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  • Lutes Follow Their Hearts on Alternative Spring Break Trips James Olson ’14 peers into the Grand Canyon during a previous Alternative Spring Break trip. (Photo: courtesy of James Olson) By Shunying Wang ’15 As the cherry blossoms burst to new life each year, Lutes embark…

    Georgia is an educational tour, during which participants will visit symbolic sites such as the Civil Rights Memorial/Southern Poverty Law Center and the Rosa Parks Museum to learn about the history of the Civil Rights movement. ● The international option: Traveling with PLU’s School of Business to Nicaragua, participants will take a course on how nonprofits and social business can affect the local economy and community through a meaningful project. Students will work as group to install a well for a

  • Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and…

    strengthen our economy and help the environment,” said Terry Hayes, CEO of Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region, which includes Tacoma. “Cleaning that dorm room and donating items to Goodwill can go a long way to supporting unemployed residents in Washington.” Four donation stations will be set up around campus May 19 to June 3, making less dumpsters, and more Goodwill donation stations than last year. Last year, PLU recycled 38,000 pounds of items that left campus, with much going to Goodwill

  • Along with the presidents of several of the other private, not-for-profit universities in Washington, I had the honor of meeting with Gov. Jay Inslee yesterday in his office in the Capitol in Olympia. Our main reason for meeting with him was to stress our desire…

    over the next eight years. – For every $1 in state support, our colleges invest over $14 in grant aid. – Our 10 colleges grant over $333 million in grants to students. – Our 10 colleges employ more than 7,000 faculty and staff and generate more than $2 billion annually to the state’s economy. For all these reasons, we support the state’s investment in students with demonstrated need to attend college; supporting the State Need Grant is an especially good investment for the state, since students who

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 24, 2017)- Maria Chavez, PLU associate professor and politics and government department chair, participated in a panel discussion of ‘Politics in Washington State’ on Friday, February 24. Hosted by Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, the panel was held in Olympia on…

    capitol. Along with fellow panelists Todd Donovan of Western Washington University, Nicholas Lovrich of Washington State University and Washington State Senator Hans Zeiger, Chavez discussed findings on the political culture in Washington, elections, the state legislature, and demographics and immigration. The four panelists are all contributors to a forthcoming updated book from WSU Press on the politics of Washington State titled Governing the Evergreen State: Political Life in Washington

  • This fifth annual PLU Lutheran Studies Conference invites participants to consider the ancient legacy of Jewish and Christian separation; Christian sponsored anti-Judaism, especially as that polemic

    of Nazareth 2012 Conference on Political LifeThe annual Lutheran Studies Conference provides an opportunity for the university, the larger community, and persons from diverse religious and humanistic viewpoints to explore particular and pressing issues within the thoughtful and generous milieu of Lutheran higher education. Each conference welcomes scholars, artists, and religious leaders whose expertise is offered in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. Past conferences have been devoted to

  • Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources | Title IX | beiermad@plu.edu | 253-535-7073

    Austin Beiermann Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources Phone: 253-535-7073 Email: beiermad@plu.edu Professional Education M.S., Marketing Analytics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2021 B.A., Economics, Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018

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  • English Department | Department of English | 253-535-7321 | Sharon L.

    to the Reforms of Henry VIII (St. Martin's Press 1996) : View Book Political Protest and Prophecy under Henry VIII (Boydell & Brewer Inc 1991) : View Book The Welles Anthology: (Ms. Rawlinson C.813): A Critical Edition co-authored with Kathleen H. Jordan (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (Book 75) 1991) : View Book Accolades PLU Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service - 1997 Biography Sharon L. Jansen taught English literature and

  • Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources | Office of Accessibility & Accommodation | Beiermad@plu.edu | 253-535-7073

    Austin Beiermann Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources He/Him Phone: 253-535-7073 Email: Beiermad@plu.edu Professional Education M.S., Marketing Analytics, Pacific Lutheran University , 2021 B.A., Economics, Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018

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  • Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources | Student Rights and Responsibilities | Beiermad@plu.edu | 253-535-7073

    Austin Beiermann Director for Accessibility and Wellbeing Resources He/Him Phone: 253-535-7073 Email: Beiermad@plu.edu Professional Education M.S., Marketing Analytics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2021 B.A., Economics, Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018

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  • OLYMPIA, WASH. (Nov. 22, 2019) — When asked the simple question “What’s an average week at work like for you?” Justin Kjolseth ’10 doesn’t have a clear answer. “It varies,” they say. “There really is no average work week for me.” Kjolseth isn’t dodging the…

    political science major, so learning about the political process was helpful. Another thing that helped me a lot was doing the legislative internship for my capstone project during the spring semester of my junior year. Why was that such a big help? It’s just a really awesome program and definitely something that lent itself to my career. I learned about the legislative process. I learned how to read and interpret statutes — something I now do every day as a part of my job. I mean, seriously, you can