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New Lutes share their hometown Posted by: vcraker / September 21, 2022 September 21, 2022 At this year’s New Student Orientation, we learned a lot about our first-year students. For instance, our students come from all over there world! See if any of our first-years are from your hometown. Read Previous Communications major lands job helping to create an equitable education Read Next PLU Biology professor nationally recognized LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while

Lutheran University. Over the year, the school has faced many challenges. The school has a high mobility rate, which means many students move from and to the school during the year. The causes of such a rate vary from having to move because of the inability to afford housing or the need to find work. Sophia Stover  reviews a student’s work at James Sales Elementary. Moreover, 100 percent of the students receive free and reduced lunch. The school also provides breakfast for many of the students at the K

of the estate he had created,” he said. “Karen was not the kind of person who ever called attention to herself, particularly regarding the size of her estate. I think she would like to be remembered for her heart for education and for the values of young people who have the ideals and the commitment to build lives,” Meyer said. Phillips’ Mercer Island neighbor, Ron Stevenson, agrees. “I recall Karen speaking in just loving terms about PLU. She would talk about the young men from the college who

Additive Mixing, that was exhibited in the mathematical art exhibition at the 2021 Joint Mathematics Meetings and featured in the Feb 2021 issue of Math Horizons.Math for Everyone Math means memorization and facts for many, but it wasn’t Sklar’s experience growing up. Instead, she was taught “new math” in the 1970s, which included enjoyable hands-on experiences exploring math’s creative and problem-solving aspects. “We used to play with ‘string pictures,’” she says, “It wasn’t until I went to college

research, as the speaker for Pacific Lutheran University’s 41st Annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture, part of PLU’s Spring Spotlight Series, “… and Justice for All?” Jacobs’ presentation at PLU will recount both the trauma and resilience of indigenous women and families as they struggled to reclaim the care of their children, leading to the Indian Child Welfare Act in the United States and to national investigations, landmark apologies and redress in Australia and Canada. “I first became

, we can continue and enhance innovative academic programs that create internships and research opportunities for all students.Meet Dr. Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, the interim dean of Interdisciplinary Programs and professor of Religion and Culture. She shares with us how the pandemic has changed the college classroom and how PLU’s professors are challenging our students to prepare them for the future.  How are academic programs leaning on each other to build successful curriculums? We’re engaging in

September 4, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfe90PTrXY Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address By President Thomas W. Krise Before we get started, I’d like to have a word with the brand new freshmen and transfer students. You are, after all, MY class.  We all become Lutes together today. I have proof that being a new college president is just like being a new student. First, I’m pretty nervous. And excited. Second, what did your mom say to you when you said goodbye last Friday

explore how deep currents of religious themes shape great literature, she returned to college to earn a Ph.D. in history and historical theology.  Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Llewellyn Ihssen began teaching at PLU in 2005 as an adjunct professor. Many of her courses focus on the intersection of medicine, economics, social ethics, and religion — a favorite course was “Health and Healing in Christian History.”  Religious philosophies and theologies “shape people’s ideas of the body, and care

conspiracy theories on web platforms and forums; the decline of public trust in institutions and experts; and what to look for to ensure the credibility of online information. The class culminated in a final “Critical Making” project, where students built, designed, or mocked up a media literacy tool. The goal of the assignment was to envision a web that prioritized the circulation of credible information. Critical making is a process where students apply theories and concepts to a creative project or

. “So the people who will be watching our film are the people who can make a difference.” For the aspiring PLU producers of the film, learning was a big part of creating the documentary. They had to educate themselves and learn facts they never really knew before. Their quest to find out where oil comes from led to a startling realization for the college students. Nearly two-thirds of the United State’s energy resources come from Canada. “Canada is the number one energy exporter to us,” Plog said