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  • PLU Relay for Life Wins 5th National Top 10 Award Participants in PLU’s 2013 Relay for Life raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham Content Editor In April 2013, more than 400 Lutes participated…

    January 29, 2014 PLU Relay for Life Wins 5th National Top 10 Award Participants in PLU’s 2013 Relay for Life raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham Content EditorIn April 2013, more than 400 Lutes participated in PLU’s Relay for Life, not only raising cancer awareness but also raising enough money to gain major national acclaim. Again. PLU’s 2014 Relay for Life Date and time: 6 p.m. Friday, April 25 More info

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    enables me to connect with people in the field, other scholars and primary sources. Do you feel that you have been supported by PLU as a veteran and first-generation college student? Absolutely. The Center for Military Student Support helped me through online school and then being a commuter student further down the pipeline of life. My academic advisor, Professor [Gina] Hames, was also very helpful in guiding me through the graduate school process, as it is completely different from an undergraduate

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    in my research as a history major — it enables me to connect with people in the field, other scholars and primary sources. Do you feel that you have been supported by PLU as a veteran and first-generation college student? Absolutely. The Center for Military Student Support helped me through online school and then being a commuter student further down the pipeline of life. My academic advisor, Professor [Gina] Hames, was also very helpful in guiding me through the graduate school process, as it is

  • Get a glimpse of what life is like as a Lute! From athletics to arts, from leadership and service to just having a good time, from hanging out in the residence halls to exploring the Pacific Northwest, PLU students are engaged and involved.

    Campus Life at PLU Posted by: vcraker / May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 Get a glimpse of what life is like as a Lute! From athletics to arts, from leadership and service to just having a good time, from hanging out in the residence halls to exploring the Pacific Northwest, PLU students are engaged and involved. Read Previous How to be a Lute: Let’s get food Read Next PLU Student Named West Region Track Athlete of the Year LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean

  • Pacific Lutheran University was named a top Military Friendly School for 2013 by G.I. Jobs Magazine. PLU among top ‘Military-Friendly’ schools Pacific Lutheran University was named a top Military Friendly School for 2013 by G.I. Jobs Magazine . According to the magazine’s publisher Victory Media,…

    September 21, 2012 Pacific Lutheran University was named a top Military Friendly School for 2013 by G.I. Jobs Magazine. PLU among top ‘Military-Friendly’ schools Pacific Lutheran University was named a top Military Friendly School for 2013 by G.I. Jobs Magazine. According to the magazine’s publisher Victory Media, inclusion on the list of top Military-Friendly Schools represents the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s service

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 14, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. Pfeifle died Aug. 29, just before he planned to return to PLU for his sophomore year. Following the…

    PLU hosts celebration of life to honor Tom Pfeifle Posted by: Kari Plog / September 14, 2016 Image: Tom Pfeifle died Aug. 29 just before coming back to PLU for his sophomore year. A celebration of life will be held in Lagerquist Concert Hall on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. (Photo courtesy of PLU Athletics) September 14, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 14, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist

  • Ed Hrivnak ’96 with a poster of his new book “Wounded,” which tells of his experiences in the Iraq War. (Photo by Quinn Huelsbeck ’16) Scribbled notes on surgical tape become new book about Iraqi War by PLU nurse By Barbara Clements University Communications In…

    right decision, he admits now, 10 years later, it still turns over like a well-worn stone in his mind. “It was the right thing to do, but I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life,” he said. The book chronicles Hrivnak during his time in the in Iraq, when Hrivnak was a captain and flight nurse in an Air Force medevac unit charged with caring for U.S. casualties. Hrivnak first started writing the book – although he had no idea his musings would end up in newspapers, a documentary

  • Life Under Drones is the first of its kind: a gathering of leaders in scholarly, military, artistic, and technology industries to assess the influence of drones on contemporary life. Taking place September 18-19, 2019, Life Under Drones will feature keynotes presentations, panels, art installations, workshops,…

    Life Under Drones: A Scholarly and Research Symposium Posted by: Reesa Nelson / September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019 Life Under Drones is the first of its kind: a gathering of leaders in scholarly, military, artistic, and technology industries to assess the influence of drones on contemporary life. Taking place September 18-19, 2019, Life Under Drones will feature keynotes presentations, panels, art installations, workshops, student research, and more as leaders from an array of diverse

  • Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will…

    with death; and Trina McDonald who was drugged and raped repeatedly by military policemen on her remote Naval station in Adak, Alaska. And it isn’t just women; according to one study’s estimate, one percent of men in the military — nearly 20,000 men — were reportedly sexually assaulted in 2009. And while rape victims in the civilian world can turn to an impartial police force and judicial system for help and justice, rape victims in the military must turn to their commanders—a move that is all too

  • Darrel Bowman recently travelled to Washington D.C. to accept the national SBA Veteran Small Business Champion Award for 2011 in May. This award followed the Veteran Small Business Champion for Washington State and Region 10 earlier in the year and last year. (Photo by John…

    July 7, 2011 Darrel Bowman recently travelled to Washington D.C. to accept the national SBA Veteran Small Business Champion Award for 2011 in May. This award followed the Veteran Small Business Champion for Washington State and Region 10 earlier in the year and last year. (Photo by John Froschauer) To succeed: ‘Be persistent, be passionate’ Darrel Bowman’s best advice to graduates who are facing one of the toughest job markets in a generation is the same advice he gave himself when he was first