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  • Upcoming events featuring the PLU Guitar Orchestra and Ensemble.

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  • LuteCard Services at PLU.

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  • Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Lutes!

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  • TACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- This week, PLU introduced “Open to Interpretation,” a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Hosted by Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, each…

    written quite a lot on intellectual engagement, public intellectuals and activism—I think there is a sense that to do political or social engagement is somehow antithetical to the academic project or disposition. A sense that we are to remain detached (thanks, Plato!), that we’re supposed to recuse ourselves from public life because we’re devoted to the life of the mind. But, I argue that is dangerous and myopic—university faculty have a unique platform by virtue of our position and perception, and we

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 1, 2016)— University Conference launched the beginning of fall semester at Pacific Lutheran University on Wednesday, setting a powerful tone for the 2016-17 academic year. President Thomas W. Krise delivered his annual state of the university address before a crowd of faculty,…

    tone for the 2016-17 academic year. President Thomas W. Krise delivered his annual state of the university address before a crowd of faculty, staff and administrators, underscoring the importance of moving PLU from a place of welcoming to a place of belonging. His speech unveiled the Listen campaign, an institution-wide effort to create a true, authentic sense of belonging for students of all backgrounds — regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith background, no

  • Three distinct stories of multiculturalism in Norway share one common desire: belonging despite difference.

    .” Behind it, a simple red chair and headphones that spew abhorrent speech targeted at marginalized groups. “I’ve seen the faces when people come out of this room,” Øzcan said. “They are changed.” “I’ve seen the faces when people come out of this room,” Øzcan said. “They are changed.” Magga says dealing with similar speech back home in Tromsø ultimately changed the way she looks at her identity even now, years after several older classmates hit her and called her names for being different. It happened

  • Christine M. Moon Professor of Psychology Email: mooncm@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Columbia University, 1985 M.A., Experimental Psychology, Columbia University, 1983 B.A., French Literature, Whitman College, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Development of Perception, Speech, Language, and Voices Biography Associate Professor, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences; Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington, Seattle

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  • PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center.

    often felt “stress” when it came to sexuality. She said she struggled reconciling Christianity and queer identity. “I had heard so much about (how) being queer was a sin, but I didn’t feel like a bad person,” she said. “Ultimately, I came to realize…I was loved for who I was.” While Brewer’s time at PLU helped her feel more comfortable with her sexuality, the campus wasn’t immune to larger societal tension surrounding LGBTQ issues. She recalls one incident in which someone painted hate speech

  • Where can a liberal arts degree in Music Composition lead you? In my case it has led to a life of travel, study, program development, tour-guiding, international relations and eventually a handshake with the President of China. Here’s the tale. TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 29, 2015)—The…

    journalists visiting the United States last week. Here in Tacoma, I also participated in numerous meetings or events with the delegation from Fuzhou, our Sister City. They were here because President Xi had worked with them for 18 years as an official in their city and province, and they were eager to gain publicity for their beautiful city, just as Tacoma was basking in the same international spotlight. As Chair of the Tacoma-Fuzhou Sister City Committee, I gave a speech on the steps of the downtown post

  • Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.

    a key component of the prize, to build laureates’ networks. Still, the visibility back home surrounding their work is most inspiring. Preceding a standing ovation during the fall ceremony honoring her, Nixon ended her acceptance speech with a quote from Pericles: “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” Nixon says the Greater Tacoma Peace Prize wasn’t for her, it was for everyone at Etta Projects. And for the world. Ottoson