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  • By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…

    falling in love with the Lady Catelyn Tully, and continues with him trying to fight for Tully’s hand against what he perceived as a bully in Eddard Stark’s older brother. Rather than win like any great hero would, Baelish is humiliated and injured, learning that he needs to play the Game in a different way to get what he wants. Over the next few decades, Baelish schemes his way into the role Master of Coin, where we first see him in the series, and he makes it clear that he is aiming, ultimately, for

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 21, 2016)- MediaLab, the applied research and media production program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a prestigious national award for its most recent documentary film. These Four Years, which premiered in Seattle in November 2015, has earned a Grand Prize in…

    exciting to see our hard work paying off,” said DeFord, a senior communication and German double major who will graduate in May 2016. “We are honored about the recognition and hope that These Four Years can be helpful to students and families.” These Four Years focuses on the value of higher education and the college experience. Specifically, the filmmakers sought to understand the effects that higher education, or the lack thereof, can have on professional opportunities and personal well-being and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…

    up, and then seeing the torn-down, unkempt tombstones where they buried African-American people, that was meaningful and impactful to see. I am reminded of how much we still have to do.” Dobies said the Lutes visited Savannah, Georgia and the South Carolina cities of Charleston and Saint Helena Island, where students visited the Penn Center that was one of the first abolitionist schools for freed slaves. Other stops included museums, historical civil-rights era buildings and the two cemeteries

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 17, 2016)- MediaLab at Pacific Lutheran University, the multimedia, applied research organization that celebrates 10 years of success this fall, counts more than 200 students as participants throughout the decade. Those participants are invited to mark the organization’s milestone anniversary Nov. 5…

    trying to figure what in the world this teaching thing is all about, and Dr. Lisosky was sitting next to me, and said ‘I have an idea. We should create some sort of agency and students would do all the work, the writing and photography for clients in the community,’” Wells recounted. “And then she turned to me and said, ‘and you should run it.’” That was 10 years ago. Now, the student group has produced five Emmy-nominated documentaries (with one Emmy win), along with 32 other national and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- Member institutions of the ELCA Network of Colleges and Universities, including Pacific Lutheran University, released a statement Tuesday condemning hateful messages and phone threats directed at a Kansas university and its president. “The 26 member institutions of the ELCA Network…

    been written and posted online and in the press about my work at the college, and in response to the students of color that Bethany College is recruiting,” Jones wrote. Jones called for the Bethany College community and everyone beyond his campus borders to speak out and combat messages of bigotry. “Please challenge racism wherever you encounter it. Hurtful, racist actions are not ‘activism,'” he wrote. “Hate language is not blunt talk. Get to know people of other races and cultures. Think about

  • 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…

    education and athleticism. "(ROTC) isn’t about making you a soldier, but making you a successful human being. (ROTC) is building overall successful citizens for the country."- Shiva Thapa '17 Thapa said he feels fortunate to have been chosen for the Maude Foundation Green to Gold award, given its high standards for excellence. “The Maude Foundation looked to see who was the best among all of the Green to Gold scholarship winners, and I was the lucky one,” he said. Lt. Col. Erik Dye, professor of

  • While visiting campus to cheer on her son, Alex, and the PLU football team, CrossFit champion Cheryl Brost ’92 reunited with her former coach and mentor Colleen Hacker to discuss smoothie ingredients, PLU women’s soccer memories, health and wellness philosophies, and much more. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS…

    1995, leading the team to three national championships and earning more than a dozen regional and national awards for coach of the year. Colleen served as an assistant coach and sports psychology consultant on the women’s U.S. national soccer team from 1995 to 2007. She’s currently the mental skills coach of the U.S. women’s national hockey team and works with a variety of other professional, international and Olympic athletes.Department of KinesiologyThe primary mission of the Department of

  • University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…

    for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Regional Universities, released Sept. 9.In addition to the No. 14 in the West honor, U.S. News & World Report also ranked PLU: No. 7 in the West for Best Value; One of the West’s “A+ Schools for B Students”; and No. 13 in the West for veterans. PLU has ranked among the top 20 Western region universities every year since U.S. News

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 28, 2015)-  It’s safe to say Forrest Griek ‘00, ’02 loves being at school. Currently the principal of Tacoma’s Browns Point Elementary, Griek has spent his career serving in a variety of positions at schools throughout the South Sound, including Todd Beamer…

    until years down the road — it is a relentless process. When I ran for PLU it was no different. I would run a 70-mile week to race 3 miles as fast as I could. Sometimes you would set a personal record, other days you fainted from exhaustion. On the other end of my PLU experiences, I remember asking the School of Education to place me in a diverse school that would make me a better person and teacher. That happened, and it was one of the toughest experiences of my teaching career. My class was

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd? Thanks to the maker movement and some creative minds, it isn’t. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Education & Kinesiology is bringing that creative spirit to campus April 12…

    maker movement has impacted education and how schools can set up their own makerspaces for students. Makerspaces offer community centers equipped with 3-D printers, laser cutters and other high- and low-tech tools available to people from all walks of life. “It’s like 21st century wood shop,” said Dr. Leon Reisberg, recipient of the Jolita Hyllan Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. The workshop and subsequent lecture will feature speakers Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager, co-authors of the