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. Krogstad dispenses self-tests to prospective patients at the mobile testing unit through their vehicle windows. Nurses like Krogstad stand at various checkpoints, handing out and then retrieving swab kits. An average of 180 patients per day come through the unit, with spikes up to as many as 250. Results are provided anywhere from 48 to 72 hours after the swabs are run — a phone call for those who test positive, an email for those who test negative. “People don’t do tests on themselves normally,” she
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strength. But we will not be able to rest on our laurels, we must find ways to “globalize” every PLU student’s education, both on campus and through additional study-away possibilities. Global education is currently a key to admissions marketing, I believe it may become even more important. Fourth, the market for “higher” higher education will continue to expand. The Master’s may become the new BA and, in many fields, the applied doctorate will be the new MA. While we have a solid foothold in graduate
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February 1, 2014 Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Natalie Burton ’13 plays a Bach piece on the piano for master pianist Vladimir Feltsman during Portland Piano International’s Up Close With the Masters series. (Photo courtesy of Portland Piano International) A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Music and Chinese Studies major Natalie Burton graduated magna cum laude from PLU in 2013, but she might have taken her most high-profile class
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Conference at PLU focuses on how to have productive conversations about race and equity Posted by: Zach Powers / January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017 Tune in: The People's Gathering is streaming live By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference
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Admission counselor earns Rising Star Award Posted by: Kari Plog / July 10, 2017 Image: Julian Franco (left) presents information about Pacific Lutheran University’s 253 PLU Bound scholarship program at Todd Beamer High School in December 2015. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) July 10, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (July 10, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University's Office of Admission is home to a rising star. Julian Franco was recently honored at the Pacific
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MFA alumnus — out of options to treat his cancer — works to raise $500,000 for clinical trial Posted by: Kari Plog / November 27, 2017 Image: Keven Drews ’16 with his wife, Yvette, and their 7-year-old twins. (Photo courtesy of Drews) November 27, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 27, 2017)- “You have to raise $500,000 or you’re going to die.” In so many words, that’s what Keven Drews ’16 says his doctor told him over the phone in October, when Drews
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PLU honors retirement of 53-year archivist, longest-serving employee with well deserved ‘hullabaloo’ Posted by: Kari Plog / February 20, 2018 Image: Kerstin “Kris” Ringdahl retires this week after serving 53 years as the university’s archivist. February 20, 2018 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 20, 2018)- The last time Pacific Lutheran University welcomed a new president, Kerstin “Kris” Ringdahl was one of the first people to meet him on Day One. “I was there
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Kristina Walker ’02 on running for office, loving Tacoma, and city council goals Posted by: Zach Powers / January 8, 2020 Image: Kristina Walker ’02 is sworn in at Tacoma City Council by her husband, Alex Walker ’03, on Tuesday, Jan. 7. (Photo courtesy the City of Tacoma) January 8, 2020 By Lisa PattersonGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 8, 2020) — At about this time last January, Kristina Walker ’02 got The New York Times’ special insert that featured all 126 women
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Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative writing during a pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 By By Zach Powers ‘10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsRick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and
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PLU professor curates an Oxford Univ. museum collection at the intersection of religion, medicine and disability Posted by: Zach Powers / February 13, 2024 Image: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen is an associate professor of early and medieval Christian history at PLU. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU_ February 13, 2024 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterIn April 2023, PLU religion professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Ph.D., attended the Natural History Museum Late Night with PLU students at the
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