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How Community Meals bring people together at PLU Posted by: mhines / January 3, 2024 Image: PLU and Trinity Lutheran Church are partnering up for a new collaborative dinner series, Community Meals. Community members gather around a table enjoying October’s meal and company. (All photos provided by Rev. Jen Rude) January 3, 2024 When people at PLU are asked, “What do you love about PLU?” “The sense of community” is the response you hear most often. This fall semester, different groups on campus

March 30, 2011 Port of Tacoma CEO sees strength in community Northwest native and Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe ’87, prides himself for being part of an organization that creates jobs. Established by the citizens of Pierce County, Wash., in 1918, The Port of Tacoma is among the largest container ports in North America. But Wolf sees the port as so much more than that – as a catalyst for community vitality, and a creator of economic growth for both the county and the state.“At the end of the day

Act Six scholar finds “automatic community” at PLU Posted by: vcraker / January 5, 2021 January 5, 2021 As a first-generation college student, Georjina Soliai ’23 of Lakewood, Washington wasn’t certain how she would be able to afford college. While going through the college admissions process she learned about the Act Six Scholarship. Act Six is a leadership program that connects local community affiliates with faith- and social justice-based colleges to equip emerging urban and community

PLU Theatre focuses on Community in upcoming Godspell Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 With laughs and exuberance, PLU theatre performs Godspell, the musical based on the gospel according to St. Matthew. The story outlines the journey of Christ as he gathers his disciples and forms a community of faith. Godspell plays March 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and March 19 at 2 p.m at Pacific Lutheran University in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips

PLU Theatre focuses on Community in upcoming Godspell Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 With laughs and exuberance, PLU theatre performs Godspell, the musical based on the gospel according to St. Matthew. The story outlines the journey of Christ as he gathers his disciples and forms a community of faith. Godspell plays March 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and March 19 at 2 p.m at Pacific Lutheran University in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips

January 22, 2013 Cross-town rivalry – free admission for the community PLU hosts the University of Puget Sound for its cross-town rivalry game Tuesday, Jan. 29 in Olson Auditorium. Admission for the game is free for Tacoma area residents. Help us keep track of the number of people who are attending by RSVPing. It will help us know how many programs to print and how much popcorn to pop. Don’t miss out on following all things Lute Basketball. Read Previous Bonnie Nelson ’08: A Passion for Service

lived and worked in Malta and Barcelona, Spain, where she served as chief marketing officer for emerging mobile media companies. Prior to moving abroad, Gibbs served as senior vice president for consumer marketing and ecommerce at PlanetOut, a leading media and entertainment company based in San Francisco. She also helped lead the company to a successful IPO in 2004. Earlier, Gibbs was executive vice president at The Weber Group (later Weber Shandwick Worldwide), where she managed six offices and

Choral Union Tour Preview Concert Posted by: marshrl / July 3, 2017 July 3, 2017 The Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union will present a tour preview concert on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. This summer’s two-week tour will be to France, with concerts scheduled in Arles, Alixan, Colmar, Troyes, Bayeux and Paris. The tour repertoire includes works by Ko Matsushita, Jake Runestad, Francis Poulenc, Cecilia McDowall, Kirke Mechem, Stephen Paulus, Eric Whitacre and

An Open Letter to the PLU Community from President Tom Krise Posted by: Lace M. Smith / November 24, 2015 November 24, 2015 Dear Colleagues and Friends: In the past few days there has been a lot of impassioned debate about the proposed sale of KPLU to KUOW. There has also been a lot of misinformation and misinterpreted facts. Following is some context: This is a strategic decision based on careful analysis of the future of radio and a concern about how best to sustain public media in the region

words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Episodes of OTI are released once per month. If you have feedback, comments or ideas for episodes, please email producer Zach Powers at powerszs@plu.edu. (From left to right) Associate Professor of Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin, Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young and Professor of Psychology Michelle Ceynar at KPLU's Tacoma studio (on campus at PLU). (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Previous Episode Dr. Young