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  • 2024 Commencement & Celebrations ScheduleSpirit of Diversity Awards | Friday, May 10, 20245:30-7:00 pm | Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center Event is open to all. Graduating students of color, Queer students and First in Family students are invited to be recognized at this celebration, please RSVP. Event Planner: Center for DJS Questions: dsj@plu.edu Grad Fair | Tuesday, May 14, 20243:00-5:00 pm | Regency Room, Anderson University Center Event is open to graduating students

  • project. I would also like to thank all of my friends and family that have assisted and supported me through my years here at PLU. 2:40pm Emily Toycen 3:00pm, Consequences of Climate Change on Salmon and Their Relationship to Alaska Natives Luis Reyes Climate change and its effects have been presenting devastating outcomes to our natural world and the organisms that reside on it. One species that is dealing with this hardship is salmon, specifically those that reside in the Yukon River located in

  • Gary Mitchell '80: A Formative Experience for Him, and for Others The way Gary Mitchell ’80 tells it, his decision to attend PLU in the late 1970s had a lot to do with the idea of being close enough, but not too close, to his Bay Area, California, home. “I didn’t want to feel like I had to come back every weekend,” Mitchell said with a laugh. So when a friend from his church returned from his first year at PLU, reporting that he had a great time, Mitchell figured he’d try it himself. The

  • 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: “Holocaust Distortion And Denial” Presented by Dr. Yehuda Bauer and Dr. Christopher Browning, experts in Holocaust studies. Oct. 27, 2021 | On-campus and Virtual Thanks to the generosity of donors this event is free and open to the public. The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education at PLU is proud to announce that this year’s conference will be the first collaboration with the world’s leading Holocaust center, Yad Vashem, in

    Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference
    12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Conference ScheduleConference Registration The conference is free and open to the public. “Anatomy in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany - Politics, Science, Ethics and Legacies”7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) In this talk, the history of the interaction between anatomists and politics in Nazi Germany will be presented, as well as the changes in the traditional anatomical body procurement during that time, which included rising numbers of victims of the Nazi regime. The use of these

  • Kailey Lyman '16Following her dreams for teaching math and soccerKailey Lyman ’16 had a dream to teach math and coach soccer at the same time.  Her passion for math and soccer, coupled with the support and opportunities from PLU, helped her to achieve her goals. A dream has come true After Lyman graduated from the Master of Arts in Education program, she found her dream opportunity at Whitman Middle School in the Seattle School District.  She is now teaching eighth grade math and geometry as

  • Faculty Resources The Center for Military Student Support is here to assist you with how to best support your military affiliated students in the classroom to help them learn most effectively. DiversityStudent veterans are more likely to: Be older Be married Have children Have a disability Be working full or part-time Be a first-generation student Military Service Top skills and attributes strengthened by military service: Work ethic and discipline Teamwork Leadership and management Mental

  • Workshops Dates and Topics by New Faculty CohortPlease save the date for these important workshops as they are added. Attendance at each meeting for your cohort is expected. If you have questions regarding your specific cohort or are unable to attend a meeting of your cohort, please contact Laree Winer (winerll@plu.edu). 2023-2025 Cohort Fall 2023Please save the date for the upcoming Faculty Workshops: Friday, September 22 – 3:00-4:30 pm | Hauge Admin 101 Antonios Finitsis, Executive Director

  • October 6, 2008 Go vote. And take a picture. Vote. Doesn’t matter what party or on what issue. Just get registered and get to the polls on Nov. 4 and vote! Student Involvement and Leadership has joined up with the Washington Secretary of State’s “I Will Vote” campaign to encourage Lutes to vote, and send in some cool pictures while they are at it.“I Will Vote” is a social media campaign that will encourage PLU voters to make a visual pledge to vote in the general election on Nov. 4. To wit

  • September 3, 2010 State of PLU: ‘Strong and stable’ PLU President Loren J. Anderson addresses faculty and staff at the annual State of the University. (Photo by John Froschauer) By Chris Albert During a time of economic crisis, Pacific Lutheran University has not only managed to hold its own, but as a community, push forward with its vision to educate students who have a passion to make changes in this world, said President Loren J. Anderson in his state of the university address last week. “My