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  • Virtual Group Work Tips and Tools (pdf) view download

  • The scene: a cramped room somewhere in a Pacific Lutheran University residence hall at the beginning of the millennium.

    dice and plenty of junk food. This is “The Gamers,” a film produced by a bunch of Lutes that started as a fun side project and turned into a viral movement and lifelong vocation. It follows the group as they work their way through the latest round of a role-playing fantasy game during their time as students at the university. Now, following a handful of sequels and YouTube views that continue growing by the thousands, a crowdfunded effort is bringing “The Gamers” back to PLU — and current students

  • The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Pacific Lutheran University is responsible for the oversight and evaluation of the animal care and use program and its components.

    Welcome!The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Pacific Lutheran University is responsible for the oversight and evaluation of the animal care and use program and its components. The principal responsibilities of the committee are to: Ensure the humane and ethical treatment of laboratory animals Monitor the environment provided for laboratory animals by periodic inspection of the areas in which they are housed Facilitate the establishment of mechanisms to protect personnel

    Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
    Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 21, 2016)- With a Catholic mother and Buddhist father, first-year April Nguyen never had to worry about understanding religious diversity in her household — it was just how she was raised. Religion studies and religious diversity weren’t on her radar until she…

    Wednesday’s Christianity panel. “The prospect of sharing a bit about my culture and beliefs with a group that isn’t familiar is exciting.” Every week the event’s crowd has grown, starting with an audience of seven and eventually attracting about 30 students. “It’s getting bigger, which is amazing,” Nguyen said. “It’s really great to see people asking questions and their reactions to each speaker.” "The prospect of sharing a bit about my culture and beliefs with a group that isn’t familiar is exciting

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 4, 2016)- For the first time in the event’s five-year history, TEDxTacoma will be hosted at Pacific Lutheran University on April 22. For the event’s host, Adam Utley, the new location signifies a homecoming of sorts, as the the improv performer and…

     what’s really going to resonate with the myriad brains in the audience? Factor in the sleepless nights and you got yourself quite the challenge. Your improv group, Muh Grog Zoo, looks to be having a very busy year. Can you share a bit about what makes the group unique? Without sounding like too much of a hack — because talking about improv is snooze worthy — Muh Grog Zoo is without a doubt some of the purest improv you can find out in the world.  We have no loose scaffolding to follow, theme of show

  • : Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (Bloomsbury Press, 2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (Sumeru Press, 2019). Her academic work explores the intersections of Buddhism, gender, race, and film. She is particularly interested in exploring trauma from the perspectives of Buddhism and neuroscience, and focuses particularly on experiences of women of color. She emphasizes the importance of trauma-informed embodiment practices such as meditation and yoga that can increase the capacity for

  • Thomas Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen.

    students at PLU have been long standing, but in the face of a presidential administration unfriendly to immigrants in the United States, an official task force for PLU’s undocumented students was created. Its mission is to best support the needs of undocumented/DACA students. The task force is made up of faculty and staff and includes student representatives from the undocumented student organization called The Gold Group. Since their formation in November 2016, the task force has been focusing on

  • This website is just one aspect of PLU’s ongoing commitment to advocate with and for undocumented students at PLU.

    available if you just need a place to talk confidentially (rudejl@plu.edu). Undocumented Student ResourcesPLU Community + AdvocacyFaculty & Staff ResourcesDonate to the Undocumented Student FundDonate TodayQuestions?For questions regarding the Gold Group, resources for undocumented students, future training sessions, or donations to the PLU4US Campaign, please visit the Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability or write us at undocu@plu.eduFirmly Committed: In Response to DACA decisionPLU joins

    Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability
    Anderson University Center Room 150 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research.

    opportunities to showcase student-faculty research. “It’s nice to put forth my research, voice my concerns, and show people topics they might not have thought about.” While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii and witnessed the incredible moment when a humpback whale taught her calf how to breach near the shore. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research. The group of Pacific Lutheran University students — Mikaela Haglund ’19, Lexi Higgins ’19

  • Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.

    himself of the generational poverty and lack of educational opportunities he’d witnessed during his sojourns back to Colombia. “I would say to myself ‘if they are in the kind of situation they are, and I get to be here, then I really need to get it together.’” Eventually, an introductory Hispanic literary studies course — taught by Carmiña Palerm, associate professor of Hispanic studies — eliminated his indecision, and Taylor-Mosquera was back on track. “It was all about Latin American history and had