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  • supportive learning space for participants to discuss race and racial disparities that are systemically present in work, school, and everyday life. This summer’s emergency convening was organized in response to the increased public indignation regarding police brutality towards Black people.  “Millions of people worldwide watched in horror on television and social media as a law enforcement officer, with callousness,  murdered a black man,” said Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU director of multicultural

  • April 1, 2013 Stepping out of the classroom and into the business world Bashair Alazadi ’12 and Zachary Grah ’13 had transformational internships during the summer of 2012. By Julianne Rose ’13 An important benefit for PLU business students is an internship, and about half of our students complete at least one before graduation. Internships expose students to the world of business practitioners, to the performance expectations they will face as they begin their professional careers, and to

  • Faculty and Staff Financial Services provides accounting and financial services for PLU. We strive to provide the highest quality of service to all customers.

    Faculty and Staff Financial ServicesWho We Are:Faculty and Staff Financial Services provides accounting and financial services for PLU. We strive to provide the highest quality of service to all customers. Services include: Accounting, Accounts Payable, Student Accounts Receivable, Cashier, Purchasing, Student Loan Collections, and Purchase Cards.Important Notes:Mileage Reimbursement Rate 2024 The PLU mileage reimbursement rate of 67 cents per mile (.67) went into effect on January 1, 2024

  • September 8, 2014 Professor Claire Todd and team of six students hiked up to a glacier at Mount Rainier to study the changes in the glacier due to climate change. (John Froschauer, Photo) Students hike up the flanks of Mount Rainier to study glacial runoff and the connection to climate change For one Lute, summer research is a prequel to Antarctica By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications This is one group of Lutes that really rocks. While most students may have spent their summers

  • benefit the Pacific Northwest, hope this expanded partnership will bolster the availability of licensed healthcare practitioners. Recognizing the scarcity of occupational and physical therapists, this formalized referral arrangement will create an influx of licensed providers to serve the area. “These new partnerships with PNWU create pathways for PLU graduates to contribute meaningfully to rural and other underserved communities. Our partnership with PNWU exemplifies our commitment to fostering a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 17, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University was ranked one of the “Best 295 Business Schools” by the Princeton Review and named one of the best value colleges in Washington state by BestValueSchools.com. The Best 295 Business Schools rankings were created using a survey of…

    of more than 22,000 students from business schools across the country to determine the best places to earn a Master of Business Administration. Published in October, the Best Value Schools rankings were determined by evaluating the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator and PayScale data to consider the schools based on graduation rate, net price, acceptance rate and a 20-year net return on investment. The 12th place ranking in Washington state specifically cited PLU’s “level

  • The scene: a cramped room somewhere in a Pacific Lutheran University residence hall at the beginning of the millennium.

    dice and plenty of junk food. This is “The Gamers,” a film produced by a bunch of Lutes that started as a fun side project and turned into a viral movement and lifelong vocation. It follows the group as they work their way through the latest round of a role-playing fantasy game during their time as students at the university. Now, following a handful of sequels and YouTube views that continue growing by the thousands, a crowdfunded effort is bringing “The Gamers” back to PLU — and current students

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 12, 2016)- Steinar Bryn’s peacebuilding work has kept him busy in Norway, eastern Europe and elsewhere around the world, but his ties to Pacific Lutheran University run deep. The repeat Nobel Peace Prize nominee has developed and supported dialogue centers in the…

    hosted a variety of seminars and forums on Nansen-related topics. Additionally, PLU students have participated in field research, faculty-student projects and Fulbright scholarships abroad through Nansen.   Bryn, who has won numerous awards, is particularly concerned with transferring his experience in southeastern Europe to other areas of conflict. Feller said he embodies an important component of PLU’s mission. “It is in our DNA and with special, unique partners like Dr. Bryn that the peacebuilding

  • initiative and in its own discretion, through its RAP committee, impose additional sanctions based on the Student Conduct process findings of fact, because Nursing professionals are subject to patient care considerations and related standards in addition to those for students in other fields of endeavor. See, for example, sections in this Handbook on Professional Conduct and Values of the Nursing Profession; Academic Performance; Professional Misconduct and Safety Issues; and Clinical Practice Policies

  • Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officer TACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1, 2016. Brown comes to…

    first domestic exchange programs with Spelman College and Morehouse College, two of the oldest and most important historically black colleges. In addition, Brown led efforts to restructure LMU’s Academic Resource Center, Disability Support Services, the University Honors Program, and the Office of National and International Fellowships, as well as providing administrative leadership for the development and implementation of a new core curriculum. In conjunction with the office of Student Affairs