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Commitment, visit plu.edu/admission/nedc.Learn more about the Nurse & Educator Dependent Commitment Read Previous How Matt Bliss ’98 turned a family tradition into Modern Christmas Trees Read Next PLU nursing students continue food drive tradition despite pandemic 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit

these systems at their source.One way that we strive to do this work every day at PLU is by helping to ensure that all students have access to a purposeful, transformative education.  PLU’s mission—to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care, for others, for their communities, and for the earth—is hardwired in Lutheran higher education’s core belief that study in the liberal arts is a liberating experience, freeing the learner from ignorance and a life focused

throughout the university, that core priorities are being upheld, and that progress is being measured and accounted for, so the school can adapt, respond, improve and thrive. “The work itself involves the intentional integration of strategic leadership, assessment, institutional research and accreditation,” McConnell says. “Ultimately the goal is to support people and processes and help move the university forward with intentionality and integrity to our mission.” McConnell joined the PLU faculty as a

million goal with gifts and pledges totaling $122 million. It raised $10.3 million in endowment for academics and mission and $13.7 million in endowment for student scholarships. Capital project support totaled $31.3 million for the renovation of academic and athletics, recreation and wellness facilities. Annual operating support and special projects rounded out the campaign at $23.1 million. “The overwhelming success of the campaign during uncertain times is a tribute to the loyalty and resolve of

the year. This year’s celebration is led by 15 outstanding PLU students, one of whom will be crowned PLU’s Lucia and receive a $500 scholarship. In Sweden, Lucia Day is celebrated on Dec. 13 in schools and in the workplace. In Swedish homes, the eldest daughter rises early in the morning, dresses in a white gown with a red sash and wears a crown of candles in her hair. She wakes her family at dawn and serves coffee, gingerbread cookies and Lussekatter. The Lucia custom was introduced to the PLU

, and I think they would be very proud of what they see here today. We at PLU are uniquely committed to our mission, which calls on us to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care – for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.  This mission is firmly grounded in our Lutheran tradition of higher education.  The word “care” is unusual in a university mission statement, and we emphasize it unusually strongly by saying:  care for other people, care

Leadership Lecture Series, and the MBA program 10-day foreign immersion experience. Becoming accredited helps ensure that students are learning relevant material, according the AACSB’s website. Accreditation is a voluntary process that includes an external review of a school’s ability to provide quality programs based on self-evaluations, peer-reviews, committee-reviews, the development of in-depth strategic plans, reviews of the school’s mission, faculty qualifications, and curricula. PLU’s School of

Robert Wells, director of the Center for Media Studies, another organization recognized for documentary filmmaking. Two former students within the center — Cara Gillespie ’17 and Elise Anderson ’17 — were nominated in the long-form, non-fiction category for their production titled “More Than a Mission: Stemming the Sex Trade in Angeles City,” which investigates the plight of young women trapped in the world of human trafficking in the Philippines. PLU’s popular late-night entertainment show, “Late

of Ferrucci Junior High) 15 PLU Alumni Use Alma Mater Pride to get Junior High Students Thinking About College Early By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s hard to imagine a workplace more loaded with Lutes than Ferrucci Junior High School in Puyallup—outside of PLU itself, of course. Of the 40 teachers on Ferrucci’s staff, 15 have attended and/or graduated from Pacific Lutheran University—and their stories just keep intertwining: •    Ferrucci Principal Steven Leifsen ’96 and

, to walking across the stage in Olson Auditorium at her Spanaway Lake High School graduation. Kreis has thrived in the community for years, and now she serves as the business outreach director in PLU’s School of Business. “Working at PLU feels so natural and fitting, a sort of coming home feeling,” says Kreis. “There’s definitely a strong pull to serve the community that gave me so much support at an early formative age.” In January of 2022, Dr. Mark Mulder, dean of the PLU School of Business