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University in Chengdu, China, said Xi Jinping signed the 1994 document that created the Sister City relationship while he was Chairman of the Standing Committee of Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress. Chinese President Xi Jinping Youtz told WA China Digest that his initial involvement with the sister-city program was inspired by a $1.1 million grant project received by PLU and funded by the Freeman Foundation of New York and Stowe Vermont between 2002 and 2011. “We took 84 teachers, professors and school

PLU Directors Assist Federal Government on New Financial Aid Initiative Posted by: Zach Powers / October 28, 2015 Image: PLU Director of Financial Aid Kay Soltis (Photo by John Struzenberg ’16/PLU) October 28, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (October 28, 2015)-Pacific Lutheran University is on the cutting edge of the U.S. government’s financial aid process.The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator (NASFAA) was looking to recommend

PLU climbs eight spots in 2022 U.S. News & World Report college rankings Posted by: Silong Chhun / September 21, 2021 September 21, 2021 By Zach Powers ‘10Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University climbed eight spots, from 22nd to 14th, on U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 15 of the highly competitive category that includes universities from as

May 4, 2012 Loren and MaryAnn Anderson (far right) react to the unveiling of a bronze bust of President Anderson in front of the University Center, which was rededicated to the Andersons and their 20 years of service to PLU. In the foreground are Maren (Anderson) Johnson ’09, and her husband, Elliott Johnson ’07. (Photos by John Froschauer) Loren and MaryAnn Anderson University Center dedicated. Community celebrates 20 years of service by the Andersons. The Pacific Lutheran University community

getting acclimated to life at Pacific Lutheran University and earning his first six college credits for free.“I couldn’t pass up the opportunity,” Reinmuth said. “I was already excited to go to PLU, why wouldn’t I want to go earlier?” Eduardo Torres ’19 felt the same. “I was so stoked,” Torres said. “I was getting a month of college before anybody else.” Reinmuth and Torres were two of 17 students selected for the inaugural class of Summer Academy, an extensive residential program designed to further

July 11, 2011 Erik Hammerstrom, Assistant Professor of Religion (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU prof awarded prize from Yale University By Chris Albert In late June, the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University named PLU Assistant Professor Erik Hammerstrom the Stanley Weinstein Dissertation Prize winner for the academic years of 2008-2010. “At first I was kind of surprised – there are so many great dissertations,” he said. “It’s a great honor. It fills me with a lot of confidence that

the PLU Diversity Center, and another search committee member, noted that Krise is deeply committed to diversity. In addition, his references said “he was a strategic thinker and planner,” Hambrick said. Before coming to PLU, Krise, 50, has been Dean of the College of the Pacific, the arts and sciences college of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Prior to his appointment at Pacific, Krise was chair of the Department of English at the University of Central Florida in Orlando

involved in the partnership that unites young musicians from the two countries since 2008.   The exchange is made possible by a multi-pronged partnership between PLU, the Bethel School District, Tamana and Japanese music educator Tomio Yamamoto. Takekawa, who was born and raised in Japan, said she first became involved with Yamamoto and his exchange partnerships while studying for her doctorate at University of Washington. Now, the program extends to PLU, bringing together the joint concert band to

PLU Receives $11,000 Grant for Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has been awarded another grant from School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce to be used toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program.The $11,000 grant comes from the Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The MESA program prioritizes early exposure

PLU professor launches new class that immerses students in the local Buddhist community Posted by: Kari Plog / April 25, 2016 Image: Erik Hammerstrom’s class visits Tacoma’s Hongwanji Buddhist Temple on April 24. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 25, 2016 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2016)- Erik Hammerstrom, assistant professor of East Asian and comparative religions, teaches Pacific Lutheran University students the fundamentals of Buddhism from the