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  • High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an…

    do with his experience at the event. “This gives you real life experience, “said Vu, CEO of Company J. “The experience has been great.” He then spotted a judge and mock investor wandering around – the volunteers from the local business community were easily identified by the fake investment dollars in their hands. His attention immediately snapped away from me, and with a polite murmured, “Excuse me,” he was off in the venture capital hunt. For the third annual year, the Washington Business Week

  • Musical Memories Choir of the West members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) Choir of the West member recalls bus trip to the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco Editor’s…

    March 11, 2014 Musical Memories Choir of the West members prepare to board the bus at Pacific Lutheran College in 1939 for a 3,000-mile tour. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Vosburg Burt) Choir of the West member recalls bus trip to the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco Editor’s Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter 2013 edition of Scene magazine, she was inspired to recall—and share—her own Choir of the West story … from 1939. It was

  • PLU’s BAP Team Puts the ‘Best’ in Best Practices PLU’s winning BAP team, from left: Nicholaus Townsend-Falck, Jessica Reid, Jessica Resop and Courtney Forbis. Takes 1st Place in Regional Competition By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications How’s this for best practices? PLU’s chapter…

    , PLU’s team earned $500 for its first-place finish. Gupta said the chapter will use that money to educate Accounting and Finance students about the BAP chapter, and its role in shaping their careers, in hopes of enhancing membership. BAP’s annual Best Practices Competition challenges teams to present a proven method of efficacy that organizations can implement. Each year, the boards of directors of Beta Alpha Psi and Deloitte LLP select topics that encourage students to create and execute programs in

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding community . Individual scholarships ranged from $250 to $1,000. “The scholarships here don’t come close monetarily to justify…

    PLU Presents Service Awards to Students, Staff and Community Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 24, 2015 Image: PLU’s annual Celebration of Service honored students, administrators and community members. (All photos by John Froschauer/PLU) April 24, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding

  • PLU receives top marks for sustainability Pacific Lutheran University has garnered a prestigious ranking this week, as the Sustainable Endowments Institute released its College Sustainability Report Card for 2010. Overall, the university was graded an A-, with As granted to many areas such as climate…

    highest grade rewarded this year by the institute. Top marks also went to universities such as Arizona State (A-), University of Washington (A-), Stanford (A-), Yale (A1), and Harvard (A-). Luther College also earned an overall A-, the only other ELCA college to receive top honors this year. PLU also ranked an overall college leader in sustainability practices and a campus sustainability leader. The annual publication and grading provides school profiles and grades along with insights in how

  • MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of…

    all this less than one year after acceptance into the CFA Institutes University Recognized Program. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition—the “investment Olympics” for university students—that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. Students gain real-world experience as they assume the role of a research analyst and are judged on their ability to value a stock, write an initiation-of-coverage report and

  • The Global Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University recently established a chapter of the Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies. PLU is just the second university in Washington to become a member of the prestigious organization. Sigma Iota Rho works to advance the…

    PLU becomes the second Washington university to join prestigious international studies organization Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications The Global Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University recently established a chapter of the Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies. PLU is just the second university in Washington to become a member of the prestigious organization. Sigma Iota Rho works to advance the service and

  • 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…

    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

  • Andrew Miller ‘14 and his partners at Mount Vernon’s Tulip Town were counting on a big haul in April. That’s when 350,000 tourists normally flock to the area to celebrate the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival and admire seas of colorful blooms. A graduate of PLU’s…

    admire seas of colorful blooms.A graduate of PLU’s MBA program, Miller is CEO of Spinach Bus Ventures, a group of five longtime friends that bought Tulip Town last June, anticipating a return on their investment once the tourists arrived in the spring. Sales of bulbs, bouquets, and other merchandise during the festival could account for as much as 95 percent of the farm’s annual revenue. But that was before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) struck, and Gov. Jay Inslee issued a stay-at-home order in

  • PLU’s Master of Science in Nursing program was ranked first in the Pacific Northwest among private universities and second among all PNW universities in the latest “Best Grad School” rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. PLU ranked #86 among the nation’s most prestigious…

    U.S. News names PLU top private university in PNW for masters nursing programs Posted by: mhines / May 10, 2023 Image: PLU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice was also highly ranked among Pacific Northewest programs and ranked second among PNW DNP programs and #109 in the nation. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 10, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPLU’s Master of Science in Nursing program was ranked first in the Pacific Northwest among private universities and second among all PNW