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  • to seek out some of the cool extras on their own.” Tina has started using video projects to allow students to research and present on special topics of interest in her course. What is one instructional strategy or student project that is particularly effective, innovative, or engaging?“I almost always assign a special project that allows the students to take what they have been learning in class and apply it by exploring a current topic that interests them personally. It is easy to think of

  • A Dream Career Has Come True Through PLUKailey Lyman tells her story how PLU helped to achieve her career goals Kailey Lyman had a dream to teach math and coach soccer at the same time.  Her passion for math and soccer, coupled with the support and opportunities from PLU, helped her to achieve her goals. After Lyman graduated from the Master of Arts in Education program, she found her dream opportunity at Whitman Middle School in the Seattle School District.  She is now teaching eighth grade

  • campus housing and meals) and indirect costs (books and supplies, transportation, personal expenses, and off campus living costs if a commuter student). Direct Net Cost to PLU:  This is the amount left owing to PLU after all scholarships and grants (but not loans) have been paid toward the owing balance.  Not to be confused with “Net Cost” as used by the U.S. Department of Education – which is the difference between a school’s full cost of attendance (COA), direct and indirect costs and the student’s

  • Community Engaged EducationMade possible by a generous gift from Drs. Grace and Peter Wang, the Center is an academic support unit dedicated to providing faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating for a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world at home and abroad” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues and a commitment

    Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education
    868 Wheeler St. Tacoma, WA 98447
  • August 23, 2010 Remarkable good fortune, unparalleled generosity Dale and Jolita Benson are among PLU’s most generous donors. They have given the university just about $5 million in the last decade. In 2004, they established the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic history, the first fully funded chair at PLU. Last spring, they established the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. They have also contributed to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, to Wang Center

  • double Economics and Political Science major, and is planning on pursuing a degree in politics. He is currently a student success advisor at PLU. 2016 Peace Scholars 2016 Peace Scholars Ariel Wood and Theo Hofrenning. PLU’s 2016 Peace Scholars Ariel Wood, left, and Theo Hofrenning. Ariel Wood studied French, Global Studies, and Economics. Through the Peace Scholar program, Ariel studied Scandinavian government and conducted individualized research with the Roma population of Oslo. In the future she

  • Minor in Engineering and Industry The minor in engineering and industry is centered on courses already offered for the university’s Dual Engineering Program. In addition to the math and science courses, students will complete an internship/industry experience and/or courses in business, economics, history and ethics. The minor will seamlessly integrate the professional study of technical topics with the liberal arts, and with professional engagement through the internship requirement.Internship

  • PLU secures $1.4 million to treat state’s health care shortages Posted by: Kari Plog / August 10, 2017 August 10, 2017 By Rosemary PonnekantiContributing writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2017)- Washington communities facing health care shortages are about to get a much-needed boost, thanks to Pacific Lutheran University. The Tacoma institution’s School of Nursing recently received a $1.4 million grant from the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW), a program of

  • Attention Residential Students – Please contact your RA’s and/or CD’s in your respective halls for submitting work order requests. Commuter Students – Please contact a Faculty member and/or a Building representative for submitting work order requests. Maintenance ServicesDid you know that there are 42 buildings on campus? Our maintenance crew is here to help! It manages all the exterior and interior repairs, basic maintenance, safety-related maintenance, and distribution and maintenance of