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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- The scholarship of a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member has evolved into a three-part, cross-cultural project that brings together artists and scholars from around the world. Paul Manfredi, chair of Chinese studies, recently published his book “ Modern Poetry in…

    book “Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic,” which explores the phenomenon of poet-artists in contemporary China in its final chapter. His forthcoming book takes a deeper look at their visual and poetic work. Both were the catalyst for a partnership of artists in China and Washington state — six from each area — who have created a mixed-media visual arts exhibition that will culminate in a symposium held jointly by PLU and the Seattle Asian Art Museum later this month. The artwork and

  • John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion helped inform the recipe for the most recent product for his hot sauce company.

    place, earning a cash prize and the confidence to take the idea further. The money helped launch the first wave of marketing for Rooster Sauce, the company’s inaugural product. He said it was an eye opener that “people can respond positively to this product.” Now, the company distributes to more than 400 clients, including Cost Plus World Market, Haggen and local outfits such as Tacoma Boys, a grocer just 10 miles from PLU’s campus. The most recent addition to the list: REI. “We really designed it

  • feelings of depression, grief and sadness. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms both before and during your student’s transition to college, there are some things you can bear in mind: This can be a natural time of ambivalence for both caregivers and students.  Talking with other parents who are going through similar experiences can be helpful. Technology is your friend.  Nowadays when a student leaves for college there are a multitude of ways in which you can keep in contact with your student

  • feelings of depression, grief and sadness. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms both before and during your student’s transition to college, there are some things you can bear in mind: This can be a natural time of ambivalence for both caregivers and students.  Talking with other parents who are going through similar experiences can be helpful. Technology is your friend.  Nowadays when a student leaves for college there are a multitude of ways in which you can keep in contact with your student

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…

    faith backgrounds, but also people who grew up and have worked all over the world. PLU shouldn’t only draw from a pool of candidates who have only worked, lived and studied in the Pacific Northwest, she said. “There has to be a plan for enhancing recruitment over time,” Brown said. In other words, looking at the depth of candidates and being able to honestly say that recruiters exhausted all efforts to find the most qualified candidates who bring something new to the table, as opposed to sticking

  • This conference focuses on “Black Bodies and the Justice of God” in the Lutheran tradition, in art, theology, ethics and literature.

    World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates, a book that all first-year PLU students have read for the incoming classes of 2017 and 2018. The conference features an incredible line up of leading theologians and we encourage you and your congregations or colleagues to read their works prior to the conference. Speakers include Lutheran womanist theologian and ethicist Rev. Dr. Beverly Wallace (Shaw University Divinity School), as well as nationally respected theologian and Bonhoeffer scholar Dr. Reggie Williams

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • A person who provides a service to the academic program, but who is not in one of the previously mentioned classifications, has neither voice nor vote in the Faculty Assembly, has no vote in electronic balloting, and may not vote on matters of personnel (e.g. the election of chair and dean, and the hiring of new faculty).

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) List of Mathematical REUs Posted by: nicolacs / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 Peruse NSF-related undergraduate research experiences in mathematical sciences here: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5044 Read Previous American Mathematical Society List of Summer REUS Read Next Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) LATEST POSTS AWIS Scholarship February 26, 2024 2024-2025 MoMath Exponent Fellowship Program February 8, 2024

  • To catch Josh Wallace, you’ll have to call him — and he’ll probably be on the move when you do so. The busy MBA student is juggling school classes, his job as a marketing intern… and a starring role in The Fern Shakespeare Company’s “Othello,”…

    gave me courage to act,” Wallace says. “For the first time I realized acting was something I could get into and take seriously.” He started out in middle-school plays, won statewide awards in high school and continued to act throughout college.   Donald Glover/Childish Gambino is a motivating influence — a director, musician and actor who “does it all,” Wallace says. He notes that as a young black man, the first black president, Barack Obama, inspired him as well.  “He held one of the most