It’s On Us | It’s On Lutes (Video)
300+ Lutes turned out to make a personal commitment to help keep all people safe from sexual assault and violence on campus and in our community. Look for the feature story on the “It’s On Us” campaign at PLU in the new edition of ResoLUTE…
![Participants in the 2014 Take Back the Night event at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/take-back-night-140-4-24-14.jpg)
Take Back the Night on April 30
TACOMA, Wash. (April 27, 2015) — Take Back the Night, an annual internationally recognized protest against rape and sexual assault, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in Red Square at Pacific Lutheran University. The event offers a chance to learn about ending…
![A Marketing Management team made up of, from left, Taylor Gonzales, Kevin McKay, Kayla Evans, Lindsey Campbell and Austen Wilson (all ’15), took first place in a track of the 2015 Business Plan Competition.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/dsc00613-3.jpg)
PLU Marketing Students Win Business Competition Track
TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—A team of PLU Marketing students has won the Social Business track of the 2015 Business Plan Competition presented by the Tacoma Entrepreneur Network. The winning team—Taylor Gonzales, Kevin McKay, Kayla Evans, Lindsey Campbell and Austen Wilson—is mapping a marketing plan…
![PLU's annual Celebration of Service honored students, administrators and community members. (All photos by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/celebration-service-085-4-22-15.jpg)
PLU Presents Service Awards to Students, Staff and Community
TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding community . Individual scholarships ranged from $250 to $1,000. “The scholarships here don’t come close monetarily to justify…
![Career Fair recruiter talking to a student](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/humanities-career-fair-818-2-25-15.jpg)
Student Organizes April 24 Salary-Negotiation Workshop to Combat Gender Wage Gap
TACOMA, Wash. (April 22, 2015)—According to research by the American Association of University Women, women earn 82 percent of what their male counterparts earn one year after graduation, and the gender wage gap widens over the next 10 years. Over the course of her life,…
![“Because My Team Became My Family” is one of two #whyPLU billboards in Seattle’s “sports zone”—this one at First Avenue and East Marginal Way. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/billboard-banner.jpg)
PLU Billboards are Back—and Bigger Than Ever
TACOMA, Wash. (April 21, 2015)—Last fall, Pacific Lutheran University made a big impression on the Puget Sound area with dozens of giant black-and-gold billboards—and Link light-rail trains. We made such a big impression, in fact, we’re doing it again. PLU’s first outdoor campaign launched in…
![PLU's MediaLab premieres its latest documentary film on campus on April 23. , picture of food](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/wastenot.jpg)
PLU’s MediaLab Premieres Latest Award-Winning Documentary on Campus April 23
TACOMA, Wash. (April 17, 2005)—Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab will host the on-campus premiere of its most recent documentary film, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation , on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. in the Studio Theater. Admission is free, and the event is…
![Students and employers connect at the Education Career Fair at PLU on March 18. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/04/career-fair-359-3-18-15.jpg)
Education Career Fair Brings Major Employers to Campus—and Results in Immediate Jobs
TACOMA, Wash. (April 6, 2015)—Last year, Pacific Lutheran University’s undergraduate Education program achieved a 100-percent hiring rate, while the graduate program saw 90 percent of its students hired. On March 17, 18 school districts from around the state and 10 non-district organizations came to the…
![Student-athletes teamed in Olson Auditorium to show support for the Drive to 125From left: Jessica Hunter ’16, rowing; Kailyn Osaki ’17, softball; Madison Silva ’15, cross country; Sarah Ameny ’17, swimming; Toni Castillo ‘15, swimming; Melissa Dean ’16, swimming; Reese Ackman ’17, swimming; Kyle Sawtell ’17, basketball; Erik Swartout ’17, basketball; Cory Nelson ’16, baseball; Allison McClure ’15, tennis; Amy Wooten ’15, volleyball; Nicoya Benham-Marin ’16, soccer; Rigoberto Loreto ’17, soccer; Kelly White ’17, soccer; Bryce Kennedy ’16, soccer; Hannah Walton ’16, track and field; Machaela Graddy ’18, soccer. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/03/drive-to-125-46-11-10-14.jpg)
Victory! Student-Athletes Notch 125 Wins for PLU’s 125th Year
Celebration, Black & Gold Friday set for April 10 TACOMA, Wash. (March 30, 2015)—In true competitive Lute fashion, PLU student-athletes have reached—and certainly will surpass—the motivating goal of this year’s campuswide Drive to 125 initiative. It took one 6-1 baseball game on March 31 against crosstown…
![Taylor Cox’s branding for the MediaLab documentary "Waste Not" finished second worldwide in the Mercury Excellence Awards. (Photo: Courtesy Taylor Cox)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/03/medialabaward.jpg)
PLU MediaLab Student Wins International Design Award
TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Taylor Cox ’15, a member of MediaLab, an invitation-only multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a Silver Award from the Mercury Excellence Awards for her branding and designs for MediaLab’s 2014 documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation…
![The cast and crew of the CMS student television show "Dear Emily" take the stage at a January kickoff party in The Cave. (Photo: Center for Media Studies)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/03/newfilmclass.jpg)
Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15
TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios. Through the Center for…
![Current Miss Pierce County Anikka Abbott '15 and 2014 winner Megan Leibold '13 reunite at PLU. (Photo: John Struzenberg '16)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2015/03/miss-pierce-county-banner.jpg)
Former Lute/Miss Pierce County Passes her Crown to PLU Senior
TACOMA, Wash. (March 26, 2015)—Megan Leibold ’13 and Anikka Abbott ’15 have more in common than Pacific Lutheran University: They both have won the title of Miss Pierce County. And not only that , but they also won back-to-back: Leibold won in February 2014 and…