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  • Staff Marketing and Communications Kari Plog ’11, senior editor Kari returned to PLU in January 2016. She previously spent five years working in nearly every corner of the newsroom at The News Tribune in Tacoma. Her experience spanned from sports and news copy editing and pagination to local government, communities and breaking news reporting. In addition, Kari’s investigative stories earned her multiple awards, including New Journalist of the Year in June 2015. During her time at PLU, the 2011

  • February 21, 2008 MFA students earn top honors Amy Andrews remembers it was a Saturday when the phone rang. Her daughter was practicing piano and her husband was hiking the trails of a nearby nature park. When she answered the phone, Lee Gutkind, editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction, identified himself and said he was calling about the first-ever “Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off” contest. He was calling to inform Andrews she’d won the grand prize. “I was very composed,” she said. “I

  • May 16, 2008 Alumna, graduate speak at commencement More than 700 undergraduate and graduate students will participate in Spring Commencement 2008 at the Tacoma Dome on Sunday, May 25 at 2:30 p.m. The ceremony features a keynote address by career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76, as well as a speech by graduating senior Candice Hughes. Hughes was selected to speak by faculty and staff. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Hughes came to PLU as a freshman in 2004, and is the first graduate of the

  • PLU launches Internship Fund to create equitable opportunities for students Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 30, 2021 Image: Erica Palmer ’21, left, confers with Prof. Jennifer Thomas regarding her project looking at the effects of mobility of children in military families (Photo/John Froschauer) July 30, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsDuring her senior year at PLU, Chloe Willburn ‘21 wanted to intern with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

  • Retention of Correspondence, including E-mail Description of RecordsCare of RecordsFinal Disposition Correspondence of the bishop and assistants to the bishopE-mail is especially vulnerable to loss. E-mail that represents the policies, program, and ongoing life of the synod should be printed out. Letters and e-mail to and from officers of the synod or with the presiding bishop of the ELCA should be kept for the tenure of the bishop; the files then should be appraised for permanent value. Only

  • PLU’s kinesiology team places third at 2021 national sports medicine knowledge bowl Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 22, 2021 Image: 2020 PLU NW Regional ACSM Knowledge Bowl champions Nate Adams ’20, Brianna O’Malley ’21 and Sam Crompton ’20 June 22, 2021 By Silong ChhunPLU Marketing and Communications Earlier this month, PLU's Kinesiology Team—Emily Whittaker '21, Alyssa Pociernicki '22, and Brianna O'Malley '21—finished third in the 2021 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) National

  • Local Histories LTST 341 students visit the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture Building Bridges of Hope and Solidarity Alternative Spring Break: US/Mexico Border Immersion Program Learn more Powerful Lectures and Events Dr. Alberto Ledesma speaks at the 3rd Annual César Chávez & Dolores Huerta Latino Studies Lecture Learn more Community Engaged Learning Tatiana Molinero Ceras volunteers in a dual immersion classroom at Harvard Elementary School Latino Studies MinorAs a Latino Studies

  • PLU’s General Education Program prepares graduates to ask significant questions, engage relevant knowledge, and wrestle with complex issues. The program is rooted in the classical liberal arts and sciences as understood within the Lutheran educational tradition, and is grounded in an understanding of scientific perspectives, mathematics, languages, and the long-standing traditions of critical discourse about nature, humanity and the world. The array of academic disciplines has developed as a

  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: finkelm@plu.edu Biography Biography Mara Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the U.S. in 1989. Ms. Finkelstein was Principal Cellist of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the only woman in the all men orchestra. She toured in Europe as a member of the New European Strings, and recently played with that group in a series of virtual recordings during the

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  • Mara Finkelstein Lecturer - Cello Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: finkelm@plu.edu Biography Biography Mara Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the U.S. in 1989. Ms. Finkelstein was Principal Cellist of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the only woman in the all men orchestra. She toured in Europe as a member of the New European Strings, and recently played with that group in a series of virtual recordings during the

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