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  • Information in the Time of COVID-19Updated January 14, 2020 at 8:45am. This webpage provides guidance and information given the unique situation of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is compiled based on information and emerging policies from the university, Education Department, The Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB), and questions submitted by students. We will update the content as new information becomes available and we further adapt our

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2016)- Erik Hammerstrom, assistant professor of East Asian and comparative religions, teaches Pacific Lutheran University students the fundamentals of Buddhism from the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar…

    registered for this course it was planned to be entirely off campus. While the course ultimately was not placed with TIES, Hammerstrom took advantage of the change to hyper-localize global education. “For me, Tacoma is a place with a history and a diversity that is us, we are Tacoma,” Hammerstrom said, “even students who are coming to Tacoma from outside the state or outside the Puget Sound Region, they need to understand that it’s not just the campus in Parkland.” Tacoma’s religious diversity comes from

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…

    , the student from Franklin Pierce, learned more about the university through his connection with the choir. The ninth-grader said he is impressed with PLU’s academics, motivating him to eventually pursue a PLU education. In addition to sparking McDonald’s interest, the 2016 Gospel Experience also grabbed the attention of Cunningham’s granddaughter, 9-year-old Jalean Peek. She stood on stage at the event and proclaimed she will one day attend PLU, as well. Cunningham hopes that exposure through

  • 2019 Higher Education China Study TripThe Confucius Institute of the State of Washington helps coordinate the Chinese Bridge Delegation for Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters. This is an amazing opportunity for university senior leaders & administrators, faculty members, K-12 school district administrators and policy makers, to travel for about ten days to China to learn more about China’s education system and how to connect schools in China and the U.S. 2019 Confucius Institute Senior

  • Professional Education Advisory BoardsThe Department of Education has two professional education advisory boards (PEABs) that oversee, advise and support the work of our professional preparation programs. The first is our Teacher Preparation PEAB, which helps direct our preservice teacher certification and professional development programs for teachers. The second is our Administrator PEAB, which oversees our administrator and leadership programs at both the residency (initial) and professional

  • A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School…

    PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Posted by: marshrl / April 13, 2018 Image: Tamara School Band, of Kumamoto, Japan, in a workshop at PLU with Ed Powell and Ron Gerhardstein and translated by Miho Takekawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The band visits the US every other year with it’s sister school Graham Kapowsin. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 13, 2018 By Kate Williams, Outreach Manager and Ryan Marsh, Administrative and Performance AssistantA prestigious all

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    avoided students sitting idle in a classroom.So, she called up Premo, who has worked 16 years for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, the organization PLU contracts to run Campus Safety. He and Gregson created the course with help from the guest lecturers, such as Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor. It included field trips to the precinct and the Pierce County Jail. Premo says the speakers were selected because of their knowledge of the topics within the course, which included policing philosophies

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…

    his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future.The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by poverty, violence and abuse. Cushman was one of several speakers who discussed resilience, in the seventh biennial event at Pacific Lutheran University that aimed to stimulate serious thinking on the global challenge. Cushman told attendees that his negative experiences as a child prevented him from envisioning a future in which higher education was valuable or even possible

  • it’s something we are directly involved in and know a lot about, at least from a student perspective,” said Evan Heringer ’16, chief videographer of the film. “We were all pretty interested in what we found and came to the conclusion that pursuing this topic might help those who are attending or thinking about pursuing some form of higher education, have a positive experience.”The resulting documentary, These Four Years, will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Seattle, Washington

  • PLU maintains an open door with a world superpower, empowering students to learn about politics and culture off the beaten path in a distinct region of the country.

    technology and how its growth impacts the environment, Manfredi argues that it’s vital for Americans to understand how China’s changes impact us all. “There’s no more important culture to study than China, right now, in the coming years,” Manfredi said. “What happens in China actually affects all of us on the planet. Fully appreciating what’s going on with China is really fully appreciating what’s going on here.”