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  • Special Thank YouA special thank you is extended to the following extraordinary individuals for their advice and counsel as PLU planned for the 2010 International Symposium. Loren J. Anderson, President, Pacific Lutheran University LTC Daniel Dudek, US Army, Warrior Transition Battalion, Fort Lewis Kristina Erickson Hudson, Director, Washington Interactive Network Marcia Garrett, Executive Director, WSU West Trygve Hermansen, Dean, Faculty of Health and Sports, Hedmark University College

  • Jennifer Beller Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Kinesiology Biography Biography Dr. Jennifer Beller is an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and in Kinesiology in the College of Education at Washington State University. She is an Affiliate Faculty member to the University of Idaho’s Center for ETHICS* serving as their Research and Measurement Specialist. Dr. Beller is considered one of the leading authorities in measurement and evaluation of moral development and

  • Rick Barot Professor of English Full Profile 253-535-7318 barotrp@plu.edu

  • Why Study Kinesiology?Kinesiology is the study of human movement. It is a dynamic and growing field with applications to a wide array of allied health, medicine, fitness, education, sport, and recreation related professions. An undergraduate degree in Kinesiology will provide you with the breadth and depth of knowledge you need to successfully pursue graduate programming or entry level professions in the field. The primary mission of the Department of Kinesiology is to provide quality academic

  • Reappraising the Rift Between Faith and Reason: Could Science Help Us Think About Religion? Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Keith J. CooperOriginally published in 1991Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’t have meant them if he had. They are simply a misquotation.  In

  • Yi Zhijian Vice President of Chongqing Jiaotong University Biography Biography Yi Zhijian, Professor, Ph.D., has been the Vice President of Chongqing Jiaotong University since 2003. Prof. Yi Zhijian has published over 50 academic papers and largely included in SCI and EI. He was awarded two State patents for inventions. In recent years he has undertaken study and research of over 10 projects such as projects of State Natural Science Funds, key projects of MOC. He has been nominated as first and

  • Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia visits PLU March 1 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 On Sunday, March 1, at 8pm, join organist James D. Hicks for Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia in Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Over the past several years, Hicks has intensively researched a relatively unknown and unexplored corner of the organ repertoire: the music of Nordic countries. The series called Nordic Journey is an

  • Steps to BIRTWhat is BIRT?What is BIRT?The purpose of the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) is to anonymously collect data regarding instances of experienced bias within the PLU community and monitor the type and frequency of such occurrences. Doing so will help us better understand our campus climate, create community-based educational opportunities to address noted trends in such occurrences, and foster an environment where everyone feels welcome. The BIRT does not adjudicate violations of

  • Two Anniversaries, One World Premiere Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 5, 2022 October 5, 2022 Music Professor Emeritus Jerry Kracht (conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1967-2001) was ready and waiting to celebrate two significant anniversaries in the Department of Music at PLU: ready since 2013 when he composed Fanfare, Fantasia and Finale (On a locally familiar tune), and waiting until 2020, the fiftieth anniversary of Lawrence Meyer’s Processional of Joy as well as the twenty-fifth

  • September 18, 2013 Lutheran Studies Conference 2013 Breaking rules, honoring the ordinary, opening up God: Lutheran perspectives on Jesus of Nazareth The Lutheran Studies Conference will take place at Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 26. All presentations – which will begin at 2 p.m. –  will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at the Anderson University Center on the upper campus of PLU (Park Avenue and 122nd Street South). Online registration began on Monday, August 26, at the