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center, J-Term study away class options range from Marine Biology in the Bahamas to a Political Science course on the Presidency in Washington D.C. Check out the full article originally posted in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday about 14 PLU students who interned with various units of the THA Division of Health, Wellness, and Social Protection! Associate Vice President of Diversity, Justice, & Sustainability Angie Hambrick, one of the program’s facilitators, has been visiting Tobago with PLU interns

October 1, 2013 Did You See This? Share Your Slice of History On Sept. 27, 1963—just weeks before his death—President John F. Kennedy spoke at a joint PLU-UPS Convocation at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium. Speaking to a huge crowd of rapt Lutes and major-league dignitaries (including then-PLU President Robert Mortvedt, U.S. Sens. Warren Magnuson and Henry (Scoop) Jackson, Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall), Kennedy called for social justice, community and

President Krise Discusses “Protest” with Angie Hambrick and Amy Young Posted by: Zach Powers / December 10, 2015 December 10, 2015 TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 10, 2015)- Recorded on Tuesday, Nov. 24, the fourth episode of 'Open to Interpretation' features a discussion of the word 'protest' among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, PLU President and Professor of English Thomas W. Krise and Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Angie Hambrick.“Open to

"Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right" from Garfield Book Company (PLU's bookstore). Read Previous PLU alumnus, Android co-founder uses his marketing expertise to help students land jobs Read Next Dr. Darrell Jodock to speak to Lutes about inspiring racial justice through the Lutheran tradition COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share

offering doctorate degrees for the 2023-2024 cycle. Pacific Lutheran University has earned a “Top Ten 2024-25 Military Friendly Spouse School” designation, placing sixth among private universities offering doctorate degrees. Read Previous Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years Read Next Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

course on conservation and natural resources. In the course, students completed a lifestyle project, tracking their use of resources, such as electricity, food, water, transportation and garbage production. “I knew I was failing,” Pfaff said. “But it motivated me to do something and change my lifestyle.” This year, he served as the Residence Hall Association’s environment, justice and diversity (EJD) director, creating programming to increase awareness about issues related to the environment, justice

International Honors, economics and social justice courses for catching “the activism bug.” They gave him the confidence to openly discuss issues such as minimum wage, labor injustices, racial justice and more. Beiermann said his support system on and off campus also has helped him greatly. He said Maria Chavez, chair of politics and government, “has been huge as a sounding board, believing in all of the ideas and hopes that I have had. “Having someone who has so much knowledge talking with me has been an

Award to expand Student Life’s PLUS 100: Transition to PLU program. PLUS 100 is an extended-orientation first-year seminar that has shown to increase graduation rates. Expansion of the program would include continuing to offer the program for all incoming first-year students and providing student teaching assistants for all sections. It would also involve investing in the professional development of instructors and TAs to emphasize the social justice outcomes associated with increased retention

Student-athletes Nasier Ford ’24, La’akea Ane ’24, and Jesse Canda ’24 utilize communication capstone to boost mental health awareness Posted by: mhines / June 3, 2024 Image: (Left to right) La’akea Ane ’24, a criminal justice and communication major, Jesse Canda ’24, a communication major, and Nasier Ford ’24, a criminal justice and communication major present their senior capstone titled “Mental Health Awareness Amongst Student Athletes.” June 3, 2024 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing

for their communities and care for the earth.  This triple repetition aligns perfectly with our principles of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, which we strive to consider not as three separate issues, but as one interrelated cause demanding critical thought and action. These guiding values help our students, alumni, faculty and professional staff members to act as globally conscious citizens and creative leaders. So as we celebrate the graduation of this, the largest class in PLU’s history