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November 10, 2014 The Warm-up to Winterfest Annual PLU Event Turns Donations Into Opportunities for Local Families By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2014)—Join Pacific Lutheran University and the Parkland-Spanaway community for the 2014 Winterfest, which brings together low-income families in the community and connects them with holiday gifts and basic resources. Located at PLU’s East Campus, Winterfest includes children’s festivities

Neurologist Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 to Deliver 2015 Meant to Live Lecture Posted by: Zach Powers / October 1, 2015 Image: Dr. Janice Brunstrom-Hernandez at Pacific Lutheran University on Oct. 8, 2015. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 1, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 1, 2015)—Dr. Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 will be returning to campus on Thursday, Oct. 8, to deliver the 2015 Meant to Live Lecture.The inaugural event of Homecoming

PLU community members raise funds and awareness at Relay For Life Posted by: Zach Powers / April 12, 2016 Image: PLU Relay for Life on Friday, April 24, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 12, 2016 TACOMA, Wash. (April. 12, 2016)— On April 15 Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty members and staff will come together for Relay For Life, an annual fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer Society. Now known as the world’s largest, most impactful cancer-fighting fundraising event

Virtual convening of The People’s Gathering to facilitate timely conversations about race Posted by: Marcom Web Team / June 30, 2020 June 30, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn July 9 PLU’s Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will be hosting a virtual edition of The People’s Gathering, a dialogue-based event series focusing in-depth on the topic of race.The People’s Gathering is an annual professional/personal development experience and

Virtual convening of The People’s Gathering to facilitate timely conversations about race Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 By Silong ChhunPLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn November 18, Pacific Lutheran University’s Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will be co-hosting a virtual edition of The People's Gathering, a dialogue-based event series focusing in-depth on the topic of race.The People’s Gathering is a professional and personal

APS Virtual Career Fair Posted by: nicolacs / August 23, 2021 August 23, 2021 For the first time ever, the American Physical Society (APS), the premier national society of physicists, is hosting a standalone Virtual Career Fair on September 13-15: Virtual Career Fair 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET. This event will include both a Job Fair and a Graduate School Fair and it will be held over a three-day period. If you are a student or early career scientist exploring career options or looking for jobs

Emerging Leaders’ Summit, Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities Posted by: nicolacs / April 16, 2021 April 16, 2021 HACU is hosting our Emerging Leaders’ Summit, a virtual event co-hosted with one of our member schools, the College of Southern Nevada, on Thursday, May 6th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT. We are highly encouraging students who attend HACU-member schools in the states of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to apply. With Pacific Lutheran University being a

to an event that may yet be defined as the greatest crime in modern history,” Kurt Mayer wrote. “I am telling my story because we must continue to learn from the lessons of the past.” Mayer was the first person of the Jewish faith to serve on Pacific Lutheran University’s Board of Regents, serving from 1995 to 2005. He was instrumental in the development of the university’s Holocaust Studies Program. Mayer’s family was one of two prominent Tacoma area families who funded a $1 million endowed

few hours earlier. Hansen opted for the five for $5 deal and managed to eat two of his fried butterballs before telling his friends, “I think I’m going to puke.” With their stomachs full of fried American delicacies, the three decided to get in some time on the rides and try their hand at the ring toss before it was time to head back to campus. The trip to the fair is an annual event, but this was the first year International Student Services planned it. In years prior, the International Student

MediaLab at PLU: MediaLab is an award–winning, applied research and media production organization housed within the Center for Media Studies at Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Arts and Communication. MediaLab students work on projects across the media spectrum, including market research, photography, graphic design, web design, writing, video, public relations, event planning, filmmaking and more. Read Previous PLU awarded total of nearly $590,000 in state grant money for intensive, alternative