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  • Alum learns that teaching fifth graders requires mixture of toughness and fun Eric Pfaff had a cold, but he was staying a few more hours in his classroom at Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma to finish up grading some papers, talking with kids.…

    October 28, 2009 Alum learns that teaching fifth graders requires mixture of toughness and fun Eric Pfaff had a cold, but he was staying a few more hours in his classroom at Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma to finish up grading some papers, talking with kids. “No, I’m fine, ” as he hacked. Besides, he couldn’t stand the thought of missing a day with his 17 fifth graders, who challenge him, tease him and inspire him each day. “This is much different than anything I’ve ever done

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2015) Pacific Lutheran University has earned 2014 Tree Campus USA Recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation and will be included in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges. “PLU has long been recognized as a leader…

    PLU Recognized by Arbor Day Foundation and Princeton Review Guide for Commitment to Sustainability Posted by: Zach Powers / April 17, 2015 Image: Pacific Lutheran University’s Red Square (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 17, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2015) Pacific Lutheran University has earned 2014 Tree Campus USA Recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation and will be included in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green

  • PLU and the UW have agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for KUOW to acquire KPLU to  January 29, 2016 , so that the due diligence review can be concluded.  Additionally, the two universities have agreed to allow a community…

    Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Washington Agree to Extend Deadline for Completion of a Definitive Agreement for the purchase of KPLU Posted by: Lace M. Smith / January 15, 2016 January 15, 2016 PLU and the UW have agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for KUOW to acquire KPLU to January 29, 2016, so that the due diligence review can be concluded.  Additionally, the two universities have agreed to allow a community group time to

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…

    PLU’s Gospel Experience works to bridge cultural gaps and connects campus to larger community Posted by: Kari Plog / February 29, 2016 Image: PLU hosts the Gospel Experience in celebration of Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Performances by Erica Walker, Anointed Brothers, Pleasant Movement Dance Company, special guest DaNell Daymon and the Greater Works Chorale, and PLU’s own Gospel Choir. (Photo/Angelo Mejia ’17) February 29, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2016)- An anthropology and global studies double major from Kalispell, Montana, Ellie Lapp ’17 is passionate about a wide variety of social justice issues. She’s hopeful that her tenure as president of Associate Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) will be…

    yes, will you be able to combine that with your work at ASPLU? I would like to find more ways to intertwine my academic passions and ASPLU. I’m really interested in social justice and advocacy in an academic sense. I just finished a Wang Center research grant in Oaxaca, Mexico. I did an internship with a microfinance organization and did research about a small town in Oaxaca. That seems like it would be totally different than ASPLU, and in many ways it was, but I also did a lot of the same

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    PLU’s Whiteneck and Smith Global Peacebuilding Award helps Lutes independently work abroad on humanitarian efforts Posted by: Kari Plog / September 20, 2016 Image: Taylor Bozich ’17 (Photo by Zach Powers/PLU) September 20, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    family therapy, women’s and gender studies, Holocaust studies, global studies, biology and others, and are looking forward rich conversations with people from a diversity of disciplines. If along the way, we happen to encourage a sense of openness and adventure in individuals who might not otherwise take time to see a foreign film, this festival will have been success. Will every festival screening be following by some sort of discussion or event? Urdangarain: Yes, there will be an introduction

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 31, 2016)- Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Shumaker ’16 spent 12 years in the military, serving as a crew chief for Black Hawk helicopter mechanics. He now works at Pacific Lutheran University as the Vet Corps Navigator, connecting military-affiliated students with on-…

    Decorated veteran and PLU staff member Steve Shumaker on PLU’s upcoming Veterans Day Celebration Posted by: Zach Powers / October 31, 2016 Image: PLU President Thomas W. Krise and PLU Vet Corps Navigator Sgt. Steve Shumaker ’16 at the 2014 PLU Military Appreciation Football Game. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 31, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 31, 2016)- Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Shumaker ’16 spent 12 years in the military, serving as a crew

  • 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…

    Conference at PLU focuses on how to have productive conversations about race and equity Posted by: Zach Powers / January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017 Tune in: The People's Gathering is streaming live By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, 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

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 15, 2018) — Hannah Park ’20, an English major at Pacific Lutheran University, is used to translating. The youngest of her siblings, Park says she naturally fell into the role once she was the only one home with her Korean mother, who…

    STARTALK program prepares Lutes and other educators across the state to teach Korean, Chinese Posted by: Kari Plog / August 15, 2018 Image: A STARTALK teacher runs through a Chinese-language lesson plan. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 15, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 15, 2018) — Hannah Park ’20, an English major at Pacific Lutheran University, is used to translating. The youngest of her siblings, Park says she naturally fell into the role once