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July 1, 2011 PLU Associate Professor Vidya Thirumurthy draws a kolam, an artful design that Hindu households use to communicate with their community. (Photo by John Froschauer) Connecting the dots: Letting neighbors know “all is well” with the world By Steve Hansen, Scene Editor Each morning, on the doorstop of every home in Vidya Thirumurthy’s hometown of Chennai – indeed, in much of Southern India – women and girls create what’s known as a kolam out of rice flour. An intricate geometric

March 18, 2014 Watch PLU’s Earth Day Lecture Live! Click here for the Livestream of former Gov. Christine Gregoire’s talk, 7:30 p.m. April 22. Former Gov. Christine Gregoire to Speak at PLU for Earth Day By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Think of Puget Sound as a bathtub, former Gov. Christine Gregoire advises. Then ask: Is this a tub you’d want to dip your toe in, or let your kids play in? When she talks to the Pacific Lutheran University community on April 22, Gregoire will

White House competition honors PLU health care efforts Posted by: Kari Plog / February 27, 2017 Image: (From left) Tolu Taiwo, Monica Richardson and Kim Riano in Washington, D.C., last month. The trio accepted a certificate on behalf of PLU’s Health and Wellness Committee, after the university was named a Healthy Campus honoree by the White House. (Photo courtesy of Taiwo) February 27, 2017 By Kiana Norman-Slack '17PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- As Michelle Obama

Lute receives endowed scholarship honoring her Native American heritage Posted by: Kari Plog / December 11, 2017 Image: Katie Dean ’21 accepts the Red Feather Endowed Scholarship from Michael Farnum, director of military outreach at PLU. Dean is the first to accept the award, which honors Native American students who exhibit great pride in their heritage. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) December 11, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- Katie Dean

PLU professor and conductor Tiffany Walker discusses her passion for choral music Posted by: Zach Powers / November 29, 2023 Image: Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Tiffany Walker (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) November 29, 2023 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTiffany Walker fell in love with choral music in sixth grade and never looked back. An accomplished conductor and vocalist, Walker earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Washington in

Blog Post: Why Do Tuition Fees Increase, and Where Does the Money Go? Posted by: Thomas Krise / February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 ASPLU President Sarah Smith gave a very good speech to the PLU Board of Regents earlier this month on the subject of tuition fee increases. The gist of her speech was, “We’d like to know more about why tuition fees increase, and where does the money go?” These are great questions, and worthy of being answered. We’re working on having a series of discussions for

New exhibit exposes ecological change through art Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 20, 2013 March 20, 2013 The University Gallery’s upcoming exhibit provides audiences with a view of the natural world through the eyes of two Washington artists. The University Gallery presents the work of Cynthia Camlin and Elise Richman in “Each Form Overflows its Present.”  The new exhibition features the ever-changing natural world and is inspired by concerns of climate change. The exhibition will open on

April 19, 2010 Claim: You are what you eat Whether you had bacon and eggs for breakfast, a glass of milk and potato chips with your lunch, or a cheeseburger and milkshake for dinner, chances are you ate a lot of corn today. How so? Farm animals in the United States chowed-down on 5.25 billion bushels – that’s 147 million tons – of feed corn in 2008. Their metabolisms convert corn’s simple carbohydrates into the complex animal proteins and fats that make up meat, dairy products and eggs

Intersections: Lutheran Social Teaching and Economic Life Posted by: abryant / March 27, 2020 March 27, 2020 Cover art by Sheila Mesick Intersections, Number 51, Spring 2020Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its

July 8, 2008 Accepted to med school For those passing through northwest­ern Idaho, here’s hoping you don’t meet Guy Jensen. Jensen is a volunteer emergency medical technician, who, during the summer, is likely to be one of the first people on the scene in the event of a car wreck, wildfire or other emergency on the rural roads near his hometown of Genesee, Idaho, population 900.Jensen, who otherwise works on the family farm when he’s not at PLU, saw this as an opportunity to serve his