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  • Next to nature, near all the urban adventures of Seattle and Tacoma and limitless opportunities to study around the world… you can try a little of everything here at PLU.

    also loves NPR – an affection for radio that dates back to having his own radio show in community college. As a first-generation college student, Shaun loves PLU’s commitment to accessibility. And with a personal passion for travel, he’s excited to talk about the study away options at PLU! Graduated from: Temple University, Philadelphia Major: Film with a Concentration in Screenwriting Shaun works with all domestic transfer students (including transfer nursing students applying to PLU’s traditional

  • Lutes abroad can learn as much from Study Away as she did. “It’s an eye-opening experience,” Frimoth said. “It really allows you to reflect on yourself and grow as a person.” Read Previous The PLU Pod: Professors Amy Young & Maria Chavez Talk TEDx Tacoma and More Read Next PLU Establishes Parkland Promise Scholarships 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

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian Area Studies programs…

    frontier,” Ward said. “It has continued to evolve since then in ways similar, but not identical, to Scandinavian trends and Lutheran religious and educational ideas.” Read Previous PLU Hosts Rwanda’s Best Young Debaters Read Next Goal!! PLU Soccer Teams Bond—and Win—on 10-Day Trip to England 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

  • Every year since 2011, PLU has sent two Lutes to Norway as part of its summer Peace Scholars program. The Lutes learn about peacebuilding and dialogue, bringing what they learn home to apply it on

    former Peace Scholars prove it. “It’s something that happens between individuals and ordinary people, through dialogue,” said Cate Rush ’19, one of the most recent participants. “It’s not this lofty, abstract concept.” Simic-Muller says Rush and her counterpart, Austin Beiermann ’18, aren’t the only Peace Scholars who returned to PLU ready to apply what they learned abroad in the seven-week program. Ellie Lapp ’17 and Taylor Bozich ’17 used their newly acquired dialogue skills within student

  • Ann Auman, professor of biology and program director for the study away program in Namibia, is bringing a research component to her students’ semester away in spring 2017 thanks to Wang Center

    Gut Biology Gut Biology https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2017/01/namibia-biology-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 12, 2017 February 16, 2017 Ann Auman, professor of biology and program director for the study away program in Namibia, is bringing a research component to her students’ semester away in spring 2017 thanks to Wang Center

  • The PLU School of Business is a community of engaged faculty, staff & administrators who provide an excellent business education in a student-centered learning environment grounded in the liberal

    opportunity to study abroad to enhance their education. It is possible for students to earn upper division business credits while building a well for clean water in Nicaragua or exploring China and South Korea. The School of Business even makes it possible to develop your own concentration based on your interests and goals. PLU wants you to leave with the education that best suits you and your chosen career path. The School of Business holds national affiliations with a variety of student clubs, such as

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  • A liberal arts education grounded in critical thinking enables our students to be actively engaged on campus & in our greater community.

    Student Association and Na Hoaloha O Hawaii (Hawaii Club) at PLU. Graduated from: Seattle University Major: Double majored in History and Humanities Graduate Degree: MS in Higher Education Administration and Enrollment Management, Bay Path University Brandon works with first-year students from: Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and all Americans Abroad, Verto Education students, and international students.Easy conversation starters: He once won a

  • their area of interest. Via the individualized concentration, a student could propose the following customized concentration: Sample Individualized Concentration with Focus in Global Business BUSA 337 – International Finance (4) BUSA 352 – Global Management (4) BUSA 366 – Multicultural Marketing (4) BUSA 487 – Study Abroad (4) The cool thing is that the world of international business draws upon many different skills, and those skills can be developed via the curriculum in the School of Business. We

  • For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.

    community and built lasting relationships that created a “living connection” to the artifacts from Ozette. Eventually, several years after Huelsbeck landed a teaching job at PLU in 1989, Ledford said it made sense for him to connect his work there to his work in Neah Bay. (Photos by John Froschauer, PLU) The result is one of PLU’s longest standing J-Term immersion experiences, one of many study away programs within the Wang Center for Global Education. Huelsbeck said many students study abroad in other

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 15, 2016)- Kate Deines ’16 is a natural on the soccer field and has a long résumé to prove it. She played at the local, college, national and international level, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines…

    displays performance and achievement in leadership, academics and athleticism. But she didn’t stop there. “I always wanted to play professionally,” she said. After graduating from UW, Deines found herself with nowhere to play because the United States Women’s Professional Soccer League disbanded. “It was a sad time for women’s soccer,” she said. So, like many others in that situation, Deines played abroad. She joined Stjarnan FC in Iceland, helping her team win the Icelandic Cup, among other