Sen. Patty Murray tours PLU campus, gets glimpse inside School of Nursing facilities
TACOMA, WASH. (May 30, 2018) — Nearly a year after Pacific Lutheran University secured $1.4 million in federal funding to treat health care shortages in Washington state, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, visited campus to see just what those dollars support. “You’re meeting critical needs we…
Eagle vs. fox: Lute snaps breathtaking viral photos
TACOMA, WASH. (May 30, 2018) — Kevin Ebi ’95 was in the right place at the right time. The Lute who took a photograph immortalized on a postage stamp can now claim viral celebrity status, after capturing the breathtaking battle of a young fox fighting…
Lute’s creative background in broadcast and music production is ‘the straw that stirs the drink’
TACOMA, WASH. (May 29, 2018) — Ken Morrison ’79 has a storied career — quite literally. Four decades after studying broadcast journalism at Pacific Lutheran University, Morrison has amassed 40 regional Emmy Awards for his work producing “ Front Runners ,” a Seattle-based magazine show…
Commencement 2018: Lutes wrap up the lasts, look to the firsts as they prepare for life after graduation
TACOMA, WASH. (May 22, 2018) — It’s official. The Class of 2018 at Pacific Lutheran University is wrapping up the final list of “lasts.” There are the lasts that students (soon to be alumni) are likely happy to bid farewell: the last final, the last…
PLU students, alumni collectively earn four Emmy nominations for work in student media
TACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2018) — Three Pacific Lutheran University student-media organizations have received a total of four Emmy Award nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Northwest Chapter. MediaLab — which was nominated twice for its four-part documentary series “A…
PLU alumna addresses diversity, equity, inclusion as inaugural administrator at Pierce College
TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Oneida Blagg — Pierce College’s first director of equity, diversity and inclusion — says her commitment to those issues started long before she pioneered this new position at the community college. Blagg’s parents raised her to be politically aware,…
PLU announces UMBC president Freeman Hrabowski III as Commencement 2018 keynote speaker
TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2018) — Freeman Hrabowski III — longtime president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County — sat in a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, following a protest with The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., dreaming of a better future. “I wanted a…
‘Strong link of three’: PLU graduate’s life — suddenly cut short — is remembered through legacy scholarship
TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2018) — Panayotis (Panago) Horton ’12 tattooed a three-link chain on his forearm: one link each for himself, his mother and his brother. The family emigrated from Greece when he was just 2 years old. They were his rock. And although…
PLU alumnus, longtime educational partner of the university named superintendent of the year
TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- A Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and a strong partner in the extended Lute family recently earned an exceptional honor from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA). Frank Hewins ’86, superintendent of Franklin Pierce Schools located in PLU’s backyard, is…
Lute receives endowed scholarship honoring her Native American heritage
TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- Katie Dean ’21 acknowledges that she takes after her Norwegian mother, at first glance. Still, Dean says her father’s Native American heritage is an important part of who she is, something she is most proud of. “That’s part of my…
For PLU grad, American citizenship is personal
TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2017)- “What makes an American an American?” This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all…
Local and international film critics lose their marbles — in a good way — over Lute’s live-action short film
TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 11, 2017)- In a lively yet ominous steampunk world, a boy and a bully clash in the classic struggle of good and evil. The stakes: bravery and freedom. The battle: a simple game of marbles. Such is the world depicted in a…