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Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…
pandemic she returned to Oslo and took a year of PLU classes remotely. It seemed like a typical distance learning story, until she began experimenting with her mother’s 25-year-old sewing machine. PLU Innovation Studies minor Mariken Lund in Olso, Norway. “I saw this old machine sitting in the closet and wondered if I could sew a skirt with it,” Mariken recalled. “After some training videos and a little effort, I was making clothes and having fun!” During the 2020-2021 school year, Mariken also worked
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TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2016)- Gloria Perry repeated “I’ll be darned” over and over upon hearing the news that she’ll step onto the mound at Cheney Stadium to represent Pacific Lutheran University and throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Tacoma Rainiers game Aug.…
” flag (that she plans to hang on the front of her walker), 93-year-old Perry beamed with nostalgia. “That brings back many, many, many memories,” she said. Perry and her twin sister, Helen Jansen, played softball together at PLU in the early 1940s. They joined the team after years of playing together as kids. “That’s how we got so good,” she recalled. Perry played left field. Her sister, who died in April, played shortstop. Perry was also an active chorus member on campus. The twins both studied
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Ann Kullberg ’79 has never taken a formal art course, but her work is internationally known—and her story is as colorful as her art. Though the lines were not always straight, and there were rough patches along the way, Kullberg…
her love for the people, language and culture of Japan. But because the professor who taught Japanese at PLU had retired, she pursued an Education degree. Now a resident of Federal Way, Wash., Kullberg lived in Stuen Residence Hall all four years at PLU. The art building was visible from her window, so she watched art students go to class, never considering herself “good enough” to take an art class herself. Her own artistic epiphany came later, after graduating, marrying, moving back to Oregon
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Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.
neighborhood, they were already learning about the new community they call home. Christina Easley ’19 says she’s seen beautiful artwork along the downtown corridor while riding the bus that takes her to and from PLU’s campus. “I had never noticed before,” she said. That’s exactly what the Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program is challenging students to do — look at the community just outside PLU’s boundaries in new ways. “It breaks all the rules,” Joel Zylstra said of the program, which
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Coach Dickerson retires after 14 years cultivating character on and off the court.
deficit against Linfield College. The Lutes never took the lead that night, and eventually fell to the Wildcats 80-72. But, despite the score and the frustrations that accompanied it, Lester proved to be the kind of player head coach Steve Dickerson expects first and foremost, basketball game or not. When an opposing player took a hard fall late in the second half, Lester offered a hand up without hesitation. That’s the culture Dickerson has built at PLU. Lester’s basketball career might be over, but
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We assist students and families in the financial aid process, including completing the FAFSA and WASFA applications, applying for federal and private alternative loans and understanding all the
Complete your 2023-24 FAFSA application FAFSA link Are You Unable To Submit Documentation To Student Financial Services In Person? You can submit documentation via our secure portal, Etrieve, or fax (253-535-8406). SFS Secure Portal Outside Scholarship Opportunities listed on SFS website Links to outside scholarships (scholarships external to PLU) Learn More Looking for information about federal loan forgiveness? Link to the studentaid.gov and department of education for relevant information
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Intersections goes digital Cover art by Diego B. Lasansky Intersections, Number 46, Fall 2017 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,… December 12, 2017 faculty newsletterIntersectionsLutheran higher educationvocation
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Intersections goes digital Cover art by Diego B. Lasansky Intersections, Number 46, Fall 2017 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,… December 12, 2017 faculty newsletterIntersectionsLutheran higher educationvocation
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Computer Science Education Week news for Pacific Lutheran University.
Celebrate Computer Education Week By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org… December 5, 2018 Benson LectureCode.orgComputer Science Education WeekHour of CodeInnovation StudiesMichael Halvorson
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PLU recently combined its Alumni Office and Career Center to create the Alumni & Student Connections office, which supports each Lute in creating their own career vision and then connects them to
Join us for a series of presentations in 2024, in collaboration with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation Learn More & Register Explore LuteLink, a networking platform exclusively for the PLU community! Learn more & connect Visit the PLU Opportunities Board! Your place to find jobs, internships, on-campus jobs, and schedule an appointment with a career advisor Visit the Opportunities Board Career Advising, Internships and Student Employment - Services Provided Virtually and In-Person Schedule an
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