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  • During the 2021-2022 academic year, 149 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. Due…

    they are wearing Lute gear!1st Place Noah Dunham “Friluftsliv” This photo shows the beauty of the outdoors in Norway, and the best way to enjoy it in the winter – with skies. Friluftsliv is a common cultural practice in Norway, and is basically meaning to be active in the outdoors. Bø, Norway January 20, 20222nd Place Derek Gibson “Good Lookin’ Lindos” Although there is no visible PLU gear, this picture encapsulates Lutes Away perfectly, as nothing can sum up the Greek trip like the word “views

  • PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the…

    interested in our particular topic as an English professor is in theirs,” Swenson said. “We spend our lives researching and looking, watching the food channels, reading magazines, reading books.” While students are off working, interning and enjoying the summer sun, the Dining staffers are in the kitchen testing out new recipes – it’s a year-round practice, but summer offers a special time for them to really play with food. “I think one of our favorite things to do is look at street food around the world

  • TACOMA, Wash. (May 22, 2015)— With Commencement on May 23, Pacific Lutheran University sends its largest class ever out into the world—more than 800 Lutes are eligible to graduate, with 755 expected to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Judging by the accomplishments of the Class…

    to make a video like that, and I didn’t realize there was a bigger impact on the PLU community. That was also my first time in the Diversity Center, which led to me applying as a D-Center Advocate. That’s what helped bridge new paths in the PLU community. “Another one is my first volleyball practice as a Lute. We all just screamed and yelled everyone’s name in such high energy. It’s something you don’t expect as a first-year. I remember thinking, ‘Oh my gosh; this is exactly where I want to be

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2017)- Classes are over, tests are on the horizon and therapy dogs are waiting in the wings. It’s the end of spring semester, and for several hundred Lutes that means life after college beckons. Pacific Lutheran University students are fast approaching…

    whole new meaning for Takara Mitsui, who spent her college years scheduling friends between soccer practice and nursing classes. Reflecting on her journey to graduation, the busy student athlete said the heavy load challenged her for the better. “It taught me how to stay dedicated to what I do,” Mitsui said, “and how to persevere and work hard through the challenging schedule I had to balance.” Mitsui came to Pacific Lutheran University because of its reputable nursing school. She didn’t have a

  • Global health: Why does it matter? If public health was a fashion show, global health would be the new black. It’s hot. But what is global health, exactly? And why does it matter? Mark Twain once complained that everybody talks about the weather but nobody…

    kits or imaging technologies any time soon. Part of the problem here is the language of health care. American health care is euphemistically vague (physicians “treat” you and “practice” medicine) and it is also focused on sort of a “techno-fix” approach to problems. Got something? Take a pill. Many of the problems in global health can, in fact, be solved by new, innovative technologies. An effective malaria vaccine would be an incredible achievement. But such technological solutions need to be

  • He was working by age 8, picking cherries and apples under the Yakima Valley sun. In the spring he worked as a smudger. He’d sleep overnight in an orchard and when the alarms rang he’d sprint to light the smudge pots that warmed the trees…

    guarantee disrupts the general practice of higher education institutions, especially private universities, of routinely announcing three to five percent tuition increases each spring.Ferguson and her colleagues in admissions have been working closely with the university’s marketing and communications department to ensure that the language, branding, and outreach campaigns for these initiatives reach their intended audience. “We’re always thinking about things like what words will cut through the noise

  • On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…

    relationships after conflict,” she said. “It’s not the absence of conflict but the mitigating of it through relationships.” “I truly believe you have to have peace within yourself to spread peace,” she said. “Not perfection or everything worked out, but I try to practice peace in my own life, keeping a daily routine, working out, alone time, learning to actively listen and keep control.” Post-PLU plans: Espasandin will continue her studies in International Peace and Conflict Analysis and has been accepted

  • Originally published in 1991 Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’t…

    religious beliefs to critical scrutiny requires viewing theism as a hypothesis, and that the provisional and tentative acceptance this would allow conflicts with the decisive adherence the theist owes to God. As Alasdair MacIntyre has put it, The acceptance [of Hebrew-Christian belief] must be of a kind compatible with the practice of worship. Thus it cannot be in any sense a conditional or provisional acceptance, for this would perhaps make it possible to say, “O God, if there is a God, save my soul

  • PLU President Thomas W. Krise welcomes faculty and staff back to campus, highlighting the strengths of PLU and his goals for the future. (Photo by John Froschauer) “A University of the First Rank” By President Thomas W. Krise Good morning and welcome to the 2012…

    country in how much we accomplish with our own regular employees rather than outsourcing the work to other companies. The great benefit of this practice is that we can really all work as a dedicated team—all interested in the success of PLU—without the distractions of serving some other company or organization and its interests. Notable, Exceptional Culture What we have here at PLU is not common. You might imagine that other faculty or staff at other universities have just about the same things that

  • In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure By President Loren J. Anderson Welcome to our 2009 University Fall Conference. This morning we gather and prepare to launch the 120th year in the life of Pacific Lutheran University. We do so with…

    this effort as “the study year” and, in a way, the work begins today.  In the next hour we will hear from one of American higher education’s most informed and respected voices David Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Moving forward, the long range planning committee will be establishing a series of study committees to prepare background documents and reports. In addition, the committee will be encouraging every department across campus to