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How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2013 March 3, 2013 How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel, opens March 8 in the Studio Theater of the new Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Often described as one of the most disturbing love stories in theatre, How I Learned to Drive contains issues of pedophilia, incest and misogyny. The audience is urged to examine their relationship with the term

PLU Organist performs Bach at Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 Sunday, December 4 at 5 pmPLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, based on the Advent hymn, Savior of the Nations, Come performed by choir

March 19, 2009 Something I Thought I’d Never Do: I never thought I’d become a rock climber Stretched out against a mock rock face at Tacoma’s Edgeworks Climbing Indoor Rock Gym, Kristi Reidel ’09 considered her next foothold, as she step-by-step scaled a 30-foot vertical wall with routes named “Big Scary Future” and “Channel the Hate.” This test of mental and physical endurance is one of the reasons Reidel, a senior at PLU, decided, almost on a whim, to take an outdoor survival and

April 14, 2014 PLU Forensics Team Places Among Top 30 in the Nation PLU sent six Speech and Debate members (from left: Pam Barker, David Mooney, Chris Fournier, Brendan Stanten, Andrew Tinker and Mamie Howard) to the national competition at Purdue University April 11-12. Seniors David Mooney and Pam Barker end season on a very high note By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s forensics team capped a stellar season with major honors at the 2014 United

April 25, 2014 Crowd gathers for Take Back the Night event at Red Square. The annual event is part of an international campaign to raise awareness against sexual assault. (John Froschauer, Photo). Take Back the Night event focuses PLU campus on the campaign against sexual assault By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development It comes down to a singular act of courage on an individual’s part, and taking responsibility for one’s own actions, to put a stop to sexual assault and violence

PLU named Top 10 Peace Corps producer in the country Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / April 15, 2019 Image: Pacific Lutheran University has been named a Peace Corps Top 5 volunteer-producing college for 2019. April 15, 2019 By StaffPLU and UPS Marketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 15, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University ranks fifth on the Peace Corps’ recently published list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 14 Lutes currently volunteering with

PLU, Dean Waldow receive NSF grant to continue lithium-ion battery research Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 30, 2020 Image: PLU Professor of Chemistry Dean Waldow has been researching polymers and ion conductors that could revolutionize the lithium-ion batteries used in cars and other vehicles. April 30, 2020 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 30, 2020) — The National Science Foundation has awarded PLU and Professor of Chemistry Dean Waldow a $230,000 grant over three

PLU helps celebrate Tacoma Pride Week by raising the rainbow flag on Red Square Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 10, 2020 July 10, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn Tuesday, Pacific Lutheran University celebrated Tacoma Pride Week with its second annual pride flag raising. Hosted by the dCenter, the online/campus hybrid event featured five student speakers, who spoke about what pride means to them, especially in 2020.“Although this is only our second flag-raising

Professor Wendy Shore receives 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Professor of Psychology Wendy Shore (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & Communications The Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring recognizes the efforts of a faculty member who serves as a personal or professional guide to students or colleagues and makes a profound difference in the lives of others as a role model, confidant, critic

How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2013 March 3, 2013 How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel, opens March 8 in the Studio Theater of the new Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Often described as one of the most disturbing love stories in theatre, How I Learned to Drive contains issues of pedophilia, incest and misogyny. The audience is urged to examine their relationship with the term