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  • Associate Vice President - Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability | Title IX | hambriaz@plu.edu | 253-535-8180 | Angie initiates, manages, and supports programs, initiatives, and services that enrich the university’s efforts to become a more diverse, socially just, and sustainable living, learning, and working community.

    services that enrich the university’s efforts to become a more diverse, socially just, and sustainable living, learning, and working community. She provides strategic vision on matters related to diversity, social justice, and inclusion on campus and is a prominent leader of the university, building strategic, intentional, and sustainable coalitions for social justice education and change. A Midwest girl for life, Angie is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Higher Education from Azusa Pacific University

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  • Tami Charles is an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of children’s, middle grade, and young adult books.

    share the three compliments from teachers that she remembers to this day, how those brief moments of praise influenced her writing life, and ways that teachers can change a young person’s life in the briefest of moments. Erin Entrada Kelly is one of the most celebrated children’s authors writing today. She received the 2018 Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe, a 2021 Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, the 2017 APALA Award for The Land of Forgotten Girls, and the 2016 Golden Kite Honor Award for

  • 9-12 Grand Award: We do not yet know the structure for the International Science and Engineering Fair for 2022. Typically we send one or more top 9-12 projects to ISEF.

    Awards InformationAwards 9-12 Grand Award: We do not yet know the structure for the International Science and Engineering Fair for 2022. Typically we send one or more top 9-12 projects to ISEF. We will post the plan for 2022 when we have more information. K-12 Awards: First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention receive a medal and a certificate. All participants receive a fair button, a participation certificate and other items. Specialty AwardsAll participants are eligible to receive specialty

  • Created in 2014, the Wild Hope Fellows program aims to nurture a yearly cohort of students who will study various perspectives on vocation and then undertake projects in the university that welcome

    Who are the Wild Hope Fellows?Created in 2014, the Wild Hope Fellows program aims to nurture a yearly cohort of students who will study various perspectives on vocation and then undertake projects in the university that welcome students into thoughtful reflection on leading lives of meaning and purpose, now and when they graduate. Each spring semester candidates are nominated by members of the Center for Vocation Steering Committee.  The nominees are then invited to apply and interview for the

  • I believe everyone has the capacity for change and healing, even when it’s hard to see how. My goal is to create a safe space where you and your loved ones can experience growth.

    Justin Mootz, Therapist in TrainingI believe everyone has the capacity for change and healing, even when it’s hard to see how. My goal is to create a safe space where you and your loved ones can experience growth. Here, there’s no judgment, just a place to explore your life and relationships. As a systems therapist, I look at the whole you, including your thoughts, beliefs and emotions, all in the context of your closest relationships. Whether you’re an individual, a couple, or a family seeking

  • TACOMA, Wash. (May 23, 2019)— With Commencement on May 25, Pacific Lutheran University sends its next class out into the world—more than 800 Lutes are eligible to graduate, with 700 expected to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Judging by the accomplishments of the Class of…

    expected to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Judging by the accomplishments of the Class of 2019, we’re guessing those Lutes will start making an immediate impact on the world—mostly because they already have done so much at PLU. Here’s a look at just a handful of outstanding members of this year’s graduating class.2019 Commencement student speaker: April Rose NguyenMajors: Political Science and Strategic Communication Hometown: Kent, WA Selected accomplishments: Graduation Honors (cum laude

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    INOV 350: Innovation Seminar in Spring 2025 We are excited to announce the course will be taught by Professor Shelly Cano Kurtz, a PLU alumna with extensive experience in the field. Shelly is a 5x founder, author, CXO, and advisor with a focus on the $3T social impact sector. She has worked… November 21, 2024

  • Professor of History | Department of History | kraigbm@plu.edu | Beth Kraig’s strongest interests center on the history of discrimination and oppression (and resistance to those forces) in the United States, and especially in the 20th century.

    examinations of anti-gay ballot measures in the 1970s, racism in the military in World War II, and feminist voices in popular literature in the post-WWII decades. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary programs and fields of study, including Women’s Studies and Peace Studies, and has participated in research and projects that center on the importance of historical thinking in interdisciplinary contexts. Recent publications by Beth Kraig include articles on Grace Jones and Cynthia McKinney in the

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  • 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the…

    October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his

  • UPDATE: SAAC’s Inclusion Initiative Just Keeps on Winning By earning the first-ever NCAA Division III Diversity Spotlight Initiative award, PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has received its highest-profile recognition yet for its focus on inclusion—and it’d already received quite a bit. The NCAA’s new award…

    May 30, 2014 UPDATE: SAAC’s Inclusion Initiative Just Keeps on Winning By earning the first-ever NCAA Division III Diversity Spotlight Initiative award, PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has received its highest-profile recognition yet for its focus on inclusion—and it’d already received quite a bit. The NCAA’s new award recognizes and promotes outstanding diversity-related projects, programming and initiatives on Div. III campuses and conferences. Each month, one institution or