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the world you can reach,” he said. Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service that allows operators to communicate with one another. The term “amateur” doesn’t reflect an operator’s skills. Rather, it indicates that amateur radio communications can’t be commercialized. Oakman now has a collection of shortwave radios, including one in his PLU office. He estimates there are three million amateur radio operators in the world, with more than 600,000 in the United States
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people in the industry and wrote for SPJ’s member magazine on the topic. “It was a really good opportunity to write about something that has two components I like: journalism and law,” she said. Coats is headed back to western Washington to this fall to look for a job in communications, preferably in journalism. The Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award is named in memory of Julie Galvan, a former president of the SPJ San Jose State University Campus Chapter, who was killed in a car
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“Study Washington” to attract international students. – Assisting numerous corporations, not-for-profits, and individuals build worldwide connections and communications with similar overseas organizations, including planning 17 International Study missions that have been taken by more than 1,500 Puget Sound leaders in various parts of the world. – Introducing the world to the Puget Sound region by hosting more than 1,200 visiting delegations and international leaders to our region
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November 30, 2012 Patricia Krise, Ford Motor executive and wife of PLU President Thomas Krise, talks about pursuing goals and seeking out mentors to a group of MBA students during a State Farm MBA lecture in November. Behind her is the Ford Mustang (of course) driven by her husband. (Photo by John Froschauer) Say “yes” to new opportunities, Patricia Krise advises MBA students By Barbara Clements University Communications As she wound up to take a crack at hitting a ball thrown by Rollie Fingers
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March 4, 2013 Louis Hobson ’00 talks with theater and voice students at a workshop in January. (Photo by John Froschauer) What’s Next After Normal? Louis Hobson ’00 talks about life after working in Pulitzer-winning play By Barbara Clements, University Communications So now what? After going to the Big Apple and making it big – as in a key part on a Broadway, Tony-winning, Pulitzer Prize winning play big – what’s next? Louis Hobson ’00 gets asked that question a lot these days. And his answer
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March 5, 2014 PLU Peace Scholars leave for Nobel Peace Prize Forum Juniors Andrew Larsen and Amy Delo will be attending the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize forum this year in Minneapolis. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Dr. William Foege ’57 is a keynote speaker at the event By Barbara Clements Content Director, Marketing and Communications Two Pacific Lutheran University students fly off to Minneapolis the week of March 3 to begin fulfilling their dreams of someday working in the Peace Corps or working on
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April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job
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June 17, 2014 On June 18, Benjamin Rasmus ’06 began a cross-country bike ride to bring awareness to the issue of hunger and food waste in the U.S. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Lute Cycling from one Washington to the Other to Focus Attention on Hunger and Food Waste By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications Benjamin Rasmus ’06 plans to put some major miles on his bike—3,500, to be exact—as he rides cross-country to promote awareness of hunger in the U.S. as well as locally grown food
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September 30, 2014 Business Alum’s Startup Gets Huge Boost From Salesforce.com Neil Crist ’99 Plans to Use Funds to Expand Venuelabs’ Services By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker It takes a lot of work to get a startup company off the ground—something Neil Crist ’99 knows a thing or two about. The PLU School of Business alum put his Finance and Entrepreneurship major to the test when he launched his Seattle startup, Venuelabs. However, finances might not be as
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October 6, 2014 How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the end of the 19th century set up a colossal shift in human consumption and sensory experience. As corporations such as Campbell’s Soup and Wrigley chewing gum introduced new techniques to capture and
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