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  • Lute earns spot in prestigious public policy program at Carnegie Mellon, along with full-ride schola https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2018/05/15/riley-dolan/

    attend the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute held at Carnegie Mellon University. He will take four courses, starting June 14, in public policy and international affairs. The program spans seven weeks, wrapping up in early August. Dolan and 20 other program participants also will take a trip to Washington, D.C., and prepare for graduate school. “I’m excited to go to Washington, D.C.,” Dolan said. “I’ve never been to D.C. before.” Riley Dolan '19 (far right) joined fellow

  • People’s Gathering fosters timely conversations about race, perspective and inclusion https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/11/01/the-peoples-gathering/

    are not always comfortable conversations, but I’ve found great joy and a sort of liberation in the opportunities for honesty, resolve and direction they can provide.” The first People’s Gathering in February 2017 was attended by roughly 200 people. By the third installment in April 2019, attendance had increased to more than four hundred. Plans for a fourth on-campus event were set aside when COVID-19 hit in early 2020. However, as the pandemic accentuated health discrepancies within marginalized

  • Lifelong Parkland/Spanaway resident Kirsten Kreis leads Pierce County Navigator Program at PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/12/06/kirsten-kreis-leads-pierce-county-navigator-program-at-plu/

    , to walking across the stage in Olson Auditorium at her Spanaway Lake High School graduation. Kreis has thrived in the community for years, and now she serves as the business outreach director in PLU’s School of Business. “Working at PLU feels so natural and fitting, a sort of coming home feeling,” says Kreis. “There’s definitely a strong pull to serve the community that gave me so much support at an early formative age.” In January of 2022, Dr. Mark Mulder, dean of the PLU School of Business

  • New Student To-Do’s https://www.plu.edu/nso/new-student-checklist/

    8am-12:45pm. Students who arrive after 12:45pm on August 30th must go to Campus Safety (located in Neeb) to pick up their LuteCard. Students beginning early for work, training, or varsity athletics may pick up their LuteCard at Campus Safety.Get your first LuteCardCommunity expectations modules — August 19As a member of the PLU community, we assume that you possess an earnest purpose, the ability to exercise mature judgment, the ability to act in a responsible manner, a well-developed concept of

  • Nursing Student Rights and Responsibilities https://www.plu.edu/nursing-faculty-handbook/nursing-student-rights-and-responsibilities/

    professional growth know the duration of the clinical experience length, onboarding procedures, location, expected start and stop times, and who the point of contact is at the SoN clear explanations of what to expect at the clinical site, as well as expected course outcomes related to the clinical experience be notified as early as possible of their clinical site location and beginning and end dates of the clinical experience be informed of the policy and procedure for reporting safety concerns, challenges

  • The ‘L’ is not silent https://www.plu.edu/president/news/2016/03/21/the-l-is-not-silent/

    The ‘L’ is not silent Posted by: Thomas Krise / March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 Recently, I received a letter from a concerned parent and alumna commenting on how completely amazed and surprised she is at how different PLU is now, compared to her time here in the early 1980s.  She has since returned to campus many times, but more in the past four years as her two daughters have both attended PLU, one graduating last year.  Her concern stems from the fact that as she walked around campus, went on

  • Ten Years of the Visiting Writer Series https://www.plu.edu/prism/ten-years-of-the-visiting-writer-series/

    Writer Series Flyers Ryan Van Meter reads from If You Knew Then What I Know Now; Nov. 20, 2014 At each reading, the audience can expect to see two more components that are characteristic of PLU’s Series. In the early years of the Series, Barot and Skipper would both welcome the audience and introduce the evening’s writer; however, they came to see this as an opportunity to instead allow PLU students to introduce the writers. “It makes for a unique experience and opportunity for the student who is

  • Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health ‹ Resolute Online: Fall 2014 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2014/juggling-his-way-to-a-career-in-global-health/

    early childhood illness. To this day, I think about the different lives these brothers have likely lived due only to unfortunate circumstances compounded by inadequate healthcare. It also makes me reflect on the loss to the community due to the potential missed contributions by this boy, as well as the macro-economic missed opportunities due to the global burden of disease. +Enlarge Photo Malloy attended Seattle University Law School, studied intellectual property law and took a position at the

  • Quick Facts https://www.plu.edu/sociology-criminal-justice/quick-facts/

    PLU; and have a minimum overall GPA of 3.3. Applications are processed early spring. Sociology Club The Sociology Club is a student-run organization that coordinates a number of academic, professional, and social events throughout the school year. Among its varied activities, the Club sponsors workshops on such topics as finding work with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and selecting and applying to graduate school, invites PLU sociology graduates to speak about their careers in the annual Alumni

  • Christian Caple – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/author/christiancaple/

    ; they wanted to dedicate the time that such an important program deserves. “It was a long process,” he said. Since he was a child, Storfjell has maintained a steady connection to his heritage. “I’ve been back and forth, in and out, of my indigenous community,” he said. Troy Storfjell, associate professor of Norwegian and Nordic Studies, wears his traditional Sámi garb. (Photo by John Froschauer, PLU) He bounced between the U.S. and Norway throughout most of his early childhood, and spent most of his