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PLU opera opens Handel’s ‘Alcina’ this January Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 Travel to Alcina’s island for a story of magic, enchantment and song. This January, surround yourself with magnificent music when Pacific Lutheran University Opera performs Handel’s Alcina on the Karen Hille Phillips Mainstage. There are four opportunities to view the production:  January 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30pm and January 25, at 2pm. James L. Brown will conduct and stage direct. Taken

, and other loved ones. White supremacists’ display of racism, anti-Semitism and raw hatred is antithetical to what this nation and the PLU community stands for.  PLU’s mission calls us to care for others, for their communities and for the Earth, and we remain resolute in our commitment to address bigotry whenever and wherever it arises on our campus and within our communities. I caution against generalizations and judgement of those with whom we may disagree; that kind of thinking and resulting

Answering the call: PLU nursing alum volunteers for COVID-19 testing unit transfer Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 5, 2020 Image: Kathy (Welsh) Krogstad ‘85, a registered nurse at Providence Hospital in Torrance, California, volunteered for one of her state’s first mobile coronavirus testing units. May 5, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 5, 2020) — After a lifetime devoted to care and service, Kathy (Welsh) Krogstad ‘85 wasn’t going to stand on the

‘Operation Thanksgiving Dinner’ Posted by: Sandy Dunham / November 19, 2014 Image: PLU will host 120 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord for a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 26. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 19, 2014 TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 20, 2014)—Pacific Lutheran University will give thanks to 120 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord by hosting a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner for them on campus on Nov. 26.The JBLM soldiers, from all over the world, still are awaiting processing and

PLU’s own Crystal Aikin to headline on-campus Gospel Experience Concert during Black History Month Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / February 5, 2019 February 5, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2019) — National recording artist and Pacific Lutheran University alum Crystal Aikin '97 will be returning to campus on Friday, Feb. 15, when she headlines the Gospel Experience Concert.Aikin, who was born and raised in Tacoma but lives in Texas now, graduated

September 1, 2008 Partnership addresses nursing shortage PLU’s School of Nursing has partnered with three Washington state foundations to address the regional nursing crisis and give nursing students new competencies in geriatric care. The Dimmer Family Foundation , along with the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation and the Bruce W. Gilpin Memorial Foundation, was selected as one of 18 foundations nationwide to receive funding in the third year of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future. The

institutions contract with outside providers for most of their study away opportunities, more than 80 percent of PLU study away programs are led by PLU faculty members. Additional information about the Passport Project and how students can be nominated will be distributed in the fall by the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education.Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education Read Previous PLU launching accelerated program to get more nurses working Read Next City of Tacoma

Study Away Fair Presents Global-Education Opportunities—Including a Caribbean Class With President Krise Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty alike were excited by the opportunities showcased at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education’s Study Away Fair on March 11.At the event in the Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU

. Sunday, May 29 in the Tacoma Dome. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Commencement activities take place throughout the week leading up to the ceremony. Find out more HERE. Read Previous Environmental center dedicated Read Next ‘Be the Spark’ ignites, unites PLU community COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named

October 21, 2014 MediaLab’s Newest Film Breaks Down the Food Equation MediaLab member Olivia Ash, left, conducts an interview in London while Taylor Lunka operates the camera. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) ‘Waste Not’ premieres in Tacoma on Nov. 8 By Natalie DeFord ‘16 MediaLab TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 23, 3014)—An estimated one-third of food produced in the world each year goes to waste, causing economic, energy and environmental losses of more than $750 billion annually, according to a 2013 United