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Heller and her husband, Harry Heller; Kurt Mayer and his family; many donors from PLU; the Tacoma Jewish community; and surrounding businesses and community members, raised money to build the endowed Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies and the yearly Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference. In 2014, her support helped PLU as it initiated a new minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the first offered in the Pacific Northwest. Growth continues as PLU alumni and Conference participants carry
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Heller and her husband, Harry Heller; Kurt Mayer and his family; many donors from PLU; the Tacoma Jewish community; and surrounding businesses and community members, raised money to build the endowed Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies and the yearly Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference. In 2014, her support helped PLU as it initiated a new minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the first offered in the Pacific Northwest. Growth continues as PLU alumni and Conference participants carry
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Athletics & RecreationPLU has long been known as a sports powerhouse. The football team has won four national titles, and more than 400 Lutes in all sports have been named first-team NCAA All-Americans. Given all this success, the fact that our student-athletes are exactly that – students and athletes – is something of which we are very proud. Those who wear a Lutes jersey know that when they come to PLU, they will not only play on some great teams – they get a great education, too. But you
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Public health concerns update Posted by: Student Life / August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022 Dear PLU Community, We are writing today to provide you with a follow up to the communication that you received on July 29, 2022. In that communication, we outlined fall protocols for both COVID-19 and MPX (previously referred to as Monkeypox). Now that more detailed information about risk mitigation for MPX has become available from the CDC, the Washington Department of Health (WADOH), and Tacoma–Pierce
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to Facebook Marketplace Liudmyla Ostafiichuk graduated from the MSMA program before its renaming and has moved back to Seattle to continue her research career for Facebook: “[MSMA] program helped me gain a foundational knowledge of consumer behavior, analytical methods, and research techniques that are necessary for my everyday work. After graduation, I worked as a Consumer Insights Manager at T-Mobile’s Brand, Consumer, and Market Insights department where I led the early tenure Customer Health
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never sets, and your classroom extends to volcanic landscapes, majestic waterfalls and glaciers. In this Q&A, we learn from Annica Stiles ’25, who seized the opportunity to study in this Nordic paradise for the summer. From academic pursuits and cultural encounters to awe-inspiring adventures, discover what it’s like to be a student intern for Global Trek & Adventures in Iceland. Stiles hiked up Mt. Esja. Locally called Esjan, Mt. Esja is regarded as the mountain queen of Rekjayik’s skyscape. (Photo
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Professor Wendy Shore receives 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Professor of Psychology Wendy Shore (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & Communications The Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring recognizes the efforts of a faculty member who serves as a personal or professional guide to students or colleagues and makes a profound difference in the lives of others as a role model, confidant, critic
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long awaited and much anticipated event,” President Loren J. Anderson told the assembled crowd. The 60 year-old Eastvold had been identified as a building in dire need of revitalizing as far back as 1995, he said. It took a series of steps to get to this occasion. First was a fundraising effort ran purely by volunteers that raised $10 million. “It was, I think, by any stretch the most successful volunteer fundraising in the university’s history,” Anderson said. The next was a generous gift left to
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anytime between 1:30pm-3:00pm.1:30PM-3:30 PMMeet at the AUC Clocktower Public Transit Adventure & Dinner in Downtown Tacoma Optional: Join us for a transit adventure to the heart of downtown Tacoma for a visit various downtown attractions, including dinner (students eat together and pay on their own -- bring $)! Learn how to use Pierce County public transit systems and enjoy a docent-led gallery tour and live glass blowing demonstrations in the hot shop!2:00PM-7:00 PMPierce County Public Transit
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May 27, 2008 Grads charged to be global citizens At the Spring Commencement ceremony May 25, the Class of 2008 was encouraged to take risks, be global citizens and pass on the legacy of PLU. The Tacoma Dome was packed with family and friends, all gathered to support the more than 700 undergraduate and graduate students who received their degrees. The ceremony featured a keynote address by former career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76, as well as a speech by graduating senior Candice Hughes. A native of
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