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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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PLU Presents Its First Spring Spotlight Series: “… and Justice for All?” Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus with the inaugural Spring Spotlight Series, four months of events
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Art and Anthropology Faculty Join Forces for Important Historical Illustrations Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 17, 2015 January 17, 2015 Q&A With Professor Michael Stasinos and Associate Professor Bradford Andrews By Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—In a groundbreaking merger of art and anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University Art Professor Michael Stasinos has been developing important historical illustrations in collaboration with
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2016-17 Spotlight Series: Re•forming Posted by: Zach Powers / September 26, 2016 Image: (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 26, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsIn recognition of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran reformation, throughout the 2016-17 academic year a wide range of academic, community and artistic events at Pacific Lutheran University will address questions and concepts relating to Re•forming.UPCOMING EVENTSSecond Annual César Chávez & Dolores Huerta
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Teaching in the Pandemic: How Three Teachers Made the Best of an Unprecedented Time Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 27, 2021 Image: Alonso Brizuela ’14, Sarah Lord ’00, Caitlyn Zwang ’09 May 27, 2021 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterHigh school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that
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