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  • Pacific Lutheran University’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education will host the sixth biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service on March 1. The celebration offers a day of events focused on international service, highlighted by a Peace Corps service panel and keynote…

    PLU to spend March 1 remembering Ambassador Chris Stevens and exploring international diplomacy and service Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 6, 2023 Image: Ryan M. Gliha, Diplomat in Residence – Northwest, U.S. Department of State (photo courtesy of Ryan M. Gliha) February 6, 2023 Pacific Lutheran University’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education will host the sixth biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service on March 1. The celebration offers a day of events

  • Sometimes the most random moments leave lasting impressions. Alex Reed’s first experience at PLU happened when she was a high school sophomore, when her school band came to the university to attend a music clinic. “This trip definitely put PLU on my radar as I…

    Communications and psychology double major Alex Reed ’23 explored film and storytelling at PLU Posted by: mhines / May 19, 2023 Image: Alex Reed ’23 (PLU Photos by Emma Stafki) May 19, 2023 By Lisa PattersonMarketing & Communications Guest WriterSometimes the most random moments leave lasting impressions. Alex Reed’s first experience at PLU happened when she was a high school sophomore, when her school band came to the university to attend a music clinic. “This trip definitely put PLU on my

  • Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…

    PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China Posted by: Chris Albert / November 4, 2024 Image: Ann Auman, professor and Dean of Natural Sciences, and Bridget Haden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs, recently taught a summer intensive course at Sichuan University. PLU is working to establish a future exchange that would bring Sichuan faculty to the PLU campus. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) November 4

  • In 2022 — when polarities abound and institutions and individuals alike have been called to reflect, redefine and transform — what does it mean to call the work of equity “innovative”? As a concept, innovation can be used interchangeably with words like ingenuity, progress, newness,…

    little icky thinking about becoming innovative here because that’s just not how we understand D&I work. Angie: I’m thinking about it a little bit in that way too, Tyler. It’s like “D&I” is just the language we’re using in the framework of the academy. But if I think about my work personally — as Angie trying to humanize my black son — that work and how I choose to do that with him is innovative because we have been told for so long that we are not human. And I don’t refer to that work as “D&I.” Tyler

  • When Mark Miller ’88 enrolled at PLU he planned to become a math teacher, but he soon discovered he had a passion for technology and business. He’s followed that passion ever since. His career in information and technology has spanned three decades and included chapters…

    football team). Today, he serves as a vice chair of the PLU Board of Regents. We recently met with Miller to discuss his career, working at the port, and his best advice to current Lutes. What do you enjoy most about working in the IT field? I love to find ways to help an operation be more efficient or more competitive by using technology. I think that’s a ton of fun. In a leadership role, the work is often working with business leaders to identify the best opportunities to apply technology in ways

  • Pacific Lutheran University will welcome Elana Meyers Taylor to the Tacoma Dome on Saturday, May 27 to deliver a Commencement address to the university’s graduating class. Meyers Taylor will share reflections inspired by her historic career as the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics…

    Hacker, a PLU kinesiology professor who served as a performance psychology specialist and assistant coach for the U.S Women’s National Team. “She has paved the way beyond the competitive arena with her efforts to show the world that mom-athletes can compete and win, while using her platform to advocate for racial justice and disability inclusion.” Off the track, Meyers Taylor is a trustee at the Women’s Sports Foundation and mentors educators with an organization called Classroom Champions. She has

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2022. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    production of biofuels, and the application of biochar materials to water purification and soil amendment. Research projects include the growth of biomass impacted through soil amendment, the creation and purification of biofuels from organic matter, and the purification of wastewater and lagoons using biochars. Complementary workshops will also be included that emphasize career paths in environmentally focused fields with discussions on running a small business and entrepreneurial pathways. Eligibility

  • Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on…

    February 28, 2010 Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on YouTube.com of course. PLU students bring awareness to body image issues through a song on YouTube. It may have started as just another assignment in Professor Colleen Hacker’s Physical Education 315 class, but soon it became an effort to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March. 19, 2020) — Switching a campus-based curriculum to a distance-learning model mid-semester in the face of a pandemic is no easy feat. Luckily, PLU professor of music Gregory Youtz and his faculty peers have proved to be up for the challenge. Under…

    ," Youtz said. "My students have thus not noticed a huge change in content delivery, though they do clearly miss the face-to-face time with me and their peers." What is PLUTO?Want to learn more about PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO)? Click here.PLU: Have you discovered a benefit you weren’t expecting from this transition? Youtz: I am using this opportunity to get students to think about their own “learning outcomes” and what they can use this unique period of time to accomplish. I am suggesting they format

  • Gallery exhibition at PLU explores both form and function Artist Reception Meet Deborah Schwartzkopf  and join us for a reception on March 18 at 5pm in the University Gallery.  Light refreshments will be provided. Flowers, Butter and Tea an exhibition by Seattle ceramics artist Deborah…

    Flowers, Butter, & Tea Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 Gallery exhibition at PLU explores both form and functionArtist ReceptionMeet Deborah Schwartzkopf and join us for a reception on March 18 at 5pm in the University Gallery.  Light refreshments will be provided.Flowers, Butter and Tea an exhibition by Seattle ceramics artist Deborah Schwartzkopf opens Wednesday, March 11 in the University Gallery at Pacific Lutheran University. The official opening & artist