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  • The value of a college education increases when graduates have a better understanding of religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life.

    diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life. The study of religion will help you speak to why religion gives meaning and purpose to billions of people on the planet. At PLU, students can take classes in environmental ethics, the religions of Asia, feminist theology, Luther, Native American traditions of the Pacific Northwest – to name just a few.  PLU students study religion in Tacoma and Seattle as well as far off destinations such as Hawaii, Rome, or Trinidad-Tobago. Our graduates

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  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2016)- Amidst crowds of politicians, scientists and international leaders, two Lutes will travel abroad and walk the halls of the annual Conference of Parties for the United Nations in November. They will represent a quarter of a small contingent of college…

    thinking about how what we learn in chemistry relates to things like social justice and sustainability and diversity,” he said. “I think that both Alice and Maddie, because they’ve studied abroad, because they have (studied) a foreign language, I think that’s given them a need for that bigger picture.” Smith and Henderson have had long lasting interest in environmental issues, which they brought with them to PLU. “Sustainability has always been an overarching interest that finds its way into all of the

  • is the first in her family to earn a Ph.D.—and the only African-American faculty member on tenure track in UC-B’s College of Natural Resources. “And it’s 2014,” she said. Following a State of the University address by Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas W. Krise, Finney explored the intersection of diversity, justice and sustainability (“DJS” at PLU), three pillars vital to PLU’s mission of educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people

  • Forgotten Nordics: Ethnic Diversity and National Narratives This exhibit opened in the Scandinavian Cultural Center on January 13, 2016 and explored a multitude of identities and national narratives in the Nordic region through time and provides a nuanced historic perspective of what it means to be Nordic. Starting with the Viking Age and Viking identities,  a large array of potential local, ethnic, and diverse identities began to be forgotten in favor of national and supra-national identities

  • 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

  • Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS)/Civic EngagementDiversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS)/Civic Engagement Clubs and Organizations seek to create a safe, supportive, and diverse environment that challenges students to explore social justice issues and begin the work towards equity as engaged citizens on both local and global levels. These clubs and organizations are great for students that are interested in gaining an increased understanding of their cultural identities through

  • A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School…

    PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Posted by: marshrl / April 13, 2018 Image: Tamara School Band, of Kumamoto, Japan, in a workshop at PLU with Ed Powell and Ron Gerhardstein and translated by Miho Takekawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The band visits the US every other year with it’s sister school Graham Kapowsin. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 13, 2018 By Kate Williams, Outreach Manager and Ryan Marsh, Administrative and Performance AssistantA prestigious all

  • The Washington Monthly Also Names PLU a ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ Institution TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University ranks number 25 in the Best Master’s Universities category of the national 2015 Washington Monthly College Rankings released Aug. 24. That’s PLU’s best ranking in…

    PLU Ranks in Top 4% of America’s Best Master’s Universities Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 24, 2015 Image: Samantha Harrison ’16 works in PLU’s Geoscience lab with samples collected from Mount Rainier. (Photo: John Froschauer: PLU) August 24, 2015 The Washington Monthly Also Names PLU a ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ Institution By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University ranks number 25 in the Best Master’s Universities category of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    Lutes learn about law enforcement, policing issues in the U.S. Posted by: Kari Plog / February 3, 2017 Image: The “Policing in America” class toured the south precinct of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department during January Term last month. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) February 3, 2017 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it's a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today

  • The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 PLU recently had the honor of hosting Dr. Carolyn Finney, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California-Berkeley and author of Black Faces, White Spaces, at our annual University Conference to kick off the new academic year.  She reminded us that we are inescapably interwoven with each other and with the Earth.  What we do