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Scholarship applications have opened and we are now accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year. Incoming students (new or transfer) are eligible to apply for these renewable, merit-based awards. Read below for tips and tricks for preparing your best application! How do I apply? Apply…
officially apply to PLU (if you haven’t already) but you do not need to have received your acceptance letter in order to apply for Artistic Achievement Awards. What’s the application deadline? Submit all your materials no later than 5pm Pacific on Thursday, February 16, 2023. I’d like to be considered for an Artistic Achievement Award in more than one area. Can I submit more than one application? Yes, you may apply for more than one Artistic Achievement Award, which are offered in Dance, Music, and
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Why eating at PLU is not your typical college dining experience By Chris Albert At PLU, eating isn’t just a cafeteria experience of hot dogs and French fries. You can get those too, but not every college dining experience also includes menu items like Korean…
Services teams with faculty and students to work on discussions and food-tastings like “To Brie or not to Brie,” a look at the chemistry of cheese. “We have knowledge, so how do we share it?” McGinnis asked. “Food is such a big part of culture.” Student Stephanie Bivens ’12 is also looking to share her knowledge. As a student with food allergies, she is working with the university to create awareness and menu options for those who need alternative diets. When the music major brought her concerns to
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No brakes? No gears? No handlebars? No problem. Physical education major, aspiring shoe developer and recreational unicycler – not your typical prototype of a college student, but Tyson Bendzak fits the bill. A recent December graduate, Bendzak was the innovator behind the LUNICYCLERS club, an…
, Markuson said. Students’ majors include everything from music to science, and there is a diverse mix of under and upper classmen. Bendzak said LUNICYCLERS is one of the most culturally diverse groups on campus, representing men, women, international students and even football players. With growing popularity and the graduation of its founder, LUNICYCLERS was in a transitional period and Markuson stepped up to continue the group and its mission. “When people succeed or laugh or have fun, those are the
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Sam Horn ’15, leads a traditional march for a Robbie Burns themed night at the Garfield Book Company. (Photo by John Froschauer) These pipes are playing By James Olson ’14 I exchanged a firm handshake with Samuel Horn ’15 outside the North Pacific Coffee Company…
/watch?v=UM7EtDI44No A juxtaposition is struck between precise, dancing fingers, and a stoic, barreled chest for support as his black and neon shoe taps a four-four count. His face appears resilient and dedicated, vowing never to let the breath run out, and let the music go quiet. In 2008, Horn, was a member of a Northwest Junior Pipe Band from Shorecrest, Wash., that placed fifth in the World Bagpipe Championships. Teams from not only Scotland, but various other countries–Canada, Turkey, Iran, and
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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…
September 5, 2014 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 ‘15 was uncertain about her future when she first arrived on the campus of PLU back in the fall of 2011. “I’ve always loved music, and so I knew I wanted to get involved with PLU’s student
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Look What (and Who) is New at PLU The newest members of PLU’s faculty gather in front of the library. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s a historic time at PLU as we mark our 125th academic year, but…
new program—and a new way to teach—that includes eight wide-ranging blended or hybrid courses this fall that combine in-class and self-directed online learning: • BUSA 302: Business Finance • BUSA 308: Principles of Marketing • COMA 360: Public Relations Writing • ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics: Global and Environmental • ECON 322: Money and Banking • EDUC 394: Technology & Teaching • MUSI 120: Music and Culture • PHED 100: Personalized Fitness program In addition
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PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families…
of genocide to create a future of hope and possibility, Sweet Dreams interweaves intimate, heart-wrenching stories with joyous and powerful music to present a moving portrait of a country in transition. The event is a natural—and perfect—fit for PLU, which this fall became the only university in the Pacific Northwest to offer a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. PLU also is among a small handful of institutions throughout the nation with a Chair in Holocaust Studies, as well as an Annual
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…
him construct his story. Serko crossed paths with the PLU community when Professor of Music Greg Youtz introduced him to interested faculty and staff. This group began a discussion about bringing Serko to PLU to “engage students around gender, AIDS and activism,” says Jonathan Yglesias, Director of the PLU Men’s Project, the primary organization responsible for the event. “While PLU has a lot of robust and wonderful work around gender, sexuality and LGBTQ activism happening on campus, there also
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TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2015)— “We’re all a bunch of nobodies, trying to tell everybody, about somebody who can save anybody,” Rev. Dr. Arthur Banks told the congregation at Eastside Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 15. It was “PLU Sunday” at the predominantly black faith community…
you will share your ideas and stories with us so that we may grow wiser; and most of all, I hope that you will come to campus often and help us be the best place for all students to flourish and grow,” he said. (Click here for a full transcription of Dr. Krise’s comments.) Professor of Music David Deacon-Joyner, who also serves as Director of Jazz Studies at PLU, joined the Eastside Baptist worship band on the piano. Listen Now ( ) Update Required To play the media you will need to either update
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 16, 2016) – Just three short weeks after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Denae McGaha ’16 will embark on the journey of a lifetime. The communication major will travel for three consecutive months, visiting five continents and more than 10 different countries.…
(@telos.tesla) on May 27, 2016 at 4:54pm PDT //Pack Your Bags\\ The beginning of a 5-continent, 10-country, one-of-a-kind summertime adventure. #thankthelord #studentuniverse #DenaesSnapGap A photo posted by Denae McGaha (@telos.tesla) on May 12, 2016 at 3:13pm PDT Denae's PLU study away videos Read Previous PLU master’s graduate earns Women of Influence Award after pivoting from professional soccer to finance Read Next First class of 253 PLU Bound Scholarship recipients passionate about community, music
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