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      Nancy Nelson leans on bannister in the main lobby of Chief Leschi Schools. There is a large navy blue tribal mural on the wall behind her. she is smiling and wearing a black jacket with the school logo on it.
      PLU MBA alum Nancy Nelson discusses her work directing career and technical education at Chief Leschi Schools

      Nancy Nelson’s path to a career in education was a nontraditional one. So it’s no surprise that her journey led her to a special kind of school. Since fall 2020, Nelson has served as director of career and technical education (CTE) at Chief Leschi Schools,…

      March 27, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Leavens smiles into the camera. she is wearing a bright blue sweatshirt that says 'CHIEF LESCHI' in white and gold letters.
      PLU alumna Jenifer Leavens ’18 leads elementary education at Chief Leschi Schools

      Jenifer Leavens was an experienced educator when she decided it was time to pursue a master’s degree in education. A transplant from California, she wasn’t sure which Puget Sound area university had the best program. So she asked some of her colleagues. “Hands down, people…

      March 20, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean)
      Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District

      Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified sports in high school. Although his former high…

      March 19, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Melanie Helle smiles for a portrait while standing in a beautiful lobby space at Chief Leschi Schools. She has long dark hair and is wearing a bright blue fleece jacket.
      Melanie Helle ’97 applies lessons learned at PLU to her work at Chief Leschi Schools

      Melanie Helle ’97 walked into a new job in 2020, during the first year of the Covid pandemic. “That was my first year — the pandemic, virtual learning. I was learning on the job,” says the director of special services at Chief Leschi Schools, operated…

      March 13, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      PLU student Quan Huynh ‘25 in a medium to wide portrait, posing in front of the Washington State capitol building. Huynh is sitting, arms crossed, and smiling.
      Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate

      Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…

      February 24, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is posing in front of Sammamish High School in a red dress with both hands on her hips and looking at the camera with a warm smile.
      PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher

      PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is in her first year teaching biology to ninth graders at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. Her classroom consists of a diverse population of students — something her recent completion of the Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program at Pacific…

      January 4, 2023
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      A conversation with novelist Mari Matthias ‘94, author of “The Runestone’s Promise”

      Mari Matthias ‘94 loved diagramming sentences back in the ninth grade. Later, she served on the staff of Saxifrage, PLU’s student-run literary and art magazine, during all four of her years on campus. Matthias describes herself as a self-taught novelist. “Once I decided to write…

      November 9, 2022
      Alumni, Internships, Career
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      PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time

      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…

      November 8, 2022
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      A banner with three headshots of John Wolfe Eric Johnson and Mark Miller. Each are dressed business casual and standing in front of different backdrops around the Port of Tacoma.
      Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance

      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…

      November 7, 2022
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Eric Johnson ’83 standing in a Port of Tacoma meeting room. His hands rest on the backs of two chairs and we can see the port behind him through giant windows. Eric is wearing a grey blazer, blue shirt and is smiling confidently.
      Connecting for Commerce: Port of Tacoma Executive Director Eric Johnson ’83

      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…

      November 7, 2022
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      John Wolfe wearing a dress shirt and blazer. He is smiling with his hand on a metal rail and the Port of Tacoma behind him.
      NW Seaport Alliance CEO John Wolfe ’87 discusses his career in maritime leadership

      Shortly after John Wolfe ’87 graduated from PLU he went to work for a Seattle-based company called SeaLand Shipping Line. In the years that followed he worked in sales, marketing, and operations for a variety of marine cargo companies and agencies. Eventually, he was appointed…

      November 3, 2022
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Opening Doors to Opportunity: Andrew Whitney ’12, Director of Seed Internships

      I had two internships during my time at PLU. One led to a full-time offer and I stayed there for almost seven years. Getting that second internship was about my talent and also about the right place, right time, right skill set, right newsletter subscription.…

      November 3, 2022
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