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Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Discussion to Explore Honduran Coup Aftermath Posted by: Zach Powers / November 4, 2015 Image: Director Jesse Freeston filming in Bajo Aguán, Honduras. (Photo by Armando Estrada) November 4, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 4, 2015)- After screenings and film festivals and cinemas throughout the world, the acclaimed documentary ``Resistencia: The Fight for The Aguan Valley`` will be screening at Pacific Lutheran

President Krise Discusses “Protest” with Angie Hambrick and Amy Young Posted by: Zach Powers / December 10, 2015 December 10, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 10, 2015)- Recorded on Tuesday, Nov. 24, the fourth episode of 'Open to Interpretation' features a discussion of the word 'protest' among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, PLU President and Professor of English Thomas W. Krise and Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Angie Hambrick.“Open to

Sights, sounds and tweets from move-in day at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / September 2, 2016 September 2, 2016 By Rustin Dwyer (Videography) and John Froschauer (Photography)PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 2, 2016) The air on campus at Pacific Lutheran University was thick with excitement and optimism on Friday morning as hundreds of first-year Lutes moved into the residence halls they will call home for the next nine months.Instagram Hongerlie RA and RHC Crew 2016-2017! ❤️✨

Arts and technology center would bring new opportunities to Parkland Posted by: Zach Powers / February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- Community leaders behind the Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (PCAT) have big plans to create a wide variety of new opportunities for both youth and adults in the South Sound region. The recently established nonprofit organization is working toward raising the funds needed to renovate

Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / May 2, 2018 Image: Natalie Mayer has endowed a new lecture series at Pacific Lutheran University, the Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, with the hopes of connecting the lessons of our past to the issues of the present. May 2, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic

Meet Mike Snyder, PLU’s New Director of Athletics and Recreation Posted by: Zach Powers / May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 Pacific Lutheran University and President Allan Belton are excited to announce Mike Snyder as the new Director of Athletics and Recreation, following a national search.“I’m thrilled to welcome Mike to the Lute family,” said Belton. “He brings proven experience and an exciting vision for PLU athletics and recreation that will build on tradition, focus on the student experience, and

Collective Impact: George Zeno talks Parkland, equity and community partnerships Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 Image: George Zeno is PLU’s Associate Vice President of Advancement (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) November 1, 2021 By Zach PowersResoLute EditorNearly a year into his new role as PLU Associate Vice President of Advancement, George Zeno and I took a walk through Parkland and discussed one of my favorite questions, #WhyPLU?Zeno is essentially a community matchmaker for

People’s Gathering fosters timely conversations about race, perspective and inclusion Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Silong ChhunResoLute WriterPLU Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement Melannie Denise Cunningham has an uncanny ability to get folks talking.In 2016, she noticed the community was yearning to discuss one pressing topic in particular. That summer, the news of Philando Castile, a Black man fatally shot during a traffic stop by a police

Powell-Heller Conference explores before, during and after the Holocaust Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 7, 2022 October 7, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University.This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the University of Ottawa

WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 1, 2022 Image: Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) November 1, 2022 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorDo you ever worry about history-tracking web browsers, “smart” kitchen appliances, and the even smarter phones we sleep next to? PLU Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie thinks about these things. She thinks about them A LOT.Ritchie