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  • PLU Puts Its Own Face on National Campaign: It’s On Us to Stop Sexual Assault Posted by: Sandy Dunham / December 17, 2014 December 17, 2014 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2014)—On Sept. 19, President Barack Obama joined Vice President Joe Biden in launching the It’s On Us campaign—to keep men and women safe by putting an end to sexual assault on college campuses across the nation. When the Lutes at the Women’s Center at Pacific Lutheran

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required…

    has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required to complete a Professional Certification program to maintain their state credentials. Beginning in the 2016-17 academic year, Tacoma Public Schools will deliver this certification program on-site in its schools alongside PLU faculty. With the added

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian Area Studies programs…

    PLU Stages Special 125th Anniversary Exhibition at Seattle’s Nordic Heritage Museum Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 28, 2015)—In eighth grade, Annika Smith-Ortiz ‘19 competed in a distance-kicking competition during gym class. Now, she’s competing with Pacific Lutheran University’s football team as its first female player. Photo: Matthew Salzano ’18 After playing Junior Varsity and Varsity games at Edina…

    during gym class. Now, she’s competing with Pacific Lutheran University’s football team as its first female player. Photo: Matthew Salzano ’18 After playing Junior Varsity and Varsity games at Edina High School in Minnesota, Smith-Ortiz was contacted by PLU Assistant Head Coach Jud Keim about playing through college. She originally thought she would come to PLU just to study, but when Keim gave her the opportunity, she realized how much she wanted to continue playing football. “Annika really put us

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2016)- A familiar Pacific Lutheran University tradition changes its anatomy this year, as organizers reimagine “The Vagina Monologues” as “The Monologues” – a fresher, more interactive take on the famous play. Incorporating student-written content, “The Monologues” is a twist on the…

    ‘The Monologues’ at PLU: Students reimagine famous Eve Ensler play in their own words Posted by: Kari Plog / February 5, 2016 February 5, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2016)- A familiar Pacific Lutheran University tradition changes its anatomy this year, as organizers reimagine “The Vagina Monologues” as “The Monologues” - a fresher, more interactive take on the famous play.Incorporating student-written content, “The Monologues” is a twist on the

  • PLU Debate Season Starts Oct. 8 TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 11, 2015)—Just weeks before its own academic season kicks off with a high-profile event, PLU’s TOH Karl Forensics Forum partnered with the local nonprofit Climb the Mountain to present the first annual Climb the Mountain Speech…

    Nothing but Pros for PLU’s 1st Community Debate Camp Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 11, 2015 Image: Students from the Puget Sound Region practice their debating skills at the Climb the Mountain Debate Camp at PLU. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) August 11, 2015 PLU Debate Season Starts Oct. 8 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 11, 2015)—Just weeks before its own academic season kicks off with a high-profile event, PLU’s TOH Karl Forensics Forum partnered

  • By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…

    final season. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die,” says Cersei Lannister to Ned Stark—the lead character and hero of Game of Thrones—right before he is imprisoned and executed in Season 1. Not only does the moment of Ned’s execution shock the audience by ignoring an established rule of television—do not kill your main character, especially in Season 1—it set the tone for what Thrones would continue to do until its completion. HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy

  • By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…

    BASIC, which was the licensed Microsoft 6502 BASIC, a popular language before Pascal became available. So, what made the Apple II innovative? Initially, the Apple II did not have a screen attached, but was connected to a television which acted as the monitor, while using a cassette device for storage. The Apple II was largely different from its competition due to its color graphics and its 8-slot open architecture, which means adding, upgrading and switching components were easy. It set the industry

  • is published by the NECU, and has its home in the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, the institutional sponsor of the publication. Intersections extends and enhances discussions fostered by the annual Vocation of the Lutheran College Conference, together lifting up the vocation of Lutheran colleges and universities. It aims to raise the level of awareness among faculty, staff, and administration about the Lutheran heritage and church

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 15, 2016)- Art makes people feel. Art offers a window into the hearts and minds of those who create it, and invokes emotion for those who view and admire it. For Edvard Munch, those feelings were complicated and, often times, dark. “…

    it really comes through.” Still, the artist had a positive emotional side, also expressing joy, love and renewal in his pieces. Thanks to PLU’s connection to an avid Munch art collector and a featured exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum, students, faculty and staff as well as the greater Tacoma community have the opportunity to intimately experience all those emotions.    TAM debuted its exhibit, Edvard Munch and the Sea, April 9. It will be on view through July 17. Munch’s powerful works are rarely