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The Edison Awards: Innovations That Shape the World Posted by: halvormj / February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By Damian Alessandro ’19 It’s awards season! Not the Academy Awards–although we do host awards parties at Pacific Lutheran University. I’m writing about the annual awards for innovation that have everyone whispering excitedly in the discipline of Innovation Studies. That’s right–its the Edison Awards, which honor excellence in the development, marketing, and launch of new products and
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Financial Aid & ScholarshipsThe Marriage and Family Therapy program offers various scholarships and financial aid awards for students. Please select from which type you’d like to view. You may also look into federal, military aid, or external scholarships to support your graduate studies.The Charles D. York and Cheryl L. Storm Graduate ScholarshipsEach year Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) awards a limited number of scholarships (between $2000 to $8000) to new students in the MFT program
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December 1, 2008 Science Happens (and Much More) When Monika Maier ’09 was preparing for a month of fieldwork in the remote South Hills region of Idaho a year ago, she made sure to study-up on more than just crossbills, the birds they would be researching. She also prepared for the emergency delivery of a human baby. At the time, the assistant professor of biology who was leading the study, Julie Smith, was seven months pregnant. And Maier, on her own volition, was determined to be ready – just
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PLU Dedicates New Baseball Press Box to Jim Kittilsby ’60 on May 3 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 28, 2015 Image: PLU will dedicate its new baseball-field press box to Jim Kittilsby ’60 on May 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 28, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (April 7, 2015)—Jim Kittilsby ’60 is the first to admit he probably wasn’t the premier baseball player of his era—or the winningest baseball coach once he returned to his alma mater in 1970
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Summer Internship: Economics major finds family environment with global company Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 30, 2022 Image: Travis McDaneld ’23 spent his summer interning with Russell Investments as a data analyst with the global data operations team. August 30, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsTravis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business
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president, riot-team member and, at one time, public information officer. He’s an Air Force reservist, the culmination of military service that landed him in the Pacific Northwest after growing up in the Chicago area. And he’s a former firefighter and politician who served several years as an East Pierce Fire & Rescue commissioner. Still, Bunk — who earned his Master of Business Administration at Pacific Lutheran University while working full time in law enforcement — rarely knows for certain what comes
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alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to
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of war, famine and disease caused by the Second Sudanese Civil War — including five of David’s siblings and his father. At one time, four million people were displaced. David, now 29, remains one of them. That will change Dec. 30, at least temporarily, when he travels to South Sudan for a four-week reunion with his mother, sister and other loved ones. The trip follows what David describes as a lifetime of isolation. “Most of what has happened to me is not good,” he says. “Pain is something that I
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Scott Rogers, PhDDepartment of EnglishWordPress for Blogs and Portfolios Scott Rogers at desk in office. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) WordPress Product Website: wordpress.com Cost: FreeScott Rogers is an assistant professor in the English Department and primarily teaches courses related to writing, research, and professional communication. Because Composition Studies is so closely tied to the classroom, he spends a lot of time thinking about pedagogy, especially the unique challenges presented
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in intercollegiate athletics at PLU means living out a passion, and it is as important a part of their lives as their academic pursuits. And make no mistake, academics is a major part of both of their lives. Crosetto and Miller are two of approximately 32 peer tutors who work for the Academic Assistance Center. Additionally, they are two of five current tutors who also participate in intercollegiate athletics. (The others are Dan Hibbard, track and field, who tutors in biology; Kat Jenkins
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