June 2007
Weekly’s journey to WCWS finals began at PLU
With their team about to enter the finals of the Women’s College World Series softball finals, husband and wife coaching duo Ralph and Karen Weekly credit PLU and former head football coach Frosty Westering for teaching them all they know.
The News Tribune, June 04, 2007
New KPLU GM plans to keep things pretty much as they are – for now
The new KPLU general manager, Paul Stankavich, discusses the future of the station, saying it needs “tweaking rather than adjusting.”
Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 07, 2007
Garfield Commons energizes business district near PLU
Mark Mulder, director of auxiliary services at PLU, notes that the new bookstore “embraces the community,” in addition to being “a place to sit down and explore your next great book.”
Business Examiner, June 09, 2007
Business Briefs – New Appointments at PLU
John Yohan Lee has joined PLU as a professor of education and was appointed dean of the recently reconfigured School of Education and Movement Studies.
Business Examiner, June 11, 2007
Seattle Pro Musica hosts American Masterpieces Choral Festival
PLU’s Choral Union is one of nine choirs performing at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall in a concert that displays the diverse styles of American choral masterpieces spanning the past century.
The News Tribune, June 18, 2007
It might as well be solid gold
A 1910 Norwegian painting donated to PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s auction house of London on June 27. The auction house estimates the painting’s value at between $495,000 and $694,000.
The News Tribune, June 19, 2007
The nursing education dilemma
According to Patsy Maloney, associate nursing professor and director of professional development and continuing studies for the School of Nursing, problematic federal loan forgiveness programs are one reason for the decreasing number of nursing faculty.
Inside Higher Ed, June 22, 2007
In Tacoma, a residential rebirth
Elizabeth Brusco, professor of anthropology at PLU, is one of several researchers evaluating Salishan, a housing project in Tacoma. She predicts some of the changes will disrupt some tenants’ support network and sense of community
The New York Times, June 24, 2007
Organ CT scans prove mummy female pharaoh
Egyptologist Donald Ryan, faculty fellow in the humanities division, said the evidence is “very persuasive” that a mummy he rediscovered in 1989 is Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s most famed female pharaoh.
The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2007
Painting nets windfall for PLU
University spokeswoman Megan Haley says that the Norwegian painting donated to PLU sold for $525,000 at Sotheby’s auction house in London. The net proceeds of the sale, about $400,000, will be put into an endowment to benefit the Scandinavian Cultural Center.
The News Tribune, June 28, 2007