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  • TACOMA, 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 Peace Corps in countries around the world. Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps…

    Peace Corps in countries around the world.Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and anthropology professor, credits the institution’s commitment to global studies and public service for its high numbers of recent Peace Corps volunteers. “It demonstrates how our students are interested in the Peace Corps and how deeply committed they are to service,” Wiley said. “While the ranking focuses on Peace Corps, it also suggests how in general so many of our students choose to pursue

  • Lutes had a heck of a fall ’23 on the field, trail and court! #LutesMakeItHappen #AttawayLutes

    Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • Zyreal Oliver Chandler ‘22 shares the proper pronunciation of some of PLU’s building names.

    How to be a Lute: Lute language 101 Posted by: vcraker / March 2, 2022 March 2, 2022 Zyreal Oliver Chandler ‘22 shares the proper pronunciation of some of PLU’s building names. Read Previous Study away returns to PLU Read Next Meet some Rieke Scholars LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask

  • Check out the newly renovated anatomy & physiology lab in our Rieke Science Center!

    The A&P lab gets renovated Posted by: shortea / February 22, 2023 February 22, 2023 Check out the newly renovated anatomy & physiology lab in our Rieke Science Center! Read Previous Study Away in Trinidad & Tobago Read Next You Ask, We Answer: What is NCAA Division III? LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November

  • Student Cas H. takes us to a PLU favorite, Mama’s Pho!

    YouTube Short: Favorite restaurant near campus Posted by: shortea / February 24, 2023 February 24, 2023 Student Cas H. takes us to a PLU favorite, Mama’s Pho! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: What is NCAA Division III? Read Next You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Engineering? LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies

  • PLU Women’s Lacrosse have had a great season!

    YouTube Short: PLU Women’s Lacrosse Posted by: shortea / April 21, 2023 April 21, 2023 PLU Women’s Lacrosse have had a great season! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: Can I study international business at PLU? Read Next You Ask, We Answer: How do you accommodate dietary restrictions? LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global

  • Emma Stafki ’26 goes snow tubing with PLU’s Outdoor Rec!

    YouTube Short: Snow Tubing at Snoqualmie Pass Posted by: shortea / March 3, 2023 March 3, 2023 Emma Stafki ’26 goes snow tubing with PLU’s Outdoor Rec! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: How’s the food? Read Next Biology class participates in research project LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024

  • Ian Lindhartsen entered PLU with a plan. The 253 PLU Bound scholarship recipient from the Key Peninsula began his first year with plans to major in music education. But best-laid plans often go awry. Lindhartsen soon realized that wasn’t the path for him. He knew…

    offers studentsThe individualized major gives students the chance to design and propose their own program of study, charting a course through PLU’s curriculum that allows them to pursue their interests and prepare for their future. Recent individualized majors include: Music Business Global Health Business of Visual Art Movement Linguistics Digital Media Holocaust, Genocide & Indigenous Studies “It was kind of serendipitous that after not being able to really do anything vocationally, I was

  • South Sound colleges lead way to green future PLU has teamed up with South Sound colleges and universities to promote sustainability in Pierce County at the first “Tacoma Sustainability Summit: Education and Action.”The University of Washington Tacoma, located at 1900 Commerce Street, will host the…

    a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public. It will provide information about local sustainable services and products, including transportation alternatives, green construction, energy conservation and alternative energy sources, waste minimization and recycling, and global climate change initiatives. The event will feature an array of speakers and exhibitors. Those scheduled to speak include the group Bridging Urban Gardens Sustainably (BUGS) to discuss community gardens in Tacoma, and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2017)- Bonnie Nelson ’08 didn’t always plan on joining the Peace Corps. But when she met a returned volunteer in graduate school who helped her learn more about the organization, her plans changed. “It was through conversations with her about her…

    requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not?’” Zylstra and Williams were approached by the Peace Corps in 2015, in an effort to reach