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  • Communication students get first-hand experience running a campaign to help relieve medical debt PLU students in Professor Amy Young’s strategic communication class have spent the fall semester working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that competes with collections agencies to purchase unpaid medical debt for a fraction of the cost and helps folks run crowdfunding campaigns to… January 19, 2024 AcademicsCommunicationCommunityInvolvementProfessorsService

  • , and the Seaport’s educational touch tanks. Jan, along with a team of trained volunteers, teaches a wide variety of hands-on, innovative learning experiences each year to over 1,500 students visiting the Seaport. These lessons include Tacoma’s rich working waterfront history, the effects of urbanization on Puget Sound’s marine ecology, and state and federal cleanup activities in Commencement Bay and Thea Foss Waterway. She also collaborates to design educational exhibits annually experienced by

  • Explore our beautiful campus and learn about the history and community of PLU. 12:00pm: Lunch and Summer Berry Festival Enjoy a free lunch in the Commons, the main dining facility on campus, and our Summer Berry Festival, with local fruit and live music. Location: The first session at 9:30am will be held at the Center of Graduate and Continuing Education, 12166 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma, 98444. (See map) All participants are encouraged to arrive 10 minutes on earlier to find your parking and checking in

  • ), give you opportunities to engage with your host community outside of the classroom, and allow you to travel to different places within your host country. On study tours, you will explore and learn more about the culture, history and society of where you’re studying!InternshipsInternshipsGateway programs offer a wide range of academic internship opportunities that students can pursue! Onsite staff and/or faculty will support students who are interested in pursuing an internship, helping connect them

  • Benson Research Fellows Study Terminal Illness By Michael Halvorson.  Each year, the Business and Economic History program at Pacific Lutheran University awards summer research fellowships for innovative work that aligns with the mission of the University. Sarah Cornell-Maier, Benson Fellow In 2018, a student-faculty research team led by Sarah Cornell-Maier and… July 6, 2018 Business and Economic HistoryMark MulderSarah Cornell-MaierTerminal illness research

  • Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History Speaker: Justin Spelhaug, Vice President, Microsoft Philanthropies Introduction by Michael Halvorson, Professor of History and Chair of Innovation Studies Location: Zoom Friday, March 118:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Continuing Education Trauma Informed Intervention for Mental Health Providers Workshop Facilitator: Liza Suarez, Co-director of the Urban Youth Trauma Center (UYTC), Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University

  • byaden@plu.edu Around the World AUC 214, Chris Knutzen Hall6:00 PM - 8:00 PMTravel the world without leaving PLU! Take a tour of interactive table displays to learn about the unique history, character, and culture of different countries as represented by students who have personal connections to those locations. For questions contact Heather Jacobsen, jacobsha@plu.edu Wednesday, November 15th Namibia: Music and Medicine AUC 2014:00 PM - 5:00 PMPLU alumna Elizabeth Larios will share about her

  • Paul Ingram Professor Emeritus Email: poingram@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1968 Th.M., Claremont School of Theology, 1964 B.A., Chapman University, 1961 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise History of Religions Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Religious Dialogue with the Natural Sciences Process Theology Books Living without a Why Mysticism, Pluralism, and the Way of Grace foreword by Marit Trelstad (Cascade Books 2014) : View Book Passing Over and Returning A

  • Why Study Earth Science?Global society is based on geology. Our energy resources, construction and manufacturing materials, food and agricultural products, and building sites all depend on the geologic environment. Dramatic geological processes such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or floods impact many areas of the world. Less dramatic but ongoing processes such as rivers, wind, soil erosion and glacial movement sculpt the landscape and change how humans use the Earth’s surface. Geology

  • News Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar William Foege ’57 Featured / April 4, 2014 By Tom Paulson '80 RESOLUTE Contributor Editor’s Note: Tom Paulson met Bill Foege in the late 1990s while reporting on the newly emerging Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Paulson knew Foege had gone to PLU and mentioned that he did as well, and today they are friends. When Paulson asked Foege whether he had a photo of them together, Foege laughed, saying