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His Majesty King Harald V of Norway’s Commencement Speech at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Lace M. Smith / May 23, 2015 May 23, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (May 23, 2015)— As part of his official visit to Washington and Alaska in May, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway spoke at Pacific Lutheran University’s Commencement ceremony, where he received a Doctor of Laws jure dignitatis.His Majesty King Harald V of Norway's Commencement Speech President Krise, Dear students,  Distinguished guests

Reformation, and they pervade our campus in so many ways. In that sense, PLU is as “Lutheran” as it can be. I think what this alumna and others are intuitively asking is, “Yes, we see the emphasis on vocation and service to the community (which you wouldn’t normally see at a secular university), but is PLU still connected to the roots which give life to these things?” Tending to the “roots” requires the presence of a vital Campus Ministry, worship life including Morning Prayer and Sunday Eucharist

students from across the country together to learn, mingle and share ideas. This year, I was lucky enough to be a speaker for the national convention alongside professionals, professors and select students. The conference, which ran from March 12-15 in Times Square, drew about 2,500 people from schools nationwide. Attendees came to hear the research and scholarship presentations of 250 speakers. In Fall 2015, I submitted a proposal to speak about convergence, the merging of media and technologies to

1957 PLU graduate, Foege’s talk, titled “From Smallpox to HIV/AIDS: The Changing Face of Global Health,” is slated for Friday, Feb. 22 at 11:15 a.m. in Chris Knutzen Hall. Foege is widely recognized as a leader in the successful eradication of smallpox in the 1970s. He has championed many issues, but child survival and development, injury prevention, population, preventive medicine and public health leadership are of special interest, particularly in the developing world. A strong proponent of

THE PEOPLE’S GATHERING: Truth Tellin’ About Critical Race Theory Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 By Silong ChhunMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University's Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will co-host the virtual fall convening of The People's Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness (TPG) conference on November 10, 2021, focusing on Critical Race Theory.The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness conference is a

Karen Marquez ‘22 aspires to help her community through her studies Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 20, 2022 Image: Karen Marquez ’22, a social work major who will graduate soon sits by the library ( PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 20, 2022 By Isabella DaltosoPLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterKaren Marquez ‘22 is a senior social work major with minors in Hispanic studies and criminal justice. Marquez is a heritage speaker of Spanish, and has a deep love for languages, culture, and

Indigenizing the Academy Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Troy StorfjellOriginally published in 2014One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created by particular cultures. The modern university system, with its distinct disciplines and its emphasis on empiricism and objectivity, is a

Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care Posted by: nicolacs / February 11, 2022 February 11, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsWalk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is harder to identify and

Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21 Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 Brandon Nguyen '21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies.1. Can you give us an introduction about yourself? My name’s Brandon Nguyen. I was born in Hawaii, and I lived there for four years. Then the Military PCS’d my family

kids filled in the “When I grow up, I want to be” blank with “an astronaut” or “a fireman,” Schaumberg declared “I want to be a college professor!” He claims to have no recollection of deciding his career in third grade, and yet here he is, still bouncing with contagious enthusiasm in his office. From Schaumberg’s perspective, his route to employment wasn’t quite so straightforward. Yes, this when we get to the saving-your-life part. After graduating from Whitman College in 2009 with a BA in