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  • Philosophy is from the Greek word philosophia, which can be translated “love of wisdom,” or “friend of wisdom.

    purpose in students’ lives and provides an indispensable framework for developing a sense of vocation: Who am I? What values should we hold? What really is the common good to which I might contribute? What kind of life should I live? In short, the active study of philosophy is essential “to empower students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care–for other persons, for the community and for the earth.”Learning Outcomes Using philosophical methods, students will be able to:  1

  • The Dual-Degree Engineering Program at Pacific Lutheran University provides students with the opportunity to combine a liberal arts education with rigorous study in engineering.

    routinely very pleased with their decision to have participated in the program.The check marks below link to the specific programs at the engineering schools. Program AreaAffiliated Schools Columbia UniversityWashington University in St. Louis Applied Mathematics✔ Applied Physics✔ Biomedical Engineering✔✔ Chemical Engineering✔✔ Civil Engineering✔ Computer Engineering✔✔ Computer Science✔✔ Earth & Environmental Engineering✔ Electrical Engineering✔✔ Engineering Management✔ Engineering Mechanics✔ Financial

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    What does being a Lute mean to you? This spring, I was asked by a first-year student, “What does being a Lute mean to you?” To me, being a Lute means caring–caring about thoughtful inquiry, caring about service, caring about leadership, caring about other people, caring about community, and caring about the earth. … April 16, 2014 Higher Education

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…

    . Rather it is something that exists within many words.” Hall worked with a tribal elder to come up with a phrase equivalent to the English word interconnectedness. “When I talked to my tribal elder and asked him if we had a word to explain interconnectedness, the first thing he said was -mixw, a suffix in our language that means life force or anything with life force in it, like the earth,” she said. “A lot of our words in our language have to do with life and the environment, and that is why there is

  • The DJS Fee is a $10 fee per semester per student that helps support diversity, justice, and sustainability initiatives on campus.

    $1,500 DJS Tracking and Assessment (Allocated: $4,000, Spent: $4,000) Student Transit Pilot $4,000 Cultural Celebrations (Allocated: $7,000, Spent: $3,918.14) International Education Week $1,094.57 Gender & Sexuality $986.90 Dia de los Muertos $408.75 Transgender Day of Remembrance $56.34 Black History Month (Film Screening) $279.28 Native American History Month (Film Screening) $306 Earth & Diversity Week $787.05 DJS Fee Management (Allocated: $2,000, Spent: $2,000) DJS FUNd Team student employment

  • Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be…

    public leaders to conserve and protect the water and land resources from pollution and development? And then what about housing for all as a right rather than privilege? Are we training young people in the Puget Sound to conserve and protect this remarkable part of the world? PLU once had a vital commitment to care for the Earth. Will that continue in the future as we face the greatest of social issues: the drastic changing of the climate? Monastic communities looked to the future, not the immediate

  • Originally published in 2021 Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they…

    that no one grows hungry?  Alcuin LIbrary at Saint John’s University “How do we push public leaders to conserve and protect the water and land resources from pollution and development? And then what about housing for all as a right rather than privilege? Are we training young people in the Puget Sound to conserve and protect this remarkable part of the world? PLU once had a vital commitment to care for the Earth. Will that continue in the future as we face the greatest of social issues: the drastic

  • In her free time, professor of religion Dr. Bridgette O’Brien likes to participate in ultrarunning—completing runs longer than a marathon (26.2 miles). While Professor O’Brien is out on the trail, she often takes that time to think about her connection to the outdoors, a connection…

    of these ultra-runners and most of these people who are participating at the elite level of ultramarathoning are white middle to upper class women,” O’Brien said. Followers of Dark Green Religion display an increased willingness to advocate on behalf of the earth. Professor O’Brien believes that this framework which already lends itself to advocacy can work toward ecological and social justice simultaneously. “I think it would be remiss to assume that [Dark Green Religion], which is going to take

  • The Moba who live in northeastern Ghana and northwestern Togo are an African society that lives in patrilineal clans, in which individuals are grouped based on a common ancestor traced through the

    largest sized called tchitcheri sakab.(W: 25-30 cm). These Moba figures are erected into the ground to as deep as the waist level of the figure. These figures represent more ancient ancestors. Local clans often say that a founding member erected these bigger figures and that most of these carvings have been around for a significant time. When inquiring about these figures, individuals often state that they have been around for many generations. Today such figures are rare and only a few can be found

  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    matter in any field reveal deeper meanings in the subject and deeper meanings in humanity. . . . Perpetrators are human. That is their terrible secret–not that they are aberrant to human nature, but that they are not so.” Kelsey Mejlaender, ’14, History Major Kelsey Mejlaender arrived at PLU in 2011 with advanced placement credits, so that she is now approaching her senior year. She has maintained a rare and impressive 4.0 grade point average and has worked as a History tutor for other students on