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Strength of Juried Exhibition shows strength in PLU Arts Program Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 21, 2016 November 21, 2016 The University Gallery opened its fall semester’s final show with the annual Juried Student Exhibition on November 16, 2016. Works will be on display until December 14, 2016. The exhibition is open to the university community, as well as the general public. Students not only compete to be featured in the show but also for monetary prize. MalPina Chan juried the 2016

Commencement 2018: Lutes wrap up the lasts, look to the firsts as they prepare for life after graduation Posted by: Kari Plog / May 22, 2018 May 22, 2018 By staff writersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 22, 2018) — It’s official. The Class of 2018 at Pacific Lutheran University is wrapping up the final list of “lasts.”There are the lasts that students (soon to be alumni) are likely happy to bid farewell: the last final, the last presentation, the last tuition payment. And then

Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration Posted by: Reesa Nelson / May 16, 2021 May 16, 2021 For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student participants had to say about their experience!Hanne Ferguson '23Hanne is a BFA student with a concentration in Acting/Directing. This radio play took

Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration Posted by: Reesa Nelson / May 16, 2021 May 16, 2021 For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student participants had to say about their experience!Hanne Ferguson '23Hanne is a BFA student with a concentration in Acting/Directing. This radio play took

September 23, 2011 Bob Zellner spoke to students about his experiences as a civil rights activist in the 1960s as part of the kick-off event for the Diversity Center’s 10 year anniversary. ‘We have a lot of work to do’ By Chris Albert While an angry crowd piled on top of Bob Zellner like a bunch of football players fighting over a loose ball, the last thing the twenty-something college student remembered was someone kicking him in the head and the thought “this is the way I die” crossing his

April 27, 2012 William Foege ’57 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama By Barbara Clements, University Communications Dr. William Foege received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, where President Barack Obama called him a leader in “one of medicine’s greatest success stories.” Obama noted – aside from the 6-foot, 7-inch Foege being “pretty tall,” – that the epidemiologist had President Obama fastens the Medal of Freedom

May 26, 2010 Campus Safety responsible for keeping small city of 4,500 safe By Barbara Clements They will give you a ride home too. New students coming to Pacific Lutheran University this fall might be thinking about classes, their roommates, their majors or just how did mom say to do the laundry again? Campus Safety Director Tony Berger and staff work 24-7 to keep the 4,500 students, faculty and staff on the PLU campus safe. Berger is standing by Jason Weaving, Operations Supervisor. But

DOE’s Office of Science Is Now Accepting Applications Summer 2024 Undergraduate Internships Posted by: alemanem / October 18, 2023 October 18, 2023 Applications are currently being accepted for the Summer 2024 term of an undergraduate internship programs offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program.  The application deadline is January 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Through SULI, undergraduate students and recent

June 3, 2014 MESA at PLU Celebrates 30 Years of Success Students gather at PLU for the 2014 MESA Day engineering competition. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) June 17 Luncheon Celebrates Achievements and Looks Toward the Future By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications When the MESA program was established at Pacific Lutheran University in 1984, it served about 20 students. Today, 30 years later, the program has worked with more than 14,000 students, said JR Nobles, director of Tacoma