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Join us for 12 Gifts of Christmas. For 12 days this holiday season we will share performances of new musical works recorded this fall, performances from recent Christmas Concerts and personal
Celebration of Seasonal PerformancesThe annual Christmas Concerts have been an integral part of our holiday season at PLU for many years. Over several months, we followed national and international research and guidelines regarding the COVID-19 virus and its impact on our programs. Concern for the safety and care of our entire community has resulted in some very difficult decisions regarding our programs and public events. We regretfully decided that we could not hold our traditional Christmas Concerts
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Yannet Urgessa ’16 has lived on three continents and speaks five languages. But it took coming to PLU for her to feel comfortable in her own skin for the first time.
in hindsight. She sacrificed the health of her hair to make them feel comfortable, and the damage went deeper than her roots and split ends. “I don’t care for my hair when it’s straight,” she said. “When it’s out and big, it’s me being myself.” When Urgessa talks about the stages of her hair, it’s more than a statement about fashion or beauty. It’s a symbol of her constant identity struggle, an indicator of the growth she’s made as an international student at Pacific Lutheran University. Her
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Carlos Garcia Jr, Therapist in TrainingOur identities inform how we experience the world and how the world perceives us. We are all drawn to therapy for a variety of reasons, so good on you for already making the toughest decision and that is looking for a therapist. Latinx Student Marriage Family Therapist who works with young adults, military families, military retirees and veterans, couples, families, immigrant communities, and People of the Global Majority.
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The Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble of the Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington.
WelcomeThe Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington. Founded in 1926, the choir was the third Lutheran college choir to tour extensively throughout the United States. Choir of the West has toured Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and China, and has performed at several state, division and national conferences of the National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. Most recently the choir has
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The Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, also known as Chief Academic Officer, at PLU is responsible to the President and the Board of Regents for reporting on all academic affairs
Celebrating our faculty Find out about the achievements and accomplishments of our faculty. Faculty Accolades Welcome to the Office of the ProvostThe Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, also known as Chief Academic Officer, is responsible to the President and the Board of Regents for reporting on all academic affairs and activities. The Provost oversees all academic divisions and professional schools, as well as the Library, the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged
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Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science news for Pacific Lutheran University.
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 5, 2015)— On Saturday, March 21, a diverse and distinguished group of speakers will present “ideas worth spreading” at the fourth annual installation of TEDx Tacoma. Among that group will be three Pacific Lutheran University faculty members representing a variety of PLU’s…
youth that are being raised in this country who, when they come of age to apply for drivers licenses or college, find out that they are undocumented and that their chance at success is little to none. There isn’t a public policy solution -Congress hasn’t passed immigration reform and President Obama’s deferred action for childhood arrivals isn’t a permanent solution. Young: My book and my talk basically explore that there are people who are called “public intellectuals” that are able to take their
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Keven Drews’ doctor told him he was out of options in his longtime fight for his life. So, he launched a crowdfunding campaign to earn $500,000 for a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
options in his longtime fight for his life. Drews has faced a 14-year battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer formed in the body’s plasma cells. His last hope is a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, with the half-a-million price tag. “I got 14 years,” he said. “I’m hoping to get more.” Drews recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, after spending years working as a
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Knutson Lecture
:00 PM. Dr. Dollinger has also published on Black American and Jewish American relations (Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s, 2018) and Jewish struggles for inclusion in U.S. culture (The Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America, 2000). His forthcoming book addresses Antisemitism in U.S. culture.BiographyDr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University I’m Marc Dollinger and I get to teach
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Troy Storfjell is a member of the Sámi community, the only indigenous group in Norway that’s been historically marginalized. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the U.S.
(Religion), David Huelsbeck (Anthropology), Nicole Juliano (The Diversity Center) and Carmiña Palerm (Languages and Literatures: Hispanic Studies) — began having conversations with many indigenous groups in the region, including members of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot and Steilacoom tribes, and the Nisqually Campus of Northwest Indian College, to better inform the program’s curriculum. Developing trust and “doing it right” were paramount for Storfjell and his colleagues; they wanted to dedicate the time
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