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  • By Zach Powers ’10 PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2015)- Known as the Rainier Writing Workshop (RWW), Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program challenges its students to consider difficult questions relating to artistry, self-awareness and commission. “What are…

    ), was one of Kirkus Review’s Top Ten Fiction Books of the year, won the 2007 Weatherford Prize and was a finalist for the 2008 Orion Book Award and the 2008 Washington State Book Award. Her collection of short stories, Given Ground (University Press of New England), won the Bakeless award, and she also has received a Whiting Award, an NEA grant and a Pushcart Prize. Her fiction and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies including  Orion, The Georgia Review, Poets and Writers and New

  • PLU President Allan Belton is a morning person. He’s frequently among the first employees to arrive at the Hauge Administration Building, but not before his morning cup of joe. His favorite coffee stand is on South Tacoma Way, the seven-mile arterial that is the economic…

    government — a collection of large agencies serving almost a million people. Navigating the complicated network of county bureaucracy can be a challenge for both Parkland residents and institutions. “We find that as a community, and certainly as a school district, we have to compete sometimes for access to resources that are provided in incorporated areas,” says Lance Goodpaster, superintendent of Parkland’s Franklin Pierce School District. Allan Belton, PLU President As a densely populated

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)- Travel from the shores of Puget Sound to the fjords of Norway with the exhibition Edvard Munch and the Sea , on view exclusively at Tacoma Art Museum April 9 through July 17, 2016. This is your opportunity to dive…

    Munch print collection outside of the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. A core group of the prints in the exhibition are from her collection. Epstein’s persistent interest in Munch took her to his homeland multiple times as she sought to learn more about the artist and his work. A fascinating person in her own right, Epstein has lectured on Munch at the National Gallery and other institutions. Hear directly from her during a Collector’s Conversation at TAM on Sunday, April 10, 2 pm, as she shares

  • Meet Brian Sung, a business major from the class of ’24 at PLU. When he’s not taking international honors courses or diving deep into his double majors in business and economics , he’s all about data science and statistics through his double minors. Outside of…

    Brian Sung ’24 talks business, econ majors, Oxford adventure, and his unique PLU journey as a first-gen Chinese immigrant Posted by: mhines / March 21, 2024 March 21, 2024 By By Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23 PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Meet Brian Sung, a business major from the class of ’24 at PLU. When he’s not taking international honors courses or diving deep into his double majors in business and economics, he’s all about data science and statistics through his double minors

  • Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations advisory agency that promotes international cooperation on migration. Traveling under a  Wang Center Research…

    hopefully give them some helpful feedback.” Now, for her math capstone, she’s running a statistical analysis, using principal component analysis to simplify the dataset and suggest ways the U.N. agency can fine-tune their surveys and reporting. If collaborating with a U.N. agency seems unexpected for a chemistry major, for Jackie, it’s been a natural outcome from the innovative interdisciplinary approach of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON). Through IHON, Jackie originally traveled to Oxford in

  • Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up…

    Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort Posted by: Todd / November 19, 2012 November 19, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an impressive set of credentials, with a bachelor’s of general studies from American University in Washington

  • Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T , where…

    November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an

  • Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you…

    Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my!Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you will receive your complete cap-and-gown package on Tuesday, May 19. I’d like to explain why we thought of taking this action in the first

  • Textile artifacts from the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) will be on display in the University Gallery exhibition entitled “Common Threads: An Overview of Scandinavian Textiles” February 3 – March 2, with an opening reception Wednesday, February 10, 5pm-7pm. The presentation of textile pieces will include…

    Textiles show Scandinavian history and culture in University Gallery exhibition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016 Textile artifacts from the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) will be on display in the University Gallery exhibition entitled “Common Threads: An Overview of Scandinavian Textiles” February 3 – March 2, with an opening reception Wednesday, February 10, 5pm-7pm. The presentation of textile pieces will include a sampling of the SCC’s collection of wall

  • Blue (and green) heaven By Steve Hansen Back in high school, Erica Boyle was on her way to a soccer tournament in Alaska when she looked out the window of her plane. “That’s a lot of water down there,” she thought to herself. “I should…

    August 15, 2012 Blue (and green) heaven By Steve Hansen Back in high school, Erica Boyle was on her way to a soccer tournament in Alaska when she looked out the window of her plane. “That’s a lot of water down there,” she thought to herself. “I should check that out.” Below was Puget Sound. For someone who loved to hike and explore the arid slopes of the Rocky Mountains near her hometown of Lakewood, Colo., the lush green mountains and the shimmering blue water had an undeniable appeal. Erica