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  • TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…

    of doing a business class.” -Patrick Domino ‘16 “It gets you past your fear of launching a business because you don’t know if people are going to like what you’ve created or not.” -Dieu-Merci Lubiba ’16After graduating this spring, Watkins plans to utilize her business degree by transferring to the JBLM office of the Army’s Department of Behavioral Health. She hopes to serve as an administrator working on marketing and outreach to service members about the mental health resources available to

  • As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…

    , theory building, research methods, statistical analysis and using psychology in human context. The Bachelor of Science degree also is an excellent degree option for students with an interest in pre-medicine (including psychiatry), behavioral health, cognitive neuroscience, or neuropsychology. Read Previous Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Read Next Act Six Scholar Finds Support, Future at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research.

    and Cassandra Ingram ’19 — traveled to Maui during January Term 2017. Their mission: to monitor how water-vessel traffic, and specifically boat noise, affects behavioral patterns of humpback whales. “Their main sense is hearing,” Haglund said. “They literally use it for everything — communication, finding food and navigation. When boats and vessel traffic come too close to the whales it causes them distress and harm.” The students said the experience left them feeling prepared for the rest of

  • Greg Youtz: Composing for the cannery – of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes By James Olson ’14 In 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of…

    I mean this was the real world. It gets wooly.” It was on this stretch that Youtz began discovering a compassion towards the global circumstance that would one day become manifest in the body of his work. In Katmandu, Youtz and Unsoeld landed a gig housesitting for John Seidensticker who was, at the time, conducting post-doctoral research on tigers and jaguars in the Tibetan backcountry. Seidensticker, who is now the head of the Conservation Ecology Center at the Smithsonian’s National

  • The Master of Science in Kinesology program is on hiatus for the 2023-24 academic year. Admission to the MS in Kinesiology is based on several criteria including academic preparation, work

    exercise behavior. This course will focus on theory, research and application related to individual and group factors (e.g., motivation, communication, feedback, attribution, leadership) that affect cognitions, behavior and performance in sport and physical activity. Current issues in exercise psychology including exercise adherence and behavioral change strategies will also be examined. (4) KINS 520 : Adapted Training for Special Populations The course will emphasize designing exercise programs for

  • Online Learning at Pacific Lutheran University. Online and blended programs for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students extend the university’s mission beyond campus borders,

    & Healing RC RELI 229 Christian Health & Healing RC SOCI 101 Intro to Sociology A, SO SPED 914 Educ Proce for Mild Disabiliti SPED 921 Students with Autism SPED 917 Low Incidence Disabilities SPED 916 Early Childhood Education SPED 915 Emotional/Behavioral Disorders SPED 912 Collaboration & Team Building SPED 911 Students Developmental Disabil SPED 912 Collaboration & Team Building THEA 160 Intro to Theatre AR View all online coursesStudentsResources & OfferingsFaculty & StaffResources & SupportCourse

  • The mission of the Master’s in Social Work Program at Pacific Lutheran University is to prepare skilled, ethical, professional service-oriented leaders and change agents who work toward just,

    surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Tacoma School District Consejo Counseling and Referral ServicesConsejo is a licensed, award-winning treatment center offering outpatient behavioral health care, trauma-informed care, and supportive transitional housing to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, as well as their families. Since 1978, Consejo has been providing services to children, youth, adults, and elders in King, Pierce

  • Walk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is…

    very purposefully about points of access and availability of resources that respond to students’ evolving needs, but that are really embedded well into community as part of an intentional well-being ecology and that are flexible enough for us to continue to walk with students in their wellbeing experiences as those may change,” said Royce-Davis.Making a connection After months of planning, the student organizers were finally ready to hand out their care packages inside the Anderson University

  • Walk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is…

    of access and availability of resources that respond to students’ evolving needs, but that are really embedded well into community as part of an intentional well-being ecology and that are flexible enough for us to continue to walk with students in their wellbeing experiences as those may change,” said Royce-Davis.Making a connection After months of planning, the student organizers were finally ready to hand out their care packages inside the Anderson University Center on January 20th. For six

  • Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…

    , John provides practical tools participants can use in making positive, sustainable changes in their lives, communities, and organizations. John has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy. He is currently finishing his PhD work at CIIS in San Francisco focusing on social justice, ecology, and indigenous studies. Read Previous Global leader in diplomacy to visit PLU and discuss how ‘Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not’ Read Next ‘Learning from Standing