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  • Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/musician-turned-math-major-is-excited-about-teaching-in-his-community/

    Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

  • Locating Humanities in the 21st Century https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/locating-humanities-in-the-21st-century/

    , adolescence, family relationships, illness, death, and much more in a way informed by an understanding of a wide range of human stories. Not just by aggregate data.”  (Nussbaum, 26) Studying in the Humanities, then, means seeing the world authentically. It means trying to understand the richness of human experience, to trace its history, to value its variability. The humanities prompt us to ask who we are and how we came to be this way. They ask us to reflect, to understand, to see knowledge as a process

  • First-Year Communities https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/first-year-communities/

    Communities are located in traditional residence halls: Harstad Hall, Hinderlie Hall, Ordal Hall, Pflueger Hall, and Tingelstad Hall.Great For Students Who ...are in their first year at PLU and looking to connect with others!Program + Learning OutcomesBy participating in First-Year Communities, students will: be able to identify academic and personal support resources to support their success in their first year at PLU build relationships with students, faculty, and staff to develop a sense of community

  • Apply https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/apply/

    , Academic Year, or Summer of the following year. How do I apply?PLU semester study away applications may include: Essays Course Preferences (preliminary) Depending on the program you apply for, you may be asked to select an academic track or indicate which courses you are most interested in taking during your semester study away program. NOTE: Final course registration may not occur until after students arrive at their study away program site. Faculty Recommendation (This is not a letter of

  • Ian Lindhartsen ’20 uses his individualized major to pursue his passion for music https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/ian-lindhartsen-20-uses-his-individualized-major-to-pursue-his-passion-for-music/

    essentially pulled back into Tacoma to do what I was doing before, but on a professional level,” Lindhartsen said. In just the 30-year history of the individualized major, PLU students have designed degrees in digital media, Indigenous studies, global health, and environmental education. To do this, students draw from PLU courses and develop their expertise through extensive and rigorous conversations and planning with a committee of faculty who support and guide them. “You take courses from all around

  • Training with the Lute battalion https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/07/training-with-the-lute-battalion/

    May 7, 2013 Training with the Lute battalion By Katie Scaff ’13 Most college students don’t walk out of the classroom and directly into a leadership position. Most don’t have a job locked down more than a year before they graduate. And most don’t get the training needed to make those type of things happen for free. But Ray Velásquez isn’t like most college students. Velásquez is part of a small minority who will graduate and immediately rise the ranks and have a guaranteed job for the next

  • Cover Story ‹ Resolute Online: Fall 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2015/king-harald/

    attractive group consisting of the Royal Norwegian Palace press secretary; the king’s personal secretary; a Norwegian police officer; two people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo; three representatives from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C.; and the Consulate General San Francisco, all escorted by PLU’s Nesselquist—arrives a little after 10 a.m. and is supremely professional and friendly. After warm introductions, everyone walks the proposed path the king will take on his quick

  • Learn More: Lobi 1 https://www.plu.edu/africanartcollection/figures/lobi-1/learn-more-lobi-1/

    . Accessed May 19, 2015. http://www.randafricanart.com/Lobi_Bateba_figure15.html “Lobi: People.” http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/345462/Lobi Siegmann, William C. African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico/Prestel, 2009. Visona, Moncia Blackmun, R. Poyner, H.M. Cole and M.D. Harris. A History of Art in Africa. NY: Abrams, 2001. Wassing, Rene. African Art; Its Background and Traditions. New York: Abrams, 1968.

  • Dossier and RPT https://www.plu.edu/faculty-governance/interfolio/dossier-and-rpt/

    Dossier and Review Promotion & Tenure (RPT)Dossier is an Interfolio module where you can store and manage your documents in one place.  (Think of this as your storage area and it is personal to you). Review Promotion and Tenure (RPT) is an Interfolio module where faculty will assemble their tenure and/or promotion packets.  RPT access is granted only to tenure and/or promotion candidates and only after the candidates have met with the Rank and Tenure Committee. If you are not able to access

  • An invaluable asset https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/08/14/an-invaluable-asset/

    university experience – namely, a personal connection. “At some of the other schools, I really had to put myself out there to meet new people, and it was hard,” Taylor recalled. “Here, I can do that. This place has been really accepting and open-minded – people can really be themselves here.” That has certainly been the case on the men’s soccer team, for which Taylor plays. The younger players, which is just about everyone, call him “uncle.” He laughs at that, but notes that the experience has been a