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  • Contributors Claudia Berguson Claudia Berguson joined the faculty of PLU in 2003. She is an associate professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures. Her primary areas of teaching in Nordic studies are migration literature, folklore, gender and equality, and Norwegian language. She worked to establish the Peace Scholars program, serving as coordinator through its first five years. Students continue to inspire her in her work as a professor, academic advisor and faculty director of PLU’s Norway

  • Summer Sessions 2024 - Important Dates and DeadlinesDates of InstructionUndergraduate Term I Monday, June 3 – Friday, June 28 Undergraduate Term II Monday, July 8 – Friday, August 2Undergraduate Full Term Varies by course Graduate Full Term Varies by program, contact program for detailsRegistration DatesPLU Students Registration for graduating upper division students opens April 15, 2024. Ask your academic advisor when you can register. Use BannerWeb account to register, or contact the Center

  • A History of the PLU Chemistry Department into the Early 1990's By William Giddings, Professor Emeritus September 1995 Anders Ramstad The early history of chemistry at Pacific Lutheran, beginning in 1922, was chronicled by Professor Emeritus Anders Ramstad (right) in Recent Developments in Sciences, a collection of papers honoring Professor Robert C. Olsen in 1975. After Myron Ringstad had taught chemistry classes from 1922-1925 and a year passed with no chemistry courses offered, Dr. Ramstad

  • . On approval of the department, one course (4 semester hours) in another field of study may be used for a double major in philosophy if it has a direct relationship to the student’s philosophy program. Transfer students will normally take 16 or more of their 32 hours at PLU. Students intending to major in philosophy should formally declare this with the department chair and choose a departmental advisor. Students must be a declared philosophy major in order to be eligible for departmental

  • October 1, 2013 Our Middle Name: People of Wondrous Ability Editor’s note: This essay is the first in a series of writings in Scene from various authors on Lutheran outreach in the world, and the impact and meaning of a Lutheran higher education. By Professor Samuel Torvend, Chair of Lutheran Studies In 1524, monasteries across Germany had closed, their property confiscated by greedy rulers. And with this, education of the young was abandoned. In desperation, Martin Luther wrote a heartfelt

  • semester hours for the major and 8 semester hours for the minor must be taken in residence at PLU. Bachelor of Arts DegreeMajors should plan their course of study in consultation with their departmental advisor. Major in Political Science 36 semester hours Required Courses 16 semester hours POLS 151, POLS 251, POLS 301, and POLS 499 Public Policy Requirement 4 semester hours One 300-level course designated as a public policy course indicating that it explores the art and science of policymaking at the

  • across campus. Leaders at Pacific Lutheran University agree.The institution recently invested more than $630,000 to improve accessibility for students such as Green, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when she was 3 years old. Growing up, doctors told her she may never move out of her parents’ house. Now, she’s a senior living in South Hall at PLU and considering law school. “I didn’t let that define me,” she said of the prognosis. Still, her journey hasn’t always been easy. Green, who

  • Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar ALL-STAR ATTAWAYS Featured / April 4, 2014 By Zach Powers ’10 Resolute Writer Did you know that: In the early 1910s, Theander Harstad and Anton Brottem followed their exemplary years on the PLU baseball team with careers in Major League Baseball? In 1940, the PLU men’s basketball team defeated the University of Washington? In 1988, Professor

  • October 13, 2008 Nurses tell of worldwide travels during panel They’ve traveled to the far corners of the globe: Liberia, Iraq, Vietnam and Colombia. They’ve seen desperate poverty, bombed out buildings, and quite frankly, incompetent medical care. However, the four nurses, all PLU alumni who returned to talk about their experiences for Homecoming on Friday afternoon, stressed that their stories don’t end there. Ed Hrivnak, ’96, Helen Holt ’97 (pictured above), Mary Barber ’02 and Mary Beth

  • Welcome Note Setting The Course On Campus Discovery Research Grants Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2016 Connection Events Lute Recruit Alumni Profiles Class Notes Family and Friends Mike Benson Submit a Class Note Calendar Highlights Discovery Faculty / Students / April 21, 2014 By Zach Powers '10 PLU Marketing & Communications S even months have passed since Jordan Spieth won the 115th annual U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash. That means much of the