![Jacob Egge's biology class collecting specimens in the Nisqually river. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2019/03/grant1.jpg)
PLU secures prestigious National Science Foundation grant for low-income STEM students
TACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2019) — A prestigious $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support academically talented low-income students who come to Pacific Lutheran University to study STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Math) subjects. Winning the grant was a team effort of PLU’s…
![A STARTALK teacher runs through a Chinese-language lesson plan. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/08/startalkchinesemain.jpg)
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…
![PLU's Mary Moller was named the APNA’s 2018 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year award last month.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/08/newsbannermoller.jpg)
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…
![Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, greets Sylvia May '18, a recent graduate of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at PLU. Murray toured campus, specifically the School of Nursing, on Wednesday, May 30. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/05/pattymurraysylvia.jpg)
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…
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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…
![Riley Dolan '19 chats with Bob Ferguson, Washington state attorney general, during Ferguson's visit to campus earlier this year. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/05/riley.jpg)
Lute earns spot in prestigious public policy program at Carnegie Mellon, along with full-ride scholarship
TACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2018) — Riley Dolan ’19 never intended to go into political science in college. That changed after coming to Pacific Lutheran University. His time volunteering for LuteVote through ASPLU, the university’s student government body, and Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign inspired…
![The cohort of graduating principals at the School of Education's Principal Intern Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 18. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/05/principal-main.jpg)
Intensive PLU program prepares future principals
TACOMA, WASH. (May 7, 2018) — William Peterson took a non-traditional path to the principal’s office. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a teaching credential, he jetted off to Ecuador where he taught English and expanded his linguistic abilities and cultural knowledge. Returning…
![Tolu Taiwo (left), outreach and prevention coordinator, and Angie Hambrick, assistant vice president for diversity, justice and sustainability. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/05/blackgirlmagic1.jpg)
#BlackGirlMagic: PLU administrators uplift experiences of black students’ natural-hair journeys
TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Tolu Taiwo and Angie Hambrick know all about wearing natural hair in predominantly white spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at…
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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,…
![Haley Bridgewater '18, Margaret Chell '18 and Madeline Wentz '18 are all headed to Guinea through the Peace Corps. The seniors are part of the first cohort of the Peace Corps Prep program. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/04/peace-corps.jpg)
Three Lutes headed to Guinea through Peace Corps
TACOMA, WASH. (April 18, 2018) — One of the first cohorts of Pacific Lutheran University’s nascent Peace Corps Prep program will soon embark on a journey from the West Coast to West Africa. The three humanitarians — Madeline Wentz ’18, Haley Bridgewater ’18 and Margaret…
![Freeman Hrabowski III — president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County — will serve as the keynote speaker at Pacific Lutheran University's Commencement 2018 ceremony. (Photo courtesy of UMBC)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2018/04/freemanspeaker.jpg)
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…
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PLU Department of Communication launches Film and Media Studies concentration, beginning fall 2018
TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2018) — In response to years of student inquiries and interest, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Communication announced a new concentration in Film and Media Studies. Courses, which will be available for registration April 16-27, launch in fall 2018. The new…