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  • Sarah Seder’s passion for dance has taken her all over North America. Now, she returns home to the Seattle area bringing with her unique experiences, a vast repertoire of skills, and an effervescent personality. She will lead PLU students through Ballet 1, Contemporary Dance 1…

    Social-Emotional Learning and incorporating executive functioning skills in dance curriculum. With this training, I started a dance class for children with special needs. From 2016-2018, I attended Smith College in Massachusetts and earned a Master of Fine Arts in dance choreography and performance. What made you choose PLU?One of the co-founders of Sapience Dance Collective held this position at PLU years ago–which is a fun full-circle. She had told me about the job and how much she loved working at

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 8, 2015)—The story I want to share with you is silent. No words were exchanged. It is one of those cases in which words fail to express the extent of human despair. Thank God, it is also a case in which words…

    the refugees out. It is not enough. Our world is shrinking under the pressure of the globalized economy, but sadly, governmental structures have not caught up to the needs of a globalized society. Diversity. Social Justice. Sustainability. PLU’s values for the new millennium become now more relevant then ever. How fast can we spread this word to our world? Read Previous Ordal Hall: Lots is New for Fall Read Next PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 22, 2015)—Ariel Wood ’17, an International Honors student majoring in French and Global Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, is one of three national winners of the first-ever Why We Care Youth: Emerging Leaders for Reproductive Rights contest. Winning entries were chosen in…

    the opportunity to share their stories and learn more about reproductive health and global development during an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City during the U.N. General Assembly the weekend of Sept. 26-27.LEARN MORE Wood’s Universal Access Project page For more information, and to view all the winning entries and runners-up, click here. “I am honored to have been chosen for this incredible opportunity,” Wood said. “During this trip, I will attend the Social Good Summit, where I will

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…

    Beth Kraig is another member of the PLU group that is helping to bring Serko to campus. Her scholarship interests have included anti-gay ballot measures in the 1970s and many other queer issues. She has strong ties to queer activism at PLU, having served as an original faculty sponsor of both Harmony (the predecessor of the group now known as Queer Ally Student Union) and PLU social justice magazine The Matrix. Kraig says students today simply don’t understand AIDS, let alone the urgency and pain

  • TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…

    candles at wholesale price and then resold them to raise money for its annual military ball. All five students who worked together on Northwest Trade have either a family member or good friend in the military, so when Watkins suggested they consider the Wounded Warrior Project the vote was unanimous. “I work for Social Security, so I help people apply for disability benefits,” Watkins explained. “Wounded Warriors is able to do a lot of really cool things that normal disability programs don’t. It’s a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 24, 2016)- As Hannah Park poses for a few quick photos outside the main office of Franklin Pierce High School, it seems she is well-liked by everyone in the close-knit community. “Hey Hannah, should you be in class?” a staff member playfully…

    -knit community.“Hey Hannah, should you be in class?” a staff member playfully asks. “It’s alright, it’s my free period,” Park responds cheerfully. “Wow Hannah, you’re famous!” calls out a classmate, nodding toward the camera. Park’s involvement at Franklin Pierce was broad and extensive. During her senior year alone, she served as the president of school’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter, treasure of senior class leadership, editor of the Key Club Social Bulletin and vice president of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 26, 2016)- Joel Zylstra said Pacific Lutheran University’s partnership with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity began with a cup of coffee at 208 Garfield four years ago. Zylstra, director of Center for Community Engagement & Service (CCES), said his perception of Habitat…

    . The Woods became the subject of an Environmental Advocacy class project for which students traveled to the Woods and wrote collaborative group projects based on the development. The project encouraged students to examine the development from multiple perspectives, including design and the social formation of community. “There’s been an educational aspect there, which led to some AmeriCorps engagement through that,” Stockstad said. “Some of our AmeriCorps members that have worked at Habitat have

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    sponsored by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF), the Florance Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. At PLU, support for the festival comes from the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, the Hispanic Studies Program, the International Honors Program (IHON), the Global Studies Program, the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and the Center for Media Studies. The screening of Your Parents Will Come Back (Tus Padres

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…

    better.” Away and at home, Lutes were able to learn more about themselves through different experiences, as well as reflect on their role in the PLU community. Dobies and Johnston both encourage other Lutes to be actively involved with service work and conversations about social justice. They say spring break is the perfect opportunity to do that. Read Previous PLU faculty member and acclaimed filmmaker were friends as teens in Mexico City, will reunite for screening of “Güeros” Read Next PLU

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    an endowment from Generations for Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to peacebuilding at the grassroots level. Students who pursue majors or minors in a social science discipline or global studies — or those who are International Honors students — are eligible. The program provides funding for overseas internships or service projects, as well as domestic programs with an international focus. The work must directly contribute to international peacebuilding. Opportunities range from humanitarian aid to