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  • The PLU Master of Science in Marketing Analytics (MSMA) is a cutting edge, STEM-designated program offering an innovative analytics degree, specialized in marketing.

    (analytics, brand management, digital/social media, etc.). Those working in the industry who want the skill sets to advanced and executive positions can take online coursework with some evening mentoring sessions while remaining employed. Marketing isn’t required before entering the program (we’ll teach you!). In fact, anyone with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited institution can enroll in this program.Download free ebookDownload free ebook: Building A Career in Data Driven

    Graduate Admission
    Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • The scene: a cramped room somewhere in a Pacific Lutheran University residence hall at the beginning of the millennium.

    Hunters,” they went around campus collecting money to fund more advanced equipment for future projects. Jacobs calls it “the original crowdsourcing.” “PLU gave a lot to us,” he said. “The journey started there.” Dobyns, who Jacobs calls the “center of gravity” for the group, said he and his friends didn’t anticipate the fame that followed “The Gamers.” After the film was finished, they set up screenings at various gaming conventions. When they traveled to Gen Con, a convention in Indianapolis, the

  • it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. More About Jodie Rottle •    An April 2014 interview with Kupka’s Piano. Rottle, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, no longer just plays the flute; she has perfected it—and she’s also seriously expanded her musical repertoire: •    Rottle is a soloist, a chamber musician, a music teacher and a contemporary-music specialist who has premiered works by jazz and classical composers from around the world. •    She has performed at venues as varied as the Brisbane

  • Vo '18, ASPLU PresidentB.A. in Classical Studies and English PLU Fund Student Scholarship Recipient “I deeply appreciate the generosity of donors to keep PLU the welcoming and caring environment that has inspired me to further my education for the past three years. As ASPLU President, I have had the pleasure of working to further PLU as a diversity, just and sustainable campus. I wouldn’t be able to attend PLU without scholarships and have also been fortunate to receive research grants. None of

  • Vo '18, ASPLU PresidentB.A. in Classical Studies and English PLU Fund Student Scholarship Recipient “I deeply appreciate the generosity of donors to keep PLU the welcoming and caring environment that has inspired me to further my education for the past three years. As ASPLU President, I have had the pleasure of working to further PLU as a diversity, just and sustainable campus. I wouldn’t be able to attend PLU without scholarships and have also been fortunate to receive research grants. None of

  • Vo '18, ASPLU PresidentB.A. in Classical Studies and English PLU Fund Student Scholarship Recipient “I deeply appreciate the generosity of donors to keep PLU the welcoming and caring environment that has inspired me to further my education for the past three years. As ASPLU President, I have had the pleasure of working to further PLU as a diversity, just and sustainable campus. I wouldn’t be able to attend PLU without scholarships and have also been fortunate to receive research grants. None of

  • Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global Genocides TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling…

    is sponsored by PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor, which includes the Kurt Mayer Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and the annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. (In Fall 2014, PLU became one of only a handful of universities nationwide to offer a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.) The debaters’ visit follows PLU’s October 2014 standing-room-only screening of Sweet Dreams, a documentary about Rwandan women working to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 1994

  • PLU has one commencement ceremony. This ceremony is held at the end of the Spring term. Students must have completed their degree in the previous August, December or January or be enrolled in their

    separate Commencement ceremonies spread over two days in May 2024: one for each of the four colleges that make up PLU. Degrees are sorted into the College of Health Professions, College of Liberal Studies, College of Natural Sciences, and College of Professional Studies. Students will participate in the ceremony for the college of their degree program. Students graduating with multiple majors will have the opportunity walk in both College ceremonies if they wish. To identify which ceremony you will

    Commencement Weekend
  • Troy Storfjell is a member of the Sámi community, the only indigenous group in Norway that’s been historically marginalized. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the U.S.

    oppression when in Norway. “It’s difficult for me, on an emotional level, to identify as white,” said Storfjell, who has spent significant time in both countries. In Norway, he said, “I always knew I was Sámi.” This experience informed his passion project: a new Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) program and minor at Pacific Lutheran University, set to launch in fall 2018. In fact, the opportunity to create such a program was part of what convinced Storfjell — now the chair of the school’s

  • Sophia Mahr ’18 analyzed how and why medical providers repeatedly and deliberately harmed people in the name of medical science by conducting non-consensual experiments on their subjects.

    closely with Mahr on her research of unethical medical studies. “Beth is one of the most accessible professors I’ve ever had.” Sophia Mahr '18 knew the devastating numbers. She knew stories of survival and stories of deep suffering. But seeing the concentration camps, and the faces who carry on a survivor’s story, offered Mahr new eyes through which to examine the tragedy experienced during the Holocaust. “Being with the Mayer family gave me the personal connection,” she recalled of her January 2015