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PLU awarded $15,000 from NSF for COVID-19 DEI Challenge Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 12, 2022 July 12, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University was named a winner in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Taking Action: COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Challenge. PLU received a $15,000 prize for its work in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.“This important challenge rewards institutions for

PLU receives a major gift to fund environmental issues programming Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 3, 2022 Image: Appearing from left to right: Professor Sergia Hay, President Allan Belton, David Steen ’57, Lorilie Steen ’58, and Chair of Environmental Studies Adela Ramos accepts the generous gift to fund the PLU Environmental Studies program’s new annual symposium. October 3, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is excited to announce the

Response to New York Times Article: ‘Bryan College Is Torn: Can Darwin and Eden Coexist?’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 23, 2014 May 23, 2014 Original New York Times article here. My Response to Bryan College Is Torn: Can Darwin and Eden Coexist? by Alan Binder At Pacific Lutheran University, we think of “Lutheran” as an ethic that informs how we think, how we teach and how we help students find their unique places in the world. Martin Luther’s oft-repeated question—“What does this mean?”— and

Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: nicolacs / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

March 22, 2010 Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his bed waiting for the horror. He knows the Nazi soldiers are there to take Jews away to concentration camps.   Holocaust survivor Philip Wagenaar shares his story at PLU’s third annual Powell and Heller Holocaust

The Room Where It Happens: PLU Nursing Majors Help Community Members Take Their Shot Posted by: Zach Powers / March 31, 2021 Image: PLU senior nursing major Erin Hobbs administers a COVID-19 vaccine. (photos and video by John Froschauer/PLU) March 31, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn a chilly February morning, cars packed the parking lot of the Pacific Lutheran University Olson Fieldhouse. There was no basketball game or volleyball match enticing the visitors, but

June 14, 2012 Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila reads “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Editor’s note: Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “Into the Beautiful North” will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The book you need to read this summer By Steve Hansen   When first-year students showed-up to campus this June for the class registration sessions called Charting Your Course, they left with more than course catalogs and

September 3, 2014 Today’s Chapel at PLU: Collaboration, Community, Choice (and a Celebratory Song That Needs Your Lyrics!) University Pastor Nancy Connor at the 2013 Blessing of the Animals service in PLU’s Lagerquist Hall. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In 1952, Pacific Lutheran University made Chapel mandatory for the first time: Seats were assigned, attendance was taken and that, dear congregant, was that.   To say Chapel has changed over

Professor to serve as featured speaker at statewide conference aimed at addressing opportunity gap Posted by: Kari Plog / September 27, 2017 Image: Maria Chávez, chair and associate professor of politics and government. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 27, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2017)- Maria Chavez leads with her own experience when she addresses academic opportunity and achievement. Specifically, she empathizes with students who come

New History Course Examines Innovation and Ethics Posted by: halvormj / September 7, 2018 September 7, 2018 By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new history class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program. Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It lays a framework for the study of innovation and creativity, and also provides a common experience