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  • Located at 12180 South Park Avenue in Tacoma, the Scandinavian Cultural Center is a 6,700 square foot facility housed on the first floor of the University Center at Pacific Lutheran University.

    offers everyone, not just those of Nordic descent, a rich, broad and changing portrait of a living culture other than our own. The Center is a library, an art gallery, a lecture hall, a banquet room, a performance arena, a museum, a classroom, and a recital hall.Mission StatementThe mission of the Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University is to enrich understanding of Nordic and Nordic-American cultures in support of PLU’s educational mission and in recognition of PLU’s Nordic

  • Below are a variety of readings, podcasts, websites, and videos to help prepare for the end of life. Liturgies for the end of life (ELCA) from In Sure and Certain Hope: A Funeral Sourcebook (Augsburg

    cure, for those who are unconscious, for a poor prognosis, for someone suffering with mental distress, for recovery from sickness, for the sleepless, before an operation, for an extended course of treatment, for survivors of abuse and violence, thanksgiving for recovery, and more. Accompany Them with Singing: the Christian Funeral by Thomas G. Long (Westminster John Knox, 2009). An excellent study of dying, death, and ritual in North American Christian communities. Close to Death – Podcast hosted

  • PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for…

    Virgin Islands and spent a portion of his youth living in a boat, sailing around the Caribbean with his parents. In graduate school, he decided to study British Caribbean literature after learning about the gaps in the field. He went on to create the first early Caribbean literary anthology chair in the English department at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, complete a Fulbright in Jamaica, and form the Early Caribbean Society with friends at a cocktail party in 2002. “I can tell he has a

  • Campaign ends, surpasses goal by $22 million A performance in the Studio Theater in Eastvold Hall, which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. By Greg Brewis The university’s most recent fundraising campaign was launched amid buoyant economic times, in…

    Scholarship for the Women’s Center supports student research and programming at the center. And Lynn (Geschwind ’71) Ostenson, in memory of her late husband Richard Ostenson ’71, established an endowed scholarship for African-American students studying in the natural sciences. Endowment for Academics and Mission Gifts to the campaign led to the creation of four endowed chairs and an endowed professorship. These endowments help attract and retain top faculty, bring public recognition to the university and

  • Performing in Washington and British Columbia The PLU Choir of the West will be on tour in Washington and British Columbia later this January and in early February. The repertoire for this year’s Choir of the West tour spans many stylistic eras and genres. Audience…

    The Choir of the West takes to the road Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 21, 2013 January 21, 2013 Performing in Washington and British Columbia The PLU Choir of the West will be on tour in Washington and British Columbia later this January and in early February. The repertoire for this year’s Choir of the West tour spans many stylistic eras and genres. Audience members will hear premiere performances of three works: Exultate, by PLU choral faculty member Brian Galante; Northern Lights, by

  • The tallest building in Parkland Tingelstad Hall will not be ignored. At a whopping nine stories, it proudly bears the title of Parkland’s tallest building. Naturally, Tingelstad is also Pacific Lutheran University’s largest hall. The sheer size, though, was not what surprised first-year student Madeline…

    February 2, 2009 The tallest building in Parkland Tingelstad Hall will not be ignored. At a whopping nine stories, it proudly bears the title of Parkland’s tallest building. Naturally, Tingelstad is also Pacific Lutheran University’s largest hall. The sheer size, though, was not what surprised first-year student Madeline Gunter. In fact, it was something that might go unnoticed by most incoming college students. “The one thing that I found most surprising after I moved in was that there is a

  • Manage all newsroom, business and administrative operations for the newspaper. Update all documents, templates, libraries, etc. for the current year. Determine a specific publication schedule.

    The Mast Editor-in-Chief Responsibilities Manage all newsroom, business and administrative operations for the newspaper. Update all documents, templates, libraries, etc. for the current year. Determine a specific publication schedule. Interview and hire staff positions and hold employees accountable for fulfilling job functions. Train and assist employees in journalism and writing skills, Adobe programs and AP Style. In conjunction with the General Manager of Mast TV, hold weekly staff meetings

  • Diversity in the Core curricular requirements approved by the Faculty.

    Diversity in the Core curricular requirements approved by the Faculty.

  • First in the Family Residential Learning Community (RLC) for first-generation identified students established.

    First in the Family Residential Learning Community (RLC) for first-generation identified students established.

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    Lagerquist – Behind the Scenes (Pre-Installation) by Patrick Wakefield Out With the Old The Lagerquist Concert Hall in Mary Baker Russel has been used for recitals and events since the building was constructed in 1997. While many people attend the events in the hall, few know of the work being done… January 8, 2014 behind the scenesspace upgrades