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  • 2024-2025 Tuition* & Fees: $52,259 Room & Meals (if living on campus): $13,008 Total (if living on campus): $65,267

    still the question of what makes PLU worth it? Your investment in college and in yourself is important, and as a Lute, you can expect:Excellent academic programs and liberal arts education – research by the Association of American Colleges and Universities shows that employers value the skills and knowledge a liberal arts education provides as important for career success.Professors who are mentors, teachers, and experts in their fields.A global education, with hundreds of study abroad options. Over

  • At PLU, four core foundations define the honors curriculum: multidisciplinary approaches historical and internationally focused study intentional intellectual formation and ethical reflection, and

    International Honors Mission & GoalsAt PLU, four core foundations define the honors curriculum: multidisciplinary approaches historical and internationally focused study intentional intellectual formation and ethical reflection, and the establishment of a cohesive learning community. Multidisciplinary Approaches: In the modern university, the disciplines are usually compartmentalized:  you won’t find physics, for example, intersecting with economics or French.  PLU’s International Honors

  • Coming into PLU my freshman year, I knew that I wanted to study away in China at some point during my time here.

    A Semester in ChengduComing into PLU my freshman year, I knew that I wanted to study away in China at some point during my time here. As a Chinese Studies major, I knew that learning about China, in China would be essential for my overall understanding of Chinese language, culture, and politics. Although I always saw myself studying in China as an undergrad, living and learning in Chengdu, China for four months provided me with a unique opportunity to challenge my views on the world and engage

  • Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Scott Nadelson is the author of four story collections, most recently The Fourth Corner of the World; a memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress; and a novel, Between You and Me.  His stories and essays have appeared in Harvard Review, AGNI, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in both Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays.  Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon. Mentor.

    Scott Nadelson Fiction Website: http://scottnadelson.com/ Biography Biography Scott Nadelson is the author of four story collections, most recently The Fourth Corner of the World; a memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress; and a novel, Between You and Me.  His stories and essays have appeared in Harvard Review, AGNI, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in both

  • Visiting Writer Series: Melinda Moustakis PLU’s Visiting Writer Series continues with Melinda Moustakis with a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 in the UC Regency Room. Moustakis was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and received her M.A. from UC Davis and her Ph.D. in English…

    Prize in Fiction. Her work has appeared in journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Conjunctions, The Massachusetts Review, and American Short Fiction and five of her stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is a visiting assistant professor in the English Department at PLU. Read Previous Great Northwest: Frank & Jill’s T-Town to-do list Read Next KPLU invites listeners to travel to Victoria, B.C. COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Diversity Center Alums: Complexities of Care and Service Abroad Angie Hambrick, PLU’s Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, sits down with anthropology professor and PLU Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator Katherine Wiley, Hispanic studies professor Giovanna Urdangarain, and anthropology and global studies professor Dr. Ami Shah to discuss service abroad. This rich… July 16, 2019

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Diversity Center Alums: Complexities of Care and Service Abroad Angie Hambrick, PLU’s Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, sits down with anthropology professor and PLU Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator Katherine Wiley, Hispanic studies professor Giovanna Urdangarain, and anthropology and global studies professor Dr. Ami Shah to discuss service abroad. This rich… July 16, 2019

  • Each Peace Scholar is asked to submit two blogs that reflect on their study at the Nansen Dialogue Center and Oslo International Summer School.

    Summer School Peace Scholar Blogs Each Peace Scholar is asked to submit two blogs that reflect on their study at the Nansen Dialogue Center and Oslo International Summer School. In addition, blog entries often link students’ observations and experiences as they discover Oslo and live and learn with students from around the world. Taylor Bozich Blogs Taylor, class of ’17, was a 2015 Peace Scholar. She received a double major in Biology and Global Studies.The Power of DialogueListeningEllie Lapp

  • More than a century after PLU was founded by Norwegian immigrants, the university maintains its connection to the founders’ homeland through study away programs.

    ’ homeland through study away programs. Students travel more than 4,500 miles to extend their interdisciplinary knowledge in big cities and small villages alike, gaining a global perspective that’s equal parts foreign and familiar. While the sites might be new, Lutes are exposed to common values that tie PLU to Norway ― both the historical and the contemporary. A ResoLute writer and photographer traveled to Norway in the fall to get a glimpse of our roots ― våre røtter ― through the eyes of students

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 17, 2015)— Chinese President Xi Jinping is coming to Tacoma on Sept. 23—and Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Music Greg Youtz is playing a significant role in the international event. As chair of the Tacoma-Fuzhou Sister City Committee, Youtz was instrumental in…

    in a bit of limelight with the arrival of the Chinese president next week.” Youtz, a composer who has studied classical Chinese music and culture for years and speaks frequently on Chinese arts and culture, already has been interviewed by a Seattle-based China blogger, by the Beijing correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and by TV Tacoma; he’ll also appear on KING-5 News at 4 on Sept. 17. Youtz, who served for 20 years as director of PLU’s China Gateway Study Abroad Program at Sichuan