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  • Here’s a comprehensive checklist of the things you’ll need to do this spring to prepare for your New Student Registration appointment in June (and we added the summer checklist too just in case). Easiest & Most Fun: Follow  @plu_2024  on Instagram to meet your future…

    , Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447 Buy textbooks for your classes Register for LUTE Welcome Week (New Student Orientation) If applicable, contact the Office of Accessibility & Accommodation (dss@plu.edu or 253-535-7206) to start the documentation and accommodation process If living on campus, touch base with your roommate! Athlete? Complete your Athletics Medical Clearance Checklist Bringing a car? Register your vehicle Read Previous PLU ePass & PLU Email Read Next Learning Communities

  • Here’s a comprehensive checklist of the things you’ll need to do this spring to prepare for your New Student Registration appointment in June (and we added the summer checklist too just in case). Easiest & Most Fun: Follow  @plu_2024  on Instagram to meet your future…

    , Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447 Buy textbooks for your classes Register for LUTE Welcome Week (New Student Orientation) If applicable, contact the Office of Accessibility & Accommodation (dss@plu.edu or 253-535-7206) to start the documentation and accommodation process If living on campus, touch base with your roommate! Athlete? Complete your Athletics Medical Clearance Checklist Bringing a car? Register your vehicle Read Previous PLU ePass & PLU Email Read Next Learning Communities

  • Scholarship applications have opened and we are now accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year. Incoming students (new or transfer) are eligible to apply for these renewable, merit-based awards. Read below for tips and tricks for preparing your best application! How do I apply? Apply…

    . When will I know if I’m receiving an Award? Letters with Award notifications will be mailed as quickly as staff are able once decisions are made and paperwork is processed. How do I keep my Award? After entering PLU as a first-year or transfer student, you will need to declare yourself as an Art & Design or Communication major by the end of your first year at PLU. If your major is dropped during your time at PLU, the Award will be revoked. Once you receive an Award, you will never have to pass a

  • Marcus Borg, who serves as Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland and Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture Emeritus in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University, presented a lecture entitled, “Speaking Christian: Reclaiming Christian Language,” on Wednesday, November 3, at the 6th…

    Department at Oregon State University, presented a lecture entitled, “Speaking Christian: Reclaiming Christian Language,” on Wednesday, November 3, at the 6th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture. The lectureship brings to campus nationally recognized scholars who creatively work within the historical, scriptural, and theological sources of a living faith tradition, bringing those sources into dialogue with contemporary questions and challenges. Borg argued there are two central features of “common

  • By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer During summer 2018, three templates options — Standard, Minimal, and Legacy templates — were added to the Sakai Request Course form. Sakai templates contain general tools and pages that must be updated by the instructor before publishing the site to…

    User Services/Instructional Technologies Individual Consultations Get support via phone, email, or one-on-one meetings Instructional support, course preparation:  Dana Bodewes, bodewedl@plu.edu, 253-535-7572 Technical support:  Sean Horner, hornersa@plu.edu, 253-536-5021 *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous New Sakai Templates – Released June 15 Read Next Teaching with Sakai at PLU LATEST POSTS Recording Instruction and Communications for Distance Learners March 31, 2020 Rethinking

  • Starkovich named provost By Greg Brewis Steven P. Starkovich has been named provost and dean of graduate studies through the 2011-12 academic year. Provost Steven P. Starkovich He had been serving as acting provost this year during the sabbatical leave of Patricia O’Connell Killen. She…

    atmospheric chemistry, graduating from Oregon State University in 1976. In the mid-1980s he served in the Oregon State Senate working on issues related to the environment, labor and education. In 1985, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Oregon in educational policy and management with an emphasis in higher education administration. In the belief that every small college should have an observatory, Starkovich wrote the “astronomy half” of the $500,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation

  • Even after graduation, a way to stay involved – 65 years later By Chris Albert When Annabelle Birkestol ’45 was deciding which college to go to, her mother gave her an offer she couldn’t refuse. Check out Pacific Lutheran University and, if you go there,…

    value in education is something she still carries with her. When I graduated it was the happiest day of my life and the saddest day because I knew I wouldn’t be able to live on campus anymore,” she said. But that didn’t keep her from supporting a place she enjoyed so much. For a number of years, Birkestol has contributed to the funding of Eastvold Hall, the Mary Baker Russell Music Center and much more. She’s given an annual Q Club gift since 1979 and has also contributed to the Scandinavian

  • “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” A screening of “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly” will take place at 7 p.m., Nov. 8 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The film will be followed by a short response by Pauline…

    October 29, 2012 “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” A screening of “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly” will take place at 7 p.m., Nov. 8 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The film will be followed by a short response by Pauline M. Kaurin, associate professor and chair of the PLU department of philosophy, with a discussion to follow. The film addresses the ethics of lethal drone warfare, presented by Bradley J. Strawser, assistant professor of philosophy at the

  • Katye Griswold ’13: ‘Quinoa, quin-what?’ Griswold and Eric Olson ’14 prepare the filling for Griswold’s famous Strawberry Champagne cupcakes. Griswold’s perspective on food drastically changed after reading a diet book written by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin during her sophomore year. She cooks a lot…

    inspiration: “Pinterest and my brain and Giada De Laurentiis and Alton Brown.” Where she gets her food: local farmer’s markets and Fred Meyer Grocery List: peanut butter, oatmeal, eggs, carrots, seasonal vegetables, apples, hummus, whole wheat or brown rice pasta, whole grain bread Breakfast: oatmeal with almond milk and peanut butter or honey Lunch: leftover pasta or something from Old Main Market Snack: Lara bar or a piece of fruit Dinner: quinoa and vegetables or soup   Read Previous Follow your dreams

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 23, 2015)— Pacific Lutheran University Assistant Professor of Sociology Kate Luther has been named to NerdScholar’s new nationwide list of “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire.” The 40 professors were chosen based on their ability to captivate and engage students in the…

    students to major in Sociology. “In fact, we see a drop in the number of our majors if we ever take her out of the Intro to Sociology teaching rotation,” said Joanna Gregson, PLU Professor of Sociology and Sociology Department Chair. Luther, who has taught Sociology at PLU for seven years, says she most enjoys working with students individually: “Because in addition to helping them problem-solve challenges that arise in their research, I also get to witness their sociological development and applaud