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  • Learning Communities at Ordal One of the highlights of living in Ordal is the opportunity to be part of the Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) Communities . These communities are more than just places to live – they’re hubs of connection, growth, and support. Here…

    Ordal Hall, you’ll find a supportive environment where you can thrive, connect with peers who share your passions, and make lifelong memories. Read Previous You Ask. We Answer. How is your Kinesiology Program? Read Next You Ask. We Answer. Will Your Pre-Health Program Help Me Get Into Medical School? LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute

  • What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the question that almost every student gets asked, especially once they hit their senior year of high school. When I was a senior, I had no idea what to answer. There were so…

    Oxford LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024

  • “PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Within that mission statement, the highlight here is “for their communities.” We recognize and value the differences and diversity of…

    out this digital exhibit. Guest Blogger: Cady Bigelow, Admission Counselor PLU's Center for Diversity, Justice & SustainabilityLEARN MORE Read Previous Two PLU students spend the summer reading the stars Read Next Move-in at PLU 2023 LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you

  • New Lutes, returning students move into halls The room in Tingelstad was exceedingly bare, as new roommates, Carly Romo and Nikki Noble, concentrated on filling out their sign-in forms. In the wings of the 14-by-16 foot room, huddled two moms, a friend and grandma, all…

    was dropped off 20 years ago by his parents. “It was basically dropping me and my things off at the curb and driving off,” he laughed. But this week, after the goodbyes, there are always cell phones and e-mails. Read Previous Mental skills coach remembers Olympics Read Next What does being a Lute really mean? COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2018) — Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the I Am Psyched! National Tour to campus, where it will be housed in the Mortvedt Library until Sept. 24. I Am Psyched! is a multimedia initiative launched by the American Psychological Association Women’s Programs…

    prepares Lutes and other educators across the state to teach Korean, Chinese Read Next ‘Representation matters’: Lute actor earns lead role in Seattle production of ‘Legally Blonde’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share

  • This GivingTuesday, Pacific Lutheran University will challenge the community to raise an additional $8,470 for student mental health services. GivingTuesday kicks off December 1, to inspire individuals and organizations to transform their communities and their world. “Mental health resources support an essential aspect of student…

    services, to help meet the mental health needs of students during the pandemic. This money is being invested in technology for mental health counselors to provide care to students virtually.  Additional funds raised during GivingTuesday will go toward providing students with free access to mental health services wherever and whenever they need them —including resources like Lute Telehealth, virtual counseling, increased staffing to serve more students, and improved technology to better serve students

  • PLU climbed three spots, from 14th to 11th, in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 12 of the highly competitive category that…

    Almanac; and being ranked the gold-level “Military Friendly® School.” See Yourself at PLUPLU is the small, private university in Tacoma, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice. Lutes aren’t afraid to do things unconventionally to leave the world better than they found it. Read Previous PLU welcomes Class of 2026 at LUTE Welcome (new student orientation) Read Next PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award COMMENTS

  • Anthony Chan Bounleurt – spinning on his head. (Photo by John Froschauer) There’s a faith club for that By Barbara Clements It could be any evening on the ground floor of the University Center: A group of young men and women – about 25 of…

    , students from all backgrounds and religious traditions attend PLU. That is what the Lutheran tradition is all about – making sure all faiths and perspectives are respected. It ensures a vibrant, intellectual spirit takes hold on campus, where students and faculty are open to ideas, new philosophies and intellectual diversity. For instance, take Bashair Alazadi ’13. As a commuter student, she didn’t have a residence hall room where she could pray five times a day, as prescribed by Islam. So she went to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…

    treat all of our resources with respect,” she said. “We recognize that when we consume meat that it has a spirit, for example. “He said as Indians we are taught not to mistreat or disrespect resources because if we do then things like global warming happen.” After going through that entire explanation process, Hall and her elder worked through a new phrase:  sqw’ó7 tse mékw’-stáng. Hall said this directly translates as “united the everything.” In other words, everything is together or united. She

  • Professor of Music Gina Gillie recently premiered her first electroacoustic music composition at Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9. Titled “Pale Blue Dot for solo horn and fixed media,” the piece is inspired by the 1991 photograph taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as well as Carl…

    ? Or did you write the music from more of the spirit of what, and then match things up later? My first step was to draw the storyboard for the piece of music. I had the Pale Blue Dot photo in mind, and I knew that would be the starting place. I wanted to begin with a tam-tam swoosh because that was the kind of sound I was hearing for the appearance of that photo. The first section of the piece starts with a macro view of the cosmos, giving us a sense of how vast the cosmos are. After, we travel