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  • “The Ethics of Lethal Drone Warfare” – Dr. Bradley Strawser

    Killer Drones - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (pdf) view download "The Ethics of Lethal Drone Warfare" - Dr. Bradley Strawser

  • Wild Hope Center for Vocation faculty and staff.

    Joanna Gregson Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Full Profile 253-535-7126 gregson@plu.edu

  • Library faculty and staff.

    Roberto Arteaga Associate Professor & Instruction and Reference Librarian Full Profile 253-535-7505 rarteaga@plu.edu

  • On Friday, September 29th, Athena Gordon had a conversation about vocation, teaching, and the importance of languages with two professors in the Department of Languages & Literatures. José Ramón Ortigas is an Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies who earned his PhD from the University of…

    . But we had a lot of tests and exams, and I failed them. It was really tough! [Laughs] So, I was disillusioned at that point. I discovered that I liked teaching.  I became an elementary, middle, and high school teacher [for several years]. I wasn’t set on being a university professor at first.AG: Did you have a mentor who helped shape your vocation?JRO: Yes, and that mentor eventually became my dissertation supervisor. I took undergraduate literature classes and that is where my initial passion for

  • Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. Last fall semester, several courses illustrated how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. One of these classes was Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory. “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you…

    course.” One of the initial challenges for Smith and Taiwo was subduing students who are superfans of the music. “I want students to take pop culture seriously as political texts,” Smith said. “Really thinking about issues of identity and power within our pop culture texts is a significant skill for students to have. Will it get you a job? Maybe not, but it will leave you a more informed and aware citizen.” Read Previous The Glee Effect: PLU Adds Musical Theatre & Dance Read Next Study away as a

  • ACS awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields. Awards of up to $5,000* are given to qualified students. African American, Hispanic, or American Indian high school seniors or college freshman, sophomores, or juniors pursuing…

    American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program Posted by: alemanem / February 15, 2017 February 15, 2017 ACS awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields. Awards of up to $5,000* are given to qualified students. African American, Hispanic, or American Indian high school seniors or college freshman, sophomores, or juniors pursuing a college degree in the chemical sciences or chemical technology are

  • How and why do you choose allyship even when it is unpopular? Katie Monsen ‘96 and Emily Davidson ‘98 (links to full interviews here and here)

    major, like kids coming up to you and like saying ‘I’m praying for you,’ you know, things like that.” It was important to her that Puentes and her other work prioritized intersectionality to shift the campus culture. “I think for me, it was wanting to create spaces of belonging that didn’t require people to let go of multiple parts of themselves when they entered a different space,” Emily said. “So you know, I wanted, for example, Puentes to be a place where people could feel completely open, being

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus… February 8, 2018 faculty developmentfaculty newsletterLectures and Events

  • In 1889, the Norwegian Synod sent Bjug Harstad to the Pacific Coast to start a school. He visited Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, and it was decided that Parkland, Wash.

    choir has also toured Norway.  Talented Norwegians have also regularly come to Pacific Lutheran University to perform and give speeches, including authors, artists, journalists, musicians, and the world-renown explorer Thor Heyerdahl.Scandinavian-American Traditions at PLUPLU’s Norwegian Heritage has inspired, over the years, many different expressions of cultural heritage. For instance, The Mayfest Dancers always included Scandinavian dances and were active on campus from 1937 to 2001. 1976 was an

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 11, 2017)- Katie Dean ’21 acknowledges that she takes after her Norwegian mother, at first glance. Still, Dean says her father’s Native American heritage is an important part of who she is, something she is most proud of. “That’s part of my…

    scholarship. “He had been impressed by and enamored with Native American culture,” Farnum said of Price. “And he wanted to try to help support a Native American student who might have had some funding gaps.” Katie Dean ’21 hopes to start an indigenous peoples club at PLU and is looking forward to a potential indigenous studies minor. And for Dean, this annual $1,500 award was the difference between coming back to PLU for her second year and leaving the university. “It’s amazing that I got this scholarship