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  • Food for thought https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/01/22/food-for-thought/

    PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the…

    Technical College, he went to work for the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, where he learned about cooking in volume. From there, Swenson was hired by PLU in 2007, just before the remodel of the University Center. “Coming in here I got to be part of a team that opened up a completely new restaurant. We were looking at cuisine I never even dreamt of,” Swenson said. “We get the opportunity to make high volume burgers and chickens strips as well as authentic pho and going out to the president’s house to do small

  • Guidelines for Blended and Online Learning https://www.plu.edu/provost/documents/guidelines-for-blended-and-online-learning-2/

    Job Description: Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (pdf) view download

  • Speakers and Panels https://www.plu.edu/restoration-renewal/speakers/

    9:15 – 10:20 a.m. | March 9 Who: Eamonn Baker, Training Co-ordinator, Towards Understanding and Healing

    10th WANG CENTER SYMPOSIUMHealing: Pathways for Restoration and RenewalMarch 9-10, 2022 Keynote SpeakersEamonn Baker and Maureen HetheringtonRobert McKee IrwinSharon SuhChuck Hoffman and Peg HoffmanValerie SegrestGilda SheppardElena CalderonDawn Alger and Rigby AlgerJustin SpelhaugEamonn Baker and Maureen HetheringtonTestimony: Moving Society Out Of The Shadows Of The Past 9:15 – 10:20 a.m. | March 9 Who: Eamonn Baker, Training Co-ordinator, Towards Understanding and HealingMaureen Hetherington

  • Present for historical moment https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/01/26/present-for-historical-moment/

    Present for historical moment PLU Senior Morgan Root spent last week in Washington D.C., experiencing the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The following is her account of the historic occasion. There is absolutely nothing like watching the president of the United States be sworn into…

    took me to the nation’s capital. As I stood by the Washington Monument and cheered with thousands and thousands of people I couldn’t believe I was there. At 12:06 p.m. EST Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. The crowd cheered and cheered. It was such a wonderful feeling to hear his speech, his voice resounding, across the entire Mall. Once his speech concluded the crowds began heading toward the exits. Some headed for the parade route others visited DC monuments or simply

  • Forum on Education Abroad recognizes PLU for study away excellence https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2019/04/25/quip/

    TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University has been recognized for substantial conformity with the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad as established by the Forum on Education Abroad, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, membership association recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and…

    for Education Abroad as established by the Forum on Education Abroad, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, membership association recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the field of education abroad.The Forum provides training and resources to education abroad professionals and its Standards of Good Practice are recognized as the definitive means by which the quality of education abroad programs may be judged. For PLU

  • Five exceptional staff members receive PLU’s Distinguished Staff Award at annual holiday banquet https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/01/05/2023-staff-awards/

    Awardees are nominated for their exceptional contributions, accomplishments, leadership and service to the university and its community members. Each December, during the university’s annual Christmas celebration, the President’s Council recognizes up to five employees for their outstanding contributions. Employees are nominated to the President’s Council…

    solutions to challenges facing the university. Each awardee receives a certificate and a $750 honorarium. The 2023 Distinguished Staff Award recipients are Keleigh Allen, Greg Briggs, Seth Carlson, Jennifer Childress-White and Ryan Marsh. Keleigh Allen is an Advancement Analyst for the Constituent Engagement team in University Relations. In her 24 years at PLU, Keleigh has exemplified what it means to be a lifelong learner. In her plethora of roles at the university, Keleigh has always stepped up when

  • 2025-2026 Sabbatical Leave Request Form – Changes to Final Request (for changes after October 15, 20 https://www.plu.edu/provost/documents/8161/

    This is a fillable PDF. For best results, download this form using Google Chrome.

    Job Description: Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (pdf) view download

  • Learning Outcomes Resources for Programs https://www.plu.edu/assessment/assessment-resources/resources-for-programs/

    This page offers tips and strategies for departments and programs to use in crafting effective (and assessable) learning outcomes at the program and/or course levels.

    will learn to have a deeper appreciation for good communication practices.” B. “By the end of this program, students will demonstrate professional communication skills during technical presentations and reports.” A. “Students will know why checks and balances are important.” B. “During an assessment of Unit 3, students will be able to explain how checks and balances within the three branches of the U.S. government affect each other.”Bloom's Taxonomy for Cognitive ObjectivesBloom’s Taxonomy of

  • Department of Music Professional Standards https://www.plu.edu/music/documents/department-of-music-professional-standards-2/

    Semester and Assessment Jury Rubric, BME Elementary (pdf) view download

  • Listening for the song of the crossbill https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/06/29/listening-for-the-song-of-the-crossbill/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eHyaJ26Ks Patience and a good ear essential in studying elusive crossbills, which live, breed and sing in the canopy By Barbara Clements Having a conversation with Julie Smith is a stop and go affair. In mid-conversation, she’ll stop, and listen. And then pick up the…

    , and deconstruct them and analyze them on a computer to quantify differences in the songs of the different call types.  This is technical, dry work. But Grossberg is thrilled at the opportunity. “I just love being outdoors, and this gives you an appreciation for the overall research we’re doing and how all the pieces connect, how they all fit together,” he said. Scientific research, he’s learned, is 95 percent failure and 5 percent success. So there is a lot of slogging through data that may not