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  • A Work-In-Progress: A New English Faculty Writing Workshop Our Table Reserved at 208 Garfield; photo by Scott Rogers In the flurry of activity produced by our teaching and service responsibilities, it is often difficult to carve out time and space to support that other crucial aspect of our vocation as university professors: research and writing. This academic year, faculty members from the English Department have come together each month to discuss their works-in-progress, creating a crucial

  • January 3, 2014 PLU Earns Prestigious Mortar Board Chapter By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU is populated with outstanding student leaders and meaningful, campuswide ways to recognize them—from Emerging Leaders to the Ubuntu Award and Pinnacle Society—but until now, there was no opportunity for national recognition. That’s where Mortar Board comes in. PLU now has its own chapter of the premier national honor society, which recognizes college seniors for superior achievement in scholarship, leadership

  • , director of transfer recruitment. And that may be exactly why many on campus see the influx of transfer students as a good thing. “The one thing they do have in common – they are focused. Going to college is an opportunity they are not going to waste,” Pretty said. “And they have a depth of experience that traditional age students can’t contribute. That’s an invaluable asset to have on campus.” Take Riley Relfe (pictured), a transfer from Green River Community College. There, she was extremely involved

  • Rosa Franklin ’74 Rosa Franklin ’74 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/rosa-franklin-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Genny Boots '18 Genny Boots '18 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19bfb9cee2f834144d56bb2017bb5742?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g May 16, 2016 September 8, 2016 TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from running for office. Franklin hasn’t

  • subjects. Winning the grant was a team effort of PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences faculty, including Tina Saxowsky, principal investigator and associate professor of chemistry, along with Dean of Natural Sciences and biology Professor Ann Auman and faculty members Shannon Seidel, assistant professor of biology, and Amy Siegesmund, associate professor of biology. “We are very excited about the ability to implement the work outlined in our proposal,” Auman said. “Not only will this funding allow us to

  • By:Genny Boots '18 May 16, 2016 0 Rosa Franklin ’74 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/rosa-franklin-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Genny Boots '18 Genny Boots '18 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19bfb9cee2f834144d56bb2017bb5742?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g May 16, 2016 September 8, 2016 Rosa Franklin ’74 TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from

  • Symposium. noun. /simˈpōzēəm/ A formal meeting at which experts discuss a particular topic: a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet. International SymposiumThe biennial international symposium at PLU is one of the ways that the Wang Center supports the university’s goal of being an ever more globally focused university. PLU is nationally recognized for its international study away experiences that immerse students in other cultures and

  • What You Need To KnowThere has been a recent resurgence of bedbugs in the United States.  With the globalization of American society and the decreasing use of pesticides, bedbugs have once again become a nuisance. Wherever large numbers of people congregate to sleep, university residence halls, hotels, apartments, there is always a chance people will bring bedbugs in with their belongings. Bedbugs are a rare occurrence at Pacific Lutheran University,  with one quickly contained case in 2014

  • Chapter 3 Every morning now brought its regular duties—shops were to be visited; some new part of the town to be looked at; and the pump-room to be attended, where they paraded up and down for an hour, looking at everybody and speaking to no one. The wish of a numerous acquaintance in Bath was still uppermost with Mrs. Allen, and she repeated it after every fresh proof, which every morning brought, of her knowing nobody at all. They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was

  • , associate vice president of marketing and communications As Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Lace M. Smith leads the MarCom division on an interim basis. Her teams include the design group, content development, as well as web design, customer service and Lute Locker. Smith is responsible for the development and implementation of a content strategy that integrates website, social media and digital campaigns with print and external communications. This strategy aims to raise the