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The life and work of Bjug Harstad (1848-1933)The Rev. Bjug Harstad, Pacific Lutheran University’s founder, was born on a small farm in Valle, Norway, on Dec. 17, 1848. The youngest son of 10 brothers and sisters, Bjug began working to support the family at a young age by herding cattle for neighboring farms — the beginnings of a lifelong work ethic. In the winter of 1860, Bjug’s parents made the decision to move the family to America. They set sail for Quebec by schooner, then made their way

Marilyn Knutson: Supporting Education and Providing Hospitality at PLU Growing up, Marilyn (Force) Knutson remembers that if you earned a dollar, a dime always went into the offering plate. It was just how her father, a Lutheran minister, raised the kids. That deep sense of giving back is still a guiding force in Marilyn’s life, as she was preparing for the seventh-annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture, which has taken place on the Pacific Lutheran University campus since 2006. The

Chemistry Endowments and Scholarships The following are Endowments and Scholarships housed in or related to the Chemistry Department. Please click on the title of a fund for additional information. If you wish to contribute to one of these endowed funds, please visit PLU’s gift page and select College of Natural Sciences Designations (click for more) and then choose Chemistry Department.The Laurence D. and Bonny M. Huestis Endowment for Faculty/Student Summer Research in ChemistryThe Laurence D

Why the Department of Art and Design?The art and design programs at PLU stress individualized development in the use of mind and hand. An art student at PLU is able to chart their own path through a variety of artistic styles and media. Students use methods ranging from a ten thousand-year-old technique to make pots to cutting-edge and industry standard technology to generate high-tech computer images. Art history and theory courses engage students in critical analysis of major artistic

10th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture 2015 featuring: Darren DochukCrude Awakenings: The Faith, Politics, and Crises of Oil in America’s CenturyWednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music BuildingOil has always enchanted Americans, and inspired them to think about their society’s future in sacred terms. Extracted from the earth in mysterious ways, often with the help of spiritualist devices and prayer, oil was at its origins imagined as

Wild Kinship: Disability Wisdom, Interdependence, and the Elemental World Julia Watts Belser, Professor of Jewish Studies and Disability Studies Core Faculty, Georgetown University 3:40 – 5:10 p.m. Regency Room, Anderson University Center Free and Open to the Public As part of the 11th Wang Symposium, “The Matter of Loneliness: Building Connections for Collective Well-Being,” PLU’s Department of Religion is happy to invite you to the 2024 Paul O. Ingram lecture. Wang Center Symposium: The

David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture 2014: Dr. Monica ColemanRev. Dr. Monica Coleman, “You Can Have it All: Theorizing Transreligious Spirituality from the Field of Black Studies, “Wed., Oct. 22, 2014 at 7:30pm in the Karen Phillips Auditorium. We are excited to have the Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman deliver the Marilyn and David Knutson lecture Wednesday, October, 22 2014.  She is a pastor, scholar and activist and one of the brightest lights in womanist / black theology. Because of her work with

2023 Rae Linda Brown Undergraduate Research and Projects Showcase 2023 Choice Award Recipients President’s Choice Mackenzie Mayhem “The Journey of Self” Dean’s Choice G Alvarado “Through Science Comes Art” Rebecca Auman & Erin Swanson “Romantic and Platonic Interpersonal Relationship Differences in Relation to Gender and Heteronormativity” Isaac Madsen-Bibeau “How Socioeconomic Class Affects Low-Income College Students’ Interpersonal Relationships” Hailey Wharton “Soprano Sings Opera!” People’s

Uncategorized 4250 Hello from the School of Arts and Communication Dean Mandi LeCompte December 12, 2016 Uncategorized 425 Views Read more

Funding Students for the International Science and Engineering FairDonateThe South Sound STEM Fair Alliance is a Washington nonprofit corporation with IRS tax exempt 501c3 status. We manage the Discovery Fair as our exclusive mission. We are an all-volunteer organization. Our assets are under $10,000. The cost for an annual fair, depending on the number of registrants and inventory carryover is around $3,500 and higher. Obtaining donations from corporations is increasingly difficult due to