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  • FAQ https://www.plu.edu/advancement/faq/

    opportunity, and sustain the University’s mission. Currently, the endowment spending rate is equal to 5% of the fund’s average assets during the last three fiscal years. How are endowment funds invested?The PLU endowment is invested in highly diversified asset classes, providing stability in principal. This stability has allowed the university to continue to provide a 4.50 percent payout each year even during the volatile markets of the early and late 2000s. The Endowment Investment and Spending Policy

  • Take a peak inside Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/comparative-vertebrate-anatomy/

    Take a peak inside Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Posted by: mhines / April 22, 2024 April 22, 2024 Follow Professor Egge’s biology class as they reconstruct a massive gray whale skeleton in a new Rieke Science Center classroom as part of BIOL 352: Comparative Anatomy.In BIOL 352, you take an evolutionary approach to understanding the complexities of vertebrate morphology. Through hands-on examination and dissection of preserved animal organs and cadavers (yes, including humans), we uncover the

  • Textbooks https://www.plu.edu/faculty-resources/teaching/classroom-instructional-support/textbooks/

    How do I order my textbooks for my classes? Each faculty member will receive a personalized link from Verba once the term courses are approved and listed in Banner. Textbook orders should be submitted no later than the first day of registration for a given term. With some exceptions, TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT STOCKED AT THE BOOKSTORE. PLU partners with Verba for our textbook needs, and textbooks are coordinated through the Center for Student Success. The combination of simple online ordering and

  • Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/alum-combines-passion-for-art-and-community-with-tacoma-creates/

    Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates Posted by: vcraker / August 5, 2022 August 5, 2022 Clarissa Gines was one of the first students to graduate with PLU’s art history undergraduate degree in 2012. It wasn’t easy—she had a child during her senior year, and juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as a gallery assistant, Museum of Glass associate, and gallery exhibitions manager for the next seven years. All

  • Life in the US https://www.plu.edu/continuing-education/shandong/current-students/life-in-the-us/

    different from those in China: Legal drinking for alcohol in the US is 21 years old Sexual interaction (verbal or physical) with another person (spouse, partner, or stranger) without their permission is called sexual misconduct, and laws in the US are clearer and stricter than in China. The US recognizes that anyone can commit or be the recipient of sexual misconduct (it is not just something men do to women). Engaging in sexual misconduct can result in legal action and/or consequences from PLU. It’s

  • In their own words https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/22/in-their-own-words-four/

    and career goals. I would like to thank the faculty at PLU for dedicating their time and resources for my personal growth: Dr. Toyokawa, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Ceynar, Dr. Grahe, Jane Ryan – M.A. LMFT, Elisabeth Esmiol – Ph.D., and David Ward – Ph.D. Andrea Oliver, Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science Why PLU? I am the last of all my siblings to go here, but I never planned on it. I went into my high school finals enrolled at another university. Inspired by President Anderson’s 2009

  • Client Projects 2019-2020 https://www.plu.edu/msma/client-projects-2019-2020/

    PLU PodcastingThis research conducted by MSMA student Nathan, took an exploratory look at the podcasting potential within Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business. The research focused on identifying the preferred format and content derived from measuring respondents’ input on several variables relating to both elements. Increasing Online Sales for South Tacoma Honda: Progressive insights Through Marketing AnalyticsThe primary objective of this project was to determine the most

  • Evening Readings 2019 https://www.plu.edu/mfa/evening-readings-2019/

    , Orion, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Best American Essays. She is Writer in Residence at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and teaches in prisons in Baltimore and at writing programs around the country. In early 2019, her new collection of essays, All the Fierce Tethers, was published by Sarabande Books.Peggy ShumakerPeggy Shumaker’s new and selected volume Cairn was recently published by Red Hen Press. She was honored by the Rasmuson Foundation with its

  • Past Presidents https://www.plu.edu/president/about/past-presidents/

    the newly named Pacific Lutheran College. From 1921 until his retirement in 1942, Xavier taught history, Bible study, Latin, Greek, nutrition, library science, botany, and zoology as well as continuing to serve as the College’s librarian. The library built in 1937 was renamed Xavier Hall in 1967 in honor of the fourth president of Pacific Lutheran College.Ola J. Ordal, 1921-1928 Ola J. Ordal was born on August 2, 1870. He received his early education throughout South Dakota before receiving his

  • (Not) Persuadable: The Discourse About Persuasion https://www.plu.edu/jane-austen/news/not-persuadable-the-discourse-about-persuasion/

    the sudsiness that renders Bridgerton so satisfying.” Bridgerton is a shorthand, it turns out, for a couple of related concerns. Style first and foremost: the visual cues that signal Regency and a very specific kind of Regency—no destitute, desperate people stealing chickens in these productions as there are in the Kate Beckinsdale Emma from 1996. Attitude, second of all, then. Bridgerton is about the self-conscious collision of yesterday and today, the past and the present, Regency and early 21st