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students, staff, and faculty members of color. And we challenge those in our community who identify as white to examine the racial history of our country and its continuing impact on each of our lives. That’s why the forthcoming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan presents us with the opportunity to innovate in response to the mass inequities and healthcare disparities laid bare by racially motivated violence and the current COVID-19 pandemic. Lutes, it is on each one of us to do the hard
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2016)- Erik Hammerstrom, assistant professor of East Asian and comparative religions, teaches Pacific Lutheran University students the fundamentals of Buddhism from the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar…
shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar locale.Utilizing Tacoma’s diverse and complicated history, Hammerstrom and 23 students have the opportunity to learn firsthand about Tacoma’s Buddhism. The upper-division global religion course is split between on-campus lecture and discussion and off-campus site visits. Most recently, students visited the Tacoma Buddhist Temple and a Korean zen temple, both within a 20-minute drive of campus
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Diversity and inclusion are what we’re tasked with doing because it’s who we are. We must continue to re-evaluate our institutions, curriculum, campaigns and more to guarantee an authentically
are what we’re tasked with doing because it’s who we are. We must continue to re-evaluate our institutions, curriculum, campaigns and more to guarantee an authentically inclusive environment in which all members of the PLU community can learn, live, work and thrive. PLU is committed to serving its increasingly diverse population of students through perpetual introspection that places diversity and inclusion work at the heart of all we do. As we continue to strive for a comprehensive sense of
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Criteria for Internal (PLU) Projects ProposalsApplications for Internal (on-campus) Center project support are accepted twice each year, during the Fall and Spring semesters. May 1 is the deadline for Center support that would begin the following Fall. The application deadline for projects that would begin in the Spring Semester is November 1 of the previous year. Consideration and acceptance of applications will be based on the following criteria: Consistency with the Center’s Mission and
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presentation, Pozner will show how often the television media in particular will seek out analysis from obviously partisan sources. After one of the presidential debates between Obama and Sen. John McCain, for example, one network cut to a known Republican strategist to see how he thought McCain had faired during the debate. “I’d sooner expect a building to crumble on top of me, than to hear one word of criticism on a speech from a Republican,” she laughed. She will out some code words commentators use as
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Tips for Designing a Writing Syllabus Using Keywords to Reflect Writing Pedagogy Writing-related words and references to a writing handbook highlighted on a syllabus help students recognize the writing and learning skills the course will address. Here are possible words/phrases that an instructor might place on a writing syllabus: Thesis & Focus; Developing & Organizing Ideas; Audience & Purpose; Introductory Strategies; Concluding Strategies; Style; Transitions; Claims, Reasons, & Evidence
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Pacific Lutheran University MediaLab is an award–winning, student–run media organization with expertise across the media spectrum.
1-2 investigative documentaries per year on topics related to social and environmental justice. Our program has won numerous awards and accolades, including three College Division Emmy awards. Please explore our site and contact us if we can be of help, or provide you with any additional information.Support MediaLabMediaLab Wins College EmmyMediaLab has taken home a 2021 College Emmy Award for its documentary film Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred Land. The film received the College Emmy
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Established in 2011, the PLU Peace Scholars Program is designed to deepen understanding of central issues and theories of dialogue, peace-building, conflict, and war.
scholars. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors that are returning for a PLUS year. Applicants must be returning to PLU as students in Fall of 2024. The fully funded program includes: Study in Norway for seven weeks in the summer: study includes a week-long intensive dialogue training, a peace seminar, and Oslo International Summer School with an additional class. Promote the program and contribute to peace-building efforts on PLU campus. Possible participation in a U.S. program component for a
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Art Professor Ernst Schwidder poured his faith into detailed pieces of art that can be seen throughout churches around the country—and on one wood-carved door at Pacific Lutheran University. And now three seminary classmates are working to preserve Schwidder’s art—and his legacy—through The Ernst Schwidder Project. Schwidder was a member of the art faculty at PLU from 1967 until his retirement in 1992. He lived with his family in Steilacoom, Wash. Nearly 100 pieces designed by Schwidder are
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Students who need to repeat a nursing course must first petition to do so. See Course Failure and Petition Process sections for more information. The student will register for that course on a space- available basis. If all sections of the course are closed, students must register for the course during a later semester. If progression is delayed for more than one (1) semester, the student may be required to enroll in a 1 credit independent study skills refresher course or demonstrate clinical
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