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ceremony. “It’s been one heck of a journey,” Alshaibani said, reflecting on her four years as a Lute. "It’s been one heck of a journey."- Alaa Alshaibani Alshaibani didn’t initially want to attend PLU — she only applied because her dad liked its proximity to home. But after a visit to campus, she was hooked. “The staff was amazing, my admission counselor Hannah Middlebrook was awesome, the students were warm and inviting, and I was just so mad that I liked it,” she quipped. And here she is, poised to

October 6, 2014 How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the end of the 19th century set up a colossal shift in human consumption and sensory experience. As corporations such as Campbell’s Soup and Wrigley chewing gum introduced new techniques to capture and

becomes your family and your familiar place. Soon it will all be about the hard work and great fun of living the PLU experience. One day you wake up and you REALLY feel it: “I’m a Lute.” I think that day came for me this morning! And, looking at you now, I KNOW that feeling lasts a lifetime. President Thomas W. Krise gives his inaugural address. (Photo by John Froschauer) And so our celebration today is two-fold. We celebrate the beginning of a new era for PLU as we open its 123rd year. And we

PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree Posted by: howardrm / September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & Communications PLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to create lasting impacts on

this is in the context of studying natural history and conservation issues. BRAZIL, ARGENTINA Cosmopolitanism: Citizenship in a Globalizing World Students and faculty together conducted an investigation of the impact of globalization upon two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, arguably the most cosmopolitan city in South America. And, they investigated the concept of cosmopolitanism from a philosophical perspective and its

August 5, 2010 BIOL 125/126: Molecules, Cells and Organisms/ Genes, Diversity and Ecology Name: Sean Boaglio Hometown: Longview, Wash. Major: Undeclared, leaning Biology Professor: Jacob Egge, assistant professor of biology Sean’s advice to first-year students: “Study with someone. It is a great way to meet people in your class. And when you explain something to someone else, it also helps you understand it better.” For students who want to enter PLU’s rigorous Health Sciences track, the first

September 26, 2014 Shelia Smith, new Dean of the School of Nursing. John Froschauer, Photographer Liberal Arts and Nursing. A Perfect Match of Science and Compassion By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s new Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Sheila Smith, says she was drawn to move across country and take the top leadership role at one of the premier nursing schools in the Northwest because of the sense of mission at PLU, commitment to academic

March 5, 2013 Students get a view of job and internship opportunities from the ground floor – at Alaska Airlines. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Learning about the next step By Jesse Major ’14 Career Connections hosted its first On-The-Road Experience for students Feb. 22. Students had the choice of touring Alaska Airlines or World Vision. Afterward, they attended an alumni networking event. Three van loads of students toured Alaska Airlines where they were greeted by two alumni, including CEO

extremely proud,” said Michael Farnum, PLU’s director of military outreach. “When our ROTC cadre and staff are meeting with a prospective cadet and their family, they can confidently say to them that PLU is one of the top ROTC universities in the nation.” The MacArthur Award recognizes the ideals of “duty, honor and country,” and it is based on the achievement of the school’s commissioning mission, its cadets’ performance and standing on the command’s National Order of Merit List, and its cadet

based on religious thinking as ignorant.  A Project UnfurlsAt the disability talk in the spring of 2023, Llewellyn Ihssen connected with those producing “Nothing Without Us,” a six-stop gallery trail at the Pitt Rivers Museum, part of the University of Oxford’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums collection. Pitt Rivers Museum is famous for its variety. “The first impression is of a chaotic mess, and it looks like a jumble sale of artifacts,” Llewellyn Ihssen says. “It’s so jam-packed, it’s hard to take