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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2016)- Kevin O’Brien has been teaching at Pacific Lutheran University for about a decade. But last summer was the first time the associate professor of religion taught Christian ethics to students in the U.S. and abroad — at the same time.…

    strong commitment to Lutheran values and a liberal arts education, but rather enhancing the brick-and-mortar experience. “It’s creating a different environment for learning,” he said. “PLU will always be brick and mortar. I don’t think faculty, students or administration want to move away from that.” However, he added: “It gives them choices.” For example, Foy said, students who might enroll in a general education course at a community college back home during the summer may instead opt into an

  • Two episodes of a new four-part MediaLab documentary project is set to premiere this spring. The series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender, screened Feb. 17 at…

    , screened Feb. 17 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The other two portions of the series will premiere in Tacoma later this spring.  Episode III (Sedalia, Missouri- race) and IV (Richwood, West Virginia- class) will be featured on April 5, at 7pm in Ingram 100. “A World of Difference” was jointly sponsored and supported by PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education and the university’s Diversity, Justice and

  • Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in  mathematics  and  gender, sexuality, and race studies  (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way…

    PLUContemporary mathematics has played an integral role in the development of computer technologies, search algorithms, financial investing strategies, physical models of nature, fair redistricting voting models, and more.Clark says part the value of the CS-STEM program is meeting with PLU grad students in the Masters of Arts in Education Program. “I get to hear their experiences—the good, the bad, and the horrendous. It’s nice to share a space with other people who are also passionate about changing how we

  • New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital…

    foundation in natural sciences and the liberal arts. Along with preparing undergraduates for generalist nursing practice, it prepares others for designated specialties and responds to the education needs of practicing nurses. University Communications staff writer Steve Hansen compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact him at ext. 8410 or at hansense@plu.edu. Photo by University Photographer Jordan Hartman. Read Previous Activist fights against poverty and disease Read Next PLU Idol

  • Through experience and contemplation, painter hones his craft In creating oil paintings at his Tacoma studio, artist David Gray, ’92, takes inspiration from what is beautiful, good, excellent and wholesome. Gray has worked as a full-time artist since December 2002. In this relatively short time,…

    classical tradition. Gray completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at PLU. But while he always was interested in art, Gray did not immediately know after graduation what he wanted to do. Initially, he moved to California’s Bay Area to work with youth at Bayshore Christian Ministries. But eight months later, he returned to Tacoma, where he started working as a waiter. It wasn’t until 1996, the same year that Gray married his wife, Jessica, that he began to paint. “That’s when I got serious about my life

  • 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

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 4, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s partnership with the local Habitat for Humanity took an exciting leap forward — or down, rather — last week. President Tom Krise and his wife, Patty, participated in the Habitat Challenge for Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity…

    effort, given this year’s success. President Krise said the partnership with the organization is a key element of integrated education at PLU. “Habitat for Humanity is one of our key partners with the Center for Community Engagement and Service,” he said just after rappelling. “Congratulations to everyone who participated in this and congratulations to Habitat for Humanity.” President Tom Krise (left) and his wife, Patty, rappel down the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma as part of the Habitat

  • Tacoma, WA (April 13, 2017) — The Board of Regents of Pacific Lutheran University and President Thomas W. Krise today announced that Krise will complete his service as president when his current term ends in May, and that he will continue at PLU as president…

    university’s profile for academic excellence, raised the endowment to a record level, and expanded support for student access and diversity through significantly enhanced alumni fundraising activity,” Krise said. About Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement through distinctive international programs and faculty-mentored research opportunities for its 3,100 students. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers

  • PLU Named Top Fulbright Producer By Chris Albert Pacific Lutheran University ranks among the top schools in the nation for the number of students selected for a Fulbright Student Fellowship in 2010.   Eric Buley and Nicolette Paso were selected as student Fulbright Fellowship recipients.…

    country with three awards. Since 1975, 83 students from PLU have received fellowships, a prime indicator of the fact that for the past 30 years, PLU has been steadily building the foundation for a globally focused university. “Today, our model of global education is preparing students to be citizens of the world – to be learners as well as teachers, to strive to understand before trying to be understood and to collaborate rather than to impose one-size-fits-all solutions,” said PLU President Loren J

  • by Layne Nordgren Reike Science Center – Leraas Lecture Hall Over the summer I&TS User Services teams upgraded several classrooms to include smart podium technology, added new computers to some classrooms, upgraded computers in some classrooms to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, and upgraded…

    , 115B MBRC 116, 306, 322, 334 OGYM 103, 104, 205 RAMS 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 317, 319 UCTR 100, 133, 171, 201, 203, 214E, 214W   TurningPoint Cloud Last spring, Turning Technologies rolled out their new clicker software, TurningPoint Cloud, to replace TurningPoint 5.X software. This summer we upgraded the Turning Technologies Sakai integration and classroom computers were upgraded with TurningPoint Cloud software 7.3. Visit the web page Making the Transition to TurningPoint Cloud for