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PLU Opera ushers you into the dark underworld Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 10, 2015 November 10, 2015 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager There will be high notes and high kicks as you travel to the depths of the dark underground this November at Pacific Lutheran University. PLU’s opera program will perform Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld for four performances on the Karen Hille Phillips Mainstage: November 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 22 at 3pm. In this madcap re
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Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree William Foege ‘57 returns to PLU for annual Rachel Carson lecture TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce that world health icon and distinguished alumnus Dr. William Foege ‘57 will return to campus to give the annual Rachel Carson Science, Technology & Society Annual Lecture on Feb. 20. Foege, who… February 4, 2020 Alumni, Internships, Career
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Bobo Tere Mask Bobo Tere Mask Artist: Unknown Bobo artist Name: Tere (tair-uh) mask Origin: Bobo people of Burkina Faso Made of: Fiber (kenaf?), pigment Dimensions: H:45” (115cm); W: 10” (25.5cm); x 5” (13cm) From: Gift of Hans and Thelma Lehmann, 1983 Accession no. 1983-01-007 On display in PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor) Burkina Faso Description: A fiber mask made from pale red, black, and undyed fibers. The woven head of the mask includes horizontal designs of braiding, two “eyes” with
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the center of planning discussions. Now, at Rainway, I often find myself reviewing code, answering questions, and occasionally driving the planning. My current task is to be a leader of change as we rewrite a good portion of our platform in order to help stabilize and harden it before bringing it to market. For those interested: We are porting a good portion of code to the Rust language. How were you drawn to this sector? For me, software engineering is fun and it is something I am good at. I feel
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Marit Trelstad Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology Biography Biography Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings
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April 26, 2010 Intensive Caring – PLU nurses take their skills to cardiac patients at their homes By Barbara Clements Leo Rivas, a Pacific Lutheran University nursing student, had stopped by for a chat with his client, Trevor Modeste, 54, who lives in a tidy rambler tucked between a patchwork of farms and subdivisions south of Tacoma, Wash. Usually Rivas – one of 160 nursing students participating in a joint PLU and MultiCare Hospital System to monitor the health of cardiac patients – just
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in St. Louis, Mo., sends Laurie-Berry's BIOL 358 Plant Physiology class millet seeds with random mutations. Student teams study plants in PLU’s warm, sunny greenhouse, watching for genetic traits that help millet grow taller or produce more seeds.“The Danforth Center is crowdsourcing genetic research,” Laurie-Berry says. “We’re helping Danforth go through thousands of seeds, identifying which are worth studying. No one knows how each one will behave.” PLU students are joining high school and
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Math CareersMany students think the only possible careers for mathematics majors are in educational fields, but this misconception has been readily disproved by past graduates from PLU. While many of our graduates are accomplished mathematics teachers and district leaders, others have found successful careers as financial analysts or engineers, data scientists, actuaries, consultants, lawyers, software engineers, statisticians, government contractors, scientific researchers and in a variety of
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Thank you for supporting Lute Rowing! Q&A with Coach Andy FoltzWhat are some highlights of this year that shows your team succeeding, facing a challenge, and supporting each other? One of the highlights from this year was the conference, it was at the end of a very challenging week and a week where we as a team kept facing enormous roadblock after roadblock. The Sunday before we had one athlete suffer a major injury, days later a COVID positive case on the team, and then days before the
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FYEP Requirements What It Takes The First-Year Experience is a sequence of courses designed to help you develop the skills necessary to be a successful college student and a thoughtful, engaged and caring member of society. First-Year classes assist with the transition to college academics and create small learning communities that support you academically and personally. First-Year Experience is structured to provide you with an engaging learning environment. FYEP 101: The First-Year Writing
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