Alumni Profiles

Lutes living their vocations
Kate Monty and Dmitry Mikheyev with a neon SpaceWorks sign in downtown Tacoma, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)

Performers on and off the stage

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Kate Monthy ’04 and Dmitry Mikheyev ’10 empower fellow artists at Spaceworks.

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Scott Foss ’91 on the rooftop of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)

Scott Foss ’91

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

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Laura Brewer '03 holding a sign at a trans movement

Laura Brewer ’03

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PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center.

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Martha Spieker ’16 serves as the Press Assistant and Legislative Correspondent in the Washington D.C. office of Congressman Derek Kilmer. (Photo by John Froschauer)

Martha Spieker ’16

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Last year Martha Spieker ’16 was ASPLU president, now she works at Congress.

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Bonnie Nelson '08 during her time in Mongolia working with the Peace Corps. (Photo courtesy of Nelson)

Bonnie Nelson ’08

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PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.

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Rep. Rick Larsen in his Washington, D.C. office, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)

Learning listening on the job

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U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen shares how interactions with constituents has changed him.

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