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  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 12, 2015)—The Pacific Lutheran University Sustainability Committee is now accepting proposals for projects that aim to make the PLU campus more sustainable. Accepted projects will advance energy conservation in any aspect of PLU life, feature…

    roles and will be able to be completed before June 1, 2015. Funded by the student green fund, the proposal process is open to any member of the PLU Community including current students, faculty, staff and recent graduates. Past projects have varied in cost and this year organizers say they hope to fund a variety of small and/or large projects, depending on nature of the proposals they receive. “The greatest thing about sustainability at PLU is that it can be whatever we want it to be – we are not

  • Study Away Shots Taken ‘Round the World Shelby Hasse took first place in the Natural Landscapes & Seascapes category for this scenic shot taken near Akaroa, New Zealand. 2014 Wang Center Photo Contest winners on display beginning April 9 PLU Marketing & Communications During the…

    April 7, 2014 Study Away Shots Taken ‘Round the World Shelby Hasse took first place in the Natural Landscapes & Seascapes category for this scenic shot taken near Akaroa, New Zealand. 2014 Wang Center Photo Contest winners on display beginning April 9 PLU Marketing & Communications During the 2013-14 academic year, 394 undergraduate students participated in global and local Study Away programs in destinations as far away as Antarctica and as near as the Tacoma Hilltop community.  As they travel

  • Take Back the Night at PLU Students attend a Take Back the Night rally at PLU. (Photo: PLU Women’s Center) Annual event aims to raise awareness about sexual assault By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women Center hosts the annual Take Back the Night…

    April 20, 2014 Take Back the Night at PLU Students attend a Take Back the Night rally at PLU. (Photo: PLU Women’s Center) Annual event aims to raise awareness about sexual assault By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women Center hosts the annual Take Back the Night march and rally, part of an international campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault, April 24 in Red Square. The event invites people to speak up and speak out about ending violence. Take Back the Night When

  • INMED – Reimagine IndianS into MedicinE (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program, will be open to 28 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Focus of the RISE Summer Academy: MCAT Prep: The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan to…

    INMED – Reimagine Indians Into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 Posted by: nicolacs / February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021 INMED – Reimagine IndianS into MedicinE (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program, will be open to 28 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Focus of the RISE Summer Academy: MCAT Prep: The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan to be taken in the summer program and continuing following the program. Supplemental Basic Science

  • PLU’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society, presents its annual One-Act Festival from Wednesday, January 23 through Saturday, January 26 at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s show, titled Accidental Love, explores many…

    Mitchell Helton ’15, Forbidden Fruit by George Jay Smith, directed by Jill Heinecke ’13, and Between Red and White by Kate Howland ’12, directed by Joshua Parmenter ’15. “This is a really great mix of shows with a really great mix of students, some who’ve been performing since high school and others who are in their first production,“ says Jill Heinecke ’13, who is directing Forbidden Fruit. The students are challenged with this quick turnaround production – they audition, rehearse, open and close in

  • PLU’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society, presents its annual One-Act Festival from Wednesday, January 23 through Saturday, January 26 at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s show, titled Accidental Love, explores many…

    Mitchell Helton ’15, Forbidden Fruit by George Jay Smith, directed by Jill Heinecke ’13, and Between Red and White by Kate Howland ’12, directed by Joshua Parmenter ’15. “This is a really great mix of shows with a really great mix of students, some who’ve been performing since high school and others who are in their first production,“ says Jill Heinecke ’13, who is directing Forbidden Fruit. The students are challenged with this quick turnaround production – they audition, rehearse, open and close in

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2015)- More than 225 families were able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner last week thanks in large part to the Pacific Lutheran University Delta Lota Chi Turkey Basket Drive. The student-led Turkey Basket Drive is organized by the PLU nursing group Delta…

    group Delta Lota Chi with the help of other PLU organizations and residence halls. Delta Lota Chi collects money and donations throughout November and uses the funds to go grocery shopping and put together bins with an entire Thanksgiving dinner inside. “Being able to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need feels amazing,” Kerri Selk ’16 said. “Especially when the majority of the families we serve are single mothers.” The volunteering, shopping and delivering is all done by students.  Selk

  • Into the clouds By James Olson ’14 On the rare cloudless days, from PLU’s campus, Mt. Rainier can be witnessed asserting its sublime dominance over the Pacific Northwest. The day I met Allison Stephens ‘01 was not one of those days, but its call could…

    July 2, 2013 Into the clouds By James Olson ’14 On the rare cloudless days, from PLU’s campus, Mt. Rainier can be witnessed asserting its sublime dominance over the Pacific Northwest. The day I met Allison Stephens ‘01 was not one of those days, but its call could still be heard, muffled and resilient. She told me that she would be climbing the mountain in August and that she was apprehensive about it. She also told me that she has never done anything like this before. The summit would be

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…

    show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27. Peter Serko is the writer and performer of “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg.” Serko lost his brother, David, to AIDS in 1992. Inspired by a memory quilt 20 years later, he began The David Serko Project in February 2012. To create the foundation of “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg,” Serko used Facebook to connect with more than 100 friends of David who helped

  • New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital…

    January 25, 2008 New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital beds arrived this fall, it became painfully obvious that more than brute strength was needed to get the 500-pound beds up the stairs. Instead, a large, third-floor window was removed and an extra-large