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  • The Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations welcomes back alumni during homecoming. This Homecoming website will be updated with the activities and schedule.

    Athletic Events - 2024 Homecoming & Family WeekSaturday, Oct. 5 PLU Alumni Swim meet 9:30am Warm-Ups/10:00am Meet Starts Estimated 11:00/11:30am End Time Attendance is FREE Saturday, Oct. 5 Football Game vs Whitworth, 1pm, Spark’s Stadium Buy Tickets1999/2000 and 1974/1975 Championship Teams We will be celebrating 25th and 50th anniversary of championship teams! 25th Anniversary of Championship teams in 1999/2000: Women’s Basketball, Football, Men’s Golf, Softball, Men’s Track, Volleyball 50th

  • 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…

    others. Admission is free. Read Previous Three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin joins the PLU Jazz Ensemble on stage Read Next Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending 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

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 19, 2016)- Jen Cohen ’94 is all smiles. But the University of Washington athletic director, appointed to the position May 24, smiles the biggest while talking to, and about, student athletes. “We feel like our students are students first,” said Cohen, who…

    . “It’s really special,” she said. “I love that we can be successful in the sport and do it the right way…do it at a high level, but know the difference between right and wrong.” That attitude is deeply rooted in her core values, Cohen said, and was reaffirmed during her time at PLU. Cohen, who has worked at UW for 18 years, says Hall-of-Fame UW football coach Don James “planted the seed” that motivated her to go into sports administration, thanks to his response to a letter she wrote him in fifth

  • PLU Catering offers full-service on-campus catering for meetings, conferences and events. Menu options are available for breakfast, brunch, lunch, picnics, dinners, desserts, full receptions and

    Due to the pandemic, catering services are extremely limited at this time. However, if you are hoping to have catering at a PLU event, we are available to discuss events on a case by case basis. We will work with you to ensure all the stringent state, county and university COVID restrictions and guidelines are met. Please call us at x7450 or email catering@plu.edu.  PLU Catering offers full-service on-campus catering for meetings, conferences and events. Menu options are available for breakfast

    Catering
    Anderson University Center Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Three distinct stories of multiculturalism in Norway share one common desire: belonging despite difference.

    first language. “For a whole year, I didn’t have the guts to speak Sámi even though everyone spoke Sámi to me,” she recalled of her time in a Tromsø elementary school, where she learned all the subjects in the indigenous language. Magga says her propensity for the language she struggled for years to learn is woven into her complex identity. It’s even tattooed on her right wrist. “It says ‘Don’t forget’ in Sámi,” she said. *** “They struggle,” Gazi Øzcan says of the young Norwegians who participate

  • While visiting campus to cheer on her son, Alex, and the PLU football team, CrossFit champion Cheryl Brost ’92 reunited with her former coach and mentor Colleen Hacker to discuss smoothie ingredients, PLU women’s soccer memories, health and wellness philosophies, and much more. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS…

    member of the PLU women’s soccer team, Cheryl earned all-American honors, was named the Adidas NAIA player of the year, was a two-time all-American scholar athlete and a two-time national champion. She also played point guard on the PLU women’s basketball team and has been inducted into the PLU athletics hall of fame. Colleen Hacker, Ph.D., is a professor of kinesiology at PLU and an international authority in sports psychology. She served as the head coach of the PLU women’s soccer team from 1980 to

  • PLU is a great place to find long lasting community and bonds, on-campus and off-campus. It is a place that strives to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable.

    Contact Phone: (253) 535-7375 Text Only: (253) 527-5359 Email: cshockey@plu.edu Admission CounselorCrisi is originally from rural northern California, but was quick to fall in love with Washington. She especially values the balance of nature and city environments that Tacoma has to offer. While in college, Crisi was active with an on-campus admissions job, various clubs, and two study abroad programs to Japan and China. During her off-time she can be found either at home lounging with her two

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

    while earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting. While Alaska Airlines has grown in leaps and bounds — and Tilden’s responsibilities with it — he’s never too busy to devote time to his alma mater, recently completing eight years of service on the Board of Regents.

  • PLU Army ROTC. Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is one of the best leadership courses in the country.

    consider Pacific Lutheran University: 100% tuition & fees fully paid for by the Army ROTC Scholarship $10,500 room and board fee paid for by PLU along with the Army ROTC Scholarship Student to Faculty Ratio is 13:1 Six-time winners of MacArthur Award for Excellence since 2010PLU Earns 2023-2024 Military Friendly School Designation

    PLU ROTC
    253-535-8711
    Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…

    .  Districts involved in the partnership often identify non-certified candidates already working in the schools to enroll in PLU’s program, said Assistant Professor of Education Vanessa Tucker. She said schools recommend people with the expectation that they will be hired into full-time positions once the certification process is complete. “The program supplies the teaching force with non-traditional students,” Tucker said, “people who would be wonderful additions to our field.” Wade is certified to teach