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  • PLU Admission Blog in Pre-Health https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/pre-health/

    News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community Ash Bechtel has always wanted to be in healthcare, but she wasn’t sure which direction to take — nursing or medical school. So, Ash counseled with family and academic advisors before deciding to pursue a biology major that would lead her to becoming a doctor.… June 13, 2024 AcademicsBiologyGender Sexuality and Race StudiesGlobal EducationPre-HealthReformerSciencesSeekerStudent

  • Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/11/03/griech-polelle-historic-questions/

    I think we have all heard the infamous phrase, “Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it.” For most historians, asking questions about our shared past forces all of us to confront uncomfortable truths about the past with the hope that…

    meaning. In my experience, PLU students always ask tough questions and I am consistently blown away by their intellectual abilities and their fearlessness in challenging accepted opinions.The Holocaust and Genocide Studies MinorThe Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s forty-year dedication to Holocaust Studies and the University’s educational commitment to helping its students develop as global citizens, future leaders, and whole, richly informed persons. Read more

  • Kartene Kamaraj https://www.plu.edu/mft/kartene-kamaraj/

    Hi, my name is Kartene (kar-ti-ni), and I am passionate about fostering healing and growth within individuals, couples, and families.

    cultivate meaningful connections. I would also love to collaborate with my clients to unearth their strengths, develop healthy coping strategies, and enact positive changes in their lives and relationships. Or, to just simply listen and be there for them. As a systemic therapist, I am committed to exploring how all the different systems (like family, culture, gender, sexuality, etc.) shape clients’ experiences and perspectives. Whether addressing issues related to mental health and disorders

  • Scholarship, Sleep, and Self in the Pandemic https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/scholarship-sleep-and-self-in-the-pandemic/

    Nancy Simpson-Younger sits at her desk, poised to explain how communicating remotely is completely different from speaking face-to-face, when a loud bang sounds from behind her. She laughs. “That was my cat knocking the little whiteboard off the back of the bookshelf.” She considers the…

    those vital bonding moments with her students digitally. Snickerdoodle the cat Teaching During a Global PandemicSustainability in Monastic Communities Read Previous “All Tradition is Change”: Redefining Community in the SCC Read Next The Two Desks LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

  • 19th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture https://www.plu.edu/religion/events/knutson-lecture/

    Knutson Lecture

    -disciplinary studies. The title of his lecture is, “Thank Goodness, God is NOT in Control!” Dr. Oord will speak at 7:00 PM. What if God is not in control? And, in fact, can’t control? In this talk, Thomas Jay Oord offers a view of God’s loving activity that answers our biggest questions about life, evil, and scripture. Oord proposes that God is neither omnipotent nor impotent but amipotent. And that’s good news! BiographyDr. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary

  • PLU Admission Blog in Research https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/research/

    News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market For Cece Chan ’24, what began as a love of student advocacy and social justice in high school, has blossomed into activism through art at Pacific Lutheran University. From serving as ASPLU president her junior year, to spending a semester in Trinidad and Tobago, to… May 20, 2024 AcademicsCommunicationCreatorDiversityGender Sexuality and Race StudiesGlobal

  • Article V. – RANK AND TENURE AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE https://www.plu.edu/faculty-handbook/bylaws-to-the-faculty-constitution-pacific-lutheran-university/article-iv-rank-and-tenure-and-leaves-of-absence/

    Pacific Lutheran University seeks faculty with the highest possible qualifications, and offers them conditions of employment commensurate with their professional achievement and conducive to

    Section 1. PROMOTION, RANK, AND TENUREPacific Lutheran University seeks faculty with the highest possible qualifications, and offers them conditions of employment commensurate with their professional achievement and conducive to high-quality performance. The university thrives upon the commitment and energy of a diverse faculty. Its programs depend as well upon the variety of faculty appointments that are made, appropriately tenured and untenured, full-time and part-time, emeritus and honorary

  • Article V. – RANK AND TENURE AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE https://www.plu.edu/faculty-handbook/section-i-faculty-constitution-and-bylaws/article-v-rank-and-tenure-and-leaves-of-absence/

    The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents procedures for the granting of tenure.

    Section 1. RANK AND TENURE The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents procedures for the granting of tenure. The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents requirements for promotion and rank. Section 2. LEAVES OF ABSENCE The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents policies for the granting of sabbatical leaves. The faculty shall through the president recommend to the Board of Regents policies for the

  • Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! https://www.plu.edu/president/news/2015/05/13/blog-post/

    Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you…

    Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my!Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you will receive your complete cap-and-gown package on Tuesday, May 19. I’d like to explain why we thought of taking this action in the first

  • Learning to Pay Attention to the Environment and Religion with Professor Sarah Robinson-Bertoni https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/learning-to-pay-attention-to-the-environment-and-religion-with-professor-sarah-robinson-bertoni/

    In the face of massive environmental change, many people may feel that there is nothing much that can be done. But environmental scholars like Dr. Sarah Robinson-Bertoni are striving to challenge people to take action and not lose hope. Robinson-Bertoni is a visiting assistant professor…

    -Bertoni is a visiting assistant professor here at PLU in the departments of Religion and Environmental Studies. She is originally from Oakland, California, and has had a passion for helping the environment from a young age. During her Senior year of high school, Robinson-Bertoni had the opportunity to take courses at the University of California, Berkeley, and she chose to first take an environmental studies class. From there, she went on to get her Bachelor of Arts degree at Berkeley in American