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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…
Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED) to talk about community-based energy solutions. PLU will also have a display created and manned by members of the Sustainability Committee that depicts the efforts on campus. “At the expo, we’ll have the opportunity to talk with the general public about the ways that PLU is taking a leadership role in the sustainability movement on college campuses,” said Rose McKenney, associate geosciences/environmental studies professor and chair of
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The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958,…
retired in 1999 after a career in the university’s office of development and was a founder of Q Club. Berntsen said Forness loved the Northwest and PLU, and returned to visit often. He was a regular at homecoming, a longtime member of Q Club and tried to stay involved with the university in spite of living at such a distance. Not long ago Forness called Berntsen and said, “Why don’t we get our class to give $100,000 to PLU? I’ll give $10,000 if you will.” In addition to their own gifts, the two
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Students work to restore habitat of struggling salmon stream Last week, Scott Hansen, ecologist and vice president of the Puget Creek board, was just ticking off the list of creatures that call this canopied gulch, sandwiched between suburbia and a main Tacoma arterial their home.…
a start. And one that PLU students have a hand in. Content Development Director Barbara Clements produced this report. Contact her at 253-535-7427 or clemenba@plu.edu for comments or more information. Read Previous Convocation – A generation of globalists Read Next Giving a people a voice, a face COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins
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Explore! 2010 Draws Record Numbers By Brielle Erickson The Explore! first-year student retreat celebrated its seventh year as part of the Pacific Lutheran University experience this past weekend at Camp Berachah in nearby Auburn. Every year, about 150 first-year Lutes pile into buses loaded with…
Explore! helps participants find their specific vocation. “All of the participants have small groups with a leader who can answer questions throughout the weekend,” she said. “Questions are more valuable when there’s a chance to talk them over. We also have student panels with upperclassmen and a staff/faculty panel where the panel members discuss their vocational development since graduation. It really opens students’ eyes – it shows them that everyone deals with these same issues.” And this year’s
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PLU night at the Tacoma Rainiers August is one of the most beautiful months in the Pacific Northwest. August evenings provide beautiful sunsets, warm temperatures and Tacoma Rainiers baseball. PLU Night at the Rainiers started several years ago as a way to celebrate our PLU…
at some of baseball’s best ballparks, Cheney Stadium is poised to become the crown jewel of the Northwest for all fans to enjoy.” While PLU Night at the Rainiers is an annual program, it has never been programmed or publicized to this extent. Rich Hines, director of annual giving for the Office of Development attended the game for the first time last summer. He signed up to participate in the salmon toss competition with Andrew Eisentrout ’07. When asked about his experience Hines recounted, “We
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dCenter ’emerged’ as a resource for students, fun place to hang out For many, like senior art major Chelsea Putnam, PLU’s Diversity Center is a place to foster one’s individuality.“I really wanted to learn and gain my own individuality with this place,” said Putnam. Initially…
. I came here intended to study exercise. It really changed my path being up here and working with these people.” But the Diversity Center hasn’t always been the resource for students that it is today. When the center began in 2001, it had a lot of programs that resembled Diversity 101, said Eva Johnson, Dean of Student Development and Director of Student Involvement and Leadership. The intent was for students to learn about different cultures and start conversations about diversity. “We spent a
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PLU Professor Lenny Reisberg uses a smart board during instruction for a course he teaches. (Photo by John Froschauer) Technology opens the door By Chris Albert As the snow and ice closed campus during the end of January, the challenge of getting to class was…
available in the model class – all with the goal of creating a 21st century classroom of collaboration between students and faculty. It not only provides space for student learning, but also an opportunity for faculty members to learn what they may be able to integrate in their own courses. The class is part of a pilot program endeavor funded and programmed by a partnership between the Provost’s Office, the Instructional Development and Leadership Department of the School of Education and Movement
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios. Through the Center for…
television shows. If the course is successful, it is possible other complementary courses will be approved for future semesters. Camille Adams ‘16, Rachel Diebel ‘16 and Denae McGaha ’16, who have worked together at PLU to create extracurricular creative media in the form of short television shows, say they hope development of a formal program at PLU could lead to even greater creative opportunities—for CMS, the university and, most of all, PLU students. “I hope that this becomes a point of pride for PLU
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TACOMA, Wash. (June 5, 2015) — Deanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news. “It’s crazy to think that I was just some young…
emphasized. Students with professional concerns must be prepared to meet the modern world with both technical skills and capacity for innovation. The Department of Art & Design programs at PLU stress individualized development in the use of mind and hand. Read Previous PLU Welcomes Doctor of Nursing Practice Cohort as First Doctoral Program Read Next A PLU Economics Degree: The First Step For Many World-Changing Lutes COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you
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As far back as middle school, others noticed Lisa Woods’ quiet strength and power of observation. “My demeanor is to listen, hear people and see people,“ she says. “I’ve developed that over time, but I’ve always been the listener in the room and not necessarily…
love to develop and empower people, give information, and help them understand their roles, level of influence, agency, and how they can make a difference,” she says. Over the course of her employment with the City of Tacoma, Woods has facilitated many such meetings, workshops, conversations, and trainings. Cross-functional, cross-organizational teams allow learning more about your organization, she notes. This teamwork boosts personal development—your leadership and what you bring to the
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