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  • In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure By President Loren J. Anderson Welcome to our 2009 University Fall Conference. This morning we gather and prepare to launch the 120th year in the life of Pacific Lutheran University. We do so with…

    support to these able and dedicated leaders. PLU is blessed in a special way each year by the work of our remarkable cadre of academic program leaders and deans. This year we will be searching for new deans for the School of Arts and Communication and the School of Education and Movement Studies. During these important transitions, Professor John Hallam from art, along with associate professors Mike Hillis from education and Karen McConnell from movement studies will be serving as acting deans. We

  • From 1965 until his death in 1974, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington reformed both his worldview and his music. With his advancing age, failing health, and the death in of his beloved co-composer Billy Strayhorn, Ellington came to realize the impermanence of life and rekindled the…

    Duke Steps Out’ Read Previous Army, PLU team up for free concert in honor of Music in our Schools Month Read Next New work celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Reformation LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    the development of dialogue, economy or democracy abroad. Timeframes on these opportunities range from two months to a year. Each awardee is responsible for completing a post-program report, while students working longer send quarterly updates. Applications are available now for interested students. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with Priscilla St. Clair, award director and global studies chair, to obtain an application form and learn more about eligibility. “We want people to be

  • Pacific Lutheran University is proud to announce the establishment of the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance, thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders. Fritts has pledged $2 million…

    PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is proud to announce the establishment of the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance, thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders. Fritts has pledged $2 million to support and

  • I think we have all heard the infamous phrase, “Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it.” For most historians, asking questions about our shared past forces all of us to confront uncomfortable truths about the past with the hope that…

    meaning. In my experience, PLU students always ask tough questions and I am consistently blown away by their intellectual abilities and their fearlessness in challenging accepted opinions.The Holocaust and Genocide Studies MinorThe Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s forty-year dedication to Holocaust Studies and the University’s educational commitment to helping its students develop as global citizens, future leaders, and whole, richly informed persons. Read more

  • By Michael Halvorson ’85, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History Are you curious about innovative historical research projects that are transforming PLU? PLU’s Business and Economic History Program invites you to learn more at a presentation of creative scholarship by the 2021 Benson…

    Fellows. The colloquium takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Xavier Hall, Room 250. Each year the Benson Family Foundation supports paid student-faculty research projects that support the mission of the university and academic inquiry in history, economics, business, health care, innovation studies, and more. Student-faculty research teams prepare a proposal in during Spring term that is reviewed by the Innovation Studies Steering Committee. Successful applicants then

  • Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you…

    Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my!Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you will receive your complete cap-and-gown package on Tuesday, May 19. I’d like to explain why we thought of taking this action in the first

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West, Choral Union and the University Symphony Orchestra perform the North American premiere of the “St. Matthew Passion” by Sven-David Sandström, one of the world’s best-known composers, on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 pm…

    Concert Hall. Stefan Parkman, who has conducted many of Europe’s finest professional choirs, will guest conduct. Soloists include Metropolitan Opera star soprano Angela Meade, along with PLU vocal alumni – Annie Herzog (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Webb (tenor), Eric Olson (baritone) and Benjamin Harris (bass baritone). James Brown, PLU Chair of Vocal studies, has sung the Evangelist in both of the Bach Passions and coached a quartet of vocal students singing the role of the Evangelist. Sandström will

  • Operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Chief Leschi Schools enrolls 670 students in preschool through high school. Visual representations of Northwest Native culture and art are present throughout the school, and the curriculum is infused with the tribe’s cultural heritage. Chief Leschi is one…

    throughout the school, and the curriculum is infused with the tribe’s cultural heritage. Chief Leschi is one of the largest tribal schools funded by the federal Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and it operates under both a BIE Tribally Controlled Grant and a Washington state Tribal Education Compact. Three PLU alumni serve as Chief Leschi administrators, leading programs dedicated to student support and success. Melanie Helle ’97, Director of Special Services Melanie Helle believes that every student

  • Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust” speaks at a Brown Bag Lecture as part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Journalist and author examines IBM’s role in the Holocaust…

    October 16, 2012 Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust” speaks at a Brown Bag Lecture as part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Journalist and author examines IBM’s role in the Holocaust By Barbara Clements University Communications Let’s make one thing clear, said Edwin Black, an investigative journalist and author of “IBM and the Holocaust.” “There would have been a Holocaust without IBM,” he told a group