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  • At PLU, students can pursue engineering in two formal ways. Option 1 We offer a dual-degree engineering program through partnerships with both Columbia University (NYC) and Washington University (St. Louis). In this program, a student completes their introductory coursework in mathematics, science, and engineering as…

    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

  • We all have our own definitions and expectations of what it means to truly be and feel safe. In short, I would say PLU is a safe campus. The amount of work and preparation Campus Safety and other departments around the University does to accomplish…

    variety of incidents. Guest Blogger: José Curiel Morelos, Director of Campus Safety Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Forensic Science? Read Next Uncomfortable truths: Taking an Introduction to Holocaust & Genocide Studies class 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

  • MediaLab, the applied research and media services program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), received a total of six awards on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, from the Accolade Global Film Competition of Southern California for the new documentary “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers.” “Changing Currents,”…

    solve the problems.” Read Previous PLU novice teams lead Lute success at Mahaffey Memorial Read Next Printmaking professor pens book on feminist history LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022

  • Vienna, Salzburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Prague are cities rich with musical history and tradition. Vienna is often called the “Capital of Classical Music.” This one small area was the central location for many of the finest musicians of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.…

    trips because the world is larger than our Lute community. He believes it is important to encounter people and opinions that differ from ours, especially for young adults who are still developing their worldview. You never know what kind of street food you will fall in love with! One of Dr. Powell’s funny study away stories involves a time that he and his students were locked in a municipal building in Leipzig after hours. The doors auto locked and all of a sudden, they were completely alone. After

  • Renowned poet to speak on Earth Day Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver is slated to celebrated Earth Day 2008 with a presentation in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Oliver is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus and transforms the everyday…

    -related questions. A bike parade will ride through campus along the Lute Loop route. That evening, PLU alum Drew Romberg from Old Town Bicycle will host a workshop about how to purchase, properly ride and maintain a bicycle. For more information, contact grean@plu.edu or toddce@plu.edu. Read Previous Education students teach internationally Read Next Relay for Life returns to PLU track COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or

  • Dear Campus Community: This election has heightened feelings of alienation, anxiety, and vulnerability, and it has exposed divisions in our society, much deeper than any of us realized.  The pain and fear of historically marginalized groups is real, and we must acknowledge it and work…

    friends, and yes, even our foes. Faculty, staff and students will continue working hard in the coming days and weeks to bring about a sense of calm, a sense of Lute community united in care for one another, and united in defending and standing with those who are disenfranchised and oppressed.  At this time, let us remember and honor President Lincoln’s promise of “malice toward none” and “charity for all.” Members of our community who have experienced incidents of hate or intimidation can share their

  • Mention Parkland, and Washingtonians tend to conjure up a slew of stereotypes and misconceptions. But to Antonio Sablan ’18 and other Pacific Lutheran University students who grew up in and around Pierce County, the area represents something much greater: home. “Parkland is resourceful. Parkland’s gritty,…

    not a place where we want to be our own miniature world, isolated within this community. We actively as a university work at breaking those walls down and being a part of Parkland, being partners in this neighborhood and calling this place home.”Get started now Apply Inquiry Read Previous Breaking down Fences Read Next Lute journeys with fellow Samish tribal members in canoe Power Paddle to Puyallup LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024

  • Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his…

    fun to play with, while talking with the older children can be enlightening. The Bantu are Muslim, and she and Jatar often talked about his religion, she said. “I can honestly say I love going here. It just makes my week,” Baumer said. The students are eager to learn, and that makes the tutoring time much more enjoyable, Greenaway added. “All of these kids just really want to learn,” Greenaway said. “Their spirit is amazing and inspiring for people from PLU who think our lives are tough, but in

  • Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…

    February 24, the day of The People’s Gathering, “Professional Development Day” in Tacoma. In the spirit of The People’s Gathering, the proclamation encourages “all government agencies, corporate and small business entities, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and individual citizens to educate themselves in the areas of cultural awareness, literacy and competency as a way to strive towards unity.” Conference registration is $250 for general attendees and $125 for students. Discounts are

  • Rick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and the director of the Rainier…

    students are writing, are you sensing a  spirit of anxiety or dread, or is there anything else in the writing that you’re reading from them that strikes you as feeling different than the overall tenor might be in a more “normal” year? Study English, Understand the WorldThe study of English offers excellent preparation for any future requiring integrative thinking, skills in writing, discernment in reading, and an appreciation of the human experience and aesthetic values. Business, law, government