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  • Kate Monthy ’04 and Dmitry Mikheyev ’10 empower fellow artists at Spaceworks.

    science at Pacific Lutheran University, serves as Spaceworks’ development coordinator, a position she says “entails cultivating a lot of relationships in Tacoma with people who are interested in investing their time, money or other resources in our work.” Monthy’s natural gifts and charisma, her teammates say, is key to the success she’s enjoyed at Spaceworks. “It takes a certain personality to be successful at fundraising,” said Heather Joy, Spaceworks’ manager. “Kate has such a way with people that

  • The Scandinavian Cultural Center Collections holds over three thousand  cultural artifacts and art works related to Nordic lands and people, Nordic-Americans, and PLU’s Nordic heritage.

    , acquisitions will not be encumbered by less than full literary rights, property rights, copyrights, patents, or trademarks. Acquisitions must be free from donor imposed restrictions, except for compelling reasons which are approved by the Director. Acceptance of fractional and promised gifts must be approved by the Head of Collections (Director) and presented to the CRC for approval. The potential donor must provide a written letter or agreement defining the terms of the promised gift. A promised gift is

  • Originally Published in 2014 If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia , I thanked a particular class of students who…

    would like to thank all the students who have taken classes with me for contributing to this part of my job. Erin McKenna with Maeve and Kire Professor McKenna’s 2013 book, Pets, People, and Pragmatism Professor Sergia Hay’s Philosophy Class having a discussion in 2017 The Two DesksHealing Vocations: Studying Religion and Healing at PLU Read Previous The Two Desks Read Next Healing Vocations: Studying Religion and Healing at PLU LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making

  • Dr. Bridget Yaden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, served as the President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the very eventful year of 2020. ACTFL is a national organization of language teachers, with a…

    Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

  • Philosophy professor Adam Arnold is a new addition to PLU’s faculty. Originally from the Tacoma area, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, Tacoma in 2009. From there, he earned the opportunity to study away at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University…

    Home LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

  • Nancy Simpson-Younger sits at her desk, poised to explain how communicating remotely is completely different from speaking face-to-face, when a loud bang sounds from behind her. She laughs. “That was my cat knocking the little whiteboard off the back of the bookshelf.” She considers the…

    those vital bonding moments with her students digitally. Snickerdoodle the cat Teaching During a Global PandemicSustainability in Monastic Communities Read Previous “All Tradition is Change”: Redefining Community in the SCC Read Next The Two Desks LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

  • PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on…

    a year ago. Since then, the matching $1 million was raised from donors, including the estate of Arthur H. Hansen, Loren and MaryAnn Anderson, Charles Bergman and Susan Mann, and Iver ’54 and Ginny ’56 Haugen. Earnings from the endowment will provide approximately $100,000 a year to fund up to 70 Global Scholar Grants for students who otherwise might be unable to participate in PLU’s study-away programs. Given that PLU admits more Washington Achiever Scholars than any other independent university

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    scholarships have a matching scholarship from your church or through Scholarship America/Dollars for Scholars are a recipient of the Washington State College Grant There are important steps that you must take to finalize your financial aid. Visit the Student Financial Services ‘New Student Financial Aid Steps’ webpage to review and complete these steps.New Student Financial Aid StepsSign up for electronic billing — August 1Financial Services will send monthly electronic billing statements to your PLU email

  • Dr. Doug Oakman, Professor of New Testament, “Two Kingdoms, One Table: Jesus in Political Perspective” - Jesus' historical activity was deeply political, and his political aims were formulated

    Ghost Ranch, “Earth-honoring Faith: A Song of Songs.” His newest book, Earth-honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key, will be published in November by Oxford University Press.For more information, contact Dr. Samuel Torvend, University Chair in Lutheran Studies torvensa@plu.edu Promoting the intellectual gifts of the Lutheran tradition

  • Dr. Brenda Ihssen Byzantine conceptions of Jesus: the Christ of council, court, and monk Byzantine perspectives offer westerners a contrast to their cherished assumptions about Jesus.

    NorwayFor more information, contact Dr. Samuel Torvend, University Chair in Lutheran Studies torvensa@plu.edu Promoting the intellectual gifts of the Lutheran tradition