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  • Multicultural Christmas Events on Campus Throughout December Posted by: Zach Powers / December 10, 2014 Image: Students sing at Sankta Lucia in 2013. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) December 10, 2014 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 10, 2014) — Since our founding 124 years ago by Scandinavian Lutheran immigrants, Pacific Lutheran University has enthusiastically celebrated the Christmas season. The final two weeks of the fall semester are full of on-campus events

  • Kirsty Palmer Kirsty at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide PLU Class of 2013 Global Studies and Hispanic Studies Double-Major Studied away in Valparaiso, Chile Current: Steward at McMurdo Station, Antarctica When Kirsty Palmer was busy studying towards her degrees in Global Studies and Hispanic Studies at PLU, she had no idea that she would one day live and work on Antarctica. What you or I see as the largest gathering of ice in the world, Kirsty sees as home, and has for the past year and a

  • Military DependentsDependents of active duty military members using transferred Post-9/11 G.I. Bill® benefits may be eligible for FREE tuition at PLU. Eligibility: Information provided by U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Family members must be enrolled in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS) and be eligible for benefits at the time of transfer to receive transferred benefits.The option to transfer is open to any member of the armed forces active duty or Selected Reserve

  • PLU Working Groups: Thoughts on Sustainability“PLU’s aspiration to become an even more diverse, just, and sustainable community in the years ahead flows from our mission and from our Lutheran heritage.” (PLU 2020, p 54) “Sustainability is a value that emphasizes the inseparable importance of environmental, economic, and ethical principles; it is also a goal that calls us to ensure that our present way of life does not degrade that of future generations, but in fact leaves the world better

  • Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Home Alumni News Alumni Awards & Recognition Ed Hrivnak ’96 Alumni Service Award U pon his graduation from PLU’s School of Nursing, Technical Sgt Ed Hrivnak went to Officer Training School and then to Flight Nurse training. Hrivnak was an instructor flight nurse in the Air Force Reserve. He was the Crew Director on a seven-person Medical-Evacuation Team, flying wounded service personnel out of the active war zone

  • Cutting Medicine Down to Size Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Paul T. MenzelOriginally Published in 1992I thought I was used to medicine’s ever-expanding horizons, but I wasn’t prepared for this one. “We’ve got a dilemma we want some philosophers to help with,” said a pediatric endocrinologist on the other end of the line. As I quickly found out, for a long time now they have been treating very short children who have growth hormone deficiencies with injections of growth

  • In addition to and co-equal with its legal responsibilities as set out in Section II to this policy, PLU, by its mission, is committed to providing an environment in which students and employees can work, live, and study free from all types of Prohibited Conduct. Consistent with its Equal Educational Opportunity Policy, PLU prohibits any discrimination in education and employment on the basis of gender or gender identity (see also PLU Human Resources Sexual Misconduct Policy). Prohibited

  • Pacific Lutheran UniversityCampus Access PolicyEffective 2016 (Updated 2023)Facility access policies are intended to enable efficient access to space and maximize protection of students, employees, guests, and property. Policies were endorsed by the presidentially appointed Safety & Security Task Force and approved by the President’s Council. Definitions Access Department: A division of the Campus Safety Department responsible for maintaining access requests/permissions, processing and managing

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s holiday event roundup Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 28, 2018 Image: Celebration of Light in Red Square at PLU, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 28, 2018 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 28, 2018) - Looking to get the festivities started early? Check out this roundup of holiday events held on campus this year.Nov. 28: Celebration of Light Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Celebration of light, an

  • Wang Center Executive Director: “Global issues are local issues.” Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Lisa Patterson ’98ResoLute ContributorIn 2021, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education added a few more important words to its title. It is now the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. The name change is the result of a merger between the Wang Center and the former Center for Community and Engaged Service. Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Tamara