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  • Officials from Pacific Lutheran University and Tacoma Community College have announced an Automatic Admission Partnership that will streamline the admission process for TCC students interested in enrolling at PLU. “ Tacoma Community College has a long history of providing an exceptional education to local students,”…

    to provide increased access to PLU and support the academic achievement of eligible TCC students. “This agreement makes it easier for our students to transfer to PLU, which provides an excellent education close to home,” said TCC President Ivan L, Harrell, Ph.D. “And the scholarship provides opportunity for students who might not otherwise have believed a private school education to be within reach.”  To be eligible for the Automatic Admission Partnership, TCC students will be required to have a

  • For the graduating class of 2024, freshman year was online and confined. So by the time fall came around for sophomore year, they embraced in-person classes, study groups, lunches, dinners, and more. That’s true at least for political science major Kaden Bolton ’24, who graduated…

    city council and the political parties at play.”  “My hypothesis was that the younger people would be happy with the policy and pleased with the pedestrian-only area, and that older people would be less happy with it. But what I found was that support for the policy was relatively stable throughout, and that in the youngest residents, between about 18 and 25, people were actually fairly skeptical of it and they felt that it was a way to placate the environmentalists who lobbied for it.” Bolton says

  • Maria Surla has traveled a long and rewarding road. The 39-year-old recently graduated with PLU’s Class of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. “The difficult experiences I’ve had made me who I am now,” Surla says. Born and raised in the Philippines, Surla…

    research and explores the challenges of moral distress in correctional settings, particularly in comparison to traditional settings. Surla also offers policy recommendations and ways to combat moral distress in real time, including peer support and self-assessment tools. Surla is the first of her family to graduate from college. Her existing nursing background helped her navigate PLU’s classes. Over time, she had to develop an effective approach for school, including being organized and reaching out

  • A student messaged me on my Facebook page the other day with an article on college rating systems. Along with messaging her back my response, I thought to share my opinion here with you. Hi President Krise, I’m eager to hear your thoughts on this…

    Colleges Hate It Heather My response: Thanks, Heather. I share the opinion of most college presidents that this proposed rating system is as bad an idea as all the other rating systems that have been tried so far (US News, Washington Monthly, Princeton Review, etc). I love to look at rankings, but I am always aware that they are wildly subjective and deeply flawed. What makes the US Dept of Education’s proposed ranking system especially worrisome is the proposal to tie Federal support for students to

  • Relay for Life at PLU Raises Money—and Awareness Students walk during a previous Relay for Life at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Valery Jorgensen ’15 The international fundraiser Relay For Life, for the American Cancer Society, will be held at PLU beginning Friday, April 25.…

    last year PLU was recognized with a Nation Top Ten Award for money raised per-capita. “I love Relay because it is the biggest fundraiser on campus,” said Rebecca Goulson, TurboWalkers team leader. “And I think we all know someone affected by cancer.” Students, faculty, administrators and friends form teams and set up tents around the PLU campus as their home base for the night. Walking is continuous for the duration of the event, showing support for those lost and those still fighting cancer. “The

  • Alaska Governor Sean Parnell ’84 talks to students in Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s entrepreneurship class. (Photo by John Froschauer) Alaska governor urges students to be “gazelles” of business and think independently By Barbara Clements Looking around Assistant Professor Kevin Boeh’s financing and entrepreneurship class, Alaska…

    do’ 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support of students October 29, 2024 Angela

  • The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting itself to be a challenging time for educators, but experienced professors like Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen are facing this challenge head-on. Dr. Llewellyn Ihssen is a professor in the religion department at Pacific Lutheran University and teaches classes in the…

    the main session. She continues to work on ways to support what she calls “group solidarity,” which can be more challenging in the online format. Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen and her dog Bubs The pandemic has affected several scholarly projects Dr. Llewellyn Ihssen was working on, including a major translation project. It was difficult to work when libraries were shut down last summer, she mentioned, something both educators and students alike can agree on. She stated that the virtual world of the

  • A fellowship opportunity is available in the Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) within the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. DLS provides laboratory support that improves the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of…

    Biochemical Markers Summer Fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Posted by: nicolacs / December 11, 2018 December 11, 2018 A fellowship opportunity is available in the Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) within the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. DLS provides laboratory support that improves the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of environmental, tobacco

  • Sound Physicians is a national, multi-specialty medical group that strives to improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare for patients in every community it serves. It partners with more than 400 hospitals and is the practice of choice for over 4,000 physicians, advanced practice providers, CRNAs,…

    Lange ’00 oversees all aspects of marketing and communications including brand management, marketing operations, sales and recruitment marketing and internal and external communications. Lange majored in communication at PLU, with a business minor. She spent the first few years of her career in public relations and event management in fields like technology and nonprofit, and then moved into brand management for companies, including Eddie Bauer and Starbucks. This led to Sound Physicians, where

  • TACOMA, Wash. — Earlier this week, officials from the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will streamline the process for both universities’ current students and alumni applying to select graduate programs at the partner…

    to a wide range of careers in social service and mental health agencies, as well as on preparing graduates to become certified as school counselors. The public health program prepares graduates to respond to contemporary challenges in public health at the local, regional, national, and global levels. PLU’s AACSB-accredited MBA program focuses on strategy and innovation, and offers optional concentrations in healthcare management, technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship and closely