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  • Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 Posted by: Zach Powers / April 16, 2024 Image: Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 is a music education major from Tacoma. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 16, 2024 By Emily Holt, MFA '16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing

  • enable more professional quality student research projects by equipping psychology lab computers with the “Inquisit” psychology testing software. Emily Mize, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing: Mize will use $900 to enable a wireless projection gateway for a Tablet PC to use statistical and bibliographic software interactively in a classroom setting. Read Previous Program brings people from around the world together Read Next Chinese program receives grant COMMENTS*Note: All

  • TACOMA, WASH. (January 14, 2016)- The fifth episode of ‘Open to Interpretation’ features a discussion of the word ‘gender’ among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Women’s Center Director Jennifer Smith and Associate Professor of Biology Mary Ellard-Ivey. Mary Ellard-Ivey, Amy Young and…

    Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin``Advocacy``Guests: Associate Professor of Religion Kevin O’Brien and Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Justin Eckstein``Climate``Guests: Associate Professor of Biology Michael Behrens and Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Kaitlyn Sill``Protest``Guests: PLU President and Professor of English Thomas W. Krise and Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Angie Hambrick Read Previous PLU Graduate Nursing Student Awarded

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 1, 2015)—Dr. Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 will be returning to campus on Thursday, Oct. 8, to deliver the 2015 Meant to Live Lecture. The inaugural event of Homecoming weekend, Brunstrom-Hernandez’s lecture will shed light on the personal and professional rewards she has reaped…

    . Jan,” as her patients call her, has established several adapted sports programs and founded the Pediatric Neurology Cerebral Palsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and 1 CP Place in Plano, Texas, where she currently practices. What are a couple of aspects of sports rehabilitation that you especially enjoy? Adapted sports programs allow people with disabilities to experience athletics, competition and teamwork. Sports motivate patients to work harder to get stronger and learn new skills. But

  • Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare Posted by: Silong Chhun / May 5, 2022 Image: Yaquelin Ramirez ’22 in the second floor lab where as a chemistry major she spent much of her time. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 5, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsAs a child, chemistry major Yaquelin Ramirez ’22 often went to work with her mother at a Federal Way nursing home. The time spent watching her mom help the residents sparked something

  • prepares nurses at the highest level of proficiency as they learn to translate science into clinical practice. Students develop the skills to lead collaboratively, integrate research into care, and design better healthcare delivery systems. Interested in getting a DNP? Connect with PLU today!Attend Info SessionSign up for an info session to see if the DNP program is right for you. Sign up for info sessionRequest InformationContact us to get more information about the DNP program. Request more

  • impact the lives of others, but if you’re looking to develop the sought-after skills needed to transform people’s lives through excellent patient care — you should consider obtaining a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). Download PLU’s Nursing Guide!2. Business — Master of Business Administration (MBA)There are many types of graduate business degrees — finance, accounting, human resource management, organizational leadership, to name a few — but the traditional MBA has recently seen an uptick in

  • University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice prepares students to develop and evaluate quality care within a health system, collaborate with interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes, and be leaders in the nursing profession.  Our DNP program prepares nurses at the highest level of proficiency as they learn to translate science into clinical practice. Students develop the skills to lead collaboratively, integrate research into care, and design better healthcare delivery systems. Interested in getting a

  • securing a nursing career? Download PLU’s digital resource: Take control of the future healthcare— A Guide to a career in Nursing Download free ebook EducationThere is a national shortage of qualified teachers across disciplines, and the shortage is especially acute in STEM fields. In Washington state specifically, teacher shortages are greatest in STEM, special education, and English language learning classrooms. The field of teaching offers you a variety of career paths, especially if you invest in a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…

    inquiry, service, leadership and care along with them as they pursue new careers, volunteer opportunities and ventures abroad. Lutes will remain connected with the thread of community that was central to their time at PLU. Below, four of PLU’s roughly 700 Commencement participants (Jonathan Adams, Sarah Henderson, Todd Hoagland and Priya McBride) look back on their experiences on campus and share their hopes for the future as they embark on their post-graduate journeys.Commencement 2016Learn more