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2018-19 FYEP Common Reading announced Posted by: hassonja / December 11, 2017 December 11, 2017 The Common Reading Selection Committee is delighted to announce that for the 2018-2019 FYEP Common Reading, we will revisit Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The text, drawing from an autobiographical account of the author’s youth, is written in the form of a raw, emotional and at times poignant letter to his teenaged son depicting the feeling, symbolism and violent reality of being black

INMED – Reimagine Indians Into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 Posted by: nicolacs / February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021 INMED – Reimagine IndianS into MedicinE (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program, will be open to 28 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Focus of the RISE Summer Academy: MCAT Prep: The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan to be taken in the summer program and continuing following the program. Supplemental Basic Science

Q & A with ASPLU Environmental Justice Director Posted by: vcraker / September 2, 2021 Image: Kenzie Knapp ’23, incoming ASPLU Environmental Justice Director at the Pierce Co Transit center near campus, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at PLU. One of her goals is encouraging public transit use. (Photo/John Froschauer) September 2, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsIn the spring of 2021, Kenzie Knapp ’23 was awarded a Udall Foundation scholarship. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships

Martin Luther comes to life Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 12, 2016 October 12, 2016 By Kate Hall '18 and Mandi LeCompteMaking Marty is no easy task. Martin Luther sculpture at PLU, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Spencer Ebbinga, associate professor of art and design, has been busy working on a special project: 17-inch statues of Martin Luther. These colorful gems are hidden around campus as part of PLU’s Marty’s Reformation Station, which celebrates the 500th

November. “That is simply not true. There is nothing about poverty that is pre-ordained. It is the rules we set up.” And society – with few hits to lifestyle – can change those rules, stressed Foege, who in the 1970s led the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox. For his efforts, Foege was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2012 by President Obama, who called him a leader in “one of medicine’s greatest success stories.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOlM4pK6tCc Foege said he truly supports the $15

PLU’s MediaLab Premieres Latest Award-Winning Documentary on Campus April 23 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 17, 2015 Image: PLU’s MediaLab premieres its latest documentary film on campus on April 23. April 17, 2015 By Anne-Marie Falloria '15PLU MediaLabTACOMA, Wash. (April 17, 2005)—Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab will host the on-campus premiere of its most recent documentary film, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation, on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. in the Studio

Act Six scholar Andre Jones ‘22 grows leadership skills through outreach Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing and CommunicationsWhen it came time to find a college, Andre Jones ‘22 had options. He considered attending a historically black college or university, like Howard University or Morehouse College. Fortunately for PLU, the Tukwila, Washington native found himself pulled closer to home. His choice of schools narrowed after he was awarded

PLU Chorale tours the southeast, uses music to make the world a better place Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 8, 2016 January 8, 2016 The Chorale will perform in Georgia, Alabama and Florida and will close the tour with a homecoming concert in PLU’s Lagerquist Concert Hall.By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager In a program titled “I Can Tell the World,” the Pacific Lutheran University Chorale will perform a repertoire of choral music, featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Halsey Stevens, Norman

February 21, 2008 MFA students earn top honors Amy Andrews remembers it was a Saturday when the phone rang. Her daughter was practicing piano and her husband was hiking the trails of a nearby nature park. When she answered the phone, Lee Gutkind, editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction, identified himself and said he was calling about the first-ever “Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off” contest. He was calling to inform Andrews she’d won the grand prize. “I was very composed,” she said. “I

July 23, 2009 Biology professors win coveted Murdock grants Turning over barnacle-encrusted rocks, one by one, craning your neck to catch a glimpse of a bird or sloshing through a muddy tributary might not seem like hard core scientific endeavors. But think again. It’s research such as this that gleaned three assistant professors of biology – Michael Behrens, Julie Smith and Jacob Egge – grants totaling more than $120,000. The support, provided by the Vancouver, Wash. based M.J. Murdock