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  • On Exhibit: Library Resources about Homelessness “’Homelessness’ refers to much more than the situation of individuals who find themselves without an adequate place of residence. The standard legal definitions of homelessness . . . overlook the conditions of detachment or separation from mainstream society that…

    . Routledge. Credo Reference: https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy.plu.edu/content/entry/sharpesi/homelessness/0?institutionId=2410 This exhibit highlights the many resources on homelessness policies, current affairs, causes, effects, etc. that can be accessed or located through the search box on the library home page and the library’s online databases, including newspaper articles, academic journal articles, book chapters, reports, e-books, and print books on the library’s shelves. Below is the

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    lives, choose where they go to school or work and have access to water and food. You can’t help but care about hearing people talk about their hopes and dreams after seeing them denied on a first-hand basis. What type of work do you perform as PLU’s Vet Corps Navigator? I help provide our military-affiliated students (veterans, spouses or dependents) with peer-to-peer mentorship. In their transition to academic life, they have different barriers or obstacles than traditional students do. They have a

  • The School of Business at PLU offers a broad range of courses and skills. We offer areas of specialization (what we call concentrations) in marketing, management, accounting and finance. Students who are interested in international business may use any one of those concentrations as a…

    for Academic Affairs, School of Business Read Previous What’s in our room? Take a tour of Tingelstad. Read Next YouTube Short: PLU Women’s Lacrosse 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, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • The Office of the Provost works in close collaboration with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation to facilitate New Faculty Orientation, and to provide various New Faculty Development opportunities

    Continental Breakfast, Room 101, Hauge Administration Building (first floor) 9:00 | Welcome, Introductions, Cohort building Dr. Joanna Gregson (Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs) Staff (Office of the Provost) Dr. Tony Finitsis (Religion, Director of the Center for Vocation) — Cohort Building Activity) 10:00 | The Educational Mission of PLU; Introduction to Lutheran Higher Education Dr. Samuel Torvend (Religion, Wild Hope Center for Vocation) 11:00 | Cohort group photo, Break Sy Bean

  • PLU’s MediaLab Documentary Wins 2014 National Broadcasting Society Award Film premieres on campus April 10 By PLU Marketing & Communications and Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab has won a 2014 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho for its documentary…

    we have accomplished,” said Baumann, a senior producer of the film. Along with the film awards, graphic designer Taylor Cox  also won a Bronze Award in the 27th International Mercury Competition for her design and brand work. The Mercury Awards honor excellence in fields of public relations. Cox was awarded a 2014 Mercury Excellence Award in the Non-Profit/Public Affairs Campaign Designs category. Since its establishment in 2006, MediaLab has received more than two dozen national and

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global…

    for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global affairs will deliver a lecture titled “Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not.”Idriss is President and CEO of Search for Common Ground, a global conflict transformation organization with offices in 35 countries. He previously served as Deputy Director of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Senior Advisor at the World Economic Forum. Idriss, whose life’s work has been defined

  • Pacific Lutheran University is partnering with SkillUp Online, a private education company headquartered in Mumbai, India, with offices in North America (Bellevue, Washington) and Europe, to provide a range of affordable, online, continuing education technology and soft-business skills courses to local, national, and global communities.…

    offerings this August, 2021, will include three artificial intelligence computer science courses with pathways to the Microsoft AI Engineer and IBM Applied AI Professional certifications. PLU’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Joanna Gregson, views the partnership as “being in line with the university’s strategic plan for extending PLU’s reach through new online programs that meet workforce development needs and career exploration.” Provost Gregson’s perspective is echoed by

  • April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan. A political science and communication double major who recently earned an MBA at PLU, Nguyen followed the advice of a career adviser into a series of contract jobs in human resources. Not because she has career aspirations…

    her team! Lute Powered is a series highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations in the Puget Sound region. April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 is the last of three Lutes being featured from Amazon. The series also included profiles of Regan Zeebuyth ’01, senior manager at Amazon’s corporate affairs business operations, and Jon Grande ’92, Amazon Games franchise lead and head of product management for mobile. Read Previous Jon Grande ’92 embraces innovation, talent and fun at Amazon

  • Jon Grande ’92 was an intern at Microsoft the summer before he enrolled at PLU. His supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began.…

    three Lutes being featured from Amazon. The series also included profiles of Regan Zeebuyth ’01, senior manager at Amazon’s corporate affairs business operations, and April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21, applicant services lead for Amazon Technical Academy. × × Read Previous PLU’s youngest female graduate earns 2 degrees at age 16 Read Next Rising Amazon recruiter April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

  • Many students want to know how governments are organized, how rules are made and how government influences the amount and distribution of social rewards.

    example, about one-third of political science students seriously consider attending law school.  Others pursue graduate study in international affairs, public administration or political science. The faculty at PLU will encourage you to consider a variety of career possibilities, and include an internship in your study program.  Many students hold internships in state and local governments, law firms and in the national government.Special Departmental OfferingsPre-Law Advising Through the Department