![Teresa Hackler '16 takes a selfie with 16-year-old iDebate Rwanda member Maya Musenga. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/teresadebate.jpg)
Reflections on a Day With PLU’s Rwandan Guests
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 24, 2015)—On Sept. 21, I had the immense privilege of meeting and getting to know members of the iDebate Rwanda team. Although it is always an honor to spend time with international guests, their visit was of special importance to me as…
![Courtney Lee '15 just left for Washington, D.C., for her high-profile internship in the U.S. State Department's Educational Affairs department, where she will work with a Senior Policy Officer to examine programs and their effectiveness. (Photo: Quinn Huelsbeck '16)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/mg_97671.jpg)
Student’s Study Away Experiences Lead to State Department Internship
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 24, 2015)—Courtney Lee ’15 applied for an internship with the U.S. State Department four times. After missing the mark three times and not hearing back the fourth, Lee had all but forgotten about it and was already looking at other positions. Then…
![PLU student Ariel Wood ’17 is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. (Photo courtesy Ariel Wood)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/arielwood.jpg)
PLU Student Headed to U.N. After Her Video on Reproductive Rights Wins National Contest
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 22, 2015)—Ariel Wood ’17, an International Honors student majoring in French and Global Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. Winning entries were chosen in…
![Students, faculty and alumni packed Xavier 201 for the 2014 Ruth Anderson Public Debate. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/2014-ruth-anderson-debate.jpg)
Policy Experts to Team With PLU Students for Minimum Wage Debate
TACOMA, Wash. (September 22, 2015)—On Thursday, Oct. 8, members of the Pacific Lutheran University Speech and Debate team will partner with local policy experts to publicly debate the potential benefits and pitfalls of Proposition 1, an initiative being posed to Tacoma voters that, if approved,…
![Amigos Unidos student president Ashley Carrasco ’17 welcomes Spanish-speaking families to PLU during Orientation. (Photo: John Struzenberg '16)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/amigos_unidos_9-4-2015_21781.jpg)
Hispanic Heritage Month at PLU: A New Student Group and Annual Lecture, and More
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…
![Starting in 2016, Tacoma Public Schools principals can complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Schools)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/admin-institute-2015-email-version.jpg)
PLU Partners With Tacoma Schools to Offer Administrator Professional Certification Program
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required…
![Joanna Royce-Davis, Vice President for Student Life at PLU, speaks as part of the First-Year Experience Program, which was cited in PLU's recent College of Distinction honor. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/cod-story.jpg)
PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors
University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…
![New furniture fills Ordal Hall's third-floor lounge.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/09/ordalhall.jpg)
Ordal Hall: Lots is New for Fall
TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 2, 2015) — Ordal Hall went under the knife for some major cosmetic surgery this summer. And now, as students arrive on campus this week, it is ready to take off its wrappings and show its new self. A ribbon-cutting will be…
![Students from the Puget Sound Region practice their debating skills at the Climb the Mountain Debate Camp at PLU. (Photo: John Struzenberg '16)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/08/climb_the_mountain_debate_8-5-2015_1749.jpg)
Nothing but Pros for PLU’s 1st Community Debate Camp
PLU Debate Season Starts Oct. 8 TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 11, 2015)—Just weeks before its own academic season kicks off with a high-profile event, PLU’s TOH Karl Forensics Forum partnered with the local nonprofit Climb the Mountain to present the first annual Climb the Mountain Speech…
![Samantha Lund '16, Matthew Salzano '18, Grace Takehara '16, Zach Martinson ’16](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/08/all-iterns-banner-.jpg)
PLU Students Check In From Summer Internships
TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…
![Lutes can lend a hand, and grow their own goodies, at PLU's Community Garden. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/08/community-garden-54-4-2-15.jpg)
Being a Lute has its Perks—Including Some You Might not Have Known About
TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 10, 2015)—Being a Lute sure does come with perks: unlimited access to lectures, free previews to PLU productions and on-campus leadership opportunities, just to name a few. Here are a few student-specific perks you may not have heard about: Music Lessons Have…
![The five Lutes honored on the Business Examiner's '40 Under 40' list, from left: Rachel Young '06, '13; Zach Powers '10; , Molly Hill '05; Mary Holste '00; and Matthew Simon '03. (Photo: Holly Powers)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/08/plu-alum-at-40-under-forty1.jpg)
Lutes Lead Local ‘40 Under 40’ List
TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Every year, the Business Examiner selects outstanding South Sound business and community leaders for its prestigious 40 Under 40 program—and this year, five of those are Lutes. On Aug. 4, the honored Lutes joined the rest of the 40 Under 40…