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Gender Equity LATEST POSTS PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree September 20, 2023 Karen Marquez ’22 aspires to help her community through her studies. July 15, 2022 Nicole Jordan ’15 discusses her new role at PLU’s Center for Gender Equity March 16, 2020

-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community. “My goal is not only to do what I can to provide access to education for everyone, but to make sure that the community knows

samples need to spin inside the magnet at nearly the speed of sound to get the best data. The spectrometer contains a series of chambers, with the outside chamber forming a vacuum jacket. The outer chamber is then filled with liquid nitrogen, which is at a temperature of minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside the chamber, a superconducting magnet sits in a broth of liquid helium, which is even colder, at minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit, or just a few degrees above the lowest known temperature in the

. Instead the PLU culinary experts create a spread using a white bean base. On the counter next to the coffee staples at the café something new can be seen protruding from the counter – taps. Beer and wine taps to be precise. Yes, 208 Garfield, in the location previously occupied by Forza Coffee Company,  has added wine on tap, one of the only places in Washington to offer the newest way to serve wine, McGinnis said. And as far as she knows it’s the only place in the South Sound that has wine on tap

present their recommendations. First, in late January, Pacific Lutheran University’s team out-analyzed four competing teams—from Seattle University, The University of Washington-Seattle, Western Washington University and The University of Puget Sound—to take the local title and advance to the Regionals, held March 18-19 in Denver. There, PLU’s team—Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle and Evan Turner, advised by MSF Prof. Ufuk Ince—was randomly assigned to compete against four

driver for not only the City of Lakewood, but for the City of Tacoma and the entire south Puget Sound region. Perennially named one of the “Best Colleges and University for Veterans” by U.S. News & World Report, PLU long has been committed to creating a multitude of opportunities for veterans, active-duty personnel, ROTC students, and military spouses and family members. Highly aware of the challenges that often face veterans when entering a university community, PLU has created a student veteran

that featured people from around the world. It was nationally syndicated from 1991 to 1995, airing in more than 40 markets including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Morrison also has written music for more than 225 films and television shows, as well as a few jingles you’ve likely had stuck in your head before. (“Car Pros sells for less, C-A-R-P-R-O-S!” might sound familiar to anyone in the greater Tacoma area.) Now, Morrison owns the Bellevue-based

the general practice of higher education institutions in the U.S., especially private universities, which routinely announce three to five percent tuition increases each spring. “On average, students at private universities in the Puget Sound region are paying $5,391 (12.9%) more in their senior year than they did in their first year,” explained PLU President Allan Belton. “One of the problems with this model is that when tuition creeps up by three or four percent each year, a student’s annual

free music camps to local young musicians. The Parkland Literacy Center provides free tutoring in most subjects to any K-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community.  “My

leadership, and that has guided this stage of my leadership career,” she concludes. “You shouldn’t go into management to get ahead or to make more money. You should go in because you wish to be of service. If you’re the boss, you darn well better care about people.” Lute Powered is a new series highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations in the Puget Sound region. Terri Card ’83 is the first of three Lutes that will be featured from Multicare Health System.  × Read Previous