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March 1, 2012 TOP 10 REASONS why PLU can be a great fit for you Montserrat Walker ’14 Loves the focus PLU places on global issues, and how her classes investigate issues from multiple perspectives Every student has different reasons why they have found PLU to be a good fit. For some, it’s the welcoming feel they get on campus. For others, it’s the rigorous academics. Many love PLU’s tradition of preparing students to consider life’s bigger issues and to create meaningful solutions – those “Big

fact that you can say no afterward. Saying yes means trying new clubs and meeting new friends, but if you know you’re losing your balance then say, “I need to walk away from this.” I really struggled with that in college. I became very involved, and then my senior year I was dismissing my friends, certain clubs I was in, and one of my jobs. I’m a such a “yes” person, and that’s something I struggle with. So, I want students to know that saying no is okay. Read Previous 50th anniversary celebration

August 2, 2013 Center Stage: The $20 million Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts officially opens in October By Steve Hansen Jeff Clapp ’89, PLU artistic director of theater, PLU theater program undergraduate, son of a theater professor, likes to tell a story of his tenure interview. There, he was asked: What is the strength of the PLU theater program? “We sort of teach the MacGyver school of theater,” he told his interviewers. “We arm students with a pocket knife and they go

PLU named Top 10 Peace Corps producer in the country Posted by: shortea / April 20, 2019 Image: PLU has been named a Peace Corps Top 5 volunteer-producing college for 2019. April 20, 2019 By StaffPLU Marketing & CommunicationPLU ranks fifth on the Peace Corps’ recently published list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 14 Lutes currently volunteering with Peace Corps in countries around the world. Dr. Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program

MediaLab Premiere – “Living on the Edge” Posted by: Todd / April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 By Kate Williams '16Living on the Edge is the story of a community, North Cove in southwest Washington, who are experiencing extreme rates of coastal erosion. North Cove is home to the fastest-eroding Pacific coastline in the United States, and loses about 150 feet of land per year. As an unincorporated town, the community has had to find their own resources to deal with the fact that people’s houses and

September 15, 2008 What does being a Lute really mean? A record crowd of faculty, staff and continuing students welcomed over 1,000 new students with a standing ovation as they processed into opening Convocation on Sept. 8.Bruce Bjerke ’72, vice-chair of the Board of Regents brought greetings on behalf of the regents and spoke of the character of PLU where all care deeply about things beyond themselves. He also reminded new students that in the first days of the academic year they will be

April 11, 2012 H2O Project Beginning Wednesday, April 11 a group of PLU students from various campus organizations – including Campus Ministry, Sustainability, G.R.E.A.N., and the Wang Center – are launching the H2O Project. From April 11 until Earth Day April 22, students are taking the H2O challenge and making tap water their only beverage. This effort will seize the purchase of beverage products from large corporations during the pledge, reduce waster, and add to the consciousness of global

March 4, 2013 The Martinez Foundation partners with three new universities, including PLU The Martinez Foundation will now be offering scholarships through six graduate level teacher education programs, with Seattle Pacific University, Pacific Lutheran University, and University of Washington Bothell joining Seattle University, University of Washington and Washington State University as Martinez Foundation university partners. Students must first be accepted into a partner university’s program

A Final Foss Farewell Posted by: mhines / June 20, 2023 Image: The moon above Foss at the outdoor dinner on move-in and orientation day at PLU on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (Photo/John Froschauer) June 20, 2023 After 58 years, PLU is saying goodbye to Foss Hall.PLU begin demolishing the vacant Foss Hall on June 12, 2023. The demolition of the facility has been in the plans for almost 8 years, but now the time has come. Foss Hall was built in 1965 to house “boomers” of the 1960s and ’70s when

Benson Summer Research Fellows to Present History Students Share their Research Findings on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Posted by: halvormj / October 15, 2021 October 15, 2021 By Michael Halvorson ’85 Are you curious about innovative historical research projects that are transforming PLU and our communities? The History department invites you to learn more at a presentation of creative scholarship by the 2021 Benson Foundation Summer Research Fellows. The colloquium takes place on Wednesday