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A cross-culture band exchange teaches both student and teacher Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerEvery other year the Tamana All Girls’ High School Band travels to Washington state for an exchange with the Graham Kapowsin High School and a friendship concert at PLU. The eight-year long relationship has created bonds that stretch across the ocean. This year, three Graham Kapowsin students traveled to Japan with Assistant Professor of

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: nicolacs / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterRecently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and

June 16, 2008 Developing athletes into leaders Jen Thomas ’98, ’99 wears many hats in the PLU athletic department. She’s the assistant athletic director, a senior woman administrator and assistant athletic trainer. She’s also the mentor for the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC). The council is one of several methods the athletics department is employing to develop student leadership and more effectively connect athletic programs to the university as a whole. “We have some great leaders in

July 14, 2008 High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an eager high school student in a skirt and sensible pumps would introduce herself. Both would make a business pitch and entice you over to see their product or service. If they found out you were not a judge for Washington Business Week

December 1, 2010 ‘I always knew I had the skills to be a doctor. Then I discovered it was my PASSION.’ By Chris Albert As a high school senior in Salem, Ore., Andrew Reyna wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to do. He liked science. He was good at it. He asked how could he best use his gifts and talents in this world. Medical doctor came to mind. “The more I thought about it,” he said, “the more it made sense.” Reyna came to PLU because he knew of its reputation for sending students to medical

January 31, 2012 PLU experiences hit the right key By Teri Moore You do not need to be an accounting major to appreciate that an increase of 3,200 percent is staggering. Yet for Paul Scott ’04, choir director for Enumclaw Public Schools grades 6-12, that percentage represents the increase of young men who are participating in a choir today compared to when he started seven years ago. “There is so much value to what we do. Every group has it’s moments of dysfunction, but we are learning how to

Rising Amazon recruiter April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsApril Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan. A political science and communication double major who recently earned an MBA at PLU, Nguyen followed the advice of a career adviser into a series of contract jobs in human resources. Not because she has career aspirations in HR — though she does find the work endlessly interesting — but because

taking the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers. By the fall of his first year, Crenshaw knew that it was time for a change. He turned to the humanities. Specifically to major in criminal justice. “I had taken a couple of pre-recs already, and I talked with my counselor,” Crenshaw says. “One of my biggest fears has always been changing my mind about these things, but it was OK, and I changed my mind.” He didn’t tell his family at first that he had switched majors, but slowly, he