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PLU Senior Elana Tracy on her (three!) study away experiences, learning during COVID, and plans for graduate school Posted by: bennetrr / May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021 By Ernest JasminPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterSenior Elana Tracy ‘21 has mixed feelings now that her studies at Pacific Lutheran University are coming to an end. On the one hand, PLU allowed her to discover a passion for global studies while studying abroad in Great Britain; but on the other, she won’t miss learning in
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PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 7, 2021 Image: Sheryl Ochayon, an attorney and educator who directs Yad Vashem’s “Echoes and Reflections: Teaching the Holocaust, Inspiring the Classroom” program, speaking at PLU’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education in 2019. June 7, 2021 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsLeaders from Pacific Lutheran University and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance
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supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began. “Don’t bother majoring in business,” he can still hear her telling him. “We’ll teach you everything you need to know about business. Go find a topic that you love and learn how to think critically.” With that encouragement in mind, Grande majored in political science while interning at Microsoft throughout all four of his PLU years
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On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 24, 2023 Image: Siblings Sydney (left) and Jackson Reisner (right) (PLU photo/Sy Bean) February 24, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterOn the day of high school class choices, a middle school teacher noticed the normally outgoing Jackson Reisner sitting quietly, acting withdrawn.Jackson grew increasingly anxious as the morning progressed. A movie buff, the
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Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Posted by: Julie Winters / March 19, 2023 Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean) March 19, 2023 By Grant Hoskins ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterGavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators.Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with
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PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion Posted by: Zach Powers / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics. She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s definitely not
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Growing into her own: Sarah Davis ’23 discovers her passion for plant biology at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / April 26, 2023 Image: Sarah Davis ’23, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, was drawn to PLU for several reasons — both her parents are alumni, the study-away opportunities were exciting and the community was welcoming. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterSarah Davis began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine
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PLU student team finishes in the top five at international math modeling competition Posted by: mhines / June 16, 2023 Image: Natural Sciences students compete in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, a competition that goes 24-hours a day from Thursday to Monday (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 16, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Each year, around 10,000 teams participate in The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, an international contest where teams of
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PLU’s Parkland Literacy Center supports local k-12 students, receives new grant Posted by: Zach Powers / October 3, 2023 Image: An education major with an emphasis in special education, Kaila Harris ’24 is a tutor at the Parkland Literacy Center. October 3, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For the past four years Pacific Lutheran University student workers and volunteers have made the Parkland Literacy Center a beacon of community and learning support. Operated by
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Brian Sung ’24 discusses his business and econ majors, Oxford trip, and PLU experience as a first generation Chinese immigrant Posted by: Zach Powers / March 15, 2024 Image: Brian Sung ’23 is a double major in business and economics. He recently interned at Russell Investments. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 15, 2024 By Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Brian Sung ’24 has made the most out of his PLU years inside and outside the classroom. In the classroom
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