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  • Explore with Outdoor Rec https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/explore-with-outdoor-rec/

    . Successful steps have also been made over the past few years to modernize OR: the program moved into a new space in the Columbia Center last spring, and has purchased three new vans to more reliably transport students. The rollout of an Outdoor Rec app this year has streamlined the process of signing up for a trip, making it easier than ever to take advantage of the opportunities OR offers. “Out here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s just like a giant playground,” Thompson said. “I really feel like every

  • ​​Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/mathematics-major-lindsey-clark-24-noyce-scholar-teacher/

    university, and that’s been really valuable.” Clark’s taken English and political science classes, and those have given her new perspectives. “The GSRS major really gets you in everywhere and gets you to do everything.” Clark is also Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship recipient. Known as the Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Teaching Program at PLU, the scholarship is awarded to students of different backgrounds in their senior and graduate years who want to teach STEM subjects. “There are six of us

  • Peace Corps Prep https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/peace-corps-prep/

    cultivate relationships through cross-cultural exchanges. The university has frequently produced volunteers, who have served in places such as Mongolia and Namibia.As a result of PLU’s deep commitment to Peace Corps work, the organization approached university administrators to launch the new Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which debuted in the spring. PLU is one of just three universities in Washington state to offer the program. It combines hands-on experience and coursework that prepares

  • Bjug Harstad https://www.plu.edu/advancement/about-bjug/

    churches across Minnesota and North Dakota over the course of the next two decades. By 1890, Bjug was the well-respected founder of 17 congregations and three academies — the perfect candidate for the Norwegian Synod when it began searching for a man to lead a new educational venture in Washington state. It took nearly four years of toil, but in October of 1894 PLU was dedicated and opened for classes. Bjug served as its first president. Eight years after its beginnings, however, PLU had fallen upon

  • PLU’s Thank A Donor Day https://www.plu.edu/advancement/the-impact-of-your-gift/thankadonorday2019/

    ! Thank you!Allison '22, Environmental StudiesSince starting school, I have learned more about how different areas of study overlap than I ever knew before, met some fantastic friends that I know I’ll have for a long time, joined a new sport, and felt myself grow as a thinker and a leader. Without your generosity, this would not have been possible. Thank you.Hillary '21, NursingIt has been my dream to go to college and I didn’t think it was possible because of money. With your generous contribution

  • Dr. Oliver E. and Pamela J. Cobb https://www.plu.edu/africanartcollection/introduction/donors/cobbs/

    art, but the difference in what a Northwest piece cost and an African mask or figure was truly significant. And with his mother living in New York City across from Parke-Bernet auction house, Dr. Cobb would peruse auction catalogs and his mother would bid on possible acquisitions. When he and Pam married, she said she knew nothing about African art. However, as they visited dealers and auction houses in New York and Europe, especially London and Paris, and traveled to Mali, Burkina Faso and Cote

  • Seven PLU Faculty Artists, One Incredible Show https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2013/01/30/seven-plu-faculty-artists-one-incredible-show/

    , Bea Geller, Steve Sobeck, Jessica Spring and Michael Stasinos. The artworks in the exhibition range from ceramic vessels, sculpture, digital photography and paintings to printmaking and letterpress. JP Avila, associate professor of art and design, will be debuting a new body of work titled “Held Memory” using methods of cutting and folding, a technique used by several cultures for decoration, celebration and narration. The title, “held memory”, represents the piece in two ways. When paper is

  • Genny Boots ’18 – Resolute Online: Fall 2016 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/author/bootsgj/

    in New Jersey, and then New York, then overseas. I made it around the world and ended up here,” she said, laughing. During her nursing career Franklin was an active volunteer in the Pierce County Nurses Association and the League of Women Voters. She was a precinct officer for the 29th District (Pierce County). Franklin worked hard to get other nurses involved in nursing laws and greater health care legislation. “Nursing was going through a lot of transitions at this time and I thought if nurses

  • Healing Vocations: Studying Religion and Healing at PLU https://www.plu.edu/prism/healing-vocations-studying-religion-and-healing-at-plu/

    , medical schools and public health graduate programs are recognizing the importance of professionals who understand diversity and spirituality.  In fact, many medical and nursing schools now advise that practitioners take not only a medical history of incoming patients, but also a spiritual history as well. Such shifts in the medical marketplace helped inspire a new set of courses at PLU. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the Religion department will be offering a new set of linked courses: Religion

  • Upper Division Students https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/junior-senior-communities/

    require residents to have a meal plan. Additionally, if you are 21 or older, you may now have alcohol in your South Hall residence under certain guidelines. These apartments are in high demand, so apply early!Supplemental Application Required?NO (Harstad) – Nothing in addition to the continuing student housing application (for returners) and the new student housing application (for new transfer students) YES (South)Example ProgramsBelow are a few examples of programs that have occurred in Upper