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Congregational Engagement co-sponsors Seeking Shalom Conference PLU’s Office for Congregational Engagement is a co-sponsor of the Seeking Shalom Conference 2017, a day of ecumenical examination of what it means to “be Christ” (Luther) in a changing world. The all-day conference will take place on July 29th at Mountain View Lutheran Church… May 24, 2017 Seeking Shalom Conference
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over $8 million in new scholarships for students Pacific Lutheran University gratefully acknowledges the remarkable generosity and commitment of several donor families who have made four significant gifts to student scholarships. The gifts offer more than $8 million in combined support, establishing four new scholarships to increase student access: the Danielle and Brad Tilden Endowed Scholarship, the Sylvia Kirkebo Endowed Scholarship, the Norbert and Sonia Grove Scholarship and the Marcus and
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Where History and Innovation Meet Posted by: halvormj / November 28, 2017 Image: Does innovation change the way that we see the world? Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash. November 28, 2017 by Damian Alessandro. The scope of human history is vast, encompassing everything that has happened in past societies. However, when most students think about history, they usually focus on the dates and events that have been highlighted in textbooks. These events tend to include social upheavals and mass
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do better than this. And, only 14% of our full-time professors are people of color, and of those, exactly 8 are black. Academic departments need to have not only the will, but also the money, to recruit, nurture, and retain minority faculty members, many of whom might be reluctant to move to a university that has traditionally been known as a predominately white campus, founded by Norwegian immigrants. This, in turn, creates a challenge in recruiting and retaining students of color…for if you
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oftentimes not getting home until 8, 9 or even past 10 p.m. This doesn’t work, especially when you have three kids under 6. My other motivating factor was Tacoma Schools and their leaders. I was inspired by what Tacoma Schools were doing in my community. District leaders were walking the talk and getting the results that kids deserve. I enjoy kids and schools in general; leadership is leadership at any level, but what I love about elementary is the joy that you see on students’ faces when they learn. I
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The Diversity Center and Student Involvement & Leadership sponsor our first table at the Rainbow Cen
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don’t have a voice. Women and girls, the homeless, the LGBT community … I like to think of myself as compassionate and a work in progress. If I’m not the best at living up to everything I hold dear, I hope that I will continue to grow into that person.” Johnson’s growth as an artist began at the age of 8, when she was given her first tape player. She remembers coming home from school, turning on her Walkman and singing all afternoon in her room with the doors and windows closed so no one would hear
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players’ blades cut through American Lake – especially for senior basketball player Bryce Miller. Miller proudly sported a 1980s PLU women’s crew jacket, the bottom of which grazed his bellybutton thanks to his 6-foot-6-inch frame. Inside the jacket was the name Connie Eliason, Miller’s mom. Miller had been by her side when she beat breast cancer when he was 5. Then, when he was 8, leukemia took his mother away. Connie was 37 when she died, a beloved elementary school principal, wife, daughter and
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Alumni Survey – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 Search Features Features Welcome Multiculturalism in Norway Greater Tacoma Peace Prize Lutes Broker Peace Våre Røtter: Our Roots The Mooring Mast to The Evening Post Around the World in 17 Years On Campus Discovery Discovery Attaway Lutes Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2017 Alumni Survey Upcoming Events Regent Spotlight Re•forming Legacy Lutes Alumni Profiles Class Notes Class Notes Obituaries Submit a Class Note Calendar
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Hoskins - PLU Oxford (2017), SIT - NYC, São Paulo, Barcelona, and Cape Town (2019) Alayna Hooper - Uruguay, J-Term Becca (Frampton) Anderson - The Bahamas, J-Term Jillian Monson - New Zealand, J-Term Joey Grabowski- Greece J-Term Juliana Andrew – Greece J-Term [2019]; Oxford Spring [2019] Kyle Siemers- Oxford 2018 Lottie Duren - Washington D.C., J-Term (2017); Rwanda, J-Term (2018) Sara Newman - Uruguay, J-Term (2015), Ecuador, J-Term (2016), Argentina & Antarctica, J-Term (2017), Trinidad & Tobago, J
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