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Our Middle Name: University Chair in Lutheran StudiesIn 2010, a generous donor made possible the establishment of a professorship in Lutheran Studies located within the Department of Religion.  Dr. Samuel Torvend (PLU ’73), professor of Religion was nominated and confirmed by the Board of Regents to serve as the University Professor in Lutheran Studies. In that same year, an additional gift allowed the University Regents to change the professorship to an Endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies. The

Course Descriptions MFTH 500 : Biopsychosocial Health and Development Across the Lifespan This course leans heavily on biopsychosocialspiritual (BPSS) health and development across the lifespan. This course emphasizes clinical application and prepares students to work with clients across the lifespan with various health and developmental issues including trauma, abuse, and death. This course also invites students to engage with readings on established theories of development, participate in

Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture Enhancement March 16th, 2023 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Speakers will be: Professor Tim Brown from the University of Washington “The Moral Enhancement Project: Fear, Anger, and Agency” Professor Hank Greely from Stanford University “Human Biological Enhancement: Fears, Realities, and Significance” Dr. Timothy Brown joined the department of Bioethics and Humanities in July 2021 as an Assistant Professor. Dr

Conference SpeakersDr. Samuel TorvendDr. Marit TrelstadDr. Heather MathewsDr. Lisa MarcusDr. Seth DowlandRabbi Bruce KaddenDr. Samuel TorvendWho: Dr. Samuel Torvend, Professor Emeritus of Religion, PLU and Priest for Adult Formation at Christ Church Episcopal Bio: Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and

Brief DescriptionPacific Lutheran University is located six miles south of Tacoma, in suburban Parkland, Washington, on a 156-acre woodland campus. PLU offers approximately 2,600 students a unique blend of academically rigorous liberal arts and professional programs. Students develop skills in decision making, analysis, communication and reasoning that prepare them for a lifetime of success – both in their careers and in service to others.Additional Information University Timeline Archives

Lutheran Studies Conference Thursday, September 25, 2014 Justice in Society: Lutheran Sources of Social Change PLU 2020 underscored the ancient mandate to act with justice and resist evil, but what “justice” might actually mean remains an open and disputed question. While children growing up in this country repeat the words, “with liberty and justice for all” in the pledge of allegiance, the nation’s history offers another story in which women, immigrants, persons of color, refugees, sexual

Conference ScheduleConference Registration The conference is free and open to the public.   SpeakersWednesday, October 24Cathy L. RozmusFrancis R. NicosiaRobert P. EricksenCathy L. RozmusCommentator Title: Video: “Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich” Presentation Title: “Lessons From Nazi Germany for Today’s Healthcare Providers” Who: Cathy L. Rozmus, Ph.D., R.N. Vice Dean UTH Bio: Cathy L. Rozmus PhD, RN is PARTNERS Professor and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Cizik

University OfficersPresidentAllan BeltonAs the 14th President of Pacific Lutheran University, Allan Belton serves as the university’s chief executive and is responsible for the organization and administration of the university. President Belton is currently leading the execution of a five-year strategic plan that aims to deepen PLU’s commitment to being an inclusive, rigorous, and innovative university in the Lutheran tradition by providing access to transformative, lifelong, and distinctively

3. A liberating foundation in the liberal artsThe roots of the liberal arts (artes liberales) extend back into classical antiquity. Roman education, for example, progressed from basic literacy (the province of the litterator), to secondary school under the grammaticus, and finally to rhetorical education with the rhetor. Rhetoric allowed for a career in public office or the law courts. The achievements of Greco-Roman culture were eclipsed in the West for some centuries after the fall of Rome

Conference Speakers Marit TrelstadBeverly WallaceJennifer SmithTolu TaiwoNicole JordanAngie HambrickAviance Taylor KamauReggie WilliamsMarit TrelstadOpening Remarks: Welcome & Opening remarks: Black Bodies, the Justice of God and the Lutheran Tradition Who: Dr. Marit A. Trelstad, PLU Chair of Lutheran Studies and Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies at PLU Bio: Dr. Trelstad has a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University and an M.A. in