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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…

    , she led the implementation of a three-year university retention strategic plan. “We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look forward to applying her vision and experience to advancing the distinctive mission of PLU,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. Brown earned a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Connecticut in 1976; an M.A. in African American Studies and Music from Yale University in 1980; and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale in 1987. She was also an American

  • Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org  on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…

    students participate in Code.org’s computer science learning programs. At 7:30 p.m., Alice Steinglass will deliver the 14th annual Benson Lecture in PLU’s Anderson University Center (Scandinavian Cultural Center). Her lecture will explore historic inequities in the high-tech workforce and her organization’s social innovation strategy to promote computer science. Both events will make connections to PLU’s new Innovation Studies program, which launches this year with exciting new courses and an

  • 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…

    family therapy, women’s and gender studies, Holocaust studies, global studies, biology and others, and are looking forward rich conversations with people from a diversity of disciplines. If along the way, we happen to encourage a sense of openness and adventure in individuals who might not otherwise take time to see a foreign film, this festival will have been success. Will every festival screening be following by some sort of discussion or event? Urdangarain: Yes, there will be an introduction

  • Free at last? Lutheran Perspectives on Racial Justice Sixth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 29, 2016 At this conference, scholars, students, musicians, and college

    Thursday, September 29, 2016 Free at last? Lutheran Perspectives on Racial JusticeSixth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 29, 2016 In a political season marked by the demonization of racial, religious, and ethnic minorities, this conference focuses on the quest for a just vision of life shared in community. Indeed, the robust tradition of Lutheran education invites the university, its alumni, and friends to let our commitment to thoughtful inquiry deepen our

    Dr. Samuel Torvend, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • Thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders, the PLU School of Music, Theatre & Dance is establishing the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance. Fritts has pledged $2 million to support and enhance Music programs at PLU. “This endowed chair represents a significant commitment to both organ performance and instruction,” Brian Galante, Associate Dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, said

  • Holocaust and Genocide Studies Courses, 2023-2024 The German Entry into Nabeul, Tunisia, December 1942 by Rafael Uzan, 1988. HGST Courses Summer 2023 Course Number and TitleClass time ENGL 216: Holocaust Memoir6/05-6/30 asynchronous online RELI 236: Native American Religious Traditions6/05-6/30 asynchronous online HGST Courses Fall 2023 Course Number and TitleClass time ENGL 217: Refugee LiteraturesTR 1:45-3:30 ENGL 217: Native American LiteraturesTR 11:50-1:35 ENGL 397: The Holocaust in the

  • History of Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies at PLUThe Women’s Studies Program was legislated into existence by the faculty in April of 1990; it was officially launched in the academic year of 1990-1991. This program was initially offered as a minor with Elizabeth Brusco serving as the first Chair of the Department. As academic awareness and interest in the program emerged, it was submitted for approval as a major in the academic year of 1995-1996. It was officially offered as a complementary

  • “Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

    Master of Arts in Marriage and Family TherapyThe mission of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Pacific Lutheran University is to train students to become systemically-oriented, contextually sensitive MFT Professionals who address the diverse needs and clinical concerns of individuals, couples, families, and communities. Students and graduates will be: Systemically-oriented MFT Professionals Contextually sensitive MFT Professionals committed to diversity and inclusion Ethical and

    Graduate Admission
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  • Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies Approved CoursesCore Courses GSRS 201 – Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (required of majors & minors, offered every semester) GSRS 301 – Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Race (required of majors & minors, offered every fall semester) GSRS 499 – Senior Capstone (required of majors, offered every spring semester) GSRS electives are scheduled by their respective departments. Please check the Banner class schedule to determine which electives