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Mission StatementPLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth. Approved by the Board of Regents, January 22, 2011.HistoryPacific Lutheran University was founded in 1890 by a group of Scandinavian Lutherans from the Puget Sound area. They were led by the Reverend Bjug Harstad, who became PLU’s first president. In naming the university, these pioneers recognized the important role that a

ANNUAL NATALIE MAYER AND RAPHAEL LEMKIN LECTUREUndesirables: Forced Mobilities and Internments in Mediterranean Bande Dessinée April 2, 2024 | 7:00 pm Presented by Professor Aomar Boum Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is free and open to the public. Professor Aomar Boum, The Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies in the Departments of Anthropology, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and History at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be our Lemkin Lecturer on Tuesday

ANNUAL NATALIE MAYER AND RAPHAEL LEMKIN LECTUREUndesirables: Forced Mobilities and Internments in Mediterranean Bande Dessinée April 2, 2024 | 7:00 pm Presented by Professor Aomar Boum Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is free and open to the public. Professor Aomar Boum, The Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies in the Departments of Anthropology, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and History at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be our Lemkin Lecturer on Tuesday

Section 1. Faculty members at Pacific Lutheran University enjoy all rights not only of the law of the land but also of their individual contracts with the university, which incorporate those embodied in the Faculty Constitution and Bylaws as approved by the Board of Regents under the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the university. The university is understood to be an institution whose members are responsible for and to its policies. Universities exist for the preservation, perpetuation

Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty Lutes often find ways to show gratitude to the community that supported their education, but Justin Foster ’02 got started early. An entrepreneur, marketer, and technology developer, he has been an active supporter of PLU and the School of Business since graduation. “I received a… August 13, 2019 Alumni, Internships, Career

2022 - Dr. Dayna BaumeisterCo-founder and Keystone of Biomimicry 3.8, Dr. Dayna Baumeister’s fascination with the natural world began with daily forays into the woods and mountains of Colorado, her childhood home. As an adult, nature has continued to inform her personal and professional endeavors. Dayna received a BS in marine biology from New College in Sarasota, Florida. After several years exploring the intricate relationships of coral reefs, she turned in her wetsuit and headed back to the

Individualized MajorThis program offers junior and senior students the opportunity to develop and complete a personally designed, interdisciplinary, liberal arts major. The course of study culminates in a senior thesis/capstone. Successful applicants to this program will normally have a cumulative grade point average 3.30 or higher, although in exceptional cases, they may demonstrate their potential in other ways. Interest in an individualized major usually emerges through conversations with

The School of Nursing uses the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual, latest edition, for rules of style, citation, and referencing for all formal, scholarly writing. All faculty are expected to be familiar with APA format, and courses are expected to require the use of APA in all formal papers. Faculty at all levels are expected to be able to assist students in improving their writing and mastery of APA guidelines. Students are introduced to the use of APA in the

A breach in the security of restricted data can lead to identity theft, legal action against the university, or other great harm to the university or members of the PLU community. While data security policies are designed to minimize the risk of such breaches, incident management and response policies must also be in place to guide institutional response if/when breaches do occur. For the purposes of this policy, an incident is an event that threatens the integrity of PLU data or the