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PLU Named a ‘Best in the West’ University by The Princeton Review Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 7, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 7, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University is one of the best colleges in the West, according to The Princeton Review. Only 125 colleges in 15 Western states made the education-services company’s 2016 list of recommended institutions. In its profile of PLU, The Princeton

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

Black History Month at PLU Posted by: Julie Winters / February 6, 2018 Image: Black History Month collage created by Elexia Johnson ’18 using images from Saga, PLU’s yearbook 1930-1999. February 6, 2018 Upcoming events for Black History Month 2018 at PLU! Calendar sponsored by Black Student Union.2018 Calendar of Events FEB 1 A Visual Display of PLU’s Black HistoryGrey Area in the AUC PLU’s Campus Ministry office will present a month long visual display of PLU’s Black History. Stop by the grey

PLU introduces new data science major to meet growing demand in data-driven economy Posted by: mhines / May 6, 2024 Image: Students work on group projects in the MATH 348 course titled “Statistical Computing and Consulting,” Friday, April 19, 2024, in Morken at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 6, 2024 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & Communications PLU officials recently announced the launch of a new data science major, which will commence this fall semester. This strategic addition responds to

with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies, Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education developed at PLU through her collaborative research with professors, her tenure as president of  Phi Alpha Theta (PLU’s history honors society), and her work as PLU’s Vet Corps Navigator. What led you down the path of becoming an Arabic linguist? Out of the jobs available to me as a woman in the military in 2014, becoming a linguist was one of the things that I was most

her mom was pursuing a degree in education. With musician parents, McTee grew up watching their band rehearsals. Her mom taught her the saxophone and how to transpose music. Applying to PLU for a degree in Music just made sense. Today, McTee’s award-winning compositions have been played by orchestras globally, including performances in Carnegie Hall five separate times. She has received numerous awards such as the Fulbright Senior Lecturer Fellowship to teach at the Academy of Music in Poland. It

Philosophical Discourse and Tweeting: On Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s Public Philosophy Posted by: Matthew / December 5, 2017 Image: Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin, philosophy, is PLU’s resident Twitter Diva. December 5, 2017 By Gillian Dockins '19PLU HumanitiesFollowing Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s recent publication in Newsweek, PLU’s Philosophy Department Chair sat down with me to discuss her article’s reception, the role of Twitter in philosophical discourse, and how philosophers of the modern day

You Ask, We Answer: Do I have to live on-campus? Posted by: shortea / April 13, 2023 April 13, 2023 We’re proud to offer on-campus housing to more than 1,300 students each year, with nearly 85% of our first-year students choosing to live in the residence halls! If you’re wondering, “Do I have to live on campus?” while attending PLU, our answer is “Technically, no.” We do however, require our students to live on campus if they are younger than 20 years of age or will have fewer than 60 semester

PLU named 3rd best college for value in the West Posted by: vcraker / September 22, 2021 Image: View toward Mt Rainier from t-stad roof, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at PLU. (Photo/John Froschauer) September 22, 2021 Pacific Lutheran University placed third out of more than a hundred colleges for best value, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking of the best regional universities in the West. In addition to this distinction, PLU climbed eight spots, from 22nd to 14th, on the

January 14, 2010 Uganda Blog: Second entry By Theodore Charles ’12 After two days of nerve wracking delays and cancellations, we have finally left PLU. Our original itinerary included going to London, having one day of respite, and then progressing to Uganda directly. What really happened was a last minute change for our group to fly to San Francisco, Amsterdam, Kenya, and then finally Uganda. “More last minute changes were made as we all sat on the ground with our fingers crossed, and