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  • University Gallery Celebrates Student Work in Student Exhibition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 10, 2014 November 10, 2014 Take a walk through Ingram Hall on November 13 between 10 a.m. and noon, and you’ll see scurrying student artists framing prints, attaching hanging wires and putting the final touches on their creations. Artists will be arriving at the University Gallery to submit work to the Gallery’s annual Juried Student Exhibition, which opens November 19.  Pieces will be juried

  • MSMR Candidates Work With Washington Traffic Safety Control Posted by: wagnerjc / October 9, 2017 October 9, 2017 The Goal: Reduce Traffic Deaths in Washington State to ZeroAs a client project in this year’s Marketing Management course, the 2018 cohort is working with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC). WTSC has a goal of ending traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Crashes caused by distracted driving and driving after polydrug (being under the influence of more than one

  • June 14, 2011 Renovations on Eastvold Auditorium continue, with Phase 1 of the project on schedule to be completed this August. (Photo by John Froschauer) Flurry of work continues on the PLU campus By Chris Albert Life on campus may slow down a bit during the summer – as far as the number of students – but work to support student success never stops. Construction projects, both big and small, help improve university facilities between move-out day in late May and first-year orientation in

  • PLU Alum Discusses Eisenhower’s Work During 1918 Pandemic Posted by: halvormj / May 29, 2020 May 29, 2020 By Michael Halvorson ’85, Professor of History.  When Dwight D. Eisenhower was a young officer in the U.S. Army, he was responsible for protecting his troops during the 1918 Pandemic that threatened military bases in the U.S. This is one of the fascinating stories about Eisenhower’s life that is narrated by Dr. Jack M. Holl in a new book about Eisenhower’s life. Jack Holl was a 1959

  • For some, summer is a time for play. For others, it’s a time for work. But for many at PLU, it’s a time for a little bit of both — through science.

    really get their hands on real-world problems and actually doing work.” For some, summer is a time for play. For others, it’s a time for work. But for many at Pacific Lutheran University, it’s a time for a little bit of both — through science.The Division of Natural Sciences at PLU offers rigorous opportunities for inquiry and discovery each summer through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, in which students take their curiosities outside the classroom and gain valuable mentorship through

  • Sirine Fodstad spent nearly two decades traveling the world for work. But her story starts and ends in Norway, where she is a global human resources director for the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.

    Sirine Fodstad ’97 Sirine Fodstad ’97 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/sirine-fodstad-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 8, 2018 February 6, 2018 Photos by John Froschauer, PLU Sirine Fodstad ’97 spent years traveling around the world for work. But her story starts and ends in Norway. Sitting in the lobby of Oslo’s renowned

  • The Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS) program at PLU provides students with an innovative curriculum that examines how gender, sexuality and race are embedded in complex dynamics of power

    prepare them to pursue social justice and work in diverse communities. GSRS graduates will be able to solve problems in diverse environments, work effectively across difference, and lead from an equity mindset, some of the most important skills and abilities desired by employers.Please join GSRS, Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy next Tuesday 10/17/23 to recognize Mental Health Awareness Week and LGBTQIA+ History Month with the following events

    Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies
    Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Sustainability at PLU focuses on three key components: care for people, care for the planet, and prosperity, both now and in the future.

    environments. Thus we: ● Work collectively to reimagine models and practices that create ecological, social, and economic systems and relationships where all can thrive, today and in the future. ● Affirm sustainability efforts that respect, care for, and lift up those communities most disadvantaged by ecological degradation, communities both human and non-human, both local and global. ● Immediately establish and nurture a long-term sustainability strategy, which permeates throughout the PLU community and

    Sustainability Environmental Services
    Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues. Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever.  Blakney isn’t at…

    contributing to work that aims to educate and inform people about infectious diseases.   The third-generation Pacific Lutheran University graduate conducts backyard surveillance of mosquitoes in Atlanta, where she works as a field manager at Emory University. Her team collects and identifies the insects, working in and outside the lab studying the spread of West Nile virus. Blakney said it was PLU’s commitment to global citizenship, social justice and environmental conservation that helped her discover her

  • Frank Hewins, who leads Franklin Pierce Schools, was named Superintendent of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.

    tasked with finding the institution’s next leader. He also helps usher the partnership between PLU and Franklin Pierce Schools, which yields community service opportunities that benefit Lutes and Parkland residents alike. Among those opportunities are Club Keithley and Winterfest. The former connects PLU students to young people in the Parkland community through volunteering and mentorship; the latter is a holiday event that provides low-income families access to a free meal, social service resources