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Steen Family Symposium for Environmental Issues Collaboration, Trust, and Stewardship Monday April 22, 2024 What does it require to be in partnership to build communities and systems for a more healthy and just environment?  The 2024 Steen Family Symposium invites us to consider this question through the lens of collaboration, trust, and stewardship.  The day will be filled with dialogue, a community dinner, and will end recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision and the 170th

The PLU Family Portal The PLU Office of Admission is excited to launch our new PLU Family Portal, designed to provide the information you need when you need it, and help you as you support your student’s success in applying and enrolling at PLU. The PLU Family Portal is your one-stop shop for: Access to important news, updates, and deadlines Personalized newsletters specific to you and your student Announcements via email Sharing updates with your student and/or friends and family SIGN UP FOR

Inviting Family Member to Visit the U.S. During your studies at PLU, you may want to invite your parents or other family members to visit you. Although there is no guarantee, providing your family members with an invitation letter from you may improve their chances of obtaining a visitor’s visa (B-2) at a U.S. consulate or embassy in their home country. This page will guide you in writing an invitation letter. What we recommend to include in the letter Your full name and and your International

Support from the SidelinesA great deal of learning happens outside the classroom. By working during college, your student will gain valuable employment experience and the opportunity to test and develop skills that will help them succeed after graduation. We offer diverse job opportunities  and internships to our students both on and off campus. Remember, Career Advisors are available to help students with each step along the way! As a parent, guardian, family member, or mentor you can help

For the Edlund Family, Roots to PLU Run Deep One might say the passion Phil Edlund ’00, ’06 has for PLU began with a lawn service. As a 16-year-old, he mowed the lawn of Thora Larson, one of the first members of Q Club. “She told me to go down and sign up at Q Club as a junior member, so I did,” Phil recalls. From there, he has received two degrees from PLU and helped fund the building of the Morken Center for Learning and Technology. Of course, Phil received a bit of a nudge from his family

The Benson Family Funds PLU’s Program in Business and Economic History In 2004, a gift from the Benson Family Foundation of Portland, Ore., created the first fully funded, endowed chair at PLU, the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History. The Benson Family Foundation was created by Dale and Jolita Benson with a $3.4 million gift, the larger portion of which is intended for the benefit of PLU as one of the independent foundation’s two supported organizations. “We envision the Benson

The Heller Family StoryThe tattooed numbers on her arm are a constant reminder of a time when the best and worst of human nature were in conflict. Harry Heller tells the story. Harry’s mother, Georgette Heller, was only 15 years old when she was separated from her family and sent into hiding with a non-Jewish family in Brussels. She did not go outside for two years – no sunshine, no friends, no freedom. There came a point when she could not take it anymore, and she started sneaking out at night

The Heller Family StoryThe tattooed numbers on her arm are a constant reminder of a time when the best and worst of human nature were in conflict. Harry Heller tells the story. Harry’s mother, Georgette Heller, was only 15 years old when she was separated from her family and sent into hiding with a non-Jewish family in Brussels. She did not go outside for two years – no sunshine, no friends, no freedom. There came a point when she could not take it anymore, and she started sneaking out at night