Search

Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 11, 2022 February 11, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsWalk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is harder to identify

Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical Posted by: mhines / June 8, 2023 Image: Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 8, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTogether, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022.Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to

For PLU grad, American citizenship is personal Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 2, 2017 Image: Thomas Kim ’15, speaks on behalf of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition at a press conference leading up to the Supreme Court’s June 23, 2016, ruling on Deferred Action for Parents of Americans. November 2, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2017)- “What makes an American an American?”This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married

‘Strong link of three’: PLU graduate’s life — suddenly cut short — is remembered through legacy scholarship Posted by: Kari Plog / February 26, 2018 Image: Panayotis (Panago) Horton ’12 February 26, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2018) — Panayotis (Panago) Horton ’12 tattooed a three-link chain on his forearm: one link each for himself, his mother and his brother. The family emigrated from Greece when he was just 2 years old. They were his rock.And

PLU Puts Its Own Face on National Campaign: It’s On Us to Stop Sexual Assault Posted by: Sandy Dunham / December 17, 2014 December 17, 2014 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2014)—On Sept. 19, President Barack Obama joined Vice President Joe Biden in launching the It’s On Us campaign—to keep men and women safe by putting an end to sexual assault on college campuses across the nation. When the Lutes at the Women’s Center at Pacific Lutheran

Rainier Writing Workshop Begins Aug. 2—Along With Free Public Readings by its Esteemed Faculty Posted by: Sandy Dunham / July 24, 2015 Image: Participants in the 2014 Rainier Writing Workshop attend a lecture in Nordquist Lecture Hall. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) July 24, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (July 23, 2015)—During the Aug. 2-12 Rainier Writing Workshop, more than 100 students and faculty will gather at PLU to participate in classes, workshops

2015-16 Spotlight Series: ‘Roots of Resilience’ Posted by: Zach Powers / October 15, 2015 Image: (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 15, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 15, 2015)—Resilience is characterized by the “power or ability to return to original form” after being “bent, compressed or stretched.”You see examples of resilience in the news all the time—in the exhausted yet determined faces of Syrian refugees, in the grace of forgiveness following

Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Posted by: Zach Powers / April 15, 2021 Image: Andrew Schwartz ’07, the director of sustainability and global affairs at The Center for Earth Ethics, walks through Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon. (photos and video by Silong Chhun/PLU) April 15, 2021 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterWhen we first catch up with environmental advocate Andrew Schwartz ‘07, he's

March 10, 2014 A National Honor for ‘Digging into Cancer’ ‘Fast Company’ magazine names Hunt one of its 100 Most Creative People of 2014. A Survivor in the Global Spotlight Katie Hunt ’11 fought cancer at PLU, leads the emerging field of paleo-oncology and wowed the crowd at TED2014 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications After hearing Katie Hunt’s story—of survival, determination, success, worldwide acclaim and infinite promise—you’re likely to experience one of two powerful

Recent PLU Graduates on their Careers, Convictions & Passion for Health Care Posted by: Zach Powers / December 18, 2014 Image: Candis LeBaron, Tacoma General Hospital, Dec. 18, 2014. [Photo: Zach Powers/PLU] December 18, 2014 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over the world, Pacific Lutheran University alumni are serving in a wide variety of roles in hospitals, clinics, research centers and public-health agencies, sharing a steadfast commitment of