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  • Dr. Alberto Ledesma speaks at the 3rd Annual César Chávez & Dolores Huerta Latino Studies Lecture Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Latino Studies LectureThe César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Latino Studies Lecture uplifts Latino/a/x scholars, artists, and activists who embody the legacies of our communities’ leaders. Celebrating the interdisciplinarity of Latino Studies and the diversity of our peoples, each lecture features different kinds of knowledge and forms of activism. Speakers visit

  • Graduate Studies at the Institute for Shock Physics Posted by: nicolacs / October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022 Graduate students from a range of disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Geo/Planetary Science) have a unique opportunity to study the response of materials at extreme conditions with the internationally renowned scientists at Washington State University (WSU). Working within their respective academic departments, graduate students conduct their

  • Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and

    Wajsfeld, moved to various parts of occupied France. In September 1943, with the help of the Catholic cleric Simon Gallay, the family, then numbering parents and six children, fled to Switzerland, where they stayed until the war’s end — then returned to Belgium. In 1950, the family moved to the USA, and settled in Brooklyn. In 1962, Mordecai Paldiel made Aliyah and studied at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where he earned a BA degree in Economics and Political Science. He then furthered his studies

  • The Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA) aims to provide financial and other support for Chinese language and culture education.

    Mission:The Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA) is committed to promoting intercultural understanding through Chinese language education, Chinese studies, educational exchanges, and community-based activities that facilitate cultural diversity across the State of Washington.CIWA:CIWA is an international partnership involving Pacific Lutheran University, Sichuan University in China, Seattle Public Schools, Chongqing Jiaotong University and The Alliance for Education. It was

    Confucius Institute of the State of Washington
    Harstad Hall Offices 114 & 115 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • This website is just one aspect of PLU’s ongoing commitment to advocate with and for undocumented students at PLU.

    other Washington schools, colleges, and universities to issue a statement regarding our profound disappointment in the call to terminate DACA early this September.×Hispanic Studies Program StatementIn response to hate speech and dehumanizing rhetoric after the 2016 elections, the PLU Hispanic Studies Program released the following statement in a video that went viral on social media (November, 2016)ResoLUTE Covers Lutes & ImmigrationResoLUTE highlighted various students, faculty, and alumni in their

    Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability
    Anderson University Center Room 150 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • By Michael Halvorson.  On October 17, 2017, PLU alum Brad Tilden (1983) engaged with students, faculty, and alumni in a lively conversation about the past, present, and future of Alaska Airlines. The special event was organized as the 13th annual Dale E. Benson lecture in…

    panel featuring Sergia Hay (Philosophy), Norris Peterson (Economics), Mark Mulder (Business), Bridgette O’Brien (Religion), and Michael Halvorson (History and Benson program chair).  Most of the faculty also work together in the school’s Innovation Studies and Environmental Studies programs. The conversation was thoughtful and wide-ranging, including student questions on the pending merger with Virgin America, competition with Delta Airlines, pilot shortages, the moral obligations of an airline to

  • Throw a dart at a world map, and it’s likely to hit a location where Pacific Lutheran University students or faculty members have conducted research.

    documentary about Islamophobia. “These students grapple with professional production standards, as well as human interactions with people who live their vocations every minute.” During the 2016-17 academic year, grant recipients are conducting research in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Rwanda, representing research in the disciplines of education, communication, religion, history, biology, economics, music, global studies and anthropology. Subjects of the 10 projects

  • By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I…

    Innovation and Resilience Posted by: halvormj / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I took a deep dive on disruptive innovation with some faculty in the PLU School of Business, who are also mentors in our Innovation Studies program

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 18, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Nursing earned $350,000 to further its long history of placing Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students in rural and underserved communities to administer primary care to those in need. The money comes in the form of…

    South Puget Sound, from Centralia to south King County and west to Aberdeen. Funding awarded in 2012 from the St. Louis-based Cornelsen Family Charitable Foundation funded a mobile health van that provides outreach to the elderly and underserved. FNP students use the health van to conduct depression screenings at senior centers, skin cancer screenings, blood glucose screenings with diabetes education, and falls assessment and prevention education. The AENT grant will provide additional resources to