PLU’s own Crystal Aikin to headline on-campus Gospel Experience Concert during Black History Month
TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2019) — National recording artist and Pacific Lutheran University alum Crystal Aikin ’97 will be returning to campus on Friday, Feb. 15, when she headlines the Gospel Experience Concert. Aikin, who was born and raised in Tacoma but lives in Texas…
Inaugural Angela Meade Vocal Competition at PLU
TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 16, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University is proud to welcome back one of its own, internationally known soprano Angela Meade ’00, to host a special operatic competition and performance to award cash prizes and a trip to a national destination among six…
Richard “Dick” Moe celebration of life service rescheduled to March 2
Note: Acting out of concern for the safety of guests, the celebration of life service for Dick has been rescheduled due to a significant winter storm that is predicted to affect the South Sound. In consultation with the family, the new date is confirmed for…
PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career
TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s had different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation Studies, PLU students will now get…
PLU School of Business renames its Marketing Analytics graduate program
TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 17, 2018) — Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business has announced a change to one of the foundational cornerstones of their graduate programs: going forward, the Master of Science in Marketing Research program will be renamed the Master of Science in Marketing…
Notes’ Coffee Company: A coffee house seeking community on Garfield
TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 7, 2018) — The familiar coffee house on the corner of Garfield and C St. is open for business once again, with a new owner and a new name: Notes’ Coffee Company. Proud new proprietor John Gore has PLU students and Parkland…
Pacific Lutheran University’s holiday event roundup
TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 28, 2018) – Looking to get the festivities started early? Check out this roundup of holiday events held on campus this year. Nov. 28: Celebration of Light Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Celebration of light, an exploration of religious and cultural aspects of…
Statement of Community Care
Dear campus community, Pacific Lutheran University’s community is deeply rooted in care. It is in our mission to continue creating a campus environment that welcomes, values and protects the voices and vocations of our community members and recognizes the humanity in all of us —…
‘Representation matters’: Lute actor earns lead role in Seattle production of ‘Legally Blonde’
TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 24, 2018) — Justin Huertas ’09 says opening night of “Legally Blonde,” presented by Seattle-based Showtunes Theatre Company, was electric. Applause roared when his castmate, Alexandria Henderson, walked on stage for the first time Saturday night. Sure, Elle Woods is a lovable…
PLU hosts I Am Psyched! National Tour exhibit
TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2018) — Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the I Am Psyched! National Tour to campus, where it will be housed in the Mortvedt Library until Sept. 24. I Am Psyched! is a multimedia initiative launched by the American Psychological Association Women’s Programs…
STARTALK program prepares Lutes and other educators across the state to teach Korean, Chinese
TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 15, 2018) — Hannah Park ’20, an English major at Pacific Lutheran University, is used to translating. The youngest of her siblings, Park says she naturally fell into the role once she was the only one home with her Korean mother, who…
For PLU’s Mary Moller, Nurse of the Year award was a career in the making
TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 14, 2018) — Mary Moller has always been a revolutionary. After becoming the first nurse to be named to the editorial boards of two prestigious psychiatric journals, the Pacific Lutheran University associate professor was honored with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Psychiatric…