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  • The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him…

    ) focus to our programs. What has been RHA’s role in welcoming new and returning Lutes to campus during move-in week? We want to make sure that students know that we can be a resource. That’s why it’s important that they see us around campus and in the RHA office. We want them to know they can stop by and that we’re always here to be a resource.What’s the first event RHA will be hosting this year? We have our big block party this Friday. It’s one of our hit events where people come to Red Square to

  • Karen Marquez ‘22 is a senior social work major with minors in Hispanic studies and criminal justice. Marquez is a heritage speaker of Spanish, and has a deep love for languages, culture, and diversity. She hopes to use her degree and the skills she is…

    working with Spanish speaking communities, and also when working with immigrants and refugees.”  As a Latina, Marquez stressed the importance of finding and building her own community at PLU.  “We all have different experiences at college. I am a first-generation student. I feel like I have had support and created a community at PLU. I am involved in Latinx club, and my professors have really helped me feel supported and helped me build that community, especially David Simpson and Giovanna Urdangarain

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    How to be a Lute: Performing Arts Miranda Gonzalez ’23 gives you the rundown on all the programs, clubs and organizations that work out of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, otherwise known as KHP. January 26, 2023 AcademicsClubs & OrganizationsCommunityCreatorCurrent StudentsDanceInvolvementLife on CampusStudent LifeThe ArtsTheatre

  • PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students Amanda Brasgalla, Olivia Ash and Valery Jorgensen (L to R) conducting a video interview. New Center for Media Studies Takes the Classroom Into the Community By Natalie DeFord ’16 Communications Major Like many college students, Olivia Ash…

    . Center for Media Studies Opens A public event to celebrate the launch of the new Center will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 at B Sharp Coffee House at 706 Court C, Tacoma.  Formal remarks will be made at 6:15 p.m. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register for the event or call 253-535-7150 for more information. Situated within PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, the center leverages programs in journalism, public relations, advertising, art and design to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March. 10, 2020) — Nicole Jordan ’15 is back on campus, this time using the degree she earned in social work to help educate and lead others in her new position as coordinator for PLU’s Center for Gender Equity. The center began as…

    . Its new name better represents the plethora of services and programs offered. “As the CGE coordinator, I do bystander trainings, Sista Circle, queer programming, and support advocacy,” Jordan said. “Bystander training brings awareness to concerning behaviors and encourages students/faculty/staff to step in when they see potentially harmful situations arise. Sista Circle strives to be a safe space for womxn, nonbinary, femme and trans people of color by providing opportunities to discuss self-love

  • Thanks for your interest in PLU's graduate programs! There are a number of ways to connect with us - we're more than happy to discuss your academic and career goals, share insights into the admission

    Connect with the Graduate Admission TeamThanks for your interest in PLU’s graduate programs! There are a number of ways to connect with us – we’re more than happy to discuss your academic and career goals, share insights into the admission process, and offer available resources for the graduate program you’re looking into.Attend an Information SessionRegister NowFill out a Request Information FormRequest NowMake a Phone AppointmentSchedule NowEmail UsEmail: gradadmission@plu.edu Call UsPhone

  • Professor of French | International Honors | wilkinrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7313 | Professor Wilkin teaches in four different programs at PLU: French & Francophone Studies, the International Honors program, the First Year Experience program, and Global Studies.

    Award, for Gabrielle Suchon, A Woman who Defends All the Persons of her Sex, with Domna C. Stanton, 2011 K. T. Tang Award For Excellence in Research 2010 Biography Professor Wilkin teaches in four different programs at PLU: French & Francophone Studies, the International Honors program, the First Year Experience program, and Global Studies. Whether teaching verb tenses or New Wave cinema, she strives to meet her students where they are at and to provide space for their interests and knowledge to

  • Senior Manager for Development Studies, Environmental Programs, Port of Tacoma; will join Connie Baker | Our Thirsty Planet | Tony Warfield has practiced in the environmental field for over twenty years in the Puget Sound region.

    Tony Warfield Senior Manager for Development Studies, Environmental Programs, Port of Tacoma; will join Connie Baker Biography Biography Tony Warfield has practiced in the environmental field for over twenty years in the Puget Sound region. He has worked for the Washington State Department of Ecology, the Boeing Company, the Washington State Department of Transportation and most recently the Port of Tacoma where he serves as the Senior Manager for Development Services in the Port’s

  • For Ariella Brown, dance has always been her passion, but not always her full-time job. While working behind a desk during the day, and carving out time in the evening to dance, she realized those few hours would never satisfy her. She made the decision…

    when I interviewed,” Ariella remembered. “Everyone seemed eager to engage in meaningful conversation, and seemed generally interested in growing the dance program. There was also so much kindness and passion, which are two qualities I strive for in my pedagogy.” In addition to the community, the location was a strong draw. Brown’s friends and family are in the area and the PNW is in her blood. She even labels herself as a bit of Pacific Northwest “snob.” “I am in love with the Pacific Northwest. I

  • Dr. Scott L. Rogers joins the PLU community having served for three years as Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small liberal arts university in northwest Ohio.

    experience. For example, he is currently turning his dissertation, entitled “Writing Out the Storm: Post-Traumatic Pedagogy and the Work of Composition,” into a series of articles that examine the role and value of schooled and non-schooled writing in the wake of large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina. This research, conducted in New Orleans between 2008 and 2010, gathers together first-hand accounts by writing teachers and classroom materials archived after the storm as a means for considering why