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it. With a flick of his pen last week, President Thomas W. Krise reaffirmed the PLU community’s belief in these concepts and its commitment to lowering the university’s carbon footprint and encouraging recycling and renewable energy as outlined in the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment agreement. He formally signed the agreement at a ceremony Oct. 30.   Krise signed the document,  first signed by his predecessor, Loren Anderson in 2007, and then noted that at a seminar

better ally to people in academic and professional settings.” After graduating this spring, Wilson plans to get her license to work as a certified nursing assistant. She also hopes to take some Spanish classes to become fluent, and take the Medical College Admissions Test before applying to medical school.Transfer to PLUPLU is a transfer-friendly private university with generous transfer credit policies. Transfer students are an essential part of PLU’s learning community! Keep reading to learn more

than just the setting up scenes. In between the rush to set the new scene while the curtain is down, Rud and the other supers, as they’re called, are making numerous costume changes from their running crew blacks to their on-stage attire. “The supers get off[stage], change right behind the stage, on set, into our black clothing so we can change the props for the next couple of acts, change again for Act Three, Scene Four, then change back into blacks-we do that very very quickly, there’s about a

moved from Hawaii, where he was stationed for active duty, to the Army Reserves in Tacoma—and to Pacific Lutheran University. “Transition-wise, it is a huge change,” Dornbusch said. “Eight years of being told what to do and how to do it and always having a plan, and now I can do what I want, when I want, and that’s been a huge adjustment for me.” Dornbusch, originally from Florida, served as an E5 sergeant squad leader and worked in infantry on the front lines—the first ones into the fight. That

PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center Posted by: Kari Plog / March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2017)- Laura Brewer ’03 was no stranger to activism when she started volunteering at the Tacoma Rainbow Center in 2000. An active Lute, Brewer engaged in a variety of LGBTQ advocacy work on Pacific Lutheran University’s campus through Harmony, known today as Queer Ally Student Union. Now, Brewer is ushering

PLU announces regent Michelle Long as Commencement 2019 keynote speaker Posted by: Julie Winters / April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 11, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University is honored to announce that Michelle Long ‘85, who is a vice chair on PLU’s Board of Regents and a longtime member of our Lute family, will help celebrate this year’s graduates graduating seniors as the keynote speaker at the university’s 2019 Commencement

consumed by hate for what was done to her and her family. She responds that if she let it consume her, she would not be free. “I would be a prisoner of my own hate,” she said. “Hitler would be winning.” More from the conference What started out as an attempt to connect with his Jewish heritage, became a quest of sorts for Michael Pertnoy to find out how survivors of genocide…survive. Along with co-director Michael Kleiman, both men took a four-year journey that resulted in the documentary “The Last

ELCA Network of Colleges and Universities condemn bigotry, hatred targeted at Bethany College president, community Posted by: Kari Plog / September 20, 2016 September 20, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- Member institutions of the ELCA Network of Colleges and Universities, including Pacific Lutheran University, released a statement Tuesday condemning hateful messages and phone threats directed at a Kansas university and its president.“The 26

Rhoberta Haley appointed as dean of PLU School of Nursing Posted by: mhines / February 5, 2024 Image: PLU announces new Dean of Nursing Rhoberta Haley. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) February 5, 2024 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing and Communication Following a competitive national search, Pacific Lutheran University officials have announced that Rhoberta Haley, Ph.D., R.N., will serve as the dean of the university’s School of Nursing. “We are extremely excited to be joined by Dr. Rhoberta Haley given

institutions, especially as these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. This issue goes right to the heart of our calling to care for and challenge students – even and especially in these difficult days.   Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below: A New Image for an Ancient Call: Lutheran Higher Education Amidst Pandemics Today Caryn D. Riswold Learning from Luther on Covid-19 Carl Hughes Radical Hospitality on Haunted Grounds: Anti-Racism in Lutheran