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  • Global & Cultural Studies faculty and staff.

    Paul Manfredi Director of Chinese Studies Program Full Profile 253-535-7216 manfredi@plu.edu

  • Why global studies at PLU? “As a first year, I enrolled in GLST 210 ‘just because’ and by the end of the year had switched my intentions of a pre-med degree to declaring both a Global Studies(GLST) and Political Science major! During this time, I…

    In their own words: Global Studies majors on what it’s like to study (and study away!) at PLU We asked just-about-to-graduate global studies majors to share their thoughts on what it's like to be a global studies major at PLU. Here's what they had to say.  Posted by: mhines / July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023 Why global studies at PLU? “As a first year, I enrolled in GLST 210 ‘just because’ and by the end of the year had switched my intentions of a pre-med degree to declaring both a Global Studies

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna , Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies , has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) , encourages artistic engagement in the city by…

    PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition Cassio Vianna, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, has been awarded a grant to write a 4-movement suite entitled Invisible Garden, that blends jazz, chamber music and Brazilian music. Posted by: Liza Conboy / April 18, 2024 Image: Jazz Under the Stars featuring Vianna/Bergeron Brazilian Quintet with Cassio Vianna on piano at PLU, Thursday

  • Institutional Equity and Anti-racism at PLU At the June 17 University Assembly for faculty and staff, Vice President Joanna Royce-Davis shared a set of seven actions the university will take next to “make sustainable change in the experience of our community for our members who experience marginalization.” Words without action are empty, and compromise our...

    change, are core to our life together moving forward. This is a dialogue that requires us to sit together in our humanity, and, for those of us who participate in whiteness—myself included—to hear, hold, and be accountable for the harm that white supremacy at PLU has perpetuated for our Black colleagues and students and colleagues and students of color as a whole, and that we have allowed it to perpetuate… Even as we grapple with an uncertain financial situation and the impact of COVID-19, this is

  • Associate Professor | School of Education | gardinwl@plu.edu | 253-535-8342 | Wendy Gardiner teaches literacy courses in the Education Department.

    . Tondreau, A., Gardiner, W., White, K., Hinman, T., Dussling, T., Stevens, E., Degener, S., Wilson, N. "(Be)coming critical teacher educators: Collaborative self-study across contexts. Self-Study in Teacher Education." Self-Study in Teacher Education 2022: 61-79. Gardiner, W. "Rehearsals in clinical placements: Scaffolding teacher candidates’ literacy instruction." The Teacher Educator 2019: 384-400. Gardiner, W. & Weisling, N. "Challenges and complexities of building a mentoring practice: Insights from

  • Police looking for 2 armed males one in black shirt and one with white shirt near the golf course/Colombia Center. LOCK DOWN. Secure all doors and windows. Wait for update.

    Lockdown: Armed suspects near golf course/Columbia Center Alert Type: Emergency Start Time: Jul 17, 2024 @ 8:11pm End Time: Undetermined Police looking for 2 armed males one in black shirt and one with white shirt near the golf course/Colombia Center. LOCK DOWN. Secure all doors and windows. Wait for update. Updates Jul 17, 2024 @ 8:22pm - Lockdown lifted The emergency event has ended. Please return to your normal activities. Police dispatch has informed us that subjects are no longer on campus

  • Awardees are nominated for their exceptional contributions, accomplishments, leadership and service to the university and its community members. Each December, during the university’s annual Christmas celebration, the President’s Council recognizes up to five employees for their outstanding contributions. Employees are nominated to the President’s Council…

    Five exceptional staff members receive PLU’s Distinguished Staff Award at annual holiday banquet Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 5, 2024 Image: Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Staff Awards are honored during the annual holiday banquet on Thursday, December 14, 2023. From left to right, recipients are Keleigh Allen, Greg Briggs, Seth Carlson, Jennifer Childress-White and Ryan Marsh. January 5, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsAwardees are nominated for their

  • The Rainier Writing Workshop has now produced a critical mass of graduates, many of whom have published books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction.

    Post-MFA MentorshipsThe Rainier Writing Workshop has now produced a critical mass of graduates, many of whom have published books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. These books were often the creative theses that the graduates completed in their final year in the program. For others, the creative thesis is a foundational iteration of work that will be developed into publication-worthy manuscripts. The Rainier Writing Workshop is committed to helping its alumni with their writing and

  • Dr. Brenda Ihssen Byzantine conceptions of Jesus: the Christ of council, court, and monk Byzantine perspectives offer westerners a contrast to their cherished assumptions about Jesus.

    Humanities, Pacific Lutheran University, 12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447. We are sorry that we are unable to receive credit cards at this time. 7:00 P.M.Evening Keynote Lecture - Dr. Gail RamshawProfessor of Religion Emerita, La Salle University, Philadelphia Jesus as Champion, Sacrifice, Lover, and Tree of Life: The Christian meeting of history and metaphor Christians have always sought for the Jesus of history. In our time, both biblical critical studies and popular literalism ask the

  • Fifth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 24, 2015 The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the execution of German

    Thursday, September 24, 2015 Tikkun Olam: The Legacy and Future of Jewish – Christian RelationsFifth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 24, 2015 The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the execution of German and other European Lutherans who resisted the National Socialist regime. Such an anniversary invites the university and larger community to consider a relationship marked by polemic, persecution, tolerance

    Dr. Samuel Torvend, University Chair in Lutheran Studies