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  • Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar From Opportunity to Opry Alumni Profiles / January 20, 2015 From Opportunity to Opry By Matthew Salzano '18 PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (June 5, 2015) — Deanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news

  • Three years ago we began a discernment process to select a set of attributes that are widely shared by PLU students, alumni, staff and faculty. We spent countless hours listening to folks from every corner of the PLU community. The result is a set of five attributes that embody what it means to be a Lute. This issue of ResoLute explores those qualities and tells stories that embody each one of them. LUTES EMBRACE COMPLEXITY The challenges of our lifetime are complicated — and so are the people

  • 253.535.7561 www.plu.edu/biology/ biology@plu.edu Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D., Chair To learn biology is more than to learn facts: it is to learn how to ask and answer questions, how to develop strategies that might be employed to obtain answers, and how to recognize and evaluate the answers that emerge. The department is, therefore, dedicated to encouraging students to learn science in the only way that it can be effectively made a part of their thinking: to independently question it, probe it

  • 253.538.6393 www.plu.edu/chemistry/ chair@chem.plu.edu Andrea Munro, Ph.D., Chair Chemistry involves the study of matter at the atomic and molecular level. Concepts and tools of chemistry are used to study the composition, structure, reactivity, and energy changes of materials in the world around us. At PLU, students will find a chemistry program that supports their interests, whether in the chemistry of natural products, forensics, the environment, biological systems, polymers, or inorganic

  • that she told me about her time in Hong Kong before she immigrated to the United States, and I would always be intensely listening to her stories,” Wong said. “She was so gentle and empathetic, and I wanted to treat those around me with the same compassion. This eventually led to nursing, where I wanted to extend that same care to not only those around me, but also to the vulnerable.” Wong’s time at PLU had a lot of twists and turns as she navigated life and studies during COVID, worked several

  • The Office of Institutional EffectivenessThe Office of Institutional Effectiveness establishes the infrastructure necessary to monitor and track our achievement of mission fulfillment. The work of the office will drive a systematic and sustained institutional commitment toward developing a culture of constructive, self-reflective monitoring and evaluation. This culture of monitoring and evaluation reflects our commitments as a learning community, where mutual accountability and sustainable

  • The College of Professional Studies Connecting Passion, Purpose, and Profession The College of Professional Studies houses the School of Business; School of Education; School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts; Innovation Studies; and Center for Media Studies. Mission Statement The College of Professional Studies is a dynamic and inclusive community of educators, artists, learners, and professionals dedicated to educating and empowering students to

  • The Legend of Sankta LuciaLucia was born to a wealthy family of the nobility in Syracuse on the island of Sicily in the year 284 AD. Her name derives from lux, meaning light. Her father died when she was still an infant and her mother raised her in the new Christian faith. At an early age, Lucia made a secret vow to remain a virgin and to devote her life to serving Christ and the poor. When she came of age, her mother wanted her to marry a man who was not a Christian. During this time her

  • Assistant Professor of Geosciences - HydrogeologyThe Department of Geosciences at Pacific Lutheran University invites applications for a tenure-track position in hydrogeology at the level of Assistant Professor to teach beginning September 1, 2015. Applications are welcomed from candidates with research and teaching interest over a wide spectrum of groundwater science applications that complement the areas of expertise of the current faculty. The areas of particular interest are low temperature

  • Quick Facts Why Study Religion? Religion provides orientation and direction for individuals and communities, societies and cultures. The study of religion engages enduring questions about the meaning of life in a context of liberal arts learning. While discovering the history, thought, and practice of various traditions, you will explore and clarify your own world view. Why Study Religion at PLU? You will find teachers committed to excellence in teaching. In addition to your classroom learning