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  • Chemistry professor Justin Lytle, shows students the chemistry of chocolate. (Photo by Jesse Major’14) ‘For the love of chocolate’ By Jesse Major ’14 Roughly 40 chocolate lovers gathered in Leraas Lecture Hall the day before Valentine’s Day, “for the love of chocolate, aphrodisiac and food…

    better way to go. Another health benefit proven by research funded by Mars, a candy company that earns $30 billion annually, showed that chocolate actually lowers cholesterol. Despite these claim that chocolate is healthy, it is not the reason we eat chocolate. It’s simply delicious. Read Previous Mount Rainier Lutheran High School will make PLU East Campus facility home Read Next These pipes are playing COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

  • PLU Hosts Annual JROTC Fitness Contest PLU Marketing & Communications Dozens of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from 12 high schools left blood, sweat—and possibly even a few tears—at PLU on March 7 after the annual JROTC Physical Fitness Competition. High-school cadets competed…

    tough tug-of-war. “All your friends are chilling out back at school, and you’re here busting your butts and getting a workout,” Lt. Col. Kevin Keller, PLU Professor of Military Science and MSIV Instructor with the ROTC program, told the cadets during the award ceremony. Yakima’s East Valley High School swept the APFT categories and won the overall team competition. The JROTC unit from Graham-Kapowsin High School placed second, with Federal Way High School taking third. The event is organized and

  • This is the online exhibition of the PLU African Art Collection. Beginning in 1972 and continuing through 2011, Pacific Lutheran University has been the honored recipient of nearly 60 pieces of

    Masks Masks have been found in nearly every region of the world, from ancient times to the present. In an African community, the appearance of a mask or masks heralds an important social event. More Information Figures Figures in African art can be representations of human beings or spirits: It all depends on the purpose for which the figure was made, and this can be central to understanding cultural ideals. Read More Personal Objects Personal objects can range from utilitarian items used to

  • Margaret Matthews is a junior at Pacific Lutheran University who lived in Virginia and Oregon before moving to Tacoma for college. She will graduate in 2021 with a BFA with a concentration in Sculpture. She is already putting her talents to use with a class…

    . Circling the piece are the words “Courage, dear heart.” from C.S. Lewis. The magnolia tree bursting out of it represents the new personal growth that comes as a result of those acts of courage. The shape of the piece was heavily inspired by the ancient stele. Among other things, a stele was used as a memorial to immortalize the honorable acts of a ruler. Margaret thought this to be a fitting venue to display ways of practicing courage in our everyday lives. She hopes this piece inspires you and gives

  • Professor of English | Department of English | bergman@plu.edu | 253-535-7490

    (September 09, 2010) Earth Day Speaker, University of Northern Florida, The Theory of the Macaw, Jacksonville, Florida (April 25, 2010) World Conversations Keynote Presentation, Traffic in Paradise, Pacific Lutheran University (February 28, 2009) Selected Articles "Nature Is a Story That We Live: Reading and Teaching Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in the Drake Passage." ISLE ( Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment ) December 19, 2012: "Mothers and Other Creatures

  • This opportunity was created in 2003 as part of the university’s global and cross-cultural education initiatives.

    very different from a workshop that you would attend on campus or a conference in another US city. Rather than building skills you are utilizing them. Further, you are navigating your own jet lag and fatigue, your own culture shock and sense of disorientation, and your own feelings of homesickness while helping students navigate these feelings too. Laree Winer, Associate Director, Wild Hope Center for Vocation J-Term 2019 Program Assistant, Greece: Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean Alumni

  • CFTC Sr. Administrative Assistant | Marriage and Family Therapy | paigeka@plu.edu | (253) 535-8782 | I am thrilled to join the CFTC team as your new Senior Admin Assistant.

    B.A. in Speech Communications with an emphasis in Gender Studies from San Francisco State University, and my intention is to pursue a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in the near future. Outside of this new role, I am a coach and workshop facilitator, specializing in the Human Design personal development system, and centering the experiences of Women of Color. When I’m not working, I enjoy hanging out with my husband Moleek and our dog Bill, watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, and

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  • Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | mcfaddsm@plu.edu | 253-535-7510 | Dr.

    . doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab131 McFadden, S. M., Ko, L. K., Ibrahim, A., Berliner, D., Lin, J., Shankar, M., Mohamed, F. B., Amasalu, F., Ali, A., & Winer, R. L. (2021). Development and evaluation of an online continuing education course to increase healthcare provider self-efficacy to make strong HPV vaccine recommendations to East African immigrant families, Tumor Virus Research, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.tvr.2021.200214 Shafiq, M., Elharake, J. A., Malik, A. M., McFadden, S. M., Aguolu, O. G., & Omer, S

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  • 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…

    donation stations, the Trinity Lutheran Church Food Bank or the Nativity House. For convenience during Moveout, stations accepting toiletries for Nativity House, as well as compostable items and nonperishable food items, will be placed inside the hall entrances. The lobby donation stations also will accept small items such as shoes and clothing. Larger Goodwill vans will be located outside Harstad, Pflueger and South Hall and near Kriedler and Hinderlie halls. Dumpsters for items that cannot be

  • 2022 - The Diversity Center and the Center for Gender Equity join to become the Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability to further align the centers' values and shared intersectional work.

     -The first training of the Sexual Assault Prevention Education Team (SAPET) takes place at the Women’s Center Fall 1997 – Move to blue house on lower campus next to athletic fields 1997 – First Inspirational Women’s Banquet held 1995 – Judy Mladineo hired as the 2nd Women’s Center Director 1992 – Women’s Center moves to a house near upper campus & Becky Frehse, Professor of Art, is given course release to serve as the first Women’s Center director Spring 1990 – “Women’s Center of Pacific Lutheran