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  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing class has turned into a passionate effort to register student voters during a major election year. A group of business students at Pacific Lutheran University say they are concerned about lagging voter turnout that has historically…

    . “As students it is our responsibility to help other students along with giving back to a learning community that has given so much to us,” said Brooke Johnson, a sophomore business major. Johnson said many students at PLU were never in Franklin Pierce schools, but supporting the local district is a civic duty that helps work toward a sustainable future.Learn moreRead up on Franklin Pierce's $157 million school bond measure.“We shouldn’t have to entice people about the future of our community

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 1, 2015)—Dr. Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 will be returning to campus on Thursday, Oct. 8, to deliver the 2015 Meant to Live Lecture. The inaugural event of Homecoming weekend, Brunstrom-Hernandez’s lecture will shed light on the personal and professional rewards she has reaped…

    Center). Meant To Live is organized by PLU students and is an integral part of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation’s annual programming. Read Previous Open to Interpretation: Violence (Episode 2) Read Next PLU Ranked a Top 10 “Value Added” College COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…

    award Oct. 3. The Maude Foundation will present the award to him at the annual Association of the United States Army meeting. The Maude Foundation recognizes Thapa as the only recipient of its Green to Gold award this year. The foundation formed to preserve the legacy of Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude, who lost his life at the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks. The Maude Foundation serves to support soldiers in the U.S. Army’s Green to Gold program by providing $5,000 to its recipients.ROTC at PLULearn

  • Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global Genocides TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling…

    is sponsored by PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor, which includes the Kurt Mayer Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and the annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. (In Fall 2014, PLU became one of only a handful of universities nationwide to offer a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.) The debaters’ visit follows PLU’s October 2014 standing-room-only screening of Sweet Dreams, a documentary about Rwandan women working to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 1994

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her vision when she was a child, but that hasn’t stopped her from showing up. And she’s continued to show up all the way to the world stage. McCarthy spent the evening and afternoon of March…

    Paralympics later this year. Read Previous Teachers tinker: Education department’s annual Benson Lecture, hands-on workshop bring spirit of maker movement to PLU Read Next PLU Hebrew Idol competition returns with more student-produced films than ever before COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make

  • TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…

    candles at wholesale price and then resold them to raise money for its annual military ball. All five students who worked together on Northwest Trade have either a family member or good friend in the military, so when Watkins suggested they consider the Wounded Warrior Project the vote was unanimous. “I work for Social Security, so I help people apply for disability benefits,” Watkins explained. “Wounded Warriors is able to do a lot of really cool things that normal disability programs don’t. It’s a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 7, 2016)- Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Nicole Laumb ’11 did and plans to do it again. “The giggles were endless,” she told her loyal Facebook followers at the end of the tour with the Flynn Creek…

    courtesy of Clark Mishler) Read Previous Annual Meant to Live event focuses on interdisciplinary education, features Chicago Library CEO Brian Bannon ’97 Read Next Award-winning screenwriter, film director Laurel Minter to teach beginners’ workshop on screenwriting at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 17, 2016)- MediaLab at Pacific Lutheran University, the multimedia, applied research organization that celebrates 10 years of success this fall, counts more than 200 students as participants throughout the decade. Those participants are invited to mark the organization’s milestone anniversary Nov. 5…

    support me in the years to come,” Lovrovich said. “I’m inspired by the support and success of past members who have come through MediaLab in the past 10 years.” Documentary filmmaking has become an annual, signature project for MediaLab. Currently, students are hard at work on “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers,” which premieres at Tacoma’s Theatre on the Square at 4 p.m. on Nov. 12. The MediaLab documentary team has spent much of 2016 traveling across North America, talking to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…

    of her favorites shows him smiling just after arriving in Afghanistan. He rarely smiled in photos, Mary recalled; he specialized in silly faces.Honoring veteransMary and Paul Bradshaw will be on the field ahead of PLU’s annual Military Appreciation Football Game on Nov. 5. Visit to read more about this event and the university’s Veterans Day Celebration.“It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years,” she said. The Bradshaws are now considered Gold Star parents, part of a group of families who lost

  • Five exceptional staff members receive PLU’s Distinguished Staff Award at annual holiday banquet Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 5, 2024 Image: Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Staff Awards are honored during the annual holiday banquet on Thursday, December 14, 2023. From left to right, recipients are Keleigh Allen, Greg Briggs, Seth Carlson, Jennifer Childress-White and Ryan Marsh. January 5, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsAwardees are nominated for their