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  • Professor of Music - Trumpet; Coordinator of Wind, Brass, and Percussion Studies | Music | lymanzt@plu.edu | 253-535-7612 | Zachary Lyman is Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), where he teaches trumpet, music theory, directs the trumpet ensemble, coaches chamber music, and performs with the Lyric Brass Quintet.

    Trumpet (Keveli Music Selected Articles "Learning from the Best." International Trumpet Guild Journal 06/2013: "Tales from the Crypt: Recovering from Severe Embouchure Injury." International Trumpet Guild Journal 10/2011: "Completing Ives’s Universe Symphony: An Interview with Larry Austin." American Music Vol. 26, Number 48, "Realizing Ives’s Universe Symphony: An Interview with Johnny Reinhard." American Music Vol. 28, Number 4, Accolades 2017 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    International student finds home away from home Ricky Haneda ’22, a Japanese international student, share his experience at an American international school in Japan, how he decided to attend PLU, and how PLU has shaped his path toward a psychology major and a career in mental health and wellness. Keep reading to… June 2, 2022 AcademicsClubs & OrganizationsCommunityDiversityDiversity Justice SustainabilityInvolvementLife on CampusPacific NorthwestPLU GradsPsychologyResidential LifeStudent Life

  • Professor of Chemistry* | Department of Chemistry | fryhlecb@plu.edu | 253-535-7530 | Craig Fryhle began his career at PLU  in 1986 working on organic synthesis targets related to natural products and potential mechanism-based enzyme inhibitors of the shikimic acid pathway.   He has mentored undergraduate  researchers in these areas who have gone on to careers in academia, industry and other pursuits.

    ) University First Year Core Curriculum Implementation Committee (1992-1993) Celebration of Science (Academic Festival) Organizing Committee (1995) Natural Sciences Forum Coordinator (1989-1990) Books Organic Chemistry co-authored with T. W. Graham Solomons and Scott A. Snyder (John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2016) : View Book Accolades Fellow, American Chemical Society Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, Pacific Lutheran University William T. King Prize for Teaching, Brown University Professional Memberships

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  • [Photo Courtesy of  U.S. Army Materiel Command / Creative Commons License ] By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 20, 2015)—On Jan. 25, one of cinema’s most trailblazing actors, Danny Glover, will visit Tacoma’s Theatre on the Square for a fundraising event in…

    Mergenthal, Pacific Lutheran University Associate Professor of History, also will speak at the event. “I will be giving a short talk to provide some context and historical background about the Buffalo Soldiers, who they were and what they did,” Mergenthal said. “I want people to understand both the challenges the Buffalo Soldiers faced and the lasting impact of their service.” “Buffalo Soldiers” is the historic nickname given to the African-American soldiers who originally served as members of the U.S

  • An executive order signed by President Trump late Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and non-immigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. has had immediate effects on scholars and students nationwide.  More than 17,000 students in the U.S. come from the seven countries…

    ReformPresident Krise pens an open letter on access for all students. Read the letterThe executive order is not aimed at those already on American campuses and students and scholars continue to have the right to study here; however, we do not know with any certainty, what American policy will be going forward, and what will happen after the 90-day “vetting” period. As with our stated commitments to DACA and DACA-eligible students, I want to assure students and scholars that PLU remains firmly committed to the

  • Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the…

    now coming into public consciousness, after being taught in school through a settler lens, if at all.” ——– Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead. (2021, October 22). The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/land-acknowledgments-meant-to-honor-indigenous-people-too-often-do-the-opposite-erasing-american-indians-and-sanitizing-history-instead-163787 “Land acknowledgments have been used to start

  • On Exhibit: Common Reading Book 2021, The Best We Could Do The 2021-2022 academic year Common Reading book is the critically acclaimed graphic novel,  The Best We Could Do  by Thi Bui. In this timely and breathtaking memoir, Bui explores her experiences as a daughter…

    sometimes fraught relationship with her parents in light of who she has become as a daughter, wife, and a mother. Told in a graphic novel format, Bui explores the universal themes of immigration and migration, family, racism and discrimination, duty, and redemption as they relate to the modern-day Vietnamese Asian-American experience. – from https://www.plu.edu/first-year/ Mortvedt Library has many resources to support your reading of and engagement with The Best We Could Do. In addition to print books

  • CSF College Success Coach | Center for Diversity, Justice and Sustainability | kcordero@plu.edu | I am from Tukwila, WA and graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2022.

    Kalina Cordero CSF College Success Coach she/her Email: kcordero@plu.edu Website: https://calendly.com/kalina-cordero Professional Biography Education B.A., African American Studies, University of Puget Sound, 2022 B.A., Politics and Government, University of Puget Sound, 2022 Biography I am from Tukwila, WA and graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2022. At UPS, I was involved in student support and building community on the women’s soccer team, as a co-founder of the Association of

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  • Associate Dean, School of Education & Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | weissjm@plu.edu | 253-535-7282 | Dr.

    . Weiss has recently given presentations focused on using an evidence-based assessment of competence in pre-service teacher education programs at the American Educational Research Association and the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

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  • Gender and Sexuality Electives KINS 315: Body Image (Mallory Mann) PSYC 375: Psychology of Women (Michelle Ceynar) SOCI 494: Gender and Violence (Kate Luther) Critical Race Studies Electives PSYC

    J-Term GSRS Electives Gender and Sexuality Electives KINS 315: Body Image (Mallory Mann) PSYC 375: Psychology of Women (Michelle Ceynar) SOCI 494: Gender and Violence (Kate Luther) Critical Race Studies Electives PSYC 387: Race, Anti-Racism and Child Development (Laura Shneidman) RELI 240: African American Religious Traditions (Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien) Spring 2023 Electives Gender and Sexuality Electives ARTD 490: Gender and Art (Heather Matthews) ENGL 394: Ecofeminism (Adela Ramos) FREN 206