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  • Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Art & Design and Hospitality Services & Campus Restaurants are helping raise money for the hungry, one bowl at a time. PLU’s annual Empty Bowls event will be on Tuesday, November 15, from 4-6 p.m. in the Anderson University Center.…

    . The School of Arts and Communication at Pacific Lutheran University houses the Departments of Art & Design, Communication & Theatre, and Music and presents more than 250 events each season. Pacific Lutheran University offers approximately 3,500 students a unique blend of academically rigorous liberal arts and professional programs. Students develop skills in decision-making, analysis, communication and reasoning that prepare them for a lifetime of success – both in their careers and in service to

  • Margaret Matthews is a junior at Pacific Lutheran University who lived in Virginia and Oregon before moving to Tacoma for college. She will graduate in 2021 with a BFA with a concentration in Sculpture. She is already putting her talents to use with a class…

    have had friends who struggle with it deeply. The sculpture is made mostly of MDF wood. The tree is a combination of tin foil, caulk, tape, paint, and paper. The flowers are paper with watercolor and hot glue.” Photos by John Froschauer. Artist StatementThis work signifies the power of taking that first step of courage. Little things or big, acts of courage are hard to do and need to be acknowledged and praised. The triangles along the top represent military service, a lion, a bear’s paw, and the

  • The K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research recognizes up to two faculty scholars who have made significant contributions to their disciplines through disseminating research findings related to the discovery, integration, or application of knowledge. Chair of the Physics Department Bret Underwood was one of…

    , research, and service. Their peers have nominated and selected the recipients, signifying their high regard among those who know them well. Underwood’s scholarship stands at the forefront of theoretical physics, seamlessly navigating the intersections of Einstein’s general relativity, cosmology, high-energy physics, string theory, and loop quantum gravity. His outstanding achievements are reflected in his 28 refereed publications since 2006 and in the recognition earned through three invitations to

  • Darrel Bowman recently travelled to Washington D.C. to accept the national SBA Veteran Small Business Champion Award for 2011 in May. This award followed the Veteran Small Business Champion for Washington State and Region 10 earlier in the year and last year. (Photo by John…

    , especially in grooming the entrepreneurial spirit, in finding his first internship at Tacoma’s Metro Parks, and then joining his current company in 1999, which was then called AppTech, before Bowman took over the company and changed its name in 2005. Bowman is also actively involved in his community and veterans’ affairs. He advocated for new legislation promoting the use of veteran and service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses as a percentage of the contracted services in Washington state government

  • Artist Zhong Biao works on a canvas in his studio in the Blackbridge Art Village. The studio, along with that of 400 others, is slated to be torn down by the Chinese government. (Photo courtesy Paul Manfredi) Tearing Down the Studio By Chris Albert In…

    more trip to China and one more question to answer: What’s next? “Do you tear it down and reconstruct exactly what was there, but with approval this time?” Manfredi said. “It’s very open ended.” We will all know in the Spring of 2013, when he hopes to have the documentary finished. Read Previous Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do Read Next PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

  • PLU Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students, Laura Majovski (middle), introduces a parent to PLU President Thomas W. Krise during this year’s move in day. Majovski was named the recipient of the 2012-2013 Scott Goodnight Award in Region V of the National…

    Goodnight Award in Region V of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The award recognizes a senior student affairs officer that exemplifies: a sustained professional service in student affairs; a high level of competence in administrative skills; a merited stature among and support of students, faculty, and fellow administrators on the campus served; innovative response in meeting varied and emerging needs of campus; effectiveness in the development of junior staff members

  • 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…

    values; Freedom for expression and protection of learning; A liberating foundation in the liberal arts; Learning and research within community; The intrinsic value of the whole creation; Discerning one’s vocations in the world; and Service to the advancement of life, health and wholeness. Flowing from the creation of Core Elements, in July PLU and the ELCA Office for Colleges and Universities sponsored the first-ever conference on introducing faculty and staff to the intellectually robust and world

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—A team of PLU Marketing students has won the Social Business track of the 2015 Business Plan Competition presented by the Tacoma Entrepreneur Network. The winning team—Taylor Gonzales, Kevin McKay, Kayla Evans, Lindsey Campbell and Austen Wilson—is mapping a marketing plan…

    competition, sponsored by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation and the Civic Scholarship Initiative and hosted at the University of Puget Sound, will help EnVia bring retail products, crafted by female artisans and entrepreneurs, to the U.S. retail market. “As students learn and execute marketing techniques, it’s so wonderful that the outcome of this work will ultimately help women artisans/entrepreneurs build economic independence,” Mulder said. “It is just so PLU.” Read Previous PLU Presents Service Awards

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 15, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s 125th Anniversary Gala Christmas Concert will be broadcast on Christmas Eve as well as Christmas Day in the Greater Seattle and in Oregon television markets. Pacific Lutheran University’s 125th Anniversary Gala Christmas Concert will be broadcast on…

    Service (PBS) affiliates OPB and KCTS 9 (Seattle-Tacoma) will broadcast the concert during primetime hours on Christmas Eve. Both stations will also re-air the broadcast three additional times, including at least once on Christmas Day (full schedule below). The sold-out gala concert was headlined by New York-based Metropolitan Opera soprano and PLU alumna Angela Meade ’01, winner of the 2012 Beverly Sills Artist Award from the Metropolitan Opera and the 2011 Richard Tucker Award. PLU’s 2015 Christmas

  • Thousands gathered at the Tacoma Dome on May 28 to celebrate Pacific Lutheran University’s Class of 2016. The commencement ceremony marked the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit of vocation for roughly 700 ‪#‎PLUGrads‬. Commencement Photos Watch the Entire…

    to close “I am leaving this legacy to you…to bring peace, justice, equality, love & fulfillment.” — PLU (@PLUNEWS) May 28, 2016 Congratulations David! #PLUgrads pic.twitter.com/XeSINQst1n — Matthew Stariha (@MatthewStariha) May 28, 2016 Read Previous PLU President Thomas W. Krise: “A hearty congratulations to Friends of 88.5” Read Next PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for