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  • After a hiatus last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 65 undergraduate and 22 graduate students from Pacific Lutheran University were able to participate in January term study away trips this year. The program took PLU students all over the world, with courses designed and…

    links between classroom learning and community settings at home and abroad. Read Previous How the PLU community is addressing mental health Read Next How to be a Lute: Lute language 101 LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • A recent Niche.com survey revealed an interesting stat: “76% of juniors consider the total cost when deciding where to apply. Colleges with a sticker price over $40,000 per year are eliminated early by about half of students.” At PLU, the sticker price is over $40,000,…

    Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • PLU and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) officials recently announced a new partnership that reserves six seats per year for PLU graduates interested in pursuing PNWU’s Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS). “This partnership between PNWU and PLU focuses on uplifting our…

    fall 2025. As a result, PLU anticipates a growing alliance with PNWU that will increase opportunities for PLU graduates in all of these programs in the years to come. Read Previous Emily Struck ’23 reflects on her time at PLU, captivated by chemistry and research Read Next Law school-bound Jasneet Sandu ’23 is passionate about global studies, anthropology, computer science and religion LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how

  • Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund is the recipient of the American Society for Microbiology’s 2023 Carski Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes a university educator for outstanding teaching of microbiology to undergraduate students. What I love about teaching microbiology is that…

    : Environmental Studies major works as a bio tech at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Read Next PLU receives a major gift to fund environmental issues programming LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient

  • Pacific Lutheran University Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Tiffany Artime, Ph.D. has been approved for a $2.5M funding award by the  Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute  (PCORI) to disseminate and implement research findings on Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation with Narrative Therapy (STAIR-NT)…

    recipient of this funding, PLU will be able to lead this important work and participate as an implementation site, extending STAIR to our students.”STAIR-NT is a skill-based treatment with flexibility that can be adapted to the college counseling setting. It was developed to address post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and it has demonstrated efficacy in several randomized control trials and across many populations exposed to trauma. Even the most impactful findings from clinical research studies can

  • 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian…

    my old professors [in the Nursing and Women’s And Gender Studies],” she said. “At the trial, PLU was very well represented.” Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget

  • President Thomas Krise is greeted by well wishers at an informal reception in the Scandinavian Center to mark his first day on the job. (Photo by John Froschauer) President Thomas Krise welcomed to PLU By  Barbara Clements Over 200 faculty, staff and students enthusiastically greeted…

    . Before moving to UCF, he served 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, as a senior military fellow of the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C., and as vice director of the National Defense University Press. He was the founder and first director of the Air Force Humanities Institute, and deputy head of the Department of English and Fine Arts at the Air Force Academy. He

  • Zylstra to lead PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service By Barbara Clements The way Joel Zylstra ’05 sees it , PLU’s mission is all about reaching out, getting involved and making a difference of individuals in the nearby Tacoma and Parkland community. It is…

    from PLU with a degree in recreation and environmental studies, spent some time working in the Student Life offices on campus, before spending one year in Kenya working with a non-profit. He then completed his master’s in educational leadership from Miami University in Ohio. Read Previous A calling to teach Read Next A unicycle, persistence and passion take alum to Nike, then to Olympics COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

  • State Farm MBA Executive Leadership Series Fall 2012 Business leaders throughout industry come to PLU to share their insight through the State Farm MBA Executive Leadership Series. Lectures are held in Leraas Hall, Rieke Science Center from 6 to 7 p.m., with refreshments served from…

    region during her tenure. Krise earned a B.A. in Business from Hanover College in Indiana and an M.B.A. from Miami University of Ohio. Read Previous Lutheran Studies conference examines the Lutheran perspective on political life Read Next Voices from empty chairs COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal

  • This past summer, Nathan Page ’13, left, worked on Mt. Rainier conducting research on glaciers. Each week, the group spent two nights on Mt. Rainier, hiking anywhere from three to 15 miles to their research area, collecting a sample before bed, then getting up at…

    When college students dream up the perfect summer, it usually doesn’t involve getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, living out of your backpack, and sleeping in the trees. But for geosciences major Nathan Page, there was no better way to spend the last summer of his undergraduate education. Page set out on a series of research trips with four of his peers and Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd to study waste management on Mt. Rainier. It was a great way