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  • Pacific Lutheran University seeks faculty with the highest possible qualifications, and offers them conditions of employment commensurate with their professional achievement and conducive to

    Section 1. PROMOTION, RANK, AND TENUREPacific Lutheran University seeks faculty with the highest possible qualifications, and offers them conditions of employment commensurate with their professional achievement and conducive to high-quality performance. The university thrives upon the commitment and energy of a diverse faculty. Its programs depend as well upon the variety of faculty appointments that are made, appropriately tenured and untenured, full-time and part-time, emeritus and honorary

  • The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents procedures for the granting of tenure.

    Section 1. RANK AND TENURE The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents procedures for the granting of tenure. The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents requirements for promotion and rank. Section 2. LEAVES OF ABSENCE The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents policies for the granting of sabbatical leaves. The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents policies for the

  • Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T , where…

    November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an

  • Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you…

    Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my!Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you will receive your complete cap-and-gown package on Tuesday, May 19. I’d like to explain why we thought of taking this action in the first

  • Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates

    Several months and thousands of miles away from Hughes, Barbara Temple-Thurston punctuated those remarks, as though the two sat next to each other in the retired professor’s North Tacoma living room. Temple-Thurston says Trinidad is what her native South Africa should have been. As symptoms of apartheid continue to plague her homeland, the beloved Caribbean island she considered a part-time home for two decades embraces widespread difference. “Trinidadians have such a beautiful attitude toward race

  • Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient.  (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…

    part of his capstone project. The project would lead to a Kelmer Roe Fellowship to study in Africa. This is certainly true for Nevis Granum ’14, whose passion for photography and saving endangered wildlife led to his capstone, a senior gallery exhibition of photographs taken during his J-Term trip to Tanzania. The experience of curating and exhibiting his work led Granum to apply for, and receive, a Kelmer Roe Fellowship to study in Africa with PLU Professor of English Charles Bergman this summer

  • Notched ladders are used by the Dogon people to access the upper levels of granaries, climb onto the flat roofs of houses, and bridge clefts in cliffs.

    Learn More: Dogon Granary LadderNotched ladders are used by the Dogon people to access the upper levels of granaries, climb onto the flat roofs of houses, and bridge clefts in cliffs. Though in fact used by many peoples in the southern part of West Africa, these ladders are most commonly associated with the Dogon. Wooden granary ladders such as the one in the PLU collection are first and foremost utilitarian objects, and have a simple and practical design. The step like notches would have been

  • The Morken Center for Learning and Technology is the first building at an independent college in Washington to receive gold-level certification under the U.S.

    Notable Facilities and ProgramsThe Morken Center for Learning and Technology is the first building at an independent college in Washington to receive gold-level certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The Anderson University Center has been completely renovated to include an open dining area with restaurant-style seating, and student- focused meeting and gathering spaces. Renovated Xavier Hall, with archaeology and

  • We are updating our scholarship and financial aid information for the next academic year.  Check back in November for updated information!

    International Scholarships & Grants: Aid for Study in the USAWe are updating our scholarship and financial aid information for the next academic year.  Check back in November for updated information!Graduate Student ScholarshipsInternational graduate students can find information about scholarship opportunities on the Graduate Programs website: https://www.plu.edu/admission-graduate/cost-aid/plu-scholarships/

  • The Harstad Heritage Society celebrates the visionary commitment of individuals and families who have secured PLU's enduring prosperity through planned gifts.

    Gift Planning at PLU Incorporating PLU into your estate plan is a powerful way to leave a lasting impact that benefits students, faculty and programs. Planned giving costs nothing during your lifetime yet enables you to expand access to higher education, enabling students to think critically, globally, and empathetically for years to come. LEARN MORE FreeWill: A Gift from PLU to You PLU is committed to providing our alumni and friends with helpful resources for lifelong learning and growth