Pacific Lutheran University announcement. A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The… Read the rest of the announcement […]
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Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Together, the ports of Tacoma and Seattle are the fourth-largest container gateway for containerized cargo shipping between Asia and major distribution points in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the East Coast. For this installment of Lute Powered, we interviewed three PLU alumni who are serving… Read the rest of the announcement […]
Connecting for Commerce: Port of Tacoma Executive Director Eric Johnson ’83
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. When Pacific Lutheran University alumnus Eric Johnson ’83 majored in political science and minored in biology, he wasn’t sure how the two would fit together in a career. After he graduated from PLU, he earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington… Read the rest of the announcement […]
Questioning Barriers: Angela Pierce-Ngo ’12 understands post-secondary success requires questions
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. While at PLU, Angela Pierce-Ngo ’12 was worried by a troubling pattern. After the first year of college, many peers and friends — especially classmates of color — left school or took an extremely long break. Even as she worked as a diversity advocate and… Read the rest of the announcement […]
Rooted and Open: Rev. Jen Rude talks about centering community, spiritual diversity, and Campus Ministry
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. In the summer of 2016, Rev. Jen Rude and her spouse Deb packed their things and drove two thousand miles West on Interstate 90 to a new home and a new call. Six-and-half years later, Rude is no longer PLU’s “new pastor from Chicago.” Now she’s known around campus simply as […]
PLU students present ‘The War of the Worlds’
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Theatre major Zivia Rich ’24 loves a good story. She is especially fond of them in the form of a radio show or podcast. Growing up, the Seattle-area native spent much of her time listening to KUOW, their local National Public Radio station. “We have a radio in my kitchen, right […]
TNT: PLU football team tackles mental health stigma after a suicide
Anna Taff remembers the yellow sticky note she found in her son’s desk drawer. It was a list of principles he tried to live by, there to remind him of the person he wanted to be — his “rules for life,” she called it. Read more at The News Tribune website.
Information, Technology and Leadership: an interview with Port of Tacoma’s Mark Miller ’88
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. When Mark Miller ’88 enrolled at PLU he planned to become a math teacher, but he soon discovered he had a passion for technology and business. He’s followed that passion ever since. His career in information and technology has spanned three decades and included chapters… Read the rest of the announcement […]
Diversity Education Leader Eddie Moore, Jr. to headline the fall convening of The People’s Gathering at PLU
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Pacific Lutheran University’s Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will co-host the fall virtual convening of The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness conference on November 10. The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness conference is a professional and personal development learning experience that provides a supportive space where […]