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  • The Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) community seeks to create a safe, supportive, and diverse environment that challenges students to explore social justice issues and begin the work

    Color Wings For students who identify as People of Color (or not White) who are interested in exploring their racial and ethnic social identities and cultures. Environmental & Social Justice Wings For students who are interested in exploring the intersection of social justice and environmental justice and translating this knowledge into positive social change through leadership and action. Lavender Community For students who identify with the LGBTQ+ community and its histories, communities, and

  • The success of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation was established, in good measure, through the lives of the faculty mentors who engage their students with questions of meaning and purpose—in the

    identify as LGBTQ, and those who represent a broad range of religious and ethnic backgrounds; and a video that highlights the gifts of Lutheran education for a student body, staff, and faculty no longer largely Nordic and Lutheran.Let us help you create...In addition to the activities described above, the Wild Hope Center for Vocation is available to assist you in planning a workshop or event relating to vocation. Some of its recent activities include: a workshop series for those working in the

  • The list below reflects common internship evaluation methods to connect course content to internship experiences and inspire vocational discernment.

    Write a research paper with an annotated bibliography – Situate the internship experience within academic literature. Create a reflection portfolio, which includes: Goals at the beginning of the internship One journal entry per week for the duration of the internship An annotated bibliography to inspire research and critical thinking Goals at the end of the internship A closing reflection of the experience, where students can compare(what they thought the internship would be vs. what it actually was

  • Thanks for your interest in the Chorale and our 2017 spring tour. This website contains information about the choir and conductor Brian Galante, as well as print media designed to help spread the

    Chamber Singers. He  teaches undergraduate courses in Vocal Pedagogy for the Choral Music Educator, Choral Methods, and Choral Literature. Dr. Galante received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting, with a related field in Voice Science and Pedagogy, from the University of North Texas. He holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from Louisiana State University.Learn MorePHOTOS

  • The Natural Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program involves PLU faculty mentors with basic science research reflecting the natural sciences fields of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science,

    , mentors engage with and guide their selected PLU student researchers. The student researchers study research ethics, read peer-reviewed research literature, formulate research questions, carry out specific research procedures, record results, analyze data, write research reports, and present their findings through oral and poster forms. Mentors may include their student researchers as co-authors for papers presented at professional meetings or published in peer-reviewed journals. The student

  • The faculty members involved in the orchestra program recognize both the unique place of the orchestra in western music and its unique role in a comprehensive university music program.

    the institution A cultural resource in the larger community of which we are a part A participant in the critical dialog that characterizes a liberal arts institution A significant performance outlet, sponsor and promoter for new and under-performed orchestral literature We share with other large ensembles the method of making music as a community of artists and students. Equal in importance to the production of our musical performance is the process of cooperation in pursuit of a common

  • Violent incidents in society are becoming more frequent and mainstream around the nation and world. Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) believes your safety is the most important responsibility we are

    help make a selection, answer questions or find a product. At the first sign of suspicious behavior call campus safety. Concentrate on customer behaviors, not on appearance, age or race. 1 Do customers nervously and frequently make eye contact? 2 Does the customer seem to randomly pick up and put down products? 3 Frequent visits to the store without making a purchase. Profiling is an improper and illegal practice if it is based on race, age, or ethnic origins. It is strictly prohibited to single

  • Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates

    Trinidad.” Hughes acknowledges that many students are attracted to the program because of Carnival, an annual celebration rich with music, dancing, costumes and more that Hughes says “engulfs the whole country.” But the semester abroad provides students with deeper meaning behind the elaborate festival. “They go beyond just having a good time,” she said. Among the cultural education, students experience how people from a wide array of religious and ethnic backgrounds live side by side in a small, tight

  • Dr. Youtz has been part of the Trinidad Gateway Program since its beginning in 1993 and he began taking students to Trinidad and Tobago in 1999. This jewel of a country in the Southern Caribbean has a rich diversity of the world’s peoples and a…

    delicious! The students in the Trinidad program always read a novel by Earl Lovelace, one of Trinidad’s two most famous authors (the other is V.S. Naipaul). Lovelace wrote The Dragon Can’t Dance in 1979 which has remained one of the most loved and read novels in Trinidad’s history. It is an amazing read in part because Lovelace has a unique style and cadence (which earned him the Commonwealth Prize for Literature in the 1990s for another novel, Salt). Dr. Youtz said, “It has never been more important

  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in…

    a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says