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, and then with Nike and the development of basketball shoes. He’d still like to design/develop shoes for Nike someday. One of the reasons he picked PLU was because of its marketing and business program, as well as its focus on helping students find their vocation and passion.  He later switched from business to physical education and focused on teaching, but still had a laser interest in Nike. He told everyone he knew he wanted to work for the company, and applied for several jobs at the

to him. One of those applications included a position at Netflix, the popular streaming service based out of Los Gatos, California.  “I was like ‘I’m definitely not going to get this,’ but I was doing the shotgun approach, so I really didn’t care,” Ronquillo said. About a week later he received a notification that his resume had been processed and he was invited to take a technical assessment. One application and many hoops later, Ronquillo was hired at Netflix as a user experience developer

did you choose PLU? PLU felt like a good distance from home — not next door, but not too far from family. I really liked the atmosphere and culture on campus and the opportunities it gave me to be involved in more than just my academics. What led you to your majors? I knew coming into PLU that I wanted to major in environmental studies and probably double major with another program. Spring of my freshman year, I took a first-year experience course on the geology of national parks and fell in love

Center presents an evening of monologues about being a woman. 7:30 p.m., Chris Knutzen Hall in the Anderson University Center. Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz, 7th Infantry Division Soldier Readiness Officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Tuesday, Feb. 17: Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz. FlorCruz, the 7th Infantry Division’s Soldier Readiness Officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and leader of the first-of-its-kind Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Prevention program, was the victim of

The Edison Awards: Innovations That Shape the World Posted by: halvormj / February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By Damian Alessandro ’19 It’s awards season! Not the Academy Awards–although we do host awards parties at Pacific Lutheran University. I’m writing about the annual awards for innovation that have everyone whispering excitedly in the discipline of Innovation Studies. That’s right–its the Edison Awards, which honor excellence in the development, marketing, and launch of new products and

communication, says a recent Mellon Foundation grant made the curriculum change possible. “This is an exciting development in our department,” Young said. “Our main focus remains media and media studies across a variety of contexts.” The goal in coming years is to design and implement a hallmark PLU program, by harnessing existing faculty interest and leadership in Communication and elsewhere on campus. This is hopefully the start of something big, says Robert Marshall Wells — associate professor of

, Allen suggested that Huertas journal about his coming out story. He laughs while explaining that when he came out to his friends and family as a teenager they all had already assumed and loved him no less or no more. “I’m very lucky that that was my experience, but it’s boring,” Huertas says. When he began writing about it in his journal, he wanted to spice it up. He thought about the comic book superheroes he loved: X-Men, Spiderman and the Ninja Turtles. He wrote a story about a queer protagonist

Shaping the Future Through Science: A Personal Story of Innovation, Education, and Community Building Puget Sound Section American Chemical Society (ACS) Posted by: alemanem / April 12, 2023 April 12, 2023 Zoom Webinar Series on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) and co-sponsored  by Women’s Chemist Committee Thursday, April 27, 2023 4-5pm Pacific Time Shaping the Future Through Science: A Personal Story of Innovation, Education, and Community Building Speaker: Prof. Princess

institutional structures that are in place and questions if they are putting students in the best possible position to be successful.What’s an example of a new retention-focused program at PLU that you’re encouraged by?We have a new program called Knack that is strengthening our peer learning community on campus by matching students in need of support in a particular class with peer tutors who have already earned good grades in that same class.What sets Knack apart from the existing tutoring services

more qualified and deserving students than there is support available each year.  Our number of majors is growing and the department is thriving.   We would greatly appreciate your support for our students through a contribution to any of these endowments or perhaps even through the creation of a new endowment opportunity in support of summer research. Thank you again so much, Bonny and Laurence, and thanks to all of you who support our program. If you would like to donate to the Huestis Endowment