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  • Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…

    times. Being open to change is the key to everything, rather than just sticking to a particular mindset. What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from your fellow interns and coworkers in Senator Dhingra’s office? I have learned that there is more to the world than the simple black and white, right and wrong, and I think that is a harsh reality to come to terms with just because it is just hard to say if one thing is correct, or one thing is incorrect. I do still think that some truths are truer

  • Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…

    shifted a number of times. Being open to change is the key to everything, rather than just sticking to a particular mindset. What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from your fellow interns and coworkers in Senator Dhingra’s office? I have learned that there is more to the world than the simple black and white, right and wrong, and I think that is a harsh reality to come to terms with just because it is just hard to say if one thing is correct, or one thing is incorrect. I do still think that some

  • Kate Hall ’17 remembers the job interview that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way. “I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to…

    Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education.That birthday gift, Hall says, is the gift that keeps on giving. She feels privileged to work with a talented team of communicators. “I have loved watching the communications team blossom and grow,” she says. She’s had a variety of roles supporting internal and external communications needs, including web design, graphic design, social media and web and document accessibility projects. Most recently, she has worked as a communications

  • Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things…

    authors like Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde. Einan worked with Associate Professor of English Adela Ramos on projects about books by Jane Austen. Einan and Ramos worked on online posts reviewing Jane Austen themed adaptations, merchandise, games and spin-off books. Einan recently completed her capstone about female mobility in Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Ramos remembers meeting Einan for the first time in her Jane Austen Communities class. “She was sitting in the front row, pen in hand, notebook out

  • Two episodes of a new four-part MediaLab documentary project is set to premiere this spring. The series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender, screened Feb. 17 at…

    . and abroad, Lovrovich said she hopes the series encourages meaningful conversations about diversity and difference. “Just like we did through the process of making the series,” Lovrovich said, “we hope everyone will gain a better understanding of the meaning of diversity and the varying ways in which it is valued and discussed.” Lovrovich added that, like many past MediaLab projects, the ultimate goal is to spark conversations well beyond the Pacific Northwest. “We hope that our audience will not

  • By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies. We are delighted to announce the graduation of seven Innovation Studies minors this May, and we wish them well in all future endeavors. This year’s graduates include Sage Allen, Anastasia Bidne, Megan Goninan, Robert Helle, Benjamin Leschensky, Michelle…

    to use to understand the compassion and empathy that should be behind every project. I am looking forward to utilizing these skills in future endeavors, especially in tech design projects.”   Megan Goninan has earned a B.F.A in Studio Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design, along with a supporting minor in Innovation Studies. Megan was part of the original cohort of Innovation Studies students, and designed several beautiful posters for the Innovation Studies program. (Thanks, Megan

  • APO, Vpstart Crow support student directors The recent influx of students into PLU’s theater program has caused some growing pains. The department only produces a limited number of shows each year. With more students in the program, there are fewer opportunities for everyone to act,…

    opportunities for capstone projects,” she added. This J-Term, however, two productions are in the works that provide four students the opportunity to direct and dozens more the chance to participate in other aspects of the theater. PLU’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega (APO) is funding one show, while the other is being supported by the new club, Vpstart Crow (pronounced Upstart Crow). For more than a decade, APO, the national theater honor society, has funded at least one student-produced main stage show each

  • Growing season begins at community garden On Sunday, April 20, the grand opening of the PLU Community Garden’s permanent site officially kicked off Earth Week. Located on 121st Street South behind Ingram Hall, the 10,000-square-foot site is much larger than the garden’s previous a 150-square-foot…

    (planting) from a farmer’s perspective.” Formed in 2000 by the Emergency Food Network, Mother Earth Farm is an eight-acre organic farm that produces more than 150,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables each growing season. All the produce is distributed directly to local food banks and hot meal programs. Through service learning projects and the student environmental club GREAN, PLU students have volunteered at the farm. Working there is as much an educational experience as it is manual labor, Mares

  • NMR is no longer under wraps It looks like a rather fat, squat water heater. A water heater with a $743,000 price tag. But to the professors of PLU’s chemistry department , the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is a dream come true. It’s easy to…

    analyzing samples with the NMR: Yakelis’s Organic Special Projects students and Waldow’s Instrumental Analysis students will be among the first students to use it. The machine works by an electronic arm plucking out a sample from a rotating tray and slowly lowering it into a tube, which then goes down on a column of air into the bowels of the machine and into a center of a powerful magnet that is 200,000 times as strong as the Earth’s magnetic field. As the machine analyzes the sample, information

  • Lute athletic facilities: ‘Defining a vision, planning for the future’ What does it take to mount a successful athletic program these days? A few things immediately come to mind: talented and highly motivated student athletes; experienced, dedicated and supportive coaches and staff; and high-quality equipment.…

    recreation, training and competition in every sport. “The projects will be phased in over time,” Turner said. The first major component is the creation of two outdoor all-weather lighted synthetic fields for practice, competition and recreation. One of the fields will be designed to accommodate the addition of spectator seating, giving the campus a multipurpose stadium sometime in the future. The construction of new indoor space for practice, instruction and recreation is also planned for phase one. It