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  • Raising awareness through song   By Chris Albert PLU students Emily Branch and Marina Pitassi found a way to creatively bring to light the realities of body image in the world today – write a song and make a music video. Then posted it on…

    power point and really tap into a way for people to not only hear the information, but also listen to it, Branch said. Like Pitassi, Branch found the topic of body image engaging. “It’s something everyone struggles at one point or another,” she said. With their song on the video, “Isn’t it Wrong,” the two went about singing and showing how the society, media and even insurance companies project unrealistic, and sometimes unhealthy, ideals of the perfect body or weight. “Our main goal with this video

  • Officials from Pacific Lutheran University and Tacoma Community College have announced an Automatic Admission Partnership that will streamline the admission process for TCC students interested in enrolling at PLU. “ Tacoma Community College has a long history of providing an exceptional education to local students,”…

    with three Bethel School District high schools in the spring of 2021. The partnership was so successful that it now includes Washington high schools across 30 school districts. For more information, visit the partnership website.   PLU Media Contact Lace Smith smithla@plu.edu TCC Media Contact Tamyra Howser thowser@tacomacc.edu Read Previous Lute Powered: PLU alumni help lead Chief Leschi programs dedicated to student support and success Read Next PLU, TCC Announce Automatic Admission Partnership

  • Join us for the closing event in the 2012 SOAC Focus Series. Enjoy a small gallery in Lagerquist lobby with ceramics and printmaking works. These pieces are inspired by the themes around Drum Taps. May 15, 2012 7:00 Attend a pre-concert panel with Composer Greg…

    Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union will present a tour preview concert on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. This summer’s two-week tour will be to France, with concerts scheduled in Arles, Alixan, Colmar, Troyes, Bayeux and Paris. The tour repertoire…

    Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Join us in one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra present our annual Christmas concert, Winter Rose . Works by Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, Michael Praetorius and others, mixed with…

    Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Join us in one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra present our annual Christmas concert, Gloria . Works by Gustav Holst, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Randol Bass will be mixed with…

    PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • The University Symphony Orchestra will embark on a tour to Eastern Washington on April 18 and 19, 2019. Tuesday, April 9 Tour Preview Concert – Lagerquist Concert Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma at 8pm (Tickets are available at the door or via the following link:…

    Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Lisa Patterson ’98, one of Seattle Business Examiner’s 40 Under Forty winners. (Photo by Mike Wells.) Extra! Extra! Lute Wins Prestigious Award for Journalism Career By Valery Jorgensen ‘15 Lisa Patterson ’98, editor of 425 and South Sound magazines, recently was honored with the Seattle…

    herself a newspaper reporter, in the end all that mattered was that she was writing—and, for once, not about “dark things.” “I’ve always liked writing and reading,” Patterson said. “It just seems like my path always goes to journalism.” After becoming editor, she immediately worked to launch Premier Media Group’s second magazine, 425, and rebranded South Sound. Both bi-monthly lifestyle magazines cover a variety of topics, including local food, home, fashion and travel. She has worked for Premier

  • Alumni Profile: Tom Paulson ’80 In 2001, Paulson traveled to Nigeria to report on the beginnings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on global health. Paulson says the planking broke on this bridge outside Jos, Nigeria, and the driver inspected the tires because…

    James Olson ’14 In today’s information-overload media landscape, we’re continually bombarded by images and stories of tragedy—across oceans and painfully close to home. It’s normal to feel a range of emotions in response: sympathy, gratitude—and even, increasingly, “sympathy exhaustion” or “compassion fatigue.” Fueled by a hyperawareness of bad news—and the overwhelming reality that we can’t help everyone—these reactions sometimes lead to overarching apathy rather than effective action. Humanosphere

  • Christmas at PLU this year was extra special. The 2015 concert program featured the world premiere of critically acclaimed composer J.A.C. Redford’s  A Christmas Invitation , composed for PLU’s Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra. Opera star Angela Meade ’01 joined…

    composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022