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  • What role can the experience of art play in our understanding of the Holocaust? We attempt to answer this question Thursday, March 14 at 3:40pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall, as Assistant Professor Heather Mathews examines artworks as tools of empowerment. First we look at paintings…

    the camp. They played on decrepit instruments to an audience of fellow prisoners and guards.   PLU Music faculty – Cameron Bennett, piano, Svend Ronning, violin, Craig Rine, clarinet, and Richard Treat, cello – will perform the entire monumental work and Bennett will offer some opening comments. This event is the second event in the 2013 School of Arts + Communication (SOAC) annual Focus Series, under this year’s theme: “Empowerment” and is held in conjunction with the Powell-Heller Holocaust

  • Dhaval Patel found his calling when he was a computer engineering major at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Spoiler alert — it had little to do with binary digits, buffer or bandwidth. “I was drawn to student affairs because when I was a college student,…

    university’s on-call crisis-response structure, and we work to help students find the help they need both in the moment but also long-term when in crisis.Campus LifeLearn more about Campus LifeWhat does a typical day at your job look like? That is kind of hard to describe with every day being different. But for the most part, it is a lot of administrative time for email, running reports and gathering data and working/planning meetings. And all of that depends on where we are in the school year. Right now

  • The PLU Staff Council hosted the 2019 Spring Staff Brunch on Tuesday March 26, 2019. There were around 200 staff that took a little time out of their busy day to stop by to chat with their co-workers and eat some delicious food.

    2019 Spring Brunch Posted by: Julie Winters / March 29, 2019 March 29, 2019 The PLU Staff Council hosted the 2019 Spring Staff Brunch on Tuesday March 26, 2019. There were around 200 staff that took a little time out of their busy day to stop by to chat with their co-workers and eat some delicious food. Read Previous 2018 Fall Coffee Event Read Next Staff Forum with President Belton LATEST POSTS 2019 Ice Cream Social October 16, 2019 Staff Forum with President Belton May 10, 2019 2018 Fall

  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a crowd of 15,000 at the Tacoma Dome urging them to change their world for the good, one act at a time.   Tutu urges 15,000 in Tacoma Dome to be the spark that changes a community, a life. By…

    the overthrow of apartheid in South Africa to the civil rights movement in the United States; all these efforts began through the acts of ordinary people, he noted. Sometimes spectacular acts are called for, as in the story of Moses, but other times, great events begin with simple actions, such as a tired Rosa Parks deciding to stay “and refusing to move” on a bus. Tutu was the keynote speaker in the event that included performances by the PLUtonic and Hermonic a cappella groups, as well as songs

  • The PhD Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York is currently recruiting students to join our program in Fall 2021. Here are some highlights: Our PhD students take classes at the Graduate Center building diagonally across the Empire…

    waiver, and other benefits (health insurance, parental accommodation). Additional fellowship opportunities for students from underrepresented minority backgrounds, The deadline for admissions is January 1, 2021, and GRE scores are optional. An information event will be held on November 13 at 1 pm EST (register here). During this event, prospective applicants will be able to learn more about the application process and the bench science PhD programs (Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry and Physics) as

  • PLU Vs. The Plow PLU’s men’s basketball team will help horses prepare the fields at the Emergency Food Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup on April 12. (Photo courtesy of EFN) Basketball Team Takes on Clydesdales to Prepare Mother Earth Farm for Planting By Sandy…

    March 24, 2014 PLU Vs. The Plow PLU’s men’s basketball team will help horses prepare the fields at the Emergency Food Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup on April 12. (Photo courtesy of EFN) Basketball Team Takes on Clydesdales to Prepare Mother Earth Farm for Planting By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s men’s basketball team will pit manpower against horsepower April 12 as part of the inaugural PLU Vs. The Plow event at the Emergency Food

  • Tournament Schedule Friday, January 31 Open Public Forum 3:30-5:00 pm – Round 1 5:00-6:30 pm – Round 2 6:30-8:00 pm – Round 3 8:00-9:30 pm – Round 4 All Other Debate 3:45-5:45 pm – Round 1 5:45-7:45 pm – Round 2 7:45-9:30 pm – Round…

    T.O.H. Karl Invitational Debate Tournament Posted by: Reesa Nelson / January 27, 2020 January 27, 2020 Tournament Schedule Friday, January 31 Open Public Forum 3:30-5:00 pm – Round 1 5:00-6:30 pm – Round 2 6:30-8:00 pm – Round 3 8:00-9:30 pm – Round 4 All Other Debate 3:45-5:45 pm – Round 1 5:45-7:45 pm – Round 2 7:45-9:30 pm – Round 3 Congress 4:00-6:30 pm – Session 1 7:15-9:30 pm – Session 2 Saturday, February 1 7:45 am – Extemporary Prep 8:00-9:30 am – Individual Event Round 1 9:30-11:15 am

  • Kids invade Garfield Street, PLU for Halloween treats Hundreds of children brought their best frightening figures, glamorous costumes and laughable looks for trick or treating on Halloween in the Garfield Business District and PLU residence halls.“Most of them really enjoy having the little kids come,”…

    Halloween festivities, with many of the businesses offering fun activities like cookie decorating, blow-up monsters, family-friendly Halloween movies and more. “It’s really, really fun,” said Elizabeth Johnson, of Elizabeth’s Holistic Health Spa. “Everybody kind of teams up and does their own little special thing.” The Garfield Street business owner said the event has been a great source of community for all the participants. “You get out there and you just feel a real sense of community,” Johnson said

  • Most PLU alumni remember their first move-in weekend vividly. The nervous excitement you felt walking into your residence hall. Meeting your roommate for the first time. Just as you were starting to feel settled, it was time to head to your first New Student Orientation…

    Welcome Back Lutes PLU students safely and enthusiastically return to campus Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorMost PLU alumni remember their first move-in weekend vividly. The nervous excitement you felt walking into your residence hall. Meeting your roommate for the first time. Just as you were starting to feel settled, it was time to head to your first New Student Orientation event. And so went a whirlwind few days of new places, new

  • Stepping out of the classroom and into the business world Bashair Alazadi ’12 and Zachary Grah ’13 had transformational internships during the summer of 2012. By Julianne Rose ’13 An important benefit for PLU business students is an internship , and about half of our…

    organizational culture. They frequently are transformational experiences, epiphanies of sorts that truly shape students’ lives going forward. For employers, an internship is a form of extended interview, as they look to hire the best and brightest graduates. We feature two senior business majors who enjoyed particularly satisfying internships during summer 2012. — A Business major with a concentration in marketing, Zachary Grah ’13 spent the summer working as a network-planning intern at Alaska Airlines