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  • Around the world to find a calling https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/05/24/around-the-world-to-find-a-calling/

    May 24, 2010 Around the world to find a calling By Chris Albert While waiting for a flight, a fellow passenger starts to make small talk with Najib Abbas. The conversation starts with pleasantries, maybe they discuss the weather, but before long the fellow traveler will be telling Abbas about their life, about themselves – in great detail. Najib Abbas is returning to his home in Saudi Arabia to be a marriage and family therapist. (Photo by John Froschauer) “I’ve gone through that a thousand

  • Oaxaca – Resolute Online: Winter 2017 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/oaxaca/

    An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.

    Lutheran University and her family’s home, Sophia paused. Two lines divided incoming travelers: one for visitors, another for those returning home. “What line do I go through?” the PLU senior recalled asking herself. Sophia emigrated to the United States from Mexico about 17 years ago. Her family relocated to Tacoma in pursuit of better opportunities, she says. (Video by Rustin Dwyer, PLU) Sophia, who holds a work permit, is a beneficiary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an immigration

  • Internship and Training Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/counseling/internship-and-training-opportunities/

    , or marriage and family therapy.Begin and End DatesBegin and End Dates:  Internship begins August 15th with two weeks of intensive on-boarding before seeing clients.  Internship ends May 31st the following year.PopulationPopulation:  PLU Counseling Services provides direct in-person service to currently enrolled college students with a wide array of presenting concerns ranging from identity exploration, loss of romantic relationships, and roommate conflicts to serious mental illness.  Students

  • PLU’s Gospel Experience works to bridge cultural gaps and connects campus to larger community https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/02/29/plu-gospel/

    TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…

    PLU’s Gospel Experience works to bridge cultural gaps and connects campus to larger community Posted by: Kari Plog / February 29, 2016 Image: PLU hosts the Gospel Experience in celebration of Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Performances by Erica Walker, Anointed Brothers, Pleasant Movement Dance Company, special guest DaNell Daymon and the Greater Works Chorale, and PLU’s own Gospel Choir. (Photo/Angelo Mejia ’17) February 29, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing

  • ASPLU president Ellie Lapp on student government, research and preparing for life after graduation https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/09/15/asplu-president/

    TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2016)- An anthropology and global studies double major from Kalispell, Montana, Ellie Lapp ’17 is passionate about a wide variety of social justice issues. She’s hopeful that her tenure as president of Associate Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) will be…

    ASPLU president Ellie Lapp on student government, research and preparing for life after graduation Posted by: Zach Powers / September 15, 2016 Image: “I was excited about the opportunity to be more political and be involved with making positive changes at the university.” ASPLU president Ellie Lapp ’17 (photo by Zach Powers/PLU) September 15, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2016)- An anthropology and global studies double major from Kalispell

  • PLU’s Whiteneck and Smith Global Peacebuilding Award helps Lutes independently work abroad on humani https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/09/20/peacebuilding-award/

    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…

    PLU’s Whiteneck and Smith Global Peacebuilding Award helps Lutes independently work abroad on humanitarian efforts Posted by: Kari Plog / September 20, 2016 Image: Taylor Bozich ’17 (Photo by Zach Powers/PLU) September 20, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, 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

  • PLU works with local Habitat for Humanity to build lasting partnership, sustainable community, homes https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/04/26/plu-works-with-local-habitat-for-humanity-to-build-lasting-partnership-sustainable-community/

    TACOMA, WASH. (April 26, 2016)- Joel Zylstra said Pacific Lutheran University’s partnership with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity began with a cup of coffee at 208 Garfield four years ago. Zylstra, director of Center for Community Engagement & Service (CCES), said his perception of Habitat…

    PLU works with local Habitat for Humanity to build lasting partnership, sustainable community, homes for people in need Posted by: Kari Plog / April 26, 2016 Image: Volunteers, including some from PLU, secure and align a wall at a Habitat for Humanity build site in the Woods at Golden Given, a sustainable 30-home housing community. The house was built for a student who, at the time, was studying marriage and family therapy. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 26, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU

  • Pre-PT https://www.plu.edu/pnwu/pre-ot/

    physical therapist degree from a CAPTE- accredited physical therapist education program and pass a state licensure exam. PTs are licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Licensure is required in each state in which a physical therapist practices and must be renewed on a regular basis, with a majority of states requiring continuing education as a requirement for renewal. Professional (entry-level) physical therapist education programs in the United

  • Pre-PT https://www.plu.edu/prehealthsciences/pre-ot/

    physical therapist degree from a CAPTE- accredited physical therapist education program and pass a state licensure exam. PTs are licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Licensure is required in each state in which a physical therapist practices and must be renewed on a regular basis, with a majority of states requiring continuing education as a requirement for renewal. Professional (entry-level) physical therapist education programs in the United

  • Pre-OT https://www.plu.edu/pnwu/pre-ot-3/

    use proper ergonomics on the job, help people with low vision maintain their independence, make buildings and homes more accessible, provide older driver evaluation and training, and promote health and wellness. To practice as an occupational therapist in the US, you must earn at least an master’s degree in occupational therapy from an ACOTE-accredited OT education program and pass a national licensure exam. OTs are licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US