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, interpretation, and writing. It also provides critical perspective on and a deep appreciation of ideas and issues that have intrigued humanity throughout the ages, including those central to the Western intellectual heritage. This prepares students for a great variety of positions of responsibility, especially when coupled with specialized training in other disciplines. Those with the highest potential for advancement generally have more than just specialized training; rather, they bring to their work

Richard H. (Dick) Weathermon established the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies Fund through a gift of $125,000 in October of 2016. The endowment will fund an annual two-day artist-in-residence program, which will bring a renowned jazz artist to campus to perform with the University Jazz Ensemble and a local high school jazz band, lead rehearsals and public master classes and participate in other educational and performance activities. In addition, Weathermon, who

with the University and why they established the Buchanan Family Endowed Scholarship. “I attended a large public institution for my BS degree. I hated every minute of those four years! After I earned my CPA, I was appointed VP for Business & Finance at PLU in 1962 by Dr. Robert Mortvedt. I was immediately amazed and delighted at the marvelous ambiance, its students, faculty and staff. This was a community of support and care. The students studied hard but at the same time had fun, enjoyed their

Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology (B.S.K.) which offers two different pre-professional concentrations: exercise science and pre-physical therapy. Students completing these degrees often go on for further graduate study in physical therapy, sport psychology, athletic training, exercise science, recreation, public health etc., or enter into professions such as teaching, personal training, promotions and management, youth programming, coaching and other areas and do so in diverse settings such as

how PLU’s commitment to vocation supports its educational mission; demonstrate practical skills that nourish reflection on vocation (e.g., appreciative listening; silence; meditation); discuss vocation with other students; and serve as public representatives of the Center for Vocation at university events.The Center for Vocation welcomes the tenth cohort of Fellows for the 2024-25 academic year.Meet the 2024-25 FellowsSuhaib Ali Major: Business (Concentration in Finance)Lance Maligaya Major

Lute earns spot in prestigious public policy program at Carnegie Mellon, along with full-ride scholarship TACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2018) — Riley Dolan ’19 never intended to go into political science in college. That changed after coming to Pacific Lutheran University. His time volunteering for LuteVote through ASPLU, the university’s student government body, and Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign inspired… May 15, 2018 Equity, Faith, JusticeResearch & AcademicsStudent Life, Resources

Lutes football team. “PLU gave a lot to me. I’m from Anacortes and still local—after PLU, people tend to leave the South Sound—but I also work with Big Brothers and Big Sisters here, so I stay involved with that and with PLU.”Division of Humanities Marissa Meyer, Class of 2004 Major: Creative Writing and Publishing Hometown: Tacoma, WA These days: The New York Times bestselling novelist is the author of the Lunar Chronicles trilogy of widely acclaimed books, Cinder, Scarlet and Cress, which all have

Christian Responses to Plagues and Public Health: Two Perspectives from the History of Religion Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen, Associate Professor of Early and Medieval Christian History Lecture Description:  Through the discipline of religious history, this lecture the responses of two Christian bishops to a third-century Ebola-like plague and a sixth-century bubonic plague. Through primary texts we will explore how these events shaped theological views and social activity of bishops Cyprian of Carthage