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You Ask, We Answer: PLU is too close to home…or is it? Posted by: shortea / March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023 I have grown up in Parkland, WA my entire life. I went to Brookdale Elementary, Keithley Middle School, and then Washington High School. The last thing I wanted to do was to attend PLU, as it had been right there in my backyard and right next to those three schools.So when I went to college, I decided to go far from home. I didn’t want to stay somewhere I had already been. But to my
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MSMR Candidates Work With Washington Traffic Safety Control Posted by: wagnerjc / October 9, 2017 October 9, 2017 The Goal: Reduce Traffic Deaths in Washington State to ZeroAs a client project in this year’s Marketing Management course, the 2018 cohort is working with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC). WTSC has a goal of ending traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Crashes caused by distracted driving and driving after polydrug (being under the influence of more than one
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March 12, 2012 George Elbaum reads from his book “Neither Yesterdays Nor Tomorrows” about his survival in Poland during WWII. On the screen behind him is a picture of Elbaum and his mother taken shortly after the war ended. (Photo by John Froschauer) Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto talks about how his mother’s determination and “pure luck” played out in his survival By Barbara Clements Three year old George Elbaum couldn’t quite understand what was happening. The child and his grandmother were in
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think one of the exciting things about research is that there are innumerable possibilities,” she says. “My hope is this trope of Dark Green Religion can be more robust, can become more inclusive.” Professor O’Brien and Collin Ray will present their research in May 2018 at the American Academy of Religion regional conference being held at PLU. Helen Smith is a PLU junior, with a major in Communications (Journalism concentration) and minor in English Writing. She completed this article as part of her
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an outstretched hand and a minor shrug. They nod and say sure. Around you similar arrangements are made. The atmosphere is agreeable. The guides circle, fostering positivity. It could be fake, but the sunlight denies your inner cynic. You let it drop. You smile at the guides. They smile back. The kayaks are heavy and pulse their weight against your hip. Your sneakers crunch on gravel as you carry it down the beach. You slide the kayak halfway into the water and lift yourself in. You’re wet, but
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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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Getting to Know the Alumni – Nichole Clifford Posted by: wagnerjc / October 4, 2017 October 4, 2017 Nicki Clifford, class of 2017 MSMR grad, gives advice to current MSMR students and emphasizes the importance of working with organizations that you believe in. Why PLU’s MSMR Program? The MSMR Program at PLU has catalyzed my growth as an academic and a professional. The program encouraged the development of a strategic mindset that has been beneficial when countering managerial problems with a
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Study away returns to PLU Posted by: vcraker / March 2, 2022 Image: Lutes from the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean course in Greece (Photo by professor Antonios Finitsis) March 2, 2022 After a hiatus last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 65 undergraduate and 22 graduate students from Pacific Lutheran University were able to participate in January term study away trips this year. The program took PLU students all over the world, with courses designed and taught by PLU professors offered
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possible. Several support options have been developed to aid instructors in using the new templates. Site Setup Tutorial Online guide for setting up a new Sakai site New Sakai sites now contain a hidden link to a Site Setup Tutorial for instructors. The online tutorial offers a step-by-step overview of the process for preparing new course sites. Faculty Support Drop-In Hours Individualized support on a walk-in basis August 28 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Library 331 August 31 from 8:00 a.m. -12:00
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J-term adventures: Keep up with music students around the world Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 12, 2016 January 12, 2016 Churches, Organs, and Art in The Netherlands and GermanyUniversity Organist and Associate Professor of Music Paul Tegels takes students to visit historical buildings in the Netherlands and northern Germany. Organ students will see and play some of the most significant historical instruments in that region, hearing the repertoire on instruments for which that repertoire
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