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PLU announces plans for virtual spring commencement 2021 Posted by: bennetrr / April 1, 2021 April 1, 2021 Pacific Lutheran University is making plans to hold two virtual commencement ceremonies in late May: one for the Class of 2021 and one for the Class of 2020. The Class of 2021 ceremony will be held on May 29 at 11:00 a.m., and the Class of 2020 ceremony will be held on May 29 at 2:00 p.m.Current state regulations and the continuing public health risk posed by large gatherings prohibit the

PLU myself, I know the value of a PLU education and where it can take you professionally. I couldn’t be more proud of my alma mater for investing in these future leaders!” With this new agreement, PLU will provide accepted students a dollar-for-dollar match of scholarships awarded by Palmer Scholars. These students will be guaranteed a $3,000 Palmer Scholars Scholarship and a $3,000 PLU Scholarship on top of any merit or need-based scholarships they qualify for.  “We are pleased and honored to

J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Italy Posted by: Marcom Web Team / December 24, 2019 December 24, 2019 J-Term 2020: Travel with us to Italy via our blog. PLU offers a variety of study away program options to make this important component of a PLU education accessible to as many students as possible. Narrow your search by exploring your options by academic discipline, location, duration and more. Visit the Wang Center for more info.Travel Blog Read Previous Congrats Bernice! Read Next Amy Spieker

opportunities, adventures and challenges, I have grown more than I can possibly recognize. I was supported and encouraged in all that I aspired to do. I honestly feel that PLU’s values of inquiry, leadership, service and care have become engrained in my spirit and I know that this experience, this education in life, will greatly shape my future. My next chapter: I am moving to Washington D.C. in August to live with my sister. I plan to spend one to three years there, seeking work experience and new

projects where business students can ‘learn by doing,’ allowing them to experience and wrestle with real-world marketing challenges within an organization/company,” Mulder said. “In this case, the impact is that the students’ research, branding and final marketing plan will provide direct support to EnVia.” EnVia, headquartered in Oaxaca, Mexico, seeks to empower female entrepreneurs through business funding and education. Oaxaca is one of PLU’s “Gateway” Study Away programs, and PLU students have

#PLUFall Posted by: Thomas Krise / October 29, 2014 October 29, 2014 Fall at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA | Video produced by Sam Hosman ’14 *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous It’s not that you just study away, it’s how you study away Read Next Veterans Day at PLU LATEST POSTS President Krise’s open letter of support for Muslim community January 30, 2017 An Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 What election season

opportunity to learn more about PCAT and discuss the center with PCAT board members. The center also plans to offer a range of adult education and professional certification courses in demand in Pierce County’s smaller cities and suburban communities that are in need of an additional influx of professionally trained workers. “The population growth outside of Tacoma opens up business opportunities that will require skilled workers,” said Mark Martinez, a PCAT board member and executive secretary of the

higher education has had on the nine graduates’ lives, careers and nation. As it turns out, this experience is having a profound impact on the PLU team: new graduates Andrea Capere ’14 and Princess Reese ’14; current students Shunying Wang ’15 and Maurice Byrd ’14; and supervisors Joanne Lisosky, Professor of Communication, and Melannie Denise Cunningham, Director of Multicultural Recruitment.“What makes this so unique is the variety of perspectives that we have in the six people who are traveling on

PLUS 100 cohort might be the first of its kind at PLU, the motivations of breeding excellence in those student-athletes has plenty of campus tradition behind them. “The PLU football program has had a long-standing history of growing men of integrity,” Dr. Frey said. “It is no different today.” Read Previous Alumni Profile: Superhero, secret agent, zookeeper? Read Next Building Better Students: PLU’s 3-2 Engineering Program LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24

, coming to our presentations, organizing a Watershed Issues Forum at PLU, and providing feedback on student work. The program is also indebted to Al Schmauder, a long-time community activist who shares the history of activism in the watershed with students, and often leads our watershed tour himself. How does this course fit into the upper-level coursework required for environmental studies majors? All environmental studies majors and minors take this class. Environmental studies majors continue on to