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reconciliation efforts. The Pacific Lutheran University alum agreed to discuss that honor, the barriers he broke in 1970 as the city's first black principal and his continued work as a retired educator and community member in this latest episode of PLU Podcast.Stewart, born in a small rural Texas community, pursued teaching as a career path because it was one of only a handful of opportunities open to him and other African Americans at the time. After his early experiences as an educator in his native state
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others are exposed to new insights about people who are different from them,” says Cunningham. PLU Senior Ian Rice, a member of University Congregation, attended last year’s Gospel Experience Concert and reflected on his experience of the event. “Overall the concert was very different than what I’m used to, especially because Lutherans traditionally sit and stand fairly still while singing a hymn. This was louder and longer — since each song seemed Spirit-led in terms of when it actually finished
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Soccer legend, advocate, and broadcaster Julie Foudy to deliver PLU commencement address Posted by: Zach Powers / March 1, 2022 Image: (Photo courtesy of Julie Foudy) March 1, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University will welcome Julie Foudy to the Tacoma Dome on May 28 to deliver a commencement address to the university’s graduating class. Foudy will share reflections inspired by her iconic career as a member of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, award-winning
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collaboration in rehearsal.” Brown tapped dance faculty member Ariella Brown and student dancers to bring the famous can-can to life, but other moments in the show required movement as well. “We were blocking one scene, and I mentioned that we needed a dance step like Gladys Knight and the Pips,” Brown remembers. “Cassie Willock, one of our cast members, started doing exactly the step I had in mind. I exclaimed, ‘Exactly! Everyone do what Cassie is doing.’” Tickets can be purchased through the PLU Campus
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May 9, 2008 Regents recognize faculty, student leaders At the annual spring meeting, the Board of Regents approved 12 faculty recipients of Regency Advancement Awards and recognized student and faculty leaders. The Regency Advancement Awards are intended to enhance opportunities for professional development and encourage faculty to pursue scholarship and creative projects. The annual awards are competitive, and faculty member must submit detailed applications about their proposed project. Each
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March 23, 2011 Heritage Society marks 30 years of aiding PLU’s long-term future Thirty years ago Gerry Evanson ’63, Lori (Hefty ’58) Steen, Jim Sparks ’61, Director of Planned Giving Ed Larson ’57, PLU President William O. Rieke and a few others got together to solve a problem. At the time, PLU did not have much of an endowment. And they knew that, for the university to prosper, that needed to change. So the group initiated PLU’s Heritage Society, which honors people who have made estate
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February 1, 2012 Antarctic sunset. Photo taken by Samantha Dillon. Resource 2012 Wang Symposium: Our Thirsty Planet Wang Symposium: Activist fights to preserve the precious resource of water By Barbara Clements Maude Barlow didn’t start out interested in water. Nothing of the sort, she recalled recently from her home in Ottawa, Canada. In the mid-80s, Barlow was working in the women’s movement and focusing on laws that would eventually be known as the as NAFTA. While looking over various
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May 7, 2013 PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for English 216: African and Caribbean short stories, some were a little surprised to find the university president, Tom Krise, standing in the front of the room with Professor Barbara Temple-Thurston. “There were some
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September 26, 2014 Shelia Smith, new Dean of the School of Nursing. John Froschauer, Photographer Liberal Arts and Nursing. A Perfect Match of Science and Compassion By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s new Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Sheila Smith, says she was drawn to move across country and take the top leadership role at one of the premier nursing schools in the Northwest because of the sense of mission at PLU, commitment to academic
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PLU’s New Emergency Notification System Goes Online Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 5, 2015 Image: Campus Safety staffers monitor PLU’s new Emergency Notification System. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 5, 2015 1st Test of Outdoor Speakers Scheduled for March 10 Fire DrillBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)—When you hear a big, booming voice in the sky on March 10, it (probably) won’t be A Message From Above. But it is a message Campus Safety
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