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  • The Trans Task ForceMission StatementThe Trans Task Force was created in Fall 2016 as part of PLU’s response to the Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students released by the Department of Justice and Department of Education in May 2016. This group’s mission is to create a campus that is inclusive and welcoming of all students, regardless of gender identity, and to ensure that students who identify as trans have the resources and support necessary to persist and succeed. The Trans Task Force

  • PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 7, 2021 Image: Sheryl Ochayon, an attorney and educator who directs Yad Vashem’s “Echoes and Reflections: Teaching the Holocaust, Inspiring the Classroom” program, speaking at PLU’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education in 2019. June 7, 2021 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsLeaders from Pacific Lutheran University and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance

  • Be a Catalyst for ChangeThe Innovation Studies minor combines PLU’s unique offerings in the liberal arts and the professional schools, as well as curriculum and programming offered by the Benson Chair in Business and Economic History. Innovation Studies is especially supportive of, and connected to, PLU initiatives that encourage diversity, justice, and sustainability.What is the program?In the business and non-profit worlds, the skills necessary for developing new ideas transcend the academic

  • David Biespiel Poetry Website: http://atticinstitute.com/ Biography Biography David Biespiel is a contributing writer at The Rumpus, Partisan, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Charming Gardeners and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.  His

  • Graduating Senior Awards:Student eligible for graduation at the conclusion of this academic year, as well as students who graduated the previous December, (for example: a student who graduated in December 2019 may be nominated for an award in 2020) and have not received a Senior award previously are eligible for the following awards. This award category can also recognize students in their PLUS year. LEADERSHIP IN LIVING PLU MISSION AWARDThis award honors a graduating student for their

  • PLU Chemistry Department Mission StatementMission StatementThe mission of the Chemistry Department is to provide high quality educational programs for all students who study chemistry at PLU. Faculty strive to teach chemistry in ways that help students become life-long learners, effective written and oral communicators, and explorers of the relationship of chemistry to other fields. The department endeavors to integrate education and research by incorporating recent discoveries, modern

  • Learning Outcomes for the Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies MajorStudents who take Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies courses at PLU will learn how to: Understand the social construction of gender, sexuality, and race. Analyze systems of privilege and oppression. Assess the intersectional relationship between knowledge production, identities, and power. Communicate and collaborate across differences. Practice community-engaged scholarship and coalition building. Engage in critical imagining

  • Archival Resource: The General Education Council is responsible for finding ways through which to assess and describe how PLU students understand and apply (think about and embrace) the Integrative Learning Objectives as they are represented throughout the curriculum, particularly in the General Education experience. In Spring 2018, the faculty voted to create and implement a faculty standing committee charged with the oversight of the Core Curriculum (General Education). Taking the place of

  • LASR General ManagerDescriptionOur goal at LASR Student Radio is to represent the tastes and musical diversity of the student body at Pacific Lutheran University and the greater local and global communities. The LASR General Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the station, managing a staff, and acting as the contact point between the University and the Radio Station.Job Summary Hire and train a staff to support the station. Supervise staff and oversee DJ

  • Post-Graduate Service OpportunitiesIf you are interested in a term of service after graduation, there are many host organizations. Alumni & Student Connections can help in narrowing down which service experience may be right for you. To learn more, set up an appointment with an advisor. AmeriCorps AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps programs move