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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…
“set a course for her life,” she said. Within a year, she had gallery representation in Oregon and had sold seven more paintings. But it wasn’t enough. Kullberg was divorced, and one of her two children, then 2, was so ill that he was hospitalized every four to six weeks. Her moxie to support herself and her children drove her to pursue her art with great energy. “As Einstein said, ‘In the midst of every crisis is an opportunity,’” Kullberg said. Her “big break” came with her first portrait
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 15, 2016)- Kate Deines ’16 is a natural on the soccer field and has a long résumé to prove it. She played at the local, college, national and international level, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines…
burst into tears when I found out.”Master of Science in FinanceLearn more about Pacific Lutheran University's program.Deines was busy during her accelerated 10-month MSF program at PLU. She worked part time at Avier Wealth Advisors in Bellevue. She also participated in various student competitions throughout the region, in which she had the opportunity to practice managing a six-figure investment fund as part of a research challenge with the CFA (Charter Finance Analyst) Society of Seattle
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 30, 2016)- One frame. That’s all it took for Kevin Ebi ’95 to get his work on a postage stamp – sort of. Ebi, a self-taught nature photographer who has made a living traveling around the world and documenting its beauty, weathered…
faced medical troubles, Ebi was traveling a month and a half each year for his photography. Last year, he traveled just six days. “The problem with dialysis is that it keeps you alive but it doesn’t give you the life that you had,” he said. “You have your life, but it isn’t really living.” To care for his wife and help her with dialysis, Ebi has switched gears with his photography business. He is working with inventory that is already cataloged. He’s exploring the area around his home with the “same
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 17, 2016)- MediaLab at Pacific Lutheran University, the multimedia, applied research organization that celebrates 10 years of success this fall, counts more than 200 students as participants throughout the decade. Those participants are invited to mark the organization’s milestone anniversary Nov. 5…
university, there is obviously a cycle. People are going off to study abroad for six months or a year, and people are graduating, and people are transferring in and transferring out. So you’re trying to keep the car on the road, while servicing clients, and people are coming and going all at the same time. It’s nuts. But it’s also exciting.” That excitement and energy is something that many current students and MediaLab alumni count as pivotal elements of their PLU experiences. “I would list MediaLab as
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
to 39 hours per week. When the Fury is in season, Daly said she spends roughly five hours with the team in the morning – she also travels to road games – before driving to Pasadena for what is typically a six-hour shift at Caltech. During the week, she said, “I’m basically doing 12-hour days.” “I don’t know how I survived this past year,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t really have a lot of time off.” Daly said she arrives about an hour before the Fury begin practicing, at which time she
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John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion helped inform the recipe for the most recent product for his hot sauce company.
addition to summiting Mount Rainier six times and climbing peaks around the world, de Mars has participated in the Seattle to Portland bike ride and RAMROD — Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day. He’s also a painter and active in martial arts. Additionally, de Mars speaks Chinese conversationally, and co-authored a bilingual children’s book series titled “Ping Pong Panda.” The first book in the series came out two years ago; the second was released this year. All of his endeavors feed his passions
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…
people’s intentions are generally really good.” Her counterpart, Nathaniel Hansen ’16, is working in an orphanage in Ghana until the end of November, helping with the nonprofit’s economics and outreach. The Global Peacebuilding Award was founded six years ago. Originally, the program was meant to accompany a master’s program in peacebuilding. When that program didn’t come to fruition at PLU, the money was still there and the award was born. Nathaniel Hansen '16 (Photo by Kari Plog/PLU) It’s funded by
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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,…
Elskthestudio.com, a clothing business focused on women’s fashion and sustainability initiatives. In less than six months, Lund had built a website, received a crush of orders, and started averaging 60,000+ views on TikTok and other social media platforms. Mariken’s journey into business and design was enabled by a unique combination of her talents, beliefs about sustainability, and the Innovation Studies curriculum, which trains students to focus on values and entrepreneurial opportunities. Designer, Student
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
consciousness — to campus. The program lasted about five or six years. It ended as a result of constant government turnover in Trinidad, she said. While the program was active, Hughes said many of her fellow Trinidadians followed her lead, bringing island flavor to the Pacific Northwest. “We formed a Trini posse and took the campus by storm,” she said, with a grin. The new cultural presence on campus included starting a PLU edition of Carnival, which included a parade of lively dancing, singing and
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
.” Huelsbeck joined the excavation effort about six years after it started, serving as a site director during his graduate studies at Washington State University. #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. “Dave was an important part of the excavation,” Ledford said. But, she added, he took that research a step further. Beyond supporting the teams working to unearth history, Huelsbeck was immersing himself in contemporary Makah culture. He learned about the
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