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August 8, 2012 Construction projects continue apace on upper and lower campus By Barbara Clements Although students may not be on campus to see it yet, a lot is taking place around the construction zones at PLU. Work continues on the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, as phase two construction begins with the gutting of the auditorium, stage area and the downstairs. When construction is complete in 2013, the center will house a remodeled Eastvold Auditorium, the new Studio

October 16, 2012 Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust” speaks at a Brown Bag Lecture as part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program at PLU on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) Journalist and author examines IBM’s role in the Holocaust By Barbara Clements University Communications Let’s make one thing clear, said Edwin Black, an investigative journalist and author of “IBM and the Holocaust.” “There would have been a Holocaust without IBM,” he told a group

November 12, 2012 MFT alum, and professor receive the Anselm Strauss Award Jennifer Davis – ’07 PLU MFT graduate, David Ward – MFT program director and associate professor, and Cheryl Storm – PLU professor emeritus received the 2012 Anselm Strauss Award for their published article “The Unsilencing of Military Wives: Wartime Deployment Experiences and Citizen Responsibility,” in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. The award is presented by the Qualitative Family Research Network of the

April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications   The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job

September 11, 2014 PLU’s Marks Constitution Day With Free Speech (and More) Keynote Speaker U.S. Rep. Denny Heck Headlines Sept. 23 Conversation About Democracy By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will mark Constitution Day on Sept. 23 with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Denny Heck titled The Constitution is 227 Years Old … How is it Doing? But first, to prepare you—and to mark the official Constitution Day—Lutes will hand out copies of America’s

PLU Alumna and Gospel Music Superstar Returns to Campus Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 10, 2015 Image: Crystal Aiken ’97 returned to PLU in December 2013 to perform at the annual holiday luncheon. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) February 10, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ‘18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 10, 2015)—On Thursday, Feb. 12, Pacific Lutheran University alumna and gospel music star Crystal Aikin '97 returns to campus for a signing of her sophomore album, All I Need.Aikin

Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz at PLU: Video and Photos Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 A Powerful Presentation at PLU Watch Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz’s riveting talk on sexual assault, “From Victim to Survivor to Leader,” which she delivered to a rapt audience at Pacific Lutheran University on Feb. 17. FlorCruz publicly shared her own story of sexual assault for the first time; she also presented effective tips for preventing sexual assault, and for supporting its victims

PLU and Friends of 88.5 finalize sale of KPLU Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August. 31, 2016)- The sale of KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University to Friends of 88.5 FM was finalized on Tuesday, August 30.Friends of 88.5 FM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local National Public Radio affiliate, officially took ownership of KPLU at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In a sale approved

Diversity Center Alums: Complexities of Care and Service Abroad Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / July 10, 2019 Image: Angie Hambrick (from right, clockwise:) Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, sits down with Hispanic studies professor Giovanna Urdangarain, anthropology professor and PLU Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator Katherine Wiley, and anthropology and global studies professor Dr. Ami Shah to discuss service abroad. July 10, 2019 By Kenzie Gandy

Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance Posted by: Zach Powers / November 7, 2022 Image: Port leaders John Wolfe, Eric Johnson and Mark Miller all say PLU helped prepare them for their careers. November 7, 2022 Together, the ports of Tacoma and Seattle are the fourth-largest container gateway for containerized cargo shipping between Asia and major distribution points in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the East Coast. For this installment of Lute Powered, we interviewed three