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  • Commencement 2009 This year more than 650 students will make up the graduating Class of 2009 at PLU on May 24 at the Tacoma Dome. Here in their own words are a few insights from graduating students about their time at PLU and the next…

    intend to return to school in the near future to continue to study health care policy or economics and in the interim I wish to pursue an opportunity to explore these fields outside of the classroom. Kathryn (Katie) Oliver – Bachelor of Science in Biology Why PLU? My older brother, a great scholarship, a community that made me feel at home and ultimately a ‘chance’ last minute decision. My PLU experience: My four years at PLU are characterized by field trips, late nights studying, dinner parties

  • Thomas W. Krise arrived as Pacific Lutheran University’s 13th president on June 1. He was chosen for his passion for a liberal arts education, as well as being a strategic thinker and first and foremost a teacher and an academic. (Photos by John Froschauer) What’s…

    also some of the same attributes he values personally and ones that attracted him to PLU, he said. In one way, he feels that coming to PLU, with its strong academic programs, as well as being near Joint Base Lewis-McChord has intertwined the threads of his life. “I feel like everything in my life is coming together,” he said, adding that both his academic and leadership credentials will be valued here. Thomas W. Krise joined PLU softball Head coach Erin Van Nostrand and the team at Safeco Field to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…

    in his convoy near the border of Pakistan in June 2009, just three months after deploying to Afghanistan. “Of course that’s how Brian died,” his friend, Dom Calata, recalled thinking as the details of Bradshaw’s death began to surface. “Being a hero.” Still, despite the consistency of character that inevitably put him in harm’s way, Bradshaw’s loved ones never doubted he would come home. His death was the only thing that surprised them. “Brian is immortal,” Calata said to himself through tears as

  • During the 2022-2023 academic year, 237 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. We…

    located in Oaxaca, México, is unlike anything I’ve ever seen or experienced. Hierve de Agua given its name due to its semblance being “boiling water” is a naturally occurring spring water pool near natural travertine rock formations that resemble cascades. Hierve de Agua is surrounded by lush trees in the landscape. The water is healing, and makes skin and hair soft when leaving the mineral pools. It is renewing, refreshing and restoring. Oaxaca de Júarez, Mexico Fall 2022 Read Previous On Exhibit

  • A walking tour from a graduating senior about her time at PLU Welcome to PLU! I’m the senior you, and I’ll be your tour guide today. I’ve spent almost four years on this campus, and have come to know it well. I want to show…

    Library. To get to the library, you can walk on the paved walkway in front of the administration building . But you can also walk on the woodchip path on the side of the east wing, with green trees and ferns on either side, and you will choose this path every time. Sometimes you will imagine that you are making a mini-trek through the wilderness on your way from class to study or meet up with friends in the library, because on some days, this will be the only wild area that will be close enough to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…

    wilderness as park ranger after long journey traveling the world, exploring vocation Read Next Sidewalk project begins Aug. 29 to improve pedestrian accessibility near PLU’s campus 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching

  • In the movie Jerry Maguire , the lead character is an incredibly successful and charismatic sports agent. Jerry has a crisis of conscience one night, after the young son of one of his injured players curses him out. Jerry realizes he’s come to value his…

    statement called “The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business.” In it, Jerry challenges himself and his colleagues to care more about the welfare of their clients than about profits – to put people first. His colleagues applaud him to his face and then arrange to fire him. For good measure, they steal all of his clients but one: Rod Tidwill (played to near perfection by Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.). I find myself thinking back to that movie from time to time and how it relates to

  • Gaslighting is the through line and ultimate source of tension in season two of Sanditon . This psychological manipulation is present in Captain Lennox’s abuse of Mr. Parker’s trust and the financial entrapment that threatens to sap Sanditon dry, one more in a series of…

    ” understanding of it had shifted to a more holistic (and neurological) “disorder” by 1827. Then the physician Marshall Hall defined it as affecting “…all the several [systems] which constitute the animal frame,—the organs of animal and of organic life; the different sets of muscles..; the functions of the head, the heart, the stomach,” (OED). The continuity between the definitions is that the term “hysteria” was leveled near exclusively at women. Given its setting in the late 1810s, in Sanditon, Esther’s

  • Housing is something many of us take for granted. Much more than just a place to sleep and a structure to shelter us from the elements, our homes provide the space we need to maintain a functional life. It’s where we manage our mental health,…

    COVID, she didn’t have nearly enough to meet demand. “While I’m in a resource-rich county, we only have a limited number of housing vouchers and affordable housing supply,” she says. Back in King County, Bellwether Housing is working to meet the community’s need for housing for low-income households. Led by Boyd, the organization currently serves over 3,500 Seattle area residents in 2,100 homes and has over 1,000 additional homes in development. By locating its housing communities near transit

  • Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…

    reserve near Chengdu with PLU students. We got to see the pandas up close in their habitat. We went to the Great Wall. Almost all the visitors were Chinese, coming from other parts of China. This was our first experience of many, as we’re walking along the Great Wall — people stopping to take our picture or asking if their child could take a picture with us. Because we stood out so much. What cultural experiences did you find the most interesting while you were in China? Auman: There were a lot of