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  • 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

  • To mail your gift, please use the following address: Pacific Lutheran University Attn: Gift Processing 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447 Make your check payable to: Pacific Lutheran University

    Explore your giving options PLU goes beyond individuals chasing dreams; we’re a community of seekers, trailblazers, creators, and reformers who believe in achieving more together. Your generosity, spanning scholarships, academic programs, internships, faculty endowments, facilities and more, impacts how we learn, grow and change the world. Thank you for partnering with us in fueling this thriving community—both on campus and beyond. Our team is ready to help! If you’d like to discuss which

  • When we first catch up with environmental advocate Andrew Schwartz ‘07, he’s preparing for a massive road trip with his wife, Emily, and 8-month-old daughter, Maja. They’re headed east to visit Emily’s family in Illinois. But the 36-year-old Schwartz’s life has also been a journey,…

    bitterness, anger, and despair. But environmental work has a positive impact and can motivate and compel changes, even if in small ripples, at first. “Finding power in love really does inform and help me deal with dark moments,” he says. He cites a favorite Cornel West quote: “I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” “Now that I have Maja, every date in the future has her face on it,” Schwartz says. As an example, he points to 2030 as a huge year in climate change. Will a 10-year-old Maja be

  • After a year and a half of planning, production and travel, Namibia Nine will premiere on February 28 at 6:30 p.m., to coincide with Black History Month celebrations, in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. The…

    Save the date: Documentary ‘Namibia Nine’ to premiere in February Posted by: Todd / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 After a year and a half of planning, production and travel, Namibia Nine will premiere on February 28 at 6:30 p.m., to coincide with Black History Month celebrations, in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash.The film, created by a team of PLU filmmakers, explores the impact that access to education can make in the

  • Looking to make a change? Want to take the next step in your career or start something new? A Master’s degree in Business, Finance or Marketing Analytics could be the key to making that happen.

    Graduate Programs Webinar About the WebinarLooking to make a change? Want to take the next step in your career or start something new? A Master’s degree in Business, Finance or Marketing Analytics could be the key to making that happen. Pacific Lutheran University offers you opportunities to reach your goals in as few as nine months with classes in the afternoons and evenings. We have recorded a webinar to give you more insights about our graduate business programs. In the webinar, you will