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We’re in a brave new world of all-online scholarship application and adjudication process. Students entering PLU in fall 2021 as a first-year or transfer student with an interest in Theatre can still apply for an Artistic Achievement Award. Read more in this blog post for answers…
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Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 majored in biology and chemistry at PLU, played at nationals with the men’s soccer team, and prepared for a career in the medical field. D’Onofrio recently sat down with PLU News to discuss his PLU experience. How did you learn about PLU?…
thought my pediatrician was the nicest person in the world and cared so much about me and my health. That is something I want to do, help out and do whatever I can to make sure that people are healthy. Did anyone in your family influence this? My grandpa is a dentist and my mom is a dental hygienist. They work together. They showed me how to be professional and be someone who can take care of patients. Is there a story that stands out? It happens every six months. My little sister and I get our teeth
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Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and…
Gombe Stream National Park, where renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began her work studying chimpanzee social and family life in 1960. While in the country, Webb’s independent research project looked at the conservation program run by the Jane Goodall Institute in Kigoma. It focuses on community development and education as the backbone of environmental conservation. “For someone who is interested in chimpanzee conservation, it’s a place you have to go,” Webb explained. Webb visited the national
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Tilden flies high as Alaska Airlines’ new CEO By Barbara Clements As a boy, Brad Tilden ’83 would look up from the yard at his home and see airplanes launch into the sky from the nearby Seattle- Tacoma International Airport. Someday, he wanted to fly.…
Seattle and Melbourne, Australia. A self-described geek and math lover, Tilden said he decided to go to PLU because he thought of becoming a teacher, and the school had a good reputation. But once at PLU, he changed his mind. “I noticed all the accounting majors had job offers waiting for them in the fall of their senior years,” Tilden laughed. Today he serves on PLU’s board of regents. As he settles into his office, he looks at pictures of family members that crowd for space around his computer. They
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Hong Kong native Winston Zee rises in global law firm while retaining close PLU ties By Dwight Daniels ’79 Attorney Winston K.T. Zee ’76 says he has learned one truth in decades of practicing law on the international level from his office in Hong Kong.…
. The Zee connection to PLU remains strong through Zee’s nephews Timothy and Jeremy Zee, now PLU undergrads. “PLU is very important to us,” Zee said, who has hosted events in Hong Kong for PLU alums and visiting Lute faculty and officials. “We feel a part of the PLU family.” Read Previous Get involved and lunch is on us Read Next Caring at the Core: Dr. Greg Aune COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will…
September 1, 2012 Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will introduce the film. The event is open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the Departments of Marriage and Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, the Voices Against Violence
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PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce…
rose by 1.1 percent in 2012, after inflation. 2013 saw strong growth in real retail expenditure of 6.5 percent over the year, and will see an additional 4.2 percent growth in 2014. • After inflation, individuals on average will have 2.1 percent more income in their pockets than in 2013. • After a healthy improvement last year, single-family housing activity will look a lot like 2013, this year. • While industrial real estate numbers are not forecast through 2014, the sector had a strong
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…
home in the Army. “I have a huge (amount of) respect for the Army,” he said. “It’s where I’ve made not just friends, but family.” Read Previous The Tournées Film Festival brings nine acclaimed international films and an award-winning filmmaker to PLU Read Next PLU president, spouse rappel down Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma for first Habitat Challenge fundraiser COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 10, 2020)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Office of Alumni and Student Connections recently launched the J-Term Job Shadow Program, aimed at exposing students to professions they are interested in pursuing after graduation. From January 21 to 24, 40 students visited PLU alumni at…
, Amazon and Kaiser Permanente, as well as nonprofit organizations and agencies like the Washington State Department of Ecology, Seattle Pro Musica and Crystal Judson Family Justice Center. “That (variety) was reflective of the broad range of their interests,” Pippin said. “Some students had really specific requests for the type of company that they wanted to shadow, and others knew the type of position but were open to any industry.” Natalie Nabass ‘20, a double major in religion and global studies
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Tacoma, Wash. — Pacific Lutheran University announced that it will be offering an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program , housed in a new PLU nursing facility center in Lynnwood, Washington. The rigorous program will prepare graduates to serve as qualified nursing professionals…
North King County and Snohomish County area, offering classes and training in the same community that we anticipate many program graduates will go on to serve.” Guided by the School of Nursing’s principles to deliver safe, effective, family-centered, and community-based care, the program will combine comprehensive online instruction with immersive simulation experiences to help students hone their clinical and critical thinking skills. Students will also apply their expertise during clinical
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