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  • Career services at PLU positions students and alumni to succeed by linking them to the right resources, advisors, opportunities, and employers.

    Career AdvisingAlumni & Student Connections is your trusted partner for career advising. We offer personalized support at every stage of your career journey through in-person and virtual appointments with Career & Internship Advisors, drop-in hours with Career Peer Educators, and resume and cover letter reviews via email. Take the first step towards your career goals today! SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CAREER & INTERNSHIP ADVISOR: Take the next step towards your career success by scheduling

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 21, 2016)- MediaLab, the applied research and media production program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a prestigious national award for its most recent documentary film. These Four Years, which premiered in Seattle in November 2015, has earned a Grand Prize in…

    exciting to see our hard work paying off,” said DeFord, a senior communication and German double major who will graduate in May 2016. “We are honored about the recognition and hope that These Four Years can be helpful to students and families.” These Four Years focuses on the value of higher education and the college experience. Specifically, the filmmakers sought to understand the effects that higher education, or the lack thereof, can have on professional opportunities and personal well-being and

  • The PLU Department of Geosciences prepares students for a lifetime of scientific learning, informed citizenship, and earth stewardship through critical thinking and engagement in the scientific

    Mission StatementThe Department of Earth Science prepares students for a lifetime of scientific learning, informed citizenship, and earth stewardship through critical thinking and engagement in the scientific process. Earth Science is distinct in that we investigate the dynamic and complex earth across a wide range of time and geographic scales.Department GoalsThe Department of Earth Science strives to: Prepare students for lives as geoscience professionals, educators, and active citizens

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…

    up, and then seeing the torn-down, unkempt tombstones where they buried African-American people, that was meaningful and impactful to see. I am reminded of how much we still have to do.” Dobies said the Lutes visited Savannah, Georgia and the South Carolina cities of Charleston and Saint Helena Island, where students visited the Penn Center that was one of the first abolitionist schools for freed slaves. Other stops included museums, historical civil-rights era buildings and the two cemeteries

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 17, 2016)- MediaLab at Pacific Lutheran University, the multimedia, applied research organization that celebrates 10 years of success this fall, counts more than 200 students as participants throughout the decade. Those participants are invited to mark the organization’s milestone anniversary Nov. 5…

    trying to figure what in the world this teaching thing is all about, and Dr. Lisosky was sitting next to me, and said ‘I have an idea. We should create some sort of agency and students would do all the work, the writing and photography for clients in the community,’” Wells recounted. “And then she turned to me and said, ‘and you should run it.’” That was 10 years ago. Now, the student group has produced five Emmy-nominated documentaries (with one Emmy win), along with 32 other national and

  • The Mortvedt Library welcomes visitors from the general public and alumni. See our policy concerning non-PLU patrons and visitors under the age of 18. Available: library computers online database and journal access (on campus only – why?) printing and copying wireless Internet access Not available: off campus access to electronic resources study rooms interlibrary loan AlumniAlumni can check out up to 15 items at a time.  Alumni Cards can be obtained from Alumni & Student Connections. Item Type

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- Member institutions of the ELCA Network of Colleges and Universities, including Pacific Lutheran University, released a statement Tuesday condemning hateful messages and phone threats directed at a Kansas university and its president. “The 26 member institutions of the ELCA Network…

    been written and posted online and in the press about my work at the college, and in response to the students of color that Bethany College is recruiting,” Jones wrote. Jones called for the Bethany College community and everyone beyond his campus borders to speak out and combat messages of bigotry. “Please challenge racism wherever you encounter it. Hurtful, racist actions are not ‘activism,'” he wrote. “Hate language is not blunt talk. Get to know people of other races and cultures. Think about

  • If a violent incident or some other incident occurs outside your building, please stay inside or shelter-in-place. If there is an imminent threat of violent, the entrance doors should be locked by you or those designated to carry out a lock down in your building. In addition, you should lock classroom or office doors, if possible and hide from view of windows. The university may initiate a modified lock-down where the doors are locked, but normal academics and operations continue. An

  • If a fire or other incident that creates an unsafe environment occurs in your building or a fire alarm goes off, leave the area and, if possible, assist others to exit in an orderly manner. Use the nearest safe route and exit. Go to the Emergency Assembly Point (EAP) away from the building. Check in with the Emergency Building Coordinator (EBC) and report to the EBC anyone who is missing from the assembly point. Faculty who are in class at the time of the incident should escort their class to