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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

November 16, 2007 Global focus nets Fulbrights When PLU was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top four masters-level institutions in terms of the number of students currently participating in the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowship, everyone at the university was pleased with the honor. It is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, Michael Wauters ’07 received a fellowship to assist on an epidemiological study of

February 1, 2008 South Sound colleges lead way to green future PLU has teamed up with South Sound colleges and universities to promote sustainability in Pierce County at the first “Tacoma Sustainability Summit: Education and Action.”The University of Washington Tacoma, located at 1900 Commerce Street, will host the event Feb. 9 and 10. It features a South Sound Sustainability Expo on Feb. 9 and a Conference on Sustainability in Pierce County Higher Education on Feb. 10. The expo runs from 10

Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 12, 2015)—The Chronicle of Higher Education has highlighted Pacific Lutheran University as one of the nation’s top producers of U.S. Fulbright students for 2014-15.PLU ranked fourth on The Chronicle’s list of master’s institutions. Of PLU’s 11 2014-15 applicants, five Lutes were accepted into the Fulbright program—2014 graduates Brianna Walling, Lillian Ferraz and Thomas Flanagan and alumni Natalie Burton ’13 and Ted Charles ’12—bringing

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / March 6, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 6, 2015 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 5, 2015)- Tears were shed, laughs were had and ovations were given in response to the stories of Ela Stein Weissberger.Weissberger visited Pacific Lutheran University on March 5 for the Eighth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. Her speech in the Chris Knutzen Room was

PLU Named a ‘Best in the West’ University by The Princeton Review Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 7, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 7, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University is one of the best colleges in the West, according to The Princeton Review. Only 125 colleges in 15 Western states made the education-services company’s 2016 list of recommended institutions. In its profile of PLU, The Princeton

PLU Introduces New Maritime Management Certificate Posted by: Zach Powers / November 3, 2015 November 3, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University is expanding its Continuing Education programming by offering business professionals a non-credit Certificate in Maritime Management starting January 2016.The program is a result of recent growth in shipping and logistics, as well as the maritime industry’s high demand for trained management professionals and the need for leaders

MediaLab Documentary to Premiere at the Seattle Public Library Posted by: Zach Powers / November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLabTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 11, 2015)- MediaLab, the award-winning film production program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), will premiere its latest documentary, These Four Years, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. These Four Years investigates the current state of higher education in North America, including factors that sometimes prevent potential

PLU to explore the many roles of women in the Holocaust during annual conference Posted by: Zach Powers / September 27, 2016 Image: www.plu.edu/holocaustconference/ September 27, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will

Grit City All-Access: PLU’s new TIES program to immerse students in the City of Destiny Posted by: Zach Powers / October 17, 2016 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) October 17, 2016 By Matthew Salzano ‘18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash (October 17, 2016) – Pacific Lutheran University prides itself on global education—it was the first university with a Study Away student on every continent at once, and nearly 50 percent of students study away, compared to the national average of 10