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  • 9 a.m. – Assistant Principal Heinen’s office Tad Heinen ’96 spends plenty of his time disciplining students. That’s part of the job. Not the part he enjoys, but he sees himself as what troubled students need to get through another year. Although many students have…

    September 1, 2009 9 a.m. – Assistant Principal Heinen’s office Tad Heinen ’96 spends plenty of his time disciplining students. That’s part of the job. Not the part he enjoys, but he sees himself as what troubled students need to get through another year. Although many students have heard his message over and over again, for many, it just hasn’t clicked yet.“We don’t want you to go down the wrong path,” he tells those students. In his office, Heinen tries to display pieces of his personality

  • Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It…

    March 29, 2012 Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It really started in the early single digits.” His mother, Carol (Martin ’75) Schlicher was a nursing graduate from PLU, and his father was a hospital administrator. So talking about health care was common around the dinner table. Schlicher also got

  • If you’re in the middle of applying to colleges, chances are you’ve heard about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Filling out the FAFSA is one of the best ways to make sure colleges, including PLU, can put together a financial aid package…

    just for you. This year, the FAFSA is scheduled to open on or around December 1. But don’t worry! There are a few things you can do right now to make sure you’re ready to hit the ground running once the FAFSA opens up. Here are our top recommendations:1. Set Up Your Federal Student Aid (FSA) AccountBefore you can fill out the FAFSA, you’ll need to create your FSA ID—your personal Student Aid account. This ID is how you’ll access the application and submit your information. And heads up: your parent

  • The 19th Annual KPLU Christmas Jazz Jam, 88.5 KPLU’s much-anticipated FREE holiday concert, features tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz –Thursday, December 10, 2015 from noon to 1 p.m. at a new venue on the Pacific Lutheran University campus: Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center…

    for the Performing Arts. Schwartz will perform Christmas selections with the University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, who will play piano with Anton’s quartet, which also includes bassist Clipper Anderson and drummer Mark Ivester. The event will be hosted by KPLU’s Kevin Kniestedt and broadcast live on KPLU. A live video stream will also be available at www.plu.edu/soac/webcast. House doors open at 11 a.m.  Early arrival is strongly suggested due to festival seating

  • Luke Van Tassel ’24 joins PLU Outdoor Recreation on a weekend rock climbing adventure in Vantage, Washington. Outdoor Rec is Pacific Lutheran University’s wilderness adventure club. They lead trips each weekend to scenic places around the Pacific Northwest. They also rent adventure gear out to…

    Around the PNW: Rock climbing with PLU Outdoor Rec 🧗‍♂️ Posted by: vcraker / June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022 Luke Van Tassel ’24 joins PLU Outdoor Recreation on a weekend rock climbing adventure in Vantage, Washington. Outdoor Rec is Pacific Lutheran University’s wilderness adventure club. They lead trips each weekend to scenic places around the Pacific Northwest. They also rent adventure gear out to the PLU community, and provide the resources necessary for any adventure! Keep reading to learn

  • Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do…

    Summer Internship: Economics major finds family environment with global company Posted by: tpotts / October 28, 2022 October 28, 2022 Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do after graduation. But when he took a microeconomics class, he says it all clicked, and he knew what he wanted to study

  • PLU Music Offers Online Ticket Sales PLU Music offers online ticket sales now for select concerts! Keep an eye on PLU’s  Eventbrite homepage  where you’ll find all upcoming concerts available for purchase. Upcoming concerts include: University Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 13 University Wind Ensemble on…

    PLU Music offers online ticket sales Posted by: taylormc / October 5, 2015 October 5, 2015 PLU Music Offers Online Ticket SalesPLU Music offers online ticket sales now for select concerts! Keep an eye on PLU’s Eventbrite homepage where you’ll find all upcoming concerts available for purchase. Upcoming concerts include: University Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 13 University Wind Ensemble on Oct. 18. Visit the SOAC website to learn more about tickets for all events in music, theatre and more. Read

  • Willie Stewart , who earned a Masters in Education from PLU in 1969, became the first black principal in Tacoma School District history when he was appointed principal of East Tacoma’s Lincoln High School in 1970. After decades of leading Lincoln, in 1999 Stewart was elected…

    School District as it renamed the Reengagement Center the Willie Stewart Academy in recognition of his decades of service. Stewart is one of 11 notable alumni currently featured in a billboard campaign that asks “what can you do with a PLU degree?” Others featured in the campaign include Android co-founder Nick Sears ’87, ’95,  Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 and Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01. Read all about the campaign and browse all 11 billboard designs in the latest online

  • Welcome New Phi Kappa Phi Members! We are pleased to congratulate School of Nursing students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. On May 13, 2016, PLU welcomed the first inductees to Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 333 during an inaugural Initiation Ceremony. Please join us in celebrating…

    Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi Inductees! Posted by: priggekl / September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 Welcome New Phi Kappa Phi Members!We are pleased to congratulate School of Nursing students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. On May 13, 2016, PLU welcomed the first inductees to Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 333 during an inaugural Initiation Ceremony. Please join us in celebrating the following students for their remarkable achievement and recognition by the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective

  • Andrew Whitney ’12 says the things he learned in his business classes that have been backed-up by his time at Bank of New York Mellon. “Everything has popped up once or twice while I’ve been here.” Andrew Whitney’s cool internship: Bank of New York Mellon…

    said ‘numbers like that you just don’t get anywhere else.’” His prof, Assistant Professor of Business Kevin Boeh, would know. Boeh is a former Wall Street investment banker whose accounts totaled in the billions of dollars. Like he does for all of his students, Boeh helped Whitney identify a good match for his skills, and helped him prepare for the interview. The result? Whitney took a summer internship with Bank of New York Mellon, working 40 hours a week. After the summer, Whitney was given the