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  • Aimee Hamilton’s undergraduate course, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Religions of South Asia, gathers for a morning site visit at the Khalsa Gurmat School in Kent. Khalsa Gurmat is a nonprofit school that emphasizes Sikh history, Punjabi language, computing, art and math. The school also functions as…

    community. Sikh values of equality and non-violence are communicated through sitting together on the floor and enjoying vegetarian food. Suwilanji Silozi gets creative and incorporates soccer team pride into his head covering. Chris Boettcher (left) takes up the class challenge to participate by asking questions of gurdwara community members. Read Previous Vote! Women’s Center seeks community feedback on new name Read Next PLU Teaching Online program incorporates technology into learning, enhances brick

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    outside the typical curriculum in a given department, usually concern a professor’s unique research interests or offer insight into contemporary issues outside the standard course sequence. Gregson, who worked with criminology as a graduate student, thought the policing course was well suited, since police have been at the center of public discourse. Gregson wanted to create an interesting experience for students who chose to stay on campus rather than study away during J-Term — an experience that

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…

    & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience.McDonald was one of more than 100 members of the Tacoma-Seattle community who filled the Karen Hille Phillips Center to attend the event Feb. 20. It’s designed to connect PLU to the larger gospel community off campus. Organized

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 31, 2016)- The state Legislature has adjourned, following a 60-day regular session and a 20-day overtime session. The budget adopted by lawmakers maintains current funding levels for the State Need Grant program, despite earlier proposals to cut as much as $9 million.…

    State lawmakers adjourn session with new budget that maintains State Need Grant funding levels Posted by: Kari Plog / March 31, 2016 Image: The extended legislative session has ended, and State Need Grant funding levels were maintained as part of the compromise budget that was approved late Tuesday. (Photo by John Froschauer) March 31, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 31, 2016)- The state Legislature has adjourned, following a 60-day regular session and a

  • The Evolution of Behavior Posted by: tpotts / November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,” will explore how evolved social goals, or fundamental motives, influence the use of stereotypes and appraisals of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…

    Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” are available at the PLU Concierge Desk, by calling (253) 535-7411 and online.Romantic NotionsLaw Professor Dean Spade on “Soldiers, Spouses and the Limits of LGBT Equality.” Tuesday, Nov. 3 in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center.2015-16 Spotlight Series: ‘Roots of Resilience’PLU’s 2015-16 Spotlight Series is inspired by a quote attributed to Martin Luther: “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” Read Previous PLU

  • market share. Assistant Professor of Management Brian Maeng led 13 undergraduate business majors on a comprehensive experience in South Korea. The group visited Samsung, Hyundai Motors, a K-Pop studio, and four other companies, toured the DMZ, attended lectures and artistic events, saw several temples and historical spots, and met with Korean business students. Assistant Professor of Marketing Sven Tuzovic, who took Petryk’s group to Germany, said he enjoys the experience, because of the camaraderie

  • 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…

    happiness in the 21st Century. In pursuit of answers, the team traveled to cities across North America, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Montreal, Portland, Ore., Toronto, New Orleans, and many others. These Four Years will premiere on the PLU campus at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2016, in the Black Box Theater at the Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts, located at 12180 Park Ave. S. Tacoma, WA 98447. There will be a Q/A session after the show. Read Previous Choir

  • questions about what their roles and responsibilities to our global community are,” Gould said. “And I hope that they do the same for me. I hope that I walk away with some real questions about what my work is and what the work ahead remains.”The Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial event is co-sponsored by the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, the Center for Community Engagement and Service, and PLU’s Peace Corps Prep program. It seeks to celebrate the life of an extraordinary public

  • , screened Feb. 17 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The other two portions of the series will premiere in Tacoma later this spring.  Episode III (Sedalia, Missouri- race) and IV (Richwood, West Virginia- class) will be featured on April 5, at 7pm in Ingram 100. “A World of Difference” was jointly sponsored and supported by PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the university’s Diversity, Justice and