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June 16, 2009 Matters of Faith By Patricia O’Connell Killen, Ph.D. Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Professor of Religion At PLU, students talk about spirituality. They think about the meaning of life – human experiences of love, joy, creativity, success, suffering, death, of making and keeping commitments, of extending oneself on behalf of others. Students grapple with the meaning of integrity. They seek to find a purpose, something that is, in the words of some of my former students

January 28, 2010 Uganda: Market Exploration By Theodore Charles Over the past couple of days I have been experimenting with the local system of bartering. There is a local price and ‘Mzungu price’ which is usually double that of the local one. In one market, where I purchased basketry and various items I bargained hard enough to save 20,000 shillings (about ten dollars) and leave the market happily. “Ugandan markets contain stores that are packed tightly together and it is often hard to

August 9, 2011 Knight-Lutes logo unveiled for athletic gear By Chris Albert As Lutes well know, the conversation of exactly what is the logo and/or mascot for the university can be a bit of a circular conversation dotted with long pauses. We all know it well, and it goes something like this: “So what’s your mascot? Ours is a dog.” “A Lute.” (Pause.) The Lutes use a knight to bring athletics under one banner. “A what?” “So what’s your logo then?” More silence. This confusion will end this fall

February 1, 2013 Real-World Mentors For decades, Pacific Lutheran University has built a reputation for sending talented, proficient students into the workplace. Their success is proof that challenging academics – hours spent in the classroom and laboratory, the practice room and concert hall, the playing field and court – all while working closely with professors, will indeed produce results. By the time PLU students receive a diploma, they are fully equipped for success in the world. A PLU

April 10, 2014 Celebrating PLU’s Student-Athletes A breakfast on April 10 celebrated student-athletes at PLU. (Photo: PLU Athletics) April 10 breakfast highlights academic-athletic balance—and the love of the game By Tyler Scott PLU Athletics As part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division III Week, Pacific Lutheran University hosted more than 60 PLU student-athletes, coaches, faculty members and administrators for a Celebrating Our Division III Student-Athletes breakfast

‘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

Tenor Noah Baetge ’08 Makes His Eleventh Appearance at The Met Posted by: Zach Powers / October 23, 2015 Image: [Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation License] October 23, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 23, 2015)- While many students are cranking away on midterms, one Lute’s voice is being heard loud and clear at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Noah Baetge ’08 is making his eleventh appearance on stage at the Met Opera

State Debate Coalition.PLU was picked as a host site by the Governance Committee from a pool of 19 applicant organizations from around the state, and is working with community partners Bethel School District, Eatonville School District, Franklin Pierce School District and Tacoma Public Schools to host the debate in October.“Pacific Lutheran University is honored to host a U.S. Senate debate, providing Puget Sound residents an important opportunity to hear directly from the candidates about how they

PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project Posted by: Julie Winters / July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association.Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June 22 and work in

Student-athlete forms special bond with coach Posted by: vcraker / August 2, 2022 August 2, 2022 By Craig CrakerSports Information Assistant Every game day, usually around lunch time, Jordan Thomas and Chad Murray sit down to have a chat. The Pacific Lutheran University men’s basketball star and the team’s head coach meet in Murray’s office to talk about anything and everything. The meeting can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as an hour. Topics range from that night’s opponent to