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Opening Doors to Opportunity: Andrew Whitney ’12, Director of Seed Internships Posted by: Zach Powers / November 3, 2022 Image: Andrew Whitney ’12 poses on 11th with Tacoma behind, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Whitney is the Tacoma Site Director with Degrees of Change, an agency who’s missions statement reads “We prepare diverse, homegrown leaders to succeed in college and career in order to build more vibrant and equitable communities” . (Photo/John Froschauer) November 3, 2022 By Zach

Students featured in University Symphony Orchestra season closer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will close its 2015-16 season with a blend of brand new works and twentieth-century masterpieces. The concert on Tuesday, May 10 at 8pm, features violinist Laura Hillis ’17 and composer Emilio Gonzalez ’16, and will be conducted by Jeffrey Bell-Hanson. The concert opens with a new orchestral fanfare, Bright Light Rising, by Scott

University of Oxford. At Late Night events, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum host tours and various evening activities offered by researchers, creatives, and staff.  Llewellyn Ihssen noticed an upcoming talk on disability in the museum. Little did she know that her observation would lead to her contributing to a permanent collection and being appointed an academic fellow at the Pitt Rivers Museum, part of the University of Oxford system. Faith and FictionLlewellyn Ihssen’s

the refugees out. It is not enough. Our world is shrinking under the pressure of the globalized economy, but sadly, governmental structures have not caught up to the needs of a globalized society. Diversity. Social Justice. Sustainability. PLU’s values for the new millennium become now more relevant then ever. How fast can we spread this word to our world? Read Previous Ordal Hall: Lots is New for Fall Read Next PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

the letter to The New York Times below from the President of Manhattan College (a fellow NAC&U school) which will carry my signature and the signature of the President of Wagner (both an ELCA and NAC&U school, like PLU): To the Editor: In “College Rankings Fail to Measure the Influence of the Institution” (October 2, 2015), James B. Stewart ends with a list of 10 schools that emerge as leaders in adding value regardless of the major of graduates, based on a formula developed by the Brookings

are going to have a real leg up. They will already have a connection with this university that is going to anchor them and keep them here for all four years."- Galen Ciscell Reinmuth said he knew very little about sociology when he registered for Sociology of Education, which included a collaborative project with nearby Keithley Middle School, but he’s thankful he did. “Sociology actually became one of my favorite classes and I’m now really good friends with the professor,” he said. University as

homes where the next meal and the next paycheck is always an uncertainty. Each morning, Pfaff, 22, gets up at 6 am and is in the classroom by 7 am. He lets his students eat in class to make sure they have breakfast and then they get to work. Pfaff teaches everything, from math, to science to English. After school, he works on papers and talks to students. He usually leaves about 4:30 pm. Then repeats this the next day, and the next. The local newspaper interviewed Pfaff just before the first day of

benefit of access and affordability for community leaders who need to complete this program, PLU’s intent is to serve the community schools on its doorstep and embody the values of care, compassion, service, difference and leadership. “The Administrative Professional Certificate is an important step forward for the state certification system,” said Dr. Frank Kline, dean of PLU’s School of Education and Kinesiology. “The number of administrators who need it has been increasing significantly, and PLU

Two Lutes Attend Peace Scholars Program at the Oslo International Summer School Posted by: Thomas Krise / July 25, 2014 July 25, 2014 With seemingly unending conflict in the Middle East, and now horrible atrocities in the Ukraine with the downing of the Malaysian jet, it’s easy to throw up one’s hands and wonder if anything, really, anything is going to make a difference in this world. But there are two Pacific Lutheran University students who are determined to do just that – make a difference

PLU students, alumni collectively earn four Emmy nominations for work in student media Posted by: Kari Plog / May 8, 2018 Image: The MediaLab crew in Washington, D.C., during filming for “A World of Difference,” one of several Emmy-nominated projects produced by Lutes. (Photo courtesy of Robert Wells) May 8, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2018) — Three Pacific Lutheran University student-media organizations have received a total of four Emmy Award