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  • Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! https://www.plu.edu/president/news/2015/05/13/blog-post/

    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

  • Geosciences students take the classroom to the outdoors ‹ Resolute Online: Spring 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2015/geosciences-students-take-the-classroom-to-the-outdoors/

    this fall to Antarctica. Once there, Moening-Swanson and Geosciences Professor Claire Todd will study the Tucker Glacier for possible signs of glacial retreat and the impacts of climate change. As on the other trips, Todd and Moening-Swanson will be heading out just after Thanksgiving, and return to PLU at the end of January. This will be Todd’s third trip to Antarctica with a PLU student to study glaciers in the frozen continent, and her fifth trip to Antarctica overall. The pair will be launching

  • PLU Admission Blog in Community https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/community/

    Welcome to Ordal Hall! Learning Communities at Ordal One of the highlights of living in Ordal is the opportunity to be part of the Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) Communities . These communities are more than just places to live – they’re hubs of connection, growth, and support. Here… April 2, 2024 CommunityCurrent StudentsInvolvementLife on CampusStudent Life

  • What’s in our room? Take a tour in Pflueger. https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/whats-in-our-room-pflueger/

    What’s in our room? Take a tour in Pflueger. Posted by: shortea / April 28, 2023 April 28, 2023 Kayden Hulquist ’25 shows us around her room in Pflueger (pronounced ‘flee-gur’) Hall. Pflueger houses around 200 students, and is on lower campus, right next to the outdoor sand volleyball court and fire pits. It’s a short walk to the Anderson University Center. Pflueger Hall is home to both First Year Communities and New Transfer/Returner Communities. CLICK HERE to learn more about Pflueger. Read

  • Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/02/21/lute-plays-piano-up-close-with-the-masters/

    was going to be my career, so I decided it was more practical for me to major in different things. I absolutely loved my Chinese class freshman year, and translation work interested me. I also wanted to study the Bible more, so I chose a second major in religion. My junior year, I went on the PLU exchange program to Chengdu and loved my time there, but really missed piano. When I came back to PLU, I still wasn’t able to play piano much because I was too busy with other classes. It was also at this

  • PLU Admission Blog in Justice https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/justice/

    PLU places second in National Science Foundation’s COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Challenge. Pacific Lutheran University was named a winner in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Taking Action: COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Challenge. PLU received a $15,000 prize for its work in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.… July 15, 2022 DiversityDiversity Justice SustainabilityInvolvementJusticeLutheran Higher

  • Student Success https://www.plu.edu/student-success/

    The Center for Student Success (CSS) is a campus-wide network of units dedicated to helping students succeed at PLU.

    Center for Student SuccessSummer 2024 hours:  The CSS is working virtually on Monday and Friday during Summer with varying in-person days.  Students are welcome to make appointments in-person or via zoom Monday-Friday.  Office hours are 9am-4pm. In July, the CSS will be registering incoming students and will have extremely limited availability. If you have a quick question and would like to talk with an advisor, you can live chat with us M-F 9 am to 4 pm. Academic AdvisingBuild your Degree Get

    Current Hours
    Monday: 9:00am-4:00pm
    Tuesday: 9:00am-4:00pm
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    Thursday: 9:00am-4:00pm
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    Center for Student Success
    253-535-7459
    success@plu.edu
    Mortvedt Library 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447

  • So You Want To Pursue a Degree in GSRS… https://www.plu.edu/gender-sexuality-race/programs/

    ProgramsThe Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies program brings together expertise from over a dozen academic departments to offer a cutting-edge and relevant major, along with two innovative minors, for PLU students. We recognize that the critical study of identity and power does not “belong” to any one academic discipline. Our major and minors allow student to select courses from a variety of programs–including Sociology, English, Psychology, Communication, Kinesiology, Religion, and many

  • Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equity (WE+GE) https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/harstad-womens-empowerment-and-gender-equity-hwe/

    : Explore gender as a social identity and how it intersects with other social, biological, and cultural categories such as, but not limited to, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, religion, age, size, and nationality. Be able to articulate what women’s empowerment and gender equity means to them in intersection with their other identities. Empower themselves (and others) to advocate for gender equity and social justice. Identify the ways in which patriarchal oppression affects all genders. Linked

  • Training with the Lute battalion https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/07/training-with-the-lute-battalion/

    eight years. As a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. at Pacific Lutheran University,  Velásquez and 86 other college students in the Tacoma area are training to become members of the U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve. PLU ROTC cadets go through morning workouts. (Photos by John Struzenberg ’15) ROTC is considered one of the best leadership training courses in the country, and it’s not without good reason. To participate, Velásquez is up before the sun rises and in bed well