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  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 10, 2016)- Bradford Andrews has spent a decade inviting his students to participate in archaeological research in the Mount Rainier area. This year, the work helped uncover details about prehistoric hunting groups. “This is the sort of opportunity that can only come…

    interested in anthropology before attending PLU. Originally from California, Holm moved to Washington and quickly became interested in local lands such as Mount Rainier. The artifacts Andrews, Holm, and fellow Lutes Megan Wonderly ’16 and Georgia Abrams ’17 worked with recently came from Berkeley Rockshelter, two shallow cave areas located in the northeast portion of the mountain. After studying and analyzing the artifacts, they confirmed it was a site where hunting groups stopped and fixed their weapons

  • By Michael Halvorson.  On October 17, 2017, PLU alum Brad Tilden (1983) engaged with students, faculty, and alumni in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines. The special event was organized as the 13th annual Dale E. Benson lecture in…

    panel featuring Sergia Hay (Philosophy), Norris Peterson (Economics), Mark Mulder (Business), Bridgette O’Brien (Religion), and Michael Halvorson (History and Benson program chair).  Most of the faculty also work together in the school’s Innovation Studies and Environmental Studies programs. The conversation was thoughtful and wide-ranging, including student questions on the pending merger with Virgin America, competition with Delta Airlines, pilot shortages, the moral obligations of an airline to

  • Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) Posted by: abryant / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It

  • Global health leader and human rights advocate to visit PLU and discuss the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ communities globally Posted by: bennetrr / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on March 9. Amie Bishop, a global health leader and human rights advocate will deliver the keynote lecture titled “Vulnerabilities Amplified

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 12, 2016)- Steinar Bryn’s peacebuilding work has kept him busy in Norway, eastern Europe and elsewhere around the world, but his ties to Pacific Lutheran University run deep. The repeat Nobel Peace Prize nominee has developed and supported dialogue centers in the…

    International Peacebuilding and Dialogue Work,” will give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to learn more about Bryn’s extensive experience as a dialogue facilitator in some of Europe’s most conflict-ridden areas. Bryn has facilitated hundreds of seminars, published numerous articles and has lectured worldwide. He, along with the Nansen Dialogue Network, has developed and supported dialogue centers in the Balkans for 17 years. He’s also responsible for planning and implementing inter-ethnic

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…

    socioeconomic differences between the two high schools seem to create a negative stereotype about the students who attend schools in poorer areas. It is damaging and wrong, Cushman says, to assume that students at Lincoln are “misbehaved” simply because of the school’s location and resources. “I would challenge any citizen in Tacoma to walk into the classrooms of our city and listen to insight and intelligence of our young people,” Cushman said. He says he thinks many would be surprised at the distorted

  • our teachers in areas where kids lack access to technology, we try to get them to think outside of the box. For instance, one of my teachers is working on building out a habitat project where her students can watch TV to gather information, interview family members, and build a model using household supplies. She’s hoping to hold phone conversations with her students to learn about their projects. My kids’ district is also a good example. They’re making packets every two weeks and collecting the

  • University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…

    & World Report’s first annual “Best College” survey in 1983. U.S. News & World Report’s rankings are based on academic reputation, retention, graduation rate, faculty resources (including class size), student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving rate. This year’s rankings show increases for PLU in the Best Regional and Best Value categories. The College of Distinction honor is based on excellence in four categories: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant campus communities and

  • disciplines, including mathematics, electrical engineering, acoustics, statistics, psychology, philosophy, business—even historical studies examining the impact of technology. (Photo by Jordan Stead / Amazon) It is tremendously exciting to think about a world shaped by the creative interaction of these AI disciplines and technologies. For a look at what some university students are already doing in Alexa research, browse through the 2017 Alexa Prize Proceedings for a tour of innovation and creativity

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 13, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University will host a lecture by Seattle University School of Law Professor Dean Spade, a leading scholar and activist in trans rights. His talk, “Romantic Notions: Soldiers, Spouses and the Limits of LGBT Equality,” will be held at 6…

    diversity, justice and sustainability in action—both within an academic context and within activism,” says Jennifer Smith, director of the Women’s Center. “He demonstrates how to put thought and theory into action. Additionally, his work is explicitly intersectional, focusing on race, class, sexuality and gender simultaneously.” Before joining the faculty of Seattle University, Spade was a Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School, teaching classes related to