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Supporting the greatest need is critical for ensuring that resources are directed to where they are most urgently helpful.
Areas of Support Imagine what you love most about PLU – your gift can support it! Whether advancing student scholarships, enhancing academic colleges, or fortifying athletic programs, you have options to ensure your investment makes the significant difference you intend. Gifts to the PLU Fund are the most adaptable way to support students. Your investment will reach students through avenues such as scholarships, exceptional faculty, updated learning and living spaces, mental health support, and
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Professor Emeritus Bryan Dorner passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Beloved by his students and peers alike, Bryan joined the Department of Mathematics in 1980 and retired in 2017. He earned tenure in 1986 and was promoted to full professor in 2004. “Bryan truly…
at PLU. In particular, he was a member of the famous “Committee on Committees,” the forerunner of the Governance Committee, and the “Computer Committee” that was subsumed into the Instruction Resources Committee. He also served as a Long-Range Planning Committee member from 2007-2009. “Bryan was very kind and supportive,” says PLU Mathematics professor Daniel Heath. “He served as a mentor to me when I first arrived at PLU, and welcomed my wife and I into the math department and into his family
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Ian Lindhartsen entered PLU with a plan. The 253 PLU Bound scholarship recipient from the Key Peninsula began his first year with plans to major in music education. But best-laid plans often go awry. Lindhartsen soon realized that wasn’t the path for him. He knew…
before, but on a professional level,” Lindhartsen said. In just the 30-year history of the individualized major, PLU students have designed degrees in digital media, Indigenous studies, global health, and environmental education. To do this, students draw from PLU courses and develop their expertise through extensive and rigorous conversations and planning with a committee of faculty who support and guide them. “You take courses from all around the university, as well as experiential learning, like
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The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958,…
organized a campaign to raise the $100,000 for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their graduation in the fall of 2008. “The whole thing was Norm’s idea and it all came from his generous spirit. No one knows this, but he was so determined to succeed that he put up an anonymous gift – an additional $10,000 – to be the last money raised should we get within striking distance of our goal,” Berntsen said. At the reunion, 130 of their 200 classmates were in attendance, including current PLU regents Neal
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The Scandinavian Cultural Center Collections holds over three thousand cultural artifacts and art works related to Nordic lands and people, Nordic-Americans, and PLU’s Nordic heritage.
documentation, and (3) utilize its artifacts for interpretation in a public forum. The following standards shall be satisfied for the acquisition of artifacts, whether acquisition by gift, bequest, purchase, transfer, exchange, commission, or field collection: No materials or artifacts shall be knowingly or willfully accepted or acquired which are known to have been illegally imported into, or illegally collected in the United States, contrary to state and federal laws, regulation, treaty, and convention or
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“Our place in this world is to be of service to other people,” notes Eric Watness, a descendant of PLU’s founder and first President, Rev. Bjug Harstad. Bjug is also the namesake of Bjug Day , PLU’s day of giving, which started in 2013 and…
in October. This community tradition of supporting students has grown exponentially over the last 11 years, now bringing together over 2k participants and more than $1 million for students each year. INVEST IN STUDENTS: Bjug Day 2024 will be October 15-16. “Philanthropy is not just giving,” Watness says. “It’s mindfully giving to help people who don’t have the same benefits.” Part of the Bjug Day tradition of philanthropy is a scholarship match, where a gift to any area of PLU is matched with a
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In the summer of 2016, Rev. Jen Rude and her spouse Deb packed their things and drove two thousand miles West on Interstate 90 to a new home and a new call. Six-and-half years later, Rude is no longer PLU’s “new pastor from Chicago.” Now…
as we pray for the world. What does “centering community” mean to you? I think it’s both a gift and a challenge. The gift is, you’re not alone. There’s a community of people to support you and care about you. It’s not all up to you. Then I think the challenge is that it’s not just about you. It’s about the larger community. We’re interconnected, and we’re called to care for one another. There’s a religious connotation about a centering or a grounding, which is about an orientation. So centering
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The Office of Advancement works to raise charitable contributions, which support the mission of Pacific Lutheran University.
. During Bjug Day, your gift to anything you love at PLU can be matched with a gift to scholarships. Make your gift by October 16 to unlock the match! Each year, our community continues to show up for students by giving to what they love including scholarships, the arts, athletics, capital projects, clubs, organizations and academic programs. Get involved starting in October to spread the word and amplify your support. Join Lutes worldwide investing in scholarships and solutions, knowing PLU-educated
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208 Garfield holds a liquor license and a catering endorsement liquor license, and is available to provide alcohol service in support of events on the Pacific Lutheran University Campus.
with Alcohol. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are required at all events with alcohol. PLU Catering is the exclusive catering service provider on the PLU campus and will help you select your menu and finalize logistics. Internal event clients will need to reserve alcohol service through Campus Scheduler. How the Planning Process WorksSample Flow Chart for On-Campus Events with Alcohol – Internal Events Sample Flow Chart for On-Campus Events with Alcohol – External Events Sample Flow Chart for On
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Campaign ends, surpasses goal by $22 million A performance in the Studio Theater in Eastvold Hall, which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. By Greg Brewis The university’s most recent fundraising campaign was launched amid buoyant economic times, in…
credits Loren Anderson, former university president, for his role in setting campaign priorities and meeting campaign goals. “President Anderson’s vision and leadership quite literally transformed the university,” Tilden said. “The relationships he built with alumni, regents and friends of the university, time after time, resulted in generous support both for the mission of the university and for the campaign. “From major bequests such as the one from Karen Phillips to a new graduate’s first gift to
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