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  • PLU Alumna Named Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” Posted by: Todd / June 23, 2015 June 23, 2015 By By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsKari Plog ’11 has spent her first two years as a reporter for The (Tacoma) News Tribune covering stories ranging from sexual harassment in a jail facility in Fife, to a deadly boat ramp in Tacoma, to Super Bowl XLVIII in New York City. Earlier this month, Plog was named “New Journalist of the Year” by the Society of Professional

  • PLU Alumna Named Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” Posted by: Zach Powers / June 22, 2015 Image: (Photo by Josh Trujillo/SPJ) June 22, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsKari Plog ’11 has spent her first two years as a reporter for The (Tacoma) News Tribune covering stories ranging from sexual harassment in a jail facility in Fife, to a deadly boat ramp in Tacoma, to Super Bowl XLVIII in New York City. Earlier this month, Plog was named “New Journalist of the

  • The University Wind Ensemble featured at the Western International Band Clinic Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 Lutes played to more than 800 students, band directors and music lovers who packed the house at the Western International Band Clinic on Saturday, November 21, 2015. The PLU Wind Ensemble was featured during the festival’s Saturday night performance and was one of only four groups selected to perform and the only band selected west of Texas. “Our

  • PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior.

    Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Farver is the past president of the Cleveland Clinic medical staff and served on the Cleveland Clinic Board of Governors. She received her M.D. degree from Yale University School of Medicine. Subsequently, Dr. Farver completed her residency and fellowship/research training in pulmonary pathology at Brigham Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. She joined the Cleveland Clinic in

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2016)- When she was 17 years old, Megan Wonderly had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up. One afternoon, her teacher had the class look through a list of possible careers. At the top of that list…

    civilization that, through trade and military conquest, stretches across several modern day African countries, Wonderly said. Now back at school and looking toward graduation, Wonderly plans on becoming an archaeological field technician after she graduates and to eventually join the Peace Corps in Ethiopia to get closer to the cultures she finds intriguing. Ultimately, she wants to continue doing field work and learn more about the ancient civilizations people know so little about. For now, Wonderly is

  • Ann Auman, professor of biology and program director for the study away program in Namibia, is bringing a research component to her students’ semester away in spring 2017 thanks to Wang Center

    approach by also reflecting on the factors they believe impacted the changes, as well as what those findings mean for Namibians’ microbiomes. Auman noted that many of the diseases that affect microbiomes are often Western diseases. “Our Western culture tends to diminish the diversity of microbiomes,” she said; the diversity of them correlates with human health. In other words, more diversity of microbiomes means healthier people. Auman left for Namibia Jan. 8, 2016, with her 12-year-old son and 15-year

  • PLU maintains an open door with a world superpower, empowering students to learn about politics and culture off the beaten path in a distinct region of the country.

    lifetime. Wang, who graduated from PLU in 1988, is a semi-retired English professor in China who prepares students to go abroad, including those coming to his alma mater. CHENGDU, CHINA Students in the program, which is open to all majors and language levels, take courses at Sichuan University in western China. View the China programHe was one of the first Chinese students to come to PLU. “At that time it was extremely hard for Chinese to go abroad,” he recalled. “I’m one of a lucky group, I was chosen

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is comprised of the some of the best performers of wind and percussion instruments at the University and is recognized as one of the finest groups of its

    Conference, the Western International Band Clinic, the National Association for Music Educators Northwest Conference, and our state WMEA conference in Yakima. Recent international tours have included Spain, Portugal, Australia, and China.See upcoming Wind Ensemble events here

    Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 206 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Where can a liberal arts degree in Music Composition lead you? In my case it has led to a life of travel, study, program development, tour-guiding, international relations and eventually a handshake with the President of China. Here’s the tale. TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 29, 2015)—The…

    Chinese for 25 years in Tacoma, and that I just happened to be in the right role as Chair at the right time to welcome the president of China. It is nice to know that, after 25 years of studying a country and civilization, I actually have learned some things and put them to good use in the world. It is also proof that learning does not end with graduation from college—many things are learned beyond college and can turn into second careers. My only concern, and I will take this up with the cosmic