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  • Good News for Lutes: Washington Legislature Elects to Maintain Funding for the State Need Grant Prog https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/07/15/state-maintains-need-grant/

    Tacoma, Wash. (July 15, 2015)— After negotiations concluded and legislators from both sides of the aisle reached agreements on an operating budget, transportation bond and a number of education issues, the third and final special session of the 2015 Washington Legislative Session, the longest in…

    -15 academic year. “PLU currently enrolls more than 600 students (more than 20 percent of students) who receive the grant, which amounts to more than $5 million in financial aid,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise. Students who attend private four-year universities and colleges are currently eligible to receive up to $8,517 in State Need Grant support. The legislature’s support of SNG funding, as well as the maintained funding level of the College Bound program,** is the result of separate bills

  • Hispanic Heritage Month at PLU: A New Student Group and Annual Lecture, and More https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/09/15/hispanicheritagemonth/

    TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…

    Emily Davidson) In a letter of support for the grant partnership, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson proposed to inaugurate (and institutionalize) an annual Latino Studies Lecture at PLU. The Tacoma partnership was awarded a $10,000 grant, whose mission is to: highlight Latino arts and culture and support Western Washington’s Latino-American population; promote public participation in programming around the documentary film Latino Americans; raise awareness and celebrate the

  • Speakers and Panels https://www.plu.edu/migration/speakers/

    8:15 a.m. | March 8 | Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts   Who: Bob Ferguson Title: Washington State Attorney General Bio: Bob Ferguson is Washington State’s 18th Attorney

    Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) at the U.S. Department of State. He leads the team responsible for managing a global portfolio of over $85 million in short-term training and technical assistance, research, and multi-year bilateral and regional foreign assistance programming to combat human trafficking. He works with a variety of interagency, international, and private partners to build the capacity of governments and civil society organizations to protect victims, prosecute traffickers

  • FAFSA https://www.plu.edu/financial-services/students/financial-aid/fafsa/

    To apply for federal and state financial aid, students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

    used to calculate demonstrated financial need and Federal Pell Grant eligibility. In calculating both the EFC or SAI, a variety of factors are taken into account: Family income Available assets Family size Parents’ age (which calculates their need to save for retirement) Number of siblings enrolled HT or greater in college during the applicable FAFSA academic year (no longer a factor beginning with the 2024-25 FAFSA cycle) Pacific Lutheran University’s School Code: 003785 How To Submit A FAFSAYou

  • For Parents and Caregivers https://www.plu.edu/counseling/concerns/tips-for-concerned-others/for-parents-and-caregivers/

    Sending your student off to college is an exciting time.  Many parents feel it is the culmination of years spent raising, educating and caring for their children.

    , reminding them of the many resources on campus, such as Counseling Services, Campus Ministry, the Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability, academic advisors, R.A.’s and R.D.’s, as well as other support groups and clubs on campus that can help students to learn valuable problem solving skills, is a healthy way of supporting your student without managing their challenges for them.  Students are often more capable of doing this than caregivers first realize.  There will be great pleasure and

  • Visa Support Letter for Family Visit https://www.plu.edu/iss/documents/visa-support-letter-for-family-visit/

    Support Document for WA ID and Driver’s License Application (link) view page

  • Pacific Lutheran University Psychology Professor Meets with Members of Congress https://www.plu.edu/psychology/news/pacific-lutheran-university-psychology-professor-meets-with-members-of-congress/

    TACOMA, WASH. (May 24, 2019) — A PLU psychology professor is doing his part to secure funding for federal agencies and programs that support social and behavioral science research. Dr. Corey Cook met with Washington Senator Patty Murray and other members of Congress on Capitol…

    Pacific Lutheran University Psychology Professor Meets with Members of Congress Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 24, 2019 Image: Image: Dr. Corey Cook (center) meets with Senator Patty Murray on Capitol Hill during COSSA’s Advocacy Day May 24, 2019 By Pacific Lutheran UniversityTACOMA, WASH. (May 24, 2019) — A PLU psychology professor is doing his part to secure funding for federal agencies and programs that support social and behavioral science research. Dr. Corey Cook met with Washington

  • Global Studies major pursues medical school to support health equity https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/global-studies-major-pursues-medical-school-to-support-health-equity/

    While at PLU, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She was excited about the idea of putting her global studies major to work to help others. In March of 2020, she…

    speak to that other than living in rural areas … and I felt that would be an opportunity to address health disparities, kind of merging health equity and cultural humility,” Chell says. “Also growing up in South Dakota, I felt pretty ignorant to the native nations in my home state. So, I knew it would also be an opportunity to learn a lot more about these marginalized communities.” Chell worked as a health systems coordinator providing a variety of support to the program. This wasn’t the first time

  • Speakers and Panels https://www.plu.edu/wang-center-symposium/speakers/

    How to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerously divided times 1:45 – 3:30 p.m. | March 7 | Chris Knutzen, Anderson University Center Who: Mónica Guzmán, Bridge-Builder, Journalist,

    the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, 22 Tribal Colleges, and UW collaborators, she is conducting 2 studies: (a) a psychiatric epidemiology prevalence and correlates study (N=3,202, and (b) a TCU-cultural adaptation of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS). Dr. Duran has also been Co-PI of an NIMH-funded R25 HIV and Mental Health research training program and a Co-Investigator on an NINR CBPR methods and measures study: Engage for Equity. 

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  • Scholarships and Grants https://www.plu.edu/admission-international/cost-scholarship/international-scholarships-and-grants/

    PLU is pleased to provide the following scholarship opportunities for International undergraduate students (effective Fall 2025):   International Grants Eligibility: International students, both

    (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland) Amount: $37,500 (renewable) plus 32 credits (Sophomore standing) Application: Not required   Housing Grant Eligibility: International undergraduate students who live in campus housing Amount: $2,500 each year the student lives on campus Application: Housing application submitted after the student has been admitted and paid their enrollment deposit.   First-Year Scholarships (President’s, Harstad Founder’s, and Regents’ Scholarships) Eligibility: High