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  • Where can a liberal arts degree in Music Composition lead you? In my case it has led to a life of travel, study, program development, tour-guiding, international relations and eventually a handshake with the President of China. Here’s the tale. TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 29, 2015)—The…

    , program development, tour-guiding, international relations and eventually a handshake with the President of China. Here’s the tale.By Dr. Gregory YoutzPLU Professor of Music and ComposerTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 29, 2015)—The late September sun was hot as we crowded in through a narrow door into a lobby full of metal detectors and federal security agents. Behind us Vietnamese and Falun Gong protesters waved flags and signs. Police were everywhere, as the whole neighborhood around Lincoln High School had

  • PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center.

    Jessica Anderson ’07 Jessica Anderson ’07 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/jessica-anderson.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 18, 2016 September 25, 2017 Jessica Anderson is passionate about education, geosciences and technology, and has combined all three to become an award-winning educator. In 2016, Anderson was named the Montana Teacher of the

  • The globe is Charles Bergman’s classroom and research lab, and he’s collected many colorful stories as souvenirs along the way.

    Antarctica Antarctica https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2017/01/antarctica-penguins-cover-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 31, 2017 January 30, 2019 Professor of English Charles Bergman urges people to embrace the humanity of animals The globe is Charles Bergman’s classroom and research lab, and he’s collected many colorful stories as

  • Keven Drews’ doctor told him he was out of options in his longtime fight for his life. So, he launched a crowdfunding campaign to earn $500,000 for a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer

    Keven Drews ’16 Keven Drews ’16 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/keven-drews-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 13, 2018 February 6, 2018 “You have to raise $500,000 or you’re going to die.” In so many words, that’s what Keven Drews ’16 says his doctor told him over the phone in October, when Drews learned he was out of

  • Kate Monthy ’04 and Dmitry Mikheyev ’10 empower fellow artists at Spaceworks.

    Brad Tilden ’83 Brad Tilden ’83 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/brad-tilden.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 26, 2016 September 25, 2017 Since Brad Tilden took the reins as CEO at Seattle’s hometown airline in 2012, Alaska Airlines has grown to become the nation’s fifth largest airline, serving 119 destinations throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico

  • PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.

    Shiori Oki ’17 Shiori Oki ’17 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/shiori-oki.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 16, 2016 September 25, 2017 Shiori studied classical languages and literature, as well as English literature, at PLU. She was deeply involved in the PLU community during her four years as a student. A handful of her numerous leadership roles

  • Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away

    EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Simon Sung EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Lace M. Smith WEB TEAM Logan Seelye Sam O’Hara ’16 Chris Albert CLASS NOTES Laura Rose ’03, ’11 Kathy Allen ’17 PROOFREADER Rebecca Young EDITORIAL OFFICES Neeb Center 253-535-8410 resolute@plu.edu www.plu.edu/resolute PLU OFFICERS Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Allan Belton Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Donna Gibbs Vice

  • As a member of the University Student Media, our primary responsibility is to serve the PLU community.

    with members of printing trades, publishing firms, television productions, radio productions, and similar operations on other campuses. Meet regularly with the other media outlet heads to discuss content and promote cross-platform collaboration. Complete semester reports about media outlet that includes but is not limited to: number of student participants, hours or operation of publication schedule, and any other reports called for by student media advisers. Specific ResponsibilitiesIn addition to

  • Mare Blocker and Jessica Spring, visiting assistant professors of art and design, discuss the massive letterpress donation by WCP Solutions — the Thorniley Collection — and the interdisciplinary

    Welcome Welcome https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2017/01/welcome-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Mare Blocker and Jessica Spring Mare Blocker and Jessica Spring https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/plugins/wp-user-avatar/deprecated/wp-user-avatar/images/wpua-96x96.png January 20, 2017 May 22, 2017 For the artist and innovator, making is an act of avowal. The tools and materials you use, the physical process — these convey what you believe in, what

  • Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development practices Posted by: Zach Powers / September 28, 2023 Image: Eva Dumeni, a teacher from Namibia who visited PLU in September, works with a student in Brianna Wells’ class at Clover Creek Elementary School in Pierce County, Washington. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 28, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterIn Kwangali and Oshindonga, widely spoken languages in Namibia, “Uukumwe