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  • active retirees in Pierce County, Washington. In January 2005, LIFE moved its affiliation from Pierce College to Pacific Lutheran University.  PLU has been very supportive of the our organization by permitting the use of their classrooms, printing services, technology assistance, and overseeing our finances through the University’s Business Office. We especially appreciate the assistance of the Graduate Studies and Continuing Education office. In early 2007, a website was launched in connection with

  • PLU French & Francophone Studies. At PLU, you will learn to speak, write, and comprehend French through interactive classes grounded in diverse media forms and cultural contexts.

    Bon appétit! Sometimes you just have to seize the day, cancel class, and have a French pique-nique. Learning Styles: The French & Francophone Studies program honors a diversity of learning styles. Here students build their interpretation of Christine de Pizan’s City of Ladies. High Impact Educational Practices: These students were the first to translate Louise Dupin’s “Preliminary Discourse” into English after first transcribing it from 250-year-old manuscripts. Cultural Events on Campus

    French & Francophone Studies Program
    Administration Building Room 222-G Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • The PLU Global Studies Program educates students to engage critically and actively with contending perspectives on global issues, their origins, and possible solutions to global problems drawing on

    Inspired by Women: Cora Beeson’s research in Indonesia began with her Taiwanese Grandmother’s caretaker More Welcome to the Global Studies Website!Why Global Studies?Students majoring in Global Studies achieve global literacy by employing a multidisciplinary approach to addressing contemporary global problems. The Global Studies Program educates students to engage critically and actively with contending perspectives on global issues, their origins, and possible solutions to global problems

    Global Studies Program
    Hauge Administration Building Room 220-D
  • Norwegian and Scandinavian Area Studies Program (pdf) view download

  • combination. A practical curriculum The Innovation Studies minor is a useful supporting field for history majors, since it has the ability to provide tangible job skills that you might not otherwise receive in the basic PLU curriculum. The director of the program, Michael Halvorson, is a history professor here on campus, and he is enthusiastic about what the program can do for all PLU students. The minor offers a great synergy and overlap with many majors (including History), so that students can double

  • Lutheran Studies Conference

    Tuesday, October 5, 2021 The 11th Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceLiving with Mortality: Illness, Trauma, Joy and HopeThis year’s Lutheran Studies Conference will focus on finding love and hope in the wake of the pandemic and will address the various forms of trauma and loss we continue to face. Mortality, anxiety, illness and grief are near and we struggle to piece life together in a new way. A metaphor for this can be found in the ancient Japanese pottery art, Kintsugi. This art form puts

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • Lutheran Studies Conference

    Wednesday, October 4, 2023 The 13th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference``Anxiety in an Age of Overwhelm: Gaining Understanding and Resilience`` Anderson University Center, PLU The 13th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and will flow into the 18th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture in the evening at 7 p.m. This conference focuses on a pressing issue in our time: A newly-named “pandemic” of Anxiety that is present on individual, relational

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • Lutheran Studies Conference

    YouTube LivestreamThursday, September 29, 2022 The 12th Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceResisting an Ancient Hatred: Antisemitism in Church and Society Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Each session will also be live-streamed on PLU’s YouTube channel This year’s conference, Resisting an Ancient Hatred: Antisemitism in Church and Society, is animated by the sharp increase in Antisemitic hate speech and crimes since the Fall of 2016 and the rise of white “Christian

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • University” established in East Campus in April; Women’s Studies minor passed by faculty that same monthDiversity Center History Diversity Center History Although the physical space of the dCenter was created in 2001, the story of diversity and social justice at PLU and its various incarnations is one spanning over 30 years. Since the 1970s, PLU has had personnel and financial resources dedicated to advancing issues of diversity and over the years, PLU has addressed social justice issues in a variety of