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  • A commitment to educating the entire student https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/11/01/a-commitment-to-educating-the-entire-student/

    and community members – to make a connection with PLU. “People would feel much closer to the school,” he said. All this wouldn’t be important, Stuen and Olbertz agree, if PLU’s mission wasn’t something they could believe in. They do. Their other daughter, Elaine ’12, also attends PLU. Stuen, who volunteers for PLU as the alumni representative for her class of 1972, points to the university’s continuing focus on global education, as one of many things PLU does well. Add that to PLU’s commitment to

  • The ethics of food https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/02/21/the-ethics-of-food/

    key problems in food ethics: the ethics of global hunger; the ethics of food consumption as it relates to personal and public health; and the ethical underpinnings of “the food movement” and its attraction to local and ethically motivated supply chains.  Paul B. Thompson – the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics will speak at 7 p.m., Feb. 21 in the UC Regency Room. “He’s worked with the industry side of farming, and is interested in issues of sustainability and often has

  • Caring at the Core: Dr. Jennifer Specht https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/03/29/caring-at-the-core-dr-jennifer-specht/

    found his passion for medicine >> Return to the Caring at the Core main page >> Read Previous Zee rises in global law firm while retaining close PLU ties Read Next Caring at the Core COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU move-in day 2024 September 4, 2024 PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named President of NADIIIAA August 16, 2024 PLU

  • PLU MediaLab Film Project Nominated for Student Emmy Award https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/05/13/media-lab/

    erosion as well as supporting MediaLab in future endeavors.” The film premiered on April 27, 2019 at the Washington State History Museum and has received the Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Recognition for Student Documentary Short. The film was also featured in the National Film Festival for Talented Youth and Friday Harbor Film Festival in October 2019. ​ Living on the Edge ​is available to stream online via Vimeo.MediaLab MediaLab seeks to create high–quality content and services for

  • Environmental and Social Justice (ESJ) https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/djs/esj/

    issues and begin the work towards equity as engaged citizens on both local and global levels. ESJ promotes opportunities for students to challenge themselves to learn and act in ways that make a difference in the lives of others. The ESJ community is an exciting opportunity to meet new people, learn about yourself, explore issues of injustice, and serve as agents for change within your communities. Students will be able to have the added value of relationships with faculty/staff and collaboration

  • Context for 2013-2020 https://www.plu.edu/student-life/priorities_continuous_improvement/context/

    university in the advancement of the PLU educational experience. Facilities: Improvements continue across campus with renovated and expanded facilities and university policies. Local/global: There is increased university attention and investment of resources into the local community: 208 Garfield, Garfield Station, Habitat for Humanity build project, “Puget Sound Gateway,” housing, and local school districts. Entrepreneurial: There is increased interest to expand programs and endeavors beyond the

  • PLU Alumni Travel Seminar Homepage https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/plu-alumni-travel-seminar/

    PLU Alumni Travel Seminar Beginning in 2018, through a collaboration between the Office of Alumni and Student Connections and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, PLU has offered Alumni Travel Seminars. Led by PLU faculty, these programs provide a study away like experience for PLU alumni and friends of the university. Unlike a destination vacation, this program aims to provide an academic lens in locations around the globe, through readings, on-site experiences and

  • World Conversations https://www.plu.edu/wang-center/news-events/world-conversations/

    opportunity for students to share with each other, and especially those who did not go away, what they learned about crossing cultural borders and understanding other perspectives and global issues. World Conversations is also an occasion, through keynote addresses, to hear from members of the PLU faculty who are involved in significant research projects overseas or who have had unique international experiences. They too have much to teach us about our world. In February 2007 the PLU community joined

  • PLU Admission Blog in Hispanic Studies https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/hispanic-studies/

    Growing into her own: how Sarah Davis ’23 discovered her passion for plant biology Sarah Davis, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion. “I have… May 11, 2023 AcademicsBiologyHispanic StudiesResearchStudy AbroadStudy Away

  • Articles Posted by https://www.plu.edu/psychology/news/author/marcom-web-group/

    Passion for solving unanswered questions drives PLU alum’s research career TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 24, 2019) — Research has become Pacific Lutheran University grad SarahAnn McFadden’s life. This year, McFadden ‘11 landed a position as a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Global Health in New Haven, Connecticut, where she spends her time analyzing factors… January 7, 2020