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TACOMA, WASH. (April 11, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University is announcing a new major in criminal justice. Officially launching in fall 2020, the new program is designed for students interested in a wide variety of career fields, including law, policing, corrections, and victim services and…
PLU announces new major in criminal justice Posted by: Zach Powers / April 11, 2020 April 11, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 11, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University is announcing a new major in criminal justice. Officially launching in fall 2020, the new program is designed for students interested in a wide variety of career fields, including law, policing, corrections, and victim services and advocacy.“PLU is known for being a service-focused institution
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If you polled people, chances are few would raise their hands and volunteer to go back to middle or high school. For many, those were awkward times in just about every way imaginable. For folks that struggled with reading, writing, communication or other subjects, even…
a possible career in education, this is an opportunity to work with students and to learn the strategies of one-to-one and small group tutoring (which come in handy no matter the size of their future classroom),” Rogers said. “If they aren’t considering a career in education, they are most likely looking at a future in which service will play an important role either at work, or in their own communities of interest,” Rogers continued. “In this case, they are getting a chance to develop a more
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On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…
peace, Feller said; individually each student has taken a unique path, exploring varying majors, Study Away programs, fieldwork, service, training and hands-on facilitation. “These eight women are special given their capacities for peace-building and the strength gained from working together,” Feller said. “They also are special because they possess a combination of traits vital to this work: confidence, drive, empathy, flexibility, interdisciplinary knowledge, communication competence and patience
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PLU students in Professor Amy Young’s strategic communication class have spent the fall semester working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that competes with collections agencies to purchase unpaid medical debt for a fraction of the cost and helps folks run crowdfunding campaigns to…
$20,000 and plan a campus event in the spring that celebrates debt relief. “I think this is very in line with PLU’s values of care for the community and using your time and talent in service of others,” says Young. Read Previous PLU students visit Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn about health care Read Next Opportunities in Chemistry LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19
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Registration for Columbia Summer courses is now open at Columbia University. Explore the full range of multidisciplinary academic opportunities available at Columbia this summer across their two sessions: Session A (May 3–June 18) and Session B (June 28–August 16). Columbia Summer is designed to meet…
worldwide. For more information, please contact them at summersessions@columbia.edu with any questions and RSVP for an upcoming information session or course preview on their events calendar. Learn more! Read Previous Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship Read Next Foreign Service Regional Medical Laboratory Scientists LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15
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PLU benefactor dies A pioneering health care professional, philanthropist and devout and loving family member, Karen Hille Phillips passed away peacefully Sept. 13, 2010. Karen was born June 6, 1932 to Emil Otto Hille and Laura (Sandbrink) Hille. She was baptized and confirmed at Emanuel…
gifts totaling almost $10 million. She said her gifts were intended to help educate students for lives of service. Read Previous Something I thought I’d never do Read Next ‘We’re so much more than a bookstore’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman
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President Loren J. Anderson gives his 20th Convocation address, opening the 122nd year of PLU. Convocation 2011: “Lead Boldly” By Chris Albert President Loren J. Anderson welcomed students – new and returning, faculty, staff, regents, PLU corporation representatives and local ELCA clergy to the opening…
, service leadership and care – for other persons, for our community, and for the earth,” Anderson said. Read Previous Close encounters Read Next Remembering 9-11 COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning
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PLU named a 2011 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation The Arbor Day Foundation has named PLU a 2011 Tree Campus USA in honor of its commitment to effective community forestry management. This is the second year that PLU has been recognized. PLU…
observance and the sponsorship of student service-learning projects. “Students throughout the country are passionate about sustainability and community improvement, which makes Pacific Lutheran’s emphasis on well-maintained and healthy trees so important,” said John Rosenow, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “By achieving Tree Campus USA recognition, Pacific Lutheran University will continue to set an example for other colleges and universities and give students a chance to give back to both
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Inauguration festivities set to begin Sept. 4 To celebrate the installation of PLU’s 13th president , Thomas W. Krise, numerous public events are being planned in September, beginning with the opening convocation and inauguration ceremony, set for 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Olson…
Theological Seminary, will be the keynote speaker at the Lutheran Studies Conference on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. A local community service project in recognition of the inauguration will occur on Sept. 22. A special concert performance in honor of the new president will take place in Lagerquist Concert Hall on Sept. 25. The All Alumni Homecoming Soiree at the Hotel Murano on Sept. 29 will close the month-long inaugural celebration. — To read a profile of PLU President Thomas W. Krise, click here. Read Previous
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‘Making Seafood Sustainable’ Mansel G. Blackford will be this year’s speaker for the Ninth Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic history at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Anderson University Center. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will…
Senior Fulbright Lectureships in Japan. There he taught American history, comparative business history and American studies at Hiroshima University and two other universities in Fukuoka. In 2003, OSU named Blackford the Exemplary Faculty Member for the College of Humanities in recognition of his distinguished and sustained achievements in teaching, research and service. Mansel G. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will speak about “Making Seafood Sustainable
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