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  • Sarah Saavedra ’22 shares her experience as a first-gen college student Posted by: vcraker / June 8, 2022 Image: Sarah Saavedra ’22, poses for a photo, Friday, March 18, 2022, at PLU. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) June 8, 2022 Sarah Saavedra ’22 is a social work major with a minor in psychology and a certificate in Peace Corps Prep. The Auburn resident is the first in her family to go to college. She credits her many scholarships for navigating college as a first-year student. While at PLU

  • The PLU Doctor of Nursing Practice degree prepares graduates in one of two advanced practice specialty areas, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).

    ensure a high quality, personable PLU experience. All clinical placements are arranged by the PLU faculty. There are full-time and part-time options DNP graduates are able to develop and evaluate quality within a health system, collaborate with inter-professional teams to improve health outcomes, and be leaders in the nursing profession.Connect With Us Fill out an inquiry form RSVP for an info session Make a phone appointment Ask questions via email PLU offers three pathways to earning your Doctor of

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  • The Department of Economics offers the unique opportunity to participate in an economics alumni mentoring program for all majors to help you prepare for your life beyond PLU.

    Brian Sung ’24 discusses his business and econ majors, Oxford trip, and PLU experience as a first generation Chinese immigrant Read More Welcome to PLU Economics Opportunities Summer Internship: Economics major finds family environment with global company Read More Here Keegan Dolan's Dream Internship and the Mentor Who Helped Guide Him Full Story Here Economics Mentorship Program Life at PLU is about preparing for life after PLU Fall 2020 Resolute article Economics student paper accepted to

    Professor Priscilla St Clair, Chair
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  • Last year Martha Spieker ’16 was ASPLU president, now she works at Congress.

    health summits (official gatherings of Ministers of Health), including CARICOM, PAHO and African Union. He has served as an expert advisor to many Canadian provincial and U.S. state regulatory agencies, Health Canada, Canadian Public Health Agency, U.S. Center for Disease Control, the U.S. Veterans Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human services. He has 17 years experience as a licensed practicing neonatologist in Canada and the U.S. Dr. Graven has been faculty at the University

  • Associate Professor Claudia Berguson says PLU’s link to Norway informs the values carried through its mission.

    and unique Greater Tacoma Peace Prize organization that honors our own local peacebuilders. We recognize our Norwegian, international alumni as important connections between the more recent past and today. Last but not least, we can be inspired by our PLU students who have ventured to Norway to study and experience for themselves Norway’s political, cultural and environmental relevance in the world today. The sociologist Hans Magnus Enzensberger once remarked that Norway is at once an ethnological

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    5 Graduate Degrees to Address the Negative Impacts of COVID-19 COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic — where were you when you first heard the words that would impact your life experience? In times of pandemic and adversity, we collectively faced an insurmountable challenge. People all over the world experienced uncertainty regarding the future, quarantine fatigue and a… March 2, 2021

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…

    in the Tacoma community he loves right away.Sarah Henderson, art major Sarah Henderson '16. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Natalie DeFord ’16 Sarah Henderson is an art major who chose to attend PLU because she loved the atmosphere when she visited as a high school senior. “Everyone was just so nice and open, and it just felt like I was where I was meant to be,” she said. “I knew this is where I was going to find myself.” She said her college experience has been valuable for many reasons, but was

  • History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and

    The History Capstone The culminating experience for the History major is History 499, the Capstone course. Spring 2024 Projects Joshua Reid Gives 2024 Schnackenberg Lecture For More Information 2024 Phi Alpha Theta PLU's Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society is welcoming new members Learn More Learning History at PLU Group work in Dr. Gina Hames' HIST 289 class, "Women and Gender in World History" More Curious about History at PLU? Listen to the Innovative History podcast, hosted by Fulton

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  • A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School…

    experience full circle. Mr. Yamamoto, Dr. Takekawa, GKHS band director, Paul Bain and Tamana Girls High School Wind Orchestra director, Mr. Shinichi Yoneda believe music connects the students and their audience, regardless of any language differences. While the Japanese students are in Pierce County, the GKHS students and their families host the girls, creating friendships to last a lifetime. The Tamana Girls High School students will have multiple band practices during their stay in Washington. For most

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 27, 2016)- Michael Farnum, director of military outreach at Pacific Lutheran University, is an advocate for connecting with the earth after he realized how it can help save lives. He was inspired by John Beal, a military veteran who was given six…

    sharing all of those things.” This year, Farnum and 12 PLU students worked on a piece of land called the Clover Creek Reserve. During the program, students worked on the land and learned about the native plant species. “We want students to get experience on their résumés by following an environmental restoration project from start to finish,” Farnum said. “We also bring in guest speakers and give them a chance to do some networking.” This year, those speakers included Rich Carlson, a biologist for the