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  • Earth Science AlumniRead the Spring 2014 Earth Science Newsletter! Get news about the faculty, students and activities in our department! Keep in touch! We’d love to hear from you. You can contact individual faculty or geos@plu.edu Dr. Steven Benham retired at the end of the 2013-2014 academic year after 32 years on the faculty at PLU. Many earth science alumni, students, and faculty attended the celebration of his career in May. View the citation about him that was read at the event. Dr. Brian

  • Changes to your HPRB Proposal (Amendments)If at any time students wish to make any change to the research proposal—including participants, procedures, instruments, and/or investigators—originally approved by the HPRB, they must submit an Amendment request within the proposal in Mentor. Students may not initiate any of these changes until the request has been reviewed and approved by the HPRB.Continuing ReviewProposals approved under expedited and full board review must be renewed annually for the

  • October 27, 2008 Donors share value of Holocaust Education Last week, stories of survival and the lessons of history were on the forefront of many people’s minds. On Oct. 21, more than 150 people gathered for the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in support of Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University.“It is always difficult to know where to begin,” Kurt Mayer told the assembled crowd in the Scandinavian Center. He was talking about the story of his life as a survivor

  • November 17, 2008 Veterans Day offers a time for reflection, thanks As the PLU brass played the unforgettable anthems of each branch of the United States Armed Services, the soldiers, sailors and airmen in the audience, stood up to applause. That was the crescendo of the PLU Veterans Day Celebration last week in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center Lagerquist Concert Hall. The veterans were recognized for their sacrifices and the audience was asked to reflect with pride on the brave men and

  • August 16, 2010 New director has an ‘open door policy’ By Kari Plog ’11 Campus Safety has a new front man. Pacific Lutheran University welcomes Sgt. Greg Premo as the new director and he plans to continue with the success former director Tony Berger left behind. “I got the impression that Campus Safety has grown a lot in the past few years,” Premo said. Sgt. Greg Premo has 16 years of law enforcement experience and comes to PLU from the University Place Police Department. “My initial thought is

  • March 1, 2011 USO features student soloists in March concert This month’s University Symphony Orchestra concert on March 22 will feature four student soloists – three sopranos and a composer – that will showcase talent ranging from operatic to the singing of French chants from the 14th century. “It’s rare to have all the soloists be singers,” said Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, the USO’s conductor and PLU’s director of orchestral activities. “It just so happened that’s the way it worked out this year

  • About PLUSCThe Pacific Lutheran University Staff Council was established in 1992 (originally as the Administrative Staff Council) to help facilitate communication between staff and campus leadership. PLUSC has 13 representative positions representing Admission, Advancement, Finance, Provost, Student Life, and Marketing and Communication. Representatives are elected by their department peers, and the positions are allotted to departments with a goal of each representative having a reasonable

  • Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Like many students, Heven Ambachew ’24 wasn’t yet sure of her major when embarking on her PLU journey. Four years later, thanks to PLU’s individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies . Innovation Studies at PLU Courses… June 7, 2024

  • A Mother's Sacrifice Acknowledged Through Support of First-Generation Students Eva Frey Johnson’s mother, Benilda Regis Arinto Frey, never completed her college degree. But that didn’t mean she, and her husband Steven, didn’t consider it essential. “My parents have always been committed to providing an education for their children,” Eva said. “They have been saving ever since the day we were born.”As a way of acknowledging that, Eva-PLU’s dean of student development and director of student

  • PLU is home to many students who are pursuing a career in medicine. In 2014, Donald and Barbara Simmons established a scholarship for this group of dedicated scholars to help them as they prepare for a life of service and care. We asked Barbara for the history behind the Donald E. Simmons, MD & Barbara A. Simmons Endowed Scholarship for Pre-Medicine Students, and she was kind enough to share her story with us. “My late husband, Don (Donald E. Simmons, M.D. 1967) was a graduate of PLU in 1967