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  • When: Tuesday, November 14 The Writer’s Story: 4:00PM, Ness Family Lobby Reading: 7:00PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center

    Free & Open to the PublicWhen: Tuesday, November 14 The Writer’s Story: 4:00PM, Ness Family Lobby Reading: 7:00PM, Scandinavian Cultural CenterJennifer Sinor is the author of three books, most recently Letters Like the Day: On Reading Georgia O’Keeffe (New Mexico 2017) and Ordinary Trauma: A Memoir (Utah 2017). Her essays have appeared in numerous places including The American Scholar, UTNE, Seneca Review, and Gulf Coast. The recipient of the Stipend in American Modernism as well as nominations

  • Free and Open to the Public. Formal registration has ended. You are welcome to attend any of the lectures, please join us!

    from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Connelly has published Captive University: The Sovietization of East German, Czech and Polish Higher Education (Chapel Hill, 2000), which won the 2001 George Beer Award of the American Historical Association, and From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews (Harvard University Press, 2012), which was awarded the John Gilmary Shea prize of the American Catholic Historical Association. Professor John

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen.… November 28, 2018 Alumni ProfilesDiversity Justice SustainabilityEconomicsPLU GradsPsychology

  • PLU Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement Melannie Denise Cunningham has an uncanny ability to get folks talking. In 2016, she noticed the community was yearning to discuss one pressing topic in particular. That summer, the news of Philando Castile, a Black man fatally shot…

    Latinx person, as an indigenous person, as an Asian person, and so on,” she explains. “These are not always comfortable conversations, but I’ve found great joy and a sort of liberation in the opportunities for honesty, resolve and direction they can provide.” -Kristy Gledhill ’21 (pictured above) Kristy Gledhill ’21, a recent graduate of Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s creative writing MFA program, agrees. “Those breakout discussions can be the most valuable part of the event, but they can also be

  • Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.

    Practices in Consulting, Las Vegas, NV (2014) Invited Keynote Presentation, Meredith Corporation, From Good to Great: The secret of Olympic Champions, NYC, NY (2014) Invited Keynote Presentation , General Mills, The Secret of the Slight Edge”, Leadership Executive Team, Minneapolis, MN (2013) American Psychological Association, National Convention, Failure as Fertilizer: Lessons learned from the competitive cauldron, Honolulu, HI (2013) Invited Lecture Performance Psychology Keynote Address: AASP

  • The Department of History is proud to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student name below to see their presentation title and synopsis.

    : “The History of Alcohol in 19th and 20th Century American Fraternities” Todd Dizon Student life within American Higher Education maintains a long-standing history of change over the past 200 years. Alcohol had always been an integral part of a student’s social life since the 18th century. Students commonly drank Beer and Wine within university dining halls. However, once the Temperance movement became prominent in the 19th century, alcohol shifted from a typical facet of socialization towards a

  • LUTE Welcome Week - New Student Orientation is an exciting series of experiences designed to welcome new students to PLU’s vibrant community and allow you to get connected, to be involved and to

    this start of the school year meet and greet.Monday, 9/16/243:00PM-4:30PMAUC 133 Native American & Alaska Native Meet & Greet Welcome to the start of the 2024-2025 academic year! PLU’s Native American & Alaska Native students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to connect at this start of the school year meet and greet.Tuesday, 9/17/243:30PM-4:30PMKreidler Lounge Featured Speaker: Dr. Jason Kilmer REQUIRED for all new Lutes! “Beer Goggles” to Blackouts, “the Munchies” to Memory Effects: The

  • Professor Emeritus | Communication, Media & Design Arts | Writer.

    Robert Marshall Wells Professor Emeritus Website: https://www.robertmarshallwells.com Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2003-2023 Education M.B.A., Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, 2021 Certificate in Documentary Arts, Emphasis in documentary film, Duke University, 2013 Ph.D., American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2005 M.A., Liberal Studies –with emphases in Social and Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington

  • Professor Emeritus | Innovation Studies | Writer.

    Robert Marshall Wells Professor Emeritus Website: https://www.robertmarshallwells.com Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2003-2023 Education M.B.A., Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, 2021 Certificate in Documentary Arts, Emphasis in documentary film, Duke University, 2013 Ph.D., American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2005 M.A., Liberal Studies –with emphases in Social and Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington

  • Lutheran Studies Conference

    — the Mother of All Mountains — and titled one of her books Where the Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually History of Mount Rainier.Questions? Contact: Dr. Marit Trelstad at marit.trelstad@plu.edu This conference has been planned in partnership with Nisqually and Puyallup leaders and elders; faculty of PLU’s Department of Education and the Native American and Indigenous Studies program; the PLU Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability; members of PLU’s Indigenous Advisory Network

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies