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  • Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officer TACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1, 2016. Brown comes to…

    programs reporting to the provost’s office, including Asian American Studies, African American Studies, Women’s Studies, Latin American Studies, Chicano/Latino Studies, History of Philosophy, Transportation Science, and Global Peace and Conflict Studies. She is a noted scholar of Florence Beatrice Price, the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. × "We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look

  • Science, Sugar, and FoodA Messy Love Story  7p.m. | Feb. 6 | Leraas Lecture Hall, Rieke 103 Join us for a fun presentation about science and chemistry featuring sugary demos and caramel. Together, we’ll learn about the different types of sugars, how they appear in food, and the health implications of consuming them. Join Erica Fickeisen, PLU’s Lead Baker, and Justin Lytle, Associate Professor of Chemistry, for a special Valentine’s Day treat. We will explore the science of sugar, and there will

  • Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…

    Studies program. The 20-credit minor is designed as a companion program to strengthen each major on campus and make it outward facing. Innovation Studies is currently among the fastest-growing programs at PLU, with students enrolling with core interests in Business, Art & Design, Computer Science, History, Economics, Communication, and more. Mariken Lund (right) and her friends model ELSK the Studio products at a photo shoot Innovation Studies seems to fit a new generation of students that is eager to

  • Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement (MESA) works to support underrepresented students achieving and contributing their full potential in mathematics, engineering and science.

    Welcome to Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESATacoma/South Puget Sound MESA provides enrichment and access opportunities to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs for grades 6 –12 across the Greater Tacoma area with the goal of increasing representation of historically underrepresented students of color and women in STEM education and careers. TSPS MESA supports students in five local public school districts by providing after school enrichment and tutoring led by MESA

    Tacoma MESA
    253-536-5098
    Morken Center for Learning & Technology Room 159 12215 10th Ave South Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept.

    SING! 500 years of Faith, Reform and Liberationwith an evening concert by The National Lutheran ChoirThursday, Sept. 28, 2017 “A Brief History of the Lutheran College Choral Tradition in America” - Dr. Richard Nance, Director of PLU’s The Choir of the West Watch The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceCome Join in the Song and Celebration! The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 28 beginning in the Regency Room of the

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • 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…

    World War II. Neither a straight documentary nor a standard work of fiction, the film achieves an essayistic density by moving between several narrative strands: there is Sokurov himself, talking via Skype with a cargo ship captain carrying part of the Louvre’s holdings through a deadly storm; France’s national symbol Marianne roaming the museum’s collections with Napoleon Bonaparte; and the true story of the friendship between the Louvre’s wartime French curator and the Nazis’ head of artistic

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 12, 2016)- Jane Wong knows good poetry when she hears it. The published poet, who is a visiting assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, was impressed with her students’ prose and wanted to share them off campus. “They are real…

    simple — they’re good, and I wanted people to see that,” Wong said. “I really wanted it to be part of a larger community and have the public come in.” Khilfeh, an English writing major with a fiction and poetry emphasis, shared several poems exploring her Palestinian heritage. Khilfeh appears white, and said it’s more natural to use poetry to explore her “ethnicity that’s hidden.”“I think that poetry is probably the easiest place for me to talk about heritage,” Khilfeh said. “In poetry, lots of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (August. 31, 2016)- The sale of KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University to Friends of 88.5 FM was finalized on Tuesday, August 30. Friends of 88.5 FM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local National Public Radio affiliate, officially took ownership of…

    PLU and Friends of 88.5 finalize sale of KPLU Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August. 31, 2016)- The sale of KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University to Friends of 88.5 FM was finalized on Tuesday, August 30.Friends of 88.5 FM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local National Public Radio affiliate, officially took ownership of KPLU at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In a sale approved

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  • 253.535.8570 www.plu.edu/master-of-science-kinesiology/ gradadmission@plu.edu Mallory Mann, Ph.D., Chair AdmissionThe Master of Science in Kinesology program is on hiatus for the 2023-24 academic year. Admission to the MS in Kinesiology is based on several criteria including academic preparation, work experience, and potential contribution to the classroom experience. The Graduate Admissions Committee bases decisions on a holistic assessment of the individual merits of each applicant. Academic