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PLU Vision for Global EducationEducating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world, both locally and globally. (2003 Strategic Plan for Global Education)The Mission of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged EducationWorking collaboratively with academic units and disciplines of Pacific Lutheran University, the Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of

religious identity. As recent as six months before graduating high school, it didn’t cross my mind that I’d attend PLU. I was a Spanaway native who always assumed the “L” excluded me from consideration. Then I toured campus and stayed overnight. I learned PLU’s middle name wasn’t a label, but rather a philosophy — a philosophy that energized me. I didn’t have to be Lutheran. The Lutheran in PLU means “come as you are, leave a better version of yourself.” I returned to the university in similar fashion

2021 Chemistry Capstone SymposiumThe 2021 Chemistry Capstone Symposium is virtual this year due to COVID-19.   Students have prepared recorded versions of their presentations for viewing by internal audiences.  Their talk titles and abstracts are listed below. We are all disappointed not to be able to have our usual in-person celebration of our students and their work.  At the same time, we have been very impressed by their extreme determination and persistence in this challenging and