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  • The PLU Department of Mathematics offers a broad choice of educational and career goals. We offer three degree options: a BA and BS in Mathematics and a BS in Mathematics Education.

    of educational and career goals.  We offer four degree options: a BA and BS in Mathematics, a BS in Applied Mathematics, and a BS in Mathematics Education. We also offer minors in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, and Data Science. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: This degree is intended for those students who want the strongest possible mathematics background. It is recommended for students planning to go to graduate school in mathematics. Students may select electives from a number

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 4, 2016)- Nearly 13 years ago, Logan Seelye participated in a scrimmage at football camp that changed the course of his life. To say he’s come a long way since then is an understatement. Seelye, senior web designer at Pacific Lutheran University,…

    students of all ages.   “It’s all about being positive and fighting to get better no matter the circumstance and obstacles that life will throw our way,” Seelye said. “‘10 and 90’ is so simple yet so powerful, in that it isn’t what happens that matters. It’s what we do about what happens and how we can continue to move forward and not dwell on the past.” Visit plu.edu/tedxtacoma for more information on the event and featured speakers. “Getting the chance to speak at TEDx is an amazing opportunity to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at…

    at the Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will address “Jewish Women as Couriers in the Resistance.” In total, the conference will feature 23 speakers including academics, nonprofit directors, authors, college students and a Holocaust survivor. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged. More information about the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education can be found at plu.edu/holocaustconference. PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 14, 2016)- Laurel Minter, a Los Angeles-based, award-winning screenwriter and film director, will offer a beginners’ screenwriting workshop at PLU later this month. The workshop will educate students on how to craft screenplays using tools that most professional screenwriters use. The focus…

    journey Read Next MediaLab reminisces on a decade of service, invites alumni to mark anniversary with fundraising event at Tacoma Art Museum COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on

  • South Sound STEM Fair Alliance In Partnership with PLU Invites you to participate in the Discovery Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

    . Considering the 8 counties we now cover, it is likely that some potential participants would not be able to travel to an in person event. Time demands. Many potential participants face competing time demands including family events, school and community programs. We offer alternate days for interviews for 8-12 students when conflicts arise. Judges. We are able to recruit more knowledgeable judges when they do not have to attend an in person event. Quality of Judging. Our judges do a more thorough job of

    Discovery Regional Science and Engineering Fair
    Mailing Address: South Sound STEM Fair Alliance PO Box 73232 Puyallup, WA 98373
  • The new PLU Fixed Tuition Guarantee ensures tuition for the 2022–23 incoming class of first-year and transfer students will remain the same throughout their undergraduate years, adding to the list

    the most affordable in Washington State. Will new fees be added or existing fees substantially increased to cover the cost of providing a Fixed Tuition Guarantee?No. Decisions about annual increases to fees as well as room and meals will be made independently of any cost associated with the Fixed Tuition Guarantee. I'm planning on transferring to PLU. Will I still get the Fixed Tuition Guarantee?Yes! The fixed tuition guarantee applies to both incoming first-year and transfer undergraduate

  • Knutson Lecture

    , the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, the Osher Marin JCC, and Ha-maqom/Lehrhaus Judaica. Currently, I serve on the board of the Jewish Community Federation here in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I chair in Community Impact Committee and sit on the executive committee and the racial justice planning group. With all this volunteerism, the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco named me their volunteer of the year in 2008. My parents are still proud of me. In 2015, the Jewish Community

  • PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior.

    as reviewing other proposed policy, thinking about how it could affect paleontological resources,” Foss said. “We work on and review a lot of environmental impact statements and assessments, making sure they are adequate for paleontology. “We’re also really big in the planning and management process of public lands. If there is going to be a pipeline, right-of-way or an energy corridor that may affect a lot of paleontological resources, I get involved and explain how it will affect those

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- The scholarship of a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member has evolved into a three-part, cross-cultural project that brings together artists and scholars from around the world. Paul Manfredi, chair of Chinese studies, recently published his book “ Modern Poetry in…

    brings people and art (broadly understood) together in very meaningful ways,” Manfredi said. Read Previous PLU president, spouse rappel down Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma for first Habitat Challenge fundraiser Read Next Annual Meant to Live event focuses on interdisciplinary education, features Chicago Library CEO Brian Bannon ’97 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST

  • Acting Provost Joanna Gregson discusses how PLU faculty members embrace their identity as teacher-scholars, and the value of “learning by doing” for students who engage in collaborative research

    professors who are eager to coach them through their own journeys of self discovery. Our late Provost Rae Linda Brown, who died last month from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, championed these collaborations. She shined a spotlight on the exceptional work already being done across campus by initiating the Undergraduate Research Symposium last spring. Provost Brown’s memory will live on through this annual day-long event highlighting the student-faculty research teams, and the creative work that