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  • TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 17, 2015)—Another year of Recyclemania has kicked off, and Pacific Lutheran University already is ranked sixth in the nationwide competition. Over an eight-week period, colleges in the U.S. and Canada participating in Recyclemania report how much trash and recycling are collected each…

    Recyclemania is Back—and PLU is Already in the Top 10 Posted by: Zach Powers / February 18, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) February 18, 2015 By Taylor Lunka ’15PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 17, 2015)—Another year of Recyclemania has kicked off, and Pacific Lutheran University already is ranked sixth in the nationwide competition.Over an eight-week period, colleges in the U.S. and Canada participating in Recyclemania report how much trash and recycling are collected

  • The polymer summer research experience (REU) program in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron is open to apply. This competitive REU program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Akron. Students will participate in an 9-week internship to…

    Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Posted by: nicolacs / February 3, 2021 February 3, 2021 The polymer summer research experience (REU) program in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron is open to apply. This competitive REU program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Akron. Students will participate in an 9-week internship to investigate a fundamental question within

  • Finding strength through community WHEN SHE CAME to PLU as a first-year student, one might excuse Bashair Alazadi for being slightly more anxious than most students. Alazadi is Shi’ite Muslim. There might have been a few butterflies, she said, but that had more to do…

    students? “Everything just felt so nice – everyone was so welcoming,” she said. Alazadi values community – it is an essential component of her family life and her Muslim faith. Her family fled Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 1990 after a failed uprising and a subsequent crackdown from dictator Saddam Hussein. After four years in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, she and her family landed in Everett, Wash. She was only four. The tight-knit Iraqi community of 100- or-so families has sustained her ever since. Alazadi’s

  • PLU will host the 16th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education from November 6-8, 2024. This year’s conference, titled Sephardic Jewish Voices and Experiences in the Holocaust, focuses on the lesser-known stories of Sephardic Jews during World War II. The conference brings together scholars and…

    Holocaust education, ensuring the stories and lessons of the Holocaust continue to be shared and remembered. By focusing on the experiences of Sephardic Jews — a group often overlooked in mainstream Holocaust education — the conference broadens the conversation through scholarship, personal testimony, and historical research, deepening our understanding of this complex and devastating period in history. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information about

  • Below are links to Mortvedt Library or open web materials by panelists and PLU faculty participating in the Wang Center 2022 symposium, HEALING: PATHWAYS FOR RESTORATION AND RENEWAL . Article: Healing, a Concept Analysis Firth, K., Smith, K., Sakallaris, B. R., Bellanti, D. M., Crawford,…

    communities in the Pacific Northwest F203.4.V54S37x 1992 To heal a nation : the Vietnam Veterans Memorial R723.5.V43 2009 Patient, heal thyself : how the new medicine puts the patient in charge RC489.F67E57 2000 Helping clients forgive : an empirical guide for resolving anger and restoring hope RC569.5.A28E529 2000 Families in recovery : working together to heal the damage of childhood sexual abuse RJ506.P66W64 2010 Working with children to heal interpersonal trauma : the power of play Read Previous Black

  • Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities…

    is published by the NECU, and has its home in the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, the institutional sponsor of the publication. Intersections extends and enhances discussions fostered by the annual Vocation of the Lutheran College Conference, together lifting up the vocation of Lutheran colleges and universities. It aims to raise the level of awareness among faculty, staff, and administration about the Lutheran heritage and church

  • Interested in a future job at a major tech company? Come and meet a Pacific Lutheran University graduate who successfully followed that career path. Cameron Emerson ’08 graduated from PLU with a degree in Economics. These days the Oregon native works out of Chicago as…

    Economics and Careers Posted by: halvormj / April 20, 2018 Image: Cameron Emerson April 20, 2018 Interested in a future job at a major tech company? Come and meet a Pacific Lutheran University graduate who successfully followed that career path. Cameron Emerson ’08 graduated from PLU with a degree in Economics. These days the Oregon native works out of Chicago as the Midwest manager of Google’s Cloud — and he’s returning to campus to talk about his career, share his experiences at one of the

  • Kayden Hulquist ’25 shows us around her room in Pflueger (pronounced ‘flee-gur’) Hall. Pflueger houses around 200 students, and is on lower campus, right next to the outdoor sand volleyball court and fire pits. It’s a short walk to the Anderson University Center. Pflueger Hall…

    What’s in our room? Take a tour in Pflueger. Posted by: shortea / April 28, 2023 April 28, 2023 Kayden Hulquist ’25 shows us around her room in Pflueger (pronounced ‘flee-gur’) Hall. Pflueger houses around 200 students, and is on lower campus, right next to the outdoor sand volleyball court and fire pits. It’s a short walk to the Anderson University Center. Pflueger Hall is home to both First Year Communities and New Transfer/Returner Communities. CLICK HERE to learn more about Pflueger. Read

  • By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I…

    Innovation and Resilience Posted by: halvormj / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I took a deep dive on disruptive innovation with some faculty in the PLU School of Business, who are also mentors in our Innovation Studies program

  • For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    teach English language arts on either the Pine Ridge or the Rosebud Indian Reservation as a 2013 Teach For America Corps member. The second year of the program I will be taking classes to obtain a master’s degree in secondary administration and then I plan to either become a principal, or continue teaching either language arts, Spanish or German at the middle school or high school level. Ian Metz, Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in global studies Ian Metz ’13 is from Olympia, Wash