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  • The PLU Day of Vocation is almost here! PLU Chemists are a big part of it this year! (i) Keynote: Michelle Long , ’85 PLU Regent and chemistry alumna, Tues 4/5, 7 – 8 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center Join PLU Regent and alumna Michelle Long…

    ! Wed 4/6, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., AUC Regency Room “Learning Together: Student-faculty Research and Vocational Discernment” Student-faculty research is one of PLU’s signature offerings for students. But what, exactly do students discover from this chance to join their professors in this sometimes hidden aspect of faculty life? And, equally importantly, what do faculty learn as they invite their students into their particular specialty? Join two research teams – Jp Avila (Art and Design) and Chad Hall ’10

  • This September, The News Tribune committed to a generous pledge to MediaLab, allowing them to continue to grow both at PLU and within the community. It is the News Tribune’s intent to continue the partnership with MediaLab for the next three years, through the 2014-2015…

    in the program.” Read Previous Earth, Sea, Sky shows Permanent Art Collection’s strong points Read Next “Physicality of the Present” opens in the University Gallery LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022

  • Communication Professor chosen for Hollywood fellowship Robert Marshall Wells, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Media Studies at PLU, was recently chosen as a fellows for an entertainment industry seminar in Hollywood. One of only 20 professors from colleges and…

    1959 as the charitable arm of the National Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, shapes the art of creating television by engaging and educating the next generation of television professionals. As the co-founder of MediaLab and founding director of the Center for Media Studies, Wells says his week in Hollywood will be an education that will yield long-term benefits. “I am excited to have the opportunity to meet and talk first-hand with entertainment industry executives,” Wells said. “This will

  • The book has a long history as a rich vessel for stories of the human condition. Amontaine Aurore and Kimisha Turner present their artists’ book “ Reverie, and other projects” . They will be joined by book artist, Carletta Carrington Wilson for this riveting exhibition…

    Previous Professor Justin Eckstein wins Rohrer Research Award Read Next Upcoming Senior Art Exhibition – “Palimpsest: Evidence of the Artist” LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022

  • The PLU Dance team opens with their upcoming show on Saturday, November 10th in the Eastvold Auditorium. The winter show will center around original works created by members of the PLU Dance Team that portray various emotions, events and concepts. The stories describe the highs…

    -trained ballerinas, while some members adapted from non-traditional training methods. “We hope that this opens up the gates for people to reach out and explore the different arts that our community offers and support the local art that our PLU community offers.” Tickets for this event can be purchased on Eventbrite. Read Previous Theatre & Dance take on the famous Greek tragedy, Medea Read Next A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale LATEST POSTS Theatre

  • Digging into history When Bradford Andrews looks at an obsidian core in his hand, he doesn’t see its indigo beauty, as it sparks back against the spotlight. The palm-sized flake gives PLU’s assistant visiting professor of anthropology a window into the everyday life of a…

    Hoelter’s count. While monotonous work, Hoelter and Treichel agreed it was exciting to see all the variations of this very practical art form. “This gives you an idea of how this site fit in with the Aztec economy as a whole,” said Treichel. “This is a very basic technology,” said Andrews, carefully handling the large flake in his hand. It was used to shaving, hunting, scraping hides and drilling. Obsidian is the sharpest substance on earth. Yes, even sharper than steel. Under an electron microscope

  • Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and…

    . On the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy ’07, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Thiel ’75 and mountaineer Jason Edward ’84 ’89. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. It is the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education since 2003 – its reputation and reach continues to grow with each event. “We wanted to

  • Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Jennifer Specht ’94 A passion for research and the needs of her patients By Barbara Clements It comes down to a series of small steps, fleeting encounters, or choices that may not seem significant at the time , but in…

    the PLU Summer Scholars program. (She didn’t know she’d also meet her husband there, Erik Brannfors ’95.)Once she arrived on campus, the biology major met now-retired biology professor Art Gee, who ignited her passion for research. Gee encouraged her to apply to medical school, which she did, graduating from the University of Washington in 1999. “Gee was one person at PLU who made a big impact in my life,” she said. And she’s so glad she took the plunge into med school and into research. After

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKMhp7hpYIs HBO DEF Poet to perform at PLU Critically-acclaimed slam poet and performer Carlos Andrés Gómez , star of HBO’s “Def Poetry” and Spike Lee’s #1 movie “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington, will perform on April 2 at 7pm in the PLU Anderson University Center…

    a new vision for our world.  This is why I do art.” The tour’s title, inspired by what Carlos strives to achieve through his work, encourages each person to recognize the powerful agent for change she or he might be. As Carlos states, “It’s not that one person can make a difference, each one of us on this earth does make a difference – for better or for worse. The only question is: which one will you be?” The event will consist of a full performance set by the artist followed by a book signing

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Taylor Cox ’15, a member of MediaLab, an invitation-only multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a Silver Award from the Mercury Excellence Awards for her branding and designs for MediaLab’s 2014 documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation…

    Mercury Excellence Awards for her branding and designs for MediaLab’s 2014 documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation.Cox, a senior Graphic Design major with an Art History and Publishing and Printing Arts minor, has been a graphic designer for MediaLab since 2012. The award makes Cox’s branding for the documentary Waste Not second worldwide in the “Campaigns-Nonprofit/Public Affairs” category. The film, which premiered in Fall 2014, explores global food waste. “I worked on the graphics