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March 9, 2014 A New Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor at Pacific Lutheran University By Barbara Clements PLU Director of Content Development An important new step has been taken at PLU with the creation of a Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor, available to students beginning in the fall of 2014. This new program has the following statement of mission and description: The Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s educational commitment to helping its students

April 24, 2014 Relay for Life at PLU Raises Money—and Awareness Students walk during a previous Relay for Life at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Valery Jorgensen ’15The international fundraiser Relay For Life, for the American Cancer Society, will be held at PLU beginning Friday, April 25. Relay For Life is an overnight event that raises money for cancer awareness. It takes place in more than 20 countries around the world. Relay For Life has been held at PLU for a number of years, and

June 10, 2014 Life-Changing Connections Across Time and Continents The ‘Namibia Nine’ film crew on location, from left: Andrea Capere, Princess Reese, Joanne Lisosky, Melannie Denise Cunningham, Shunying Wang, Maurice Byrd. PLU Film Team Spends a Month in Namibia Exploring Transformative Experiences in Higher Ed—Including Their Own By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications As part of a post-apartheid strategy nearly 20 years ago, 100 promising young Namibian leaders came to the

September 3, 2014 The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Carolyn Finney borrowed the title of her Sept. 3 talk—Hard Times Require Furious Dancing—from writer Alice Walker. But Finney’s speech

October 12, 2014 Nursing Students With—and on—a Mission PLU Nursing students Madison Gatterman, left, and Sarah Jamieson taught basic healthcare and dental hygiene to young children at a Haitian orphanage. (Photo courtesy of Gatterman and Jamieson) Juniors Return to Haiti to Teach at an Orphanage —and Encounter an Actual Medical Outbreak By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker PLU Nursing students Madison Gatterman and Sarah Jamieson recently traveled to Quanaminthe

Commencement Recap: photos, video, tweets and more Posted by: Zach Powers / June 2, 2016 June 2, 2016 By Rustin Dwyer (Videography) and John Froschauer (Photography)PLU Marketing & CommunicationsThousands gathered at the Tacoma Dome on May 28 to celebrate Pacific Lutheran University's Class of 2016. The commencement ceremony marked the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit of vocation for roughly 700 ‪#‎PLUGrads‬.Commencement PhotosWatch the Entire

Diversity Center Alumni: Self-care and Healing Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 12, 2019 Image: From left: Jennifer Maliska-Warwick ’02, Kolby Harvey ’08 and Malia Oshiro Lee ’13 sit down with Angie Hambrick, PLU’s Associate Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, to discuss the importance of real self-care. December 12, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 12, 2019) — Angie Hambrick, PLU's Associate Vice President of Diversity

PLU and TCC announce Automatic Admission Partnership Posted by: Zach Powers / April 12, 2023 Image: A new Automatic Admission Partnership announced by PLU and TCC will streamline the admission process for TCC students interested in enrolling at PLU. April 12, 2023 Officials from Pacific Lutheran University and Tacoma Community College have announced an Automatic Admission Partnership that will streamline the admission process for TCC students interested in enrolling at PLU.“Tacoma Community