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October 17, 2014 A Month of Veterans Day Events at PLU— Where Tuition is Always 'Free' for Qualified Veterans ROTC cadets attend the 2013 Veterans Day Celebration at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—Pacific Lutheran University shows its appreciation and support for our nation’s service members every day, since tuition is always “free” for eligible veterans, and through November PLU also will host several

Tacoma, “We must struggle to find the right words, however inadequate, to process what has happened and to find a way to move from darkness toward light, from mourning to memory, from despair to hope.” While we work to find the words to help our communities move toward light, memory and hope, we are grateful for the first responders, care givers and the love that holds community together. PLU is a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The ELCA has repeatedly spoken out against

formation of the PLU Pantry, an on-campus food pantry where students can pick up ingredients for a meal, toiletries and other necessities with the swipe of a student ID. University Pastor Jen Rude first became aware of the growing number of food-insecure students after several professors came to her with concerns about students’ lack of access to nutritious meals. “We had a couple folks reach out to Campus Ministry to say, ‘I know this is a need among my students. What do we have on campus?’” Rude

PLU students and faculty collaborate on summer chemistry research Posted by: Zach Powers / August 29, 2023 August 29, 2023 Dive deeper into PLU’s summer undergraduate research program! Students Rebecca Smith ’24 and Aidan Hopson ’24 spent ten weeks collaborating with chemistry professor Andrea Munro to study colloidal nanocrystals, particles so small they are nearly invisible. #LutesEmbraceComplexity To learn more about chemistry projects, classes and research opportunities at PLU visit plu.edu

PLU nursing students help provide meals for Thanksgiving Posted by: Zach Powers / November 22, 2023 November 22, 2023 PLU service-nursing club Delta Iota Chi assembled nearly 350 meal boxes which will feed over 2,000 community members this holiday week. Boxes stuffed with turkey, green beans, corn, stuffing mix and other food were distributed to local community organizations and individuals throughout the week. Read Previous Franklin Pierce School District joins innovative Seed Teacher program

the award at the Spirit of Diversity Awards. PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Honored as Organization of the Year Pacific Lutheran University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was recognized as PLU’s Organization of the Year at this year’s Celebration of Leadership. SAAC is an organization comprised of representatives from each of PLU’s 19 varsity athletic teams, who volunteer their time to serve as a leader and voice of their respective team. This year, SAAC dedicated its

development, submarine operations and sailing expeditions into the Arctic, North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea. In the last three decades, he has sailed extensively into the North Atlantic, the Arctic Ocean and the Barents Sea. In 2011, he was awarded the Timan Medal by the Royal Cruising Club. Read Previous Wang Symposium 2012: Maude Barlow talks on the importance of conserving our most precious resource Read Next Posters aim to bring awareness to campus COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

May 13, 2014 Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communications It’s that time of year again: What do you do with that couch, or mattress or lamp you no longer want? And what about that unopened box of gluten-free

April 24, 2014 New MediaLab Event Features Career Advice from Successful Alumni By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Six alumni came back to Pacific Lutheran University on April 22 to serve as panelists for the inaugural MediaLab Presents event. The panelists, who graduated from PLU in 2005 or more recently, all work in high-profile jobs in communication and business: 1.    Chris Bowen ’09 graduated with a degree in PR and Advertising and now works as a Senior Project Manager at Radarworks in Seattle. 2

PLU MediaLab Student Wins International Design Award Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 31, 2015 Image: Taylor Cox’s branding for the MediaLab documentary “Waste Not” finished second worldwide in the Mercury Excellence Awards. (Photo: Courtesy Taylor Cox) March 31, 2015 By Maddie Bernard '16For PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Taylor Cox '15, a member of MediaLab, an invitation-only multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a Silver Award from the