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  • October is LGBTQIA+ History Month. While we encourage engaging with these topics year-round, October is a special time to reflect on the history of LGBTQIA+ movements, moments, and iconic figures. In this exhibit, the Center for DJS, in collaboration with the PLU Library, is choosing…

    portrayal of his personal experiences in a national context challenged America to uphold the values it promised on equality and justice. He explored these topics in such works as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, The Fire Next Time, Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Another Country. Baldwin firmly believed sexuality was fluid and should not be divided into strict categories, an idea that would not be acceptable until modern day. Through his popularity and writings

  • Brian Edward Galante (b. 1974) is Associate Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, where he conducts the University Chorale, University Singers and

    About the ConductorBrian Edward Galante (b. 1974) is Associate Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, where he conducts the University Chorale, University Singers and Knight’s Chorus. He also teaches undergraduate courses in vocal pedagogy for the choral music educator, secondary choral methods, and choral literature. Galante received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas and his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music

  • Pacific Lutheran University and The Connecting Link are two years into a productive partnership designed to offer graduate-level curriculum for the professional learning needs of educators

    The Connecting Link CoursesPacific Lutheran University and The Connecting Link are two years into a productive partnership designed to offer graduate-level curriculum for the professional learning needs of educators nationwide. For nearly four decades TCL has developed and improved rigorous and effective coursework guided online and on-site by experienced active classroom instructors. TCL instructors make genuine connections with participants, offering individualized instructional, assessment

  • What will the world look like when China is calling the shots? By Barbara Clements Even by the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2027 and will climb to the position of world economic leader by…

    . As China is already emerging as the new center of the East Asian economy (eclipsing, among others, Japan), the role of economic and cultural relevance will in our lifetimes begin to pass from Manhattan and Paris to cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the book states.  Jacques contends that it is the American relationship with and attitude toward China that will determine whether the twenty-first century will be relatively peaceful or fraught with tension and instability. “America seems relatively

  • outside organizations. Many of these organizations have their scholarship information posted in the scholarship matching website, www.thewashboard.org. PLU students have been particularly successful in receiving scholarships from the Washington Opportunity Scholarship and the Independent Colleges of Washington.  For a list of scholarships from organizations that have contacted PLU seeking to expand their applicant pool, click here. thewashboard.orgA new scholarship search engine specifically for

  • The Press is named in honor of T. Leslie Elliott, a retired editor and bookseller who in 1974 began teaching a course in the English Department entitled “The World of the Book.

    Founded in 1982, the Elliott Press is a hands-on workshop for students in PLU’s Publishing & Printing Arts (PPA) Program and for others interested in the history and artistry of the printed word. Students in the Elliott Press focus on traditional typesetting, printing, and bookbinding techniques as they create broadsides, artist books, and ephemera. But with the evolution of technology and aesthetics, some students also choose to use modern graphic design techniques in their work. Work by

  • When PLU science students returned to campus in fall 2022 they were in for a surprise. The previously outdated anatomy and physiology lab in the Rieke Science Center had been transformed into a cutting-edge learning facility, complete with best-of-its-kind educational technology, thanks to contributions from…

    $1.25 million matching grant from Pierce County in recognition of PLU’s demonstrated excellence in preparing healthcare professionals to serve the unique health needs of the region and as part of the solution to addressing Pierce County’s shortage of healthcare providers. Pending donor and community investments, the upgrades are slated to be completed by the 2024-2025 academic year. “We’re off to a great start with the A&P lab,” Auman says. “Continued community investment and support will take us to

  • When PLU science students returned to campus in fall 2022 they were in for a surprise. The previously outdated anatomy and physiology lab in the Rieke Science Center had been transformed into a cutting-edge learning facility, complete with best-of-its-kind educational technology, thanks to contributions from…

    raised toward the project cost, including a $2 million anonymous lead gift for the Open Lab and a $1.25 million matching grant from Pierce County in recognition of PLU’s demonstrated excellence in preparing healthcare professionals to serve the unique health needs of the region and as part of the solution to addressing Pierce County’s shortage of healthcare providers.Pending donor and community investments, the upgrades are slated to be completed by the 2024-2025 academic year. “We’re off to a great

  • One of Martin Luther’s essential reforming insights insisted that while human beings are called to work diligently in this world, they can do nothing to work for or earn God’s favor.

    7. Service to the advancement of life, health, and wholenessOne of Martin Luther’s essential reforming insights insisted that while human beings are called to work diligently in this world, they can do nothing to work for or earn God’s favor. This counter-intuitive insight, discovered in Luther’s study of the New Testament, contradicted the cultural perception that human beings are called to strive for “perfection” or keep many religious rules and, in so doing, earn the favor of the divine. To

  • New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital…

    is much more far-reaching than a simple remodel. The improvements will advance laboratory instruction and assure that all PLU nursing students have access to state of the art science simulation. “It will be one of the finest simulation facilities in the region,” said Terry Miller, dean of the School of Nursing. In Ramstad 317, small groups of two and three students work in the redesigned, rewired and newly floored 10-bed nursing unit. As they practice inserting intravenous tubes into the lifelike