, long-time railfan, and Ham radio operator with callsign AD7AV. He resides in Tacoma, WA with wife Deborah. Interests Ham radio Railroad history and operations Building
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from a helicopter at this two week course. Cadet Field TrainingCadet Field Training is an 8-week program of instruction focused on Military Training, Physical training, and Moral, Ethical, and Professional development. Training is conducted at Camp Buckner, NY and the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. During the training is a one week deployment to Fort Knox for mounted maneuver training. Cadet Field training provides cadets with an environment in which to develop leadership
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“James and the Giant Peach” premieres this February When James Henry Trotter is forced to move-in with his horrible aunts, he finds comfort in a magical peach and a group of extraordinary friends who lead him on an adventure through the Atlantic Ocean, above the…
, understand and change the world.” Wee became interested in continuing PLU’s revitalized children’s theatre program after spending a semester in London working with a children’s theatre. Wee worked as assistant to the artistic director in a program that paired children with professional actors, directors and playwrights to work one-on-one to write a play. “These professionals have worked at Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, on the West End, and in various movies and television shows, so the
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