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, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,” she said.Now as PLU’s Director of Career, Learning & Engagement working in Alumni and Student Connections, she is helping students feel at home as they forge their own paths at PLU, and she’s helping guide them to what’s next.Tell us about your own experience as a PLU student. I’ve been a PLU student twice, both as an undergrad and as a graduate student, and I’ve truly loved both experiences.  … I enjoyed having small class

. PLU was ranked seventh among private universities offering doctorate degrees.Institutions earn Military Friendly designations based on their commitment and impact on serving the military and veteran community. Over 1,800 schools were evaluated using public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. This latest designation adds to PLU’s long list of accolades for its commitment to military students and families. PLU has been a “Military Friendly School” since 2010 and this year was

PLU’s Parkland Literacy Center supports local k-12 students, receives new grant Posted by: Zach Powers / October 3, 2023 Image: An education major with an emphasis in special education, Kaila Harris ’24 is a tutor at the Parkland Literacy Center. October 3, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For the past four years Pacific Lutheran University student workers and volunteers have made the Parkland Literacy Center a beacon of community and learning support. Operated by

held at Pacific Lutheran University on March 7-8. Hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global and Community-Engaged Education, the two-day conference will bring together academics, activists and practitioners whose life’s work engages the concept of social connection in ways that increase understanding, model behaviors and actions that facilitate human reconnection and reweave community for collective well-being.The year’s symposium responds to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Hallegere Murthy’s call to

Ethos in Action Posted by: oharasm / September 11, 2024 September 11, 2024 Five 2024 graduates who exemplify PLU’s commitment to asking tough questions, centering community, embracing complexity, making it happen and opening doors.#LutesAskToughQuestions Emma Stafki ‘24 Advocating for OrcasEmma Stafki ‘24 grew up on Washington’s Key Peninsula, hearing stories about the heart-wrenching capture of Hugo, a 3-year-old orca whale, in 1968. Stafki, a communication studies major with a concentration

Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support of students Posted by: mhines / October 29, 2024 Image: Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Anderson University Center for a Bjug Day of Giving campus celebration on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (Photo PLU / Sy Bean) October 29, 2024 By Miranda BeiermannConstituent EngagementThe PLU campus community is grateful to the nearly 2,000 Lutes who came together to celebrate and support what they love at PLU during

What does being a Lute mean to you? Posted by: Thomas Krise / April 16, 2014 April 16, 2014 This spring, I was asked by a first-year student, “What does being a Lute mean to you?” To me, being a Lute means caring–caring about thoughtful inquiry, caring about service, caring about leadership, caring about other people, caring about community, and caring about the earth.  Here are two unsolicited emails I’ve received within the past two weeks of the student’s question that speak to exactly these

The Passing of Thomas Pfeifle Posted by: Thomas Krise / August 30, 2016 Image: Tom Pfeifle running on the PLU Track and Field team. (Photo courtesy of PLU Athletics) August 30, 2016 UPDATE: PLU will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. The ceremony is one of many ways the campus community is honoring Pfeifle, who was an active member of Outdoor Recreation, as well as the cross country and track and field teams. A memory wall is on display

PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree Posted by: howardrm / September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023 By MacKenzie HinesPLU Marketing & Communications PLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to create lasting impacts on

Public health concerns update Posted by: Student Life / August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022 Dear PLU Community, We are writing today to provide you with a follow up to the communication that you received on July 29, 2022. In that communication, we outlined fall protocols for both COVID-19 and MPX (previously referred to as Monkeypox). Now that more detailed information about risk mitigation for MPX has become available from the CDC, the Washington Department of Health (WADOH), and Tacoma–Pierce