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Carla Santorno, a national award-winning superintendent, has led an academic improvement effort that has increased the Tacoma Public Schools graduation to 89.8 percent for the class of 2019.
10th Anniversary CelebrationDr. Paul ManfrediDr. Geoff FoyMichele Anciaux AokiDr. Thad WilliamsLi Bin 李斌Weiwei PengBridget YadenTamara WilliamsJoanna GregsonCarla SantornoAllan BeltonProfessor Yao LeyeProfessor Gao Wei 高伟Dr. Deng BoProfessor Dongmei HuangDr. Paul ManfrediPaul Manfredi’s research concerns modern and contemporary Chinese poetry and art, modernism, and urban culture in China. His articles have appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Journal of Modern Literature in
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Social work major April Reyes ’21 loves to talk about her tattoos. She has 13 total, nine of which she received while studying at PLU. She struggles to choose a favorite but says she loves to flaunt the lotus flower on the back of her…
her, Reyes set her sights on her future. She decided to become a school social worker. Reyes was awarded an Act Six scholarship that enabled her to attend Pacific Lutheran University. Act Six is a scholarship program designed to equip young urban and community leaders to thrive academically while engaging with their college campuses and their communities at home. “The challenges April has faced have shaped her into someone who can easily relate to others in challenging situations,” said Laura
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Mention Parkland, and Washingtonians tend to conjure up a slew of stereotypes and misconceptions. But to Antonio Sablan ’18 and other Pacific Lutheran University students who grew up in and around Pierce County, the area represents something much greater: home. “Parkland is resourceful. Parkland’s gritty,…
sort of been in my backyard since I was a kid, but I’d never really seen it before. I know for a fact that a disconnect exists, but it could really easily be broken if folks that live in Parkland are getting educated here at PLU and bringing those resources back into the community. And I think more folks are doing that now.” Parkland is a sprawling unincorporated area south of Tacoma that blends urban with rural, home to roughly 36,000 people, according to U.S. Census data. What it lacks in
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TACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2020) — Jared Wright ‘14 arrived at PLU eager to engage in community work and excited to study social justice. He didn’t have specific plans and didn’t know what it would all look like, but he can clearly remember the excitement…
folks to vote. It was awesome. From there, I spent a year in AmeriCorps through a Tacoma-based program called Urban Leaders in Training. I also worked with Graduate Tacoma on a lot of cool projects, including translating a lot of their materials into Spanish. Then, after a couple of years in Oakland, California working in environmental organizing with Clean Water Action, I came home to Tacoma and got connected with Lutheran Community Services. It’s been a lot of learning and hopping around, but in
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Social work major April Reyes ’21 loves to talk about her tattoos. She has 13 total, nine of which she received while studying at PLU. She struggles to choose a favorite but says she loves to flaunt the lotus flower on the back of her…
support.” Having finally found a group of people who understood her trauma and who could support her, Reyes set her sights on her future. She decided to become a school social worker. Reyes was awarded an Act Six scholarship that enabled her to attend Pacific Lutheran University. Act Six is a scholarship program designed to equip young urban and community leaders to thrive academically while engaging with their college campuses and their communities at home. “The challenges April has faced have
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
exchange student to Iran and a Peace Corps volunteer in Oman. She has coordinated CWA’s Global Teen Summit adult volunteers for many years. Joel Zylstra, a 2005 graduate of PLU, directs PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service, which exists to contact PLU students, staff and faculty with the local community. He has experience in community development and organizing in Tacoma, Cincinnati, and Nairobi, Kenya, where he designed and coordinated a master’s program for urban leaders living and
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
exchange student to Iran and a Peace Corps volunteer in Oman. She has coordinated CWA’s Global Teen Summit adult volunteers for many years. Joel Zylstra, a 2005 graduate of PLU, directs PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service, which exists to contact PLU students, staff and faculty with the local community. He has experience in community development and organizing in Tacoma, Cincinnati, and Nairobi, Kenya, where he designed and coordinated a master’s program for urban leaders living and
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
exchange student to Iran and a Peace Corps volunteer in Oman. She has coordinated CWA’s Global Teen Summit adult volunteers for many years. Joel Zylstra, a 2005 graduate of PLU, directs PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service, which exists to contact PLU students, staff and faculty with the local community. He has experience in community development and organizing in Tacoma, Cincinnati, and Nairobi, Kenya, where he designed and coordinated a master’s program for urban leaders living and
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
exchange student to Iran and a Peace Corps volunteer in Oman. She has coordinated CWA’s Global Teen Summit adult volunteers for many years. Joel Zylstra, a 2005 graduate of PLU, directs PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service, which exists to contact PLU students, staff and faculty with the local community. He has experience in community development and organizing in Tacoma, Cincinnati, and Nairobi, Kenya, where he designed and coordinated a master’s program for urban leaders living and
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Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific
exchange student to Iran and a Peace Corps volunteer in Oman. She has coordinated CWA’s Global Teen Summit adult volunteers for many years. Joel Zylstra, a 2005 graduate of PLU, directs PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service, which exists to contact PLU students, staff and faculty with the local community. He has experience in community development and organizing in Tacoma, Cincinnati, and Nairobi, Kenya, where he designed and coordinated a master’s program for urban leaders living and
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