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that couldn’t fit with earlier schedules, gain research and/or laboratory experience, learn a language, demonstrate a well-rounded and versatile course of study, develop transferable business skills such as finance, marketing and people management or explore options that might lead to a new professional or academic direction. With more than 400 courses in 50 subject areas taught by senior faculty across the University, students have the flexibility to choose options that sustain their intellectual

September 11, 2014 PLU’s Marks Constitution Day With Free Speech (and More) Keynote Speaker U.S. Rep. Denny Heck Headlines Sept. 23 Conversation About Democracy By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will mark Constitution Day on Sept. 23 with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Denny Heck titled The Constitution is 227 Years Old … How is it Doing? But first, to prepare you—and to mark the official Constitution Day—Lutes will hand out copies of America’s

November 10, 2014 The Warm-up to Winterfest Annual PLU Event Turns Donations Into Opportunities for Local Families By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2014)—Join Pacific Lutheran University and the Parkland-Spanaway community for the 2014 Winterfest, which brings together low-income families in the community and connects them with holiday gifts and basic resources. Located at PLU’s East Campus, Winterfest includes children’s festivities

PLU Idol Competition Takes to the Stage During J-Term Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 12, 2015)—Once Ryan Seacrest starts in with his trademark “THIS is ‘American Idol’” catchphrase on TV, you know another Idol is just waiting in the wings. Yep. It’s time for PLU Idol. Same premise as the national singing competition—but decidedly PLU. “PLU Idol is a traditional event hosted by the Residence Hall

Yoga Instructor turned Mystery Novelist visiting PLU’s Garfield Book Co. Posted by: Zach Powers / January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)— The Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University will host Seattle-based novelist Tracy Weber on Friday, Feb 6, at 6 p.m.  Weber will read from her new novel, A Killer Retreat, the second installment of her award-winning Downward Dog Mystery series about a murder-solving, vegetarian

PLU Faculty Member Named to Nationwide ‘40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire’ List Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 23, 2015 Image: Kate Luther, Assistant Professor of Sociology at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 23, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 23, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University Assistant Professor of Sociology Kate Luther has been named to NerdScholar’s new nationwide list of “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire.”The 40 professors were

Nursing students honored in white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony Posted by: Zach Powers / September 16, 2021 Image: (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) September 16, 2021 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsFirst-year nursing majors and entry-level Masters of Nursing Science students were honored yesterday in the Regency Room at a white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony.“We’re at an historic moment in time when we need courageous and compassionate young leaders to lean