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  • Summer Opportunities Research Experience for Undergraduates Programs (REUs) are great programs to attend in order to enhance your undergraduate research experience.

    Carleton College Summer Math Program for Women Undergraduates The NSA is the number one employer of mathematicians in the United States. A great way to get your foot in the door (and also a great way to have an extraordinary time working with cool math) is to participate in its Director’s Summer Program. Study Away Opportunities There are plenty of opportunities to learn mathematics in a variety of countries, and students are encouraged to spend some time studying mathematics abroad. Perhaps the most

  • After a hiatus last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 65 undergraduate and 22 graduate students from Pacific Lutheran University were able to participate in January term study away trips this year. The program took PLU students all over the world, with courses designed and…

    in England, Germany, Greece, Mexico, and Peru. The experiences were fruitful for both students and professors, in spite of challenges presented by the pandemic. “Study away is one of the big reasons why I chose PLU,” says Anna Van Vleet, theater major. She visited Greece this J-term as a part of professor Antonios Finitsis’ Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean course. She chose to visit Greece because of its rich theater history. “Before I left, there were a lot of things I was worried about

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    Hello from England! January Term (J-Term for short) , PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term… January 30, 2024 AcademicsSeekerStudy AbroadStudy Away

  • Over 130 students studied away in eight different locations (we call it ‘study away’ instead of ‘study abroad’) this January for January Term. Cece Chan ’23 takes us through the first week of studying away in Trinidad and Tobago.

    Study Away in Trinidad & Tobago Posted by: shortea / February 17, 2023 February 17, 2023 Over 130 students studied away in eight different locations (we call it ‘study away’ instead of ‘study abroad’) this January for January Term. Cece Chan ’23 takes us through the first week of studying away in Trinidad and Tobago. Read Previous Uncomfortable truths: Taking an Introduction to Holocaust & Genocide Studies class Read Next The A&P lab gets renovated LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus

  • The discipline of history focuses on critical analysis of text-based evidence from the past and seeks a detailed, complex understanding of individual and collective human behaviors as they have

    Why Study History?The discipline of history focuses on critical analysis of text-based evidence from the past and seeks a detailed, complex understanding of individual and collective human behaviors as they have emerged, intersected, and altered over time. Historical study examines and attempts to explain processes of change over time as they pertain to cultures, nations, institutions, value systems, and other major social phenomena. Historians also consider and outline patterns of causation

  • “It was an incredible experience that left my brain, heart, and hands full,” said Christiana Slater ‘20 of her study away trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. “My favorite expedition was to Mexico City, because I’d dreamed about visiting since I saw textbook pictures when I began…

    Study away at PLU Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 2, 2018 April 2, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardPLU Marketing & Communications“It was an incredible experience that left my brain, heart, and hands full,” said Christiana Slater ‘20 of her study away trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. “My favorite expedition was to Mexico City, because I’d dreamed about visiting since I saw textbook pictures when I began studying Spanish in middle school.” Study away participants can pick from semester or full-year programs

  • The roots of the liberal arts (artes liberales) extend back into classical antiquity. Roman education, for example, progressed from basic literacy (the province of the litterator), to secondary

    curriculum was profoundly enriched and expanded through Renaissance humanism with its insistence on the study of poetry and literature, history, language study, and ethics. Humanism fostered the recovery of texts, civic virtues, and spiritual values of classical Greece and Rome. Humanism counted “the human the measure of all things” and aimed to develop all human potential as gifts from God. The learning of the Greek language and study of Greek texts revived as these cultural influences came to the West

  • Welcome to the organ program at Pacific Lutheran University. For further information including a visit to the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, or a sample organ lesson, please contact Justin J.

    Welcome!Welcome to the organ program at Pacific Lutheran University. For further information includi

    School of Music, Theatre & Dance
    253-535-8669
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad (link) view page

  • This past Wednesday, students at Pacific Lutheran University attended the annual Study Away Fair, held each year on campus as our students contemplate applying for a yearlong, semester or J-Term course. It’s always exciting to see where the students chose to go, and why. This is particularly on…

    kind of way. Study away is a signature part of the PLU experience. Everyone should give it a try–you won’t regret it and your mind will be open to the world in ways you can’t imagine.Our commitment to study abroad is one of the core values of this university, as it provides an unparalleled opportunity for our students to engage in a culture other than their own and to be transformed by the experience, and perhaps engage in service to others. Because it’s not just that our students study away; it’s