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PLU offers a number of direct transfer degree opportunities from community colleges, that provide automatic junior status upon enrolling at the university.
experience allows your ambition to blossom into purpose, your skills to sharpen into tools, and your caring to become a transformative force. Check out our blog Looking for our COVID-19 information? Admission COVID-19 InformationWHEN ARE THE IMPORTANT DATES?Don't miss a thing. FEBRUARY 17 Business Virtual Academic Info Session RSVP FEBRUARY 18 Lute Life Day REGISTER MARCH 1 Application Priority Date APPLY TO PLU MARCH 3 Psychology Virtual Academic Info Session RSVPWHO'S MY ADMISSION COUNSELOR? Meet the
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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…
, ethics and discretion, race and policing, and use of force. “I can only speak to these areas to a certain degree,” Premo said, “so having someone who works directly in that specialty area gives the students an opportunity to ask questions to someone currently working in that area.” The roughly 20 students enrolled in the class claimed a variety of majors — including those outside sociology — such as communication, computer science, psychology and music. Mitch Perantie ’19, who intends to major in
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 12, 2015)— The 2015 Celebration of Leadership recognized students who live lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care while empowering their peers to do the same. On Monday, May 11, the Division of Student Life welcomed PLU faculty, administrators, staff and…
others. Andrew Allen, Dani Andrews, Sam Angel, Olivia Ash, Leah Butters, Emma DaFoe, Ariel Esterbrook, Anne-Marie Falloria, Naomi Forward, Aubrey Frimoth, Nomium Gankhuyag, Elizabeth George, Christina Hayes, Mitchell Helton, Gregory Hibbard, Nicole Jordan, Evan Koepfler, Kevin Long, Gavin Miller, Isaac Moening-Swanson, Johanna Muller, Aiko Nakagawa, Thea (Clara) O’Brien, Hallie E. Peterson, Avelon Ragoonanan, Allie Reynolds, Jesus Rosales, Farah Schumacher, Sarah Smith, Reland Tuomi, Shelby Mae
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For employers, PLU is a great place to recruit talent. Find out how to connect job and internship opportunities to PLU graduates and students.
they eliminate physical barriers and class time challenges. Our On-Campus Recruiting module in the Opportunities Board will help you advertise your posting and pre-select candidates for interview time slots. Employers can request, promote and manage an on-campus interview event through your Opportunities Board employer account, or by e-mailing career@plu.edu. Partnering with student clubs and organizationsStudent clubs and organizations provide a captive audience to promote your organization and
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her vision when she was a child, but that hasn’t stopped her from showing up. And she’s continued to show up all the way to the world stage. McCarthy spent the evening and afternoon of March…
passion is very evident, Hacker told her former student in front of a class of current Lutes. “I can see it in you,” Hacker said. “It’s your life. It keeps you going.” McCarthy said she talks almost every day about what she learned in her sports psychology class at PLU, taught by Hacker. She said it is where she learned how to deal with both successes and failures. “Natalie has all of my esteem and respect,” Hacker said. Moving forward, the rower is still set on the ultimate goal: getting to the Rio
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SPANAWAY, Wash. (June 25, 2015)— On the grassy fields outside of the Sprinker Recreation Center at 9:30 a.m. the temperature has already climbed to the mid-80’s. Day two of Success Soccer Camp has begun, and over 200 campers ages 6-17 are already enthusiastically working up…
in her element. Well, one of her many elements. Equally at home directing a soccer camp, presenting academic research or consulting some of the world’s most celebrated athletes, the PLU Professor of Kinesiology has been a catalyst for achievement and an exemplar of dedication throughout her dynamic career. Hacker’s resume is staggering, including a Ph.D. in Exercise and Movement Science, extensive applied research in Sports Psychology, coaching the PLU Women’s Soccer Team to 3 National
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Knutson Lecture
Don Lemon’s regular CNN show. You can find links to all of these on my homepage.Previous Knutson Lecture Scholars2021 (Fall) – James B. Martin-Schramm ’81 2021 (Spring) – George “Tink” Tinker 2019 – Jennifer Graber 2018 – Kelly Brown Douglas 2017 – Ulrich Duchrow 2016 – Jennifer Harvey 2015 – Darren Dochuk 2014 – Monica Coleman2013 – John Collins 2012 – Robert N. Bellah 2011 – Marcus J. Borg 2010 – Mark Brocker 2009 – John Dominic Crossan 2008 – Susan Ross 2007 – John Pahl 2006 – Martin E. Marty
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The Seventeenth Dale E. Benson Lecture Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University. Image Credit: Nicole Marie Photograph On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University Center. There was also a pre-lecture conversation with Dr. Liu and students in Xavier 201, hosted
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Every year since 2011, PLU has sent two Lutes to Norway as part of its summer Peace Scholars program. The Lutes learn about peacebuilding and dialogue, bringing what they learn home to apply it on
want to learn about peace and how to be agents of peace in the world,” Simic-Muller said. “There is no one trait that guarantees that a student will be selected. We are looking for a variety of perspectives and interests.” One of Rush’s goals as a returning Peace Scholars participant is to help with that e ort, by mentoring new scholars. Beiermann’s idea of an ideal candidate for the program is a simple one: “A successful peace scholar is a person who is willing to learn and take on other
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By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…
convivial was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1973 book, Tools for Conviviality. It is still surprisingly relevant.) For high school students who become interested in computing, there are a wide range of subjects that they can study in college to think about the implications of computational thinking in industry and society. We’re really at the beginning of a surge in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, technical education, and the history and ethics of computing. Computer
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