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  • Despite the challenges and uncertainty of life during the pandemic, PLU student Gurjot Kang ’21 is finding ways to build her skills and improve the community through her internship with Tacoma Housing Authority. Kang—a communication and political science double major from Auburn, Washington—was connected with…

    PLU Student Continues Internship Despite Pandemic Gurjot Kang ‘21 grows her skills and makes an impact as a Tacoma Housing Authority intern Posted by: vcraker / March 25, 2021 Image: Gurjot Kang tabling for the Tacoma housing authority at a community event March 25, 2021 By By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsDespite the challenges and uncertainty of life during the pandemic, PLU student Gurjot Kang ’21 is finding ways to build her skills and improve the community through her

  • The NCAA announced selections for the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships with Pacific Lutheran University sending six student-athletes to the meet this week at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Sprinter Bailey Forsyth qualifies in two events and is joined by…

    on Thursday at 3:40 p.m. (Pacific) and the 100-meters on Friday at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific). Finals for both events are on Saturday. Ryan Stracke makes his first trip to nationals after punching his ticket in the 5,000-meters. The NWC Champion in cross country, the junior owns the 17th best time in D3 in the event after running a 14:15.83 at the Portland Distance Carnival. Stracke hits the track on Saturday at 12:25 p.m. (Pacific). Lily Luksich and Kristine Nguyen both make their first appearance at

  • Lutes often find ways to show gratitude to the community that supported their education, but Justin Foster ’02 got started early. An entrepreneur, marketer, and technology developer, he has been an active supporter of PLU and the School of Business since graduation. “I received a…

    with students, as a judge for business plan competitions and as an organizer of E-Business Day, an event connecting students to business leaders. Of course, he’s a leader himself. His first start-up, the e-commerce company Liveclicker, was co-founded in 2008, and sold in July 2018. Foster also founded two leading trade groups, the Video Commerce Consortium and the Email Marketing Roundtable. Foster began his career as one of the first employees at WhatCounts, an email marketing technology

  • Caltech is excited to announce two summer research opportunities available to continuing undergraduate students. The WAVE Fellows program provides support for talented undergraduates intent on pursuing a Ph.D. to conduct a 10-week summer research project at Caltech. The WAVE Fellows program aims to foster diversity…

    ) 395-2887. Interested students can join us for the following webinar to learn more: November 21, 11:00 am (PST) Click here to register. Read Previous [WCCTA] ACS Puget Sound Section Annual Career Event Read Next University of Delaware REU Opportunity LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 2025 Fred Hutch Summer Undergraduate Research Program

  • by Kortney Scroger ’14   As chair of the Communication and Theatre Department and PLU professor of more than three decades, Dr. Michael Bartanen is well known around campus. What may not be as well known are his ties to the oldest national collegiate speech…

    States. The centennial was a major celebration for PKD and the goal of the event was not only to celebrate the past but also to celebrate the future. “This is the 46th year I have either been in a debate or judged one and I hope to keep that streak going for a very long time,” said Bartanen. Read Previous New documentary addresses Islamophobia in America, premieres Thursday, April 11, 2013 Read Next Senior exhibition, Unfiltered, opens April 24 in the University Gallery LATEST POSTS Meet Professor

  • SOAC’s 2015 FOCUS Series will kick off on February 11 from 5pm-7pm as the PLU and printing communities celebrate the opening of the University Gallery’s ‘National Print Exhibition: Vantage Points.’ The exhibition will be on view from February 4 – March 4, with the official opening…

    -annual event features prints from across the United States and surveys the range of mark making and imagery of some of the finest printmakers in the country. The opening kicks off the 2015 SOAC Focus Series on perspective. This year’s events explore the connection of people, disciplines, and the ideas that draw meaning to our worldview. The Print Exhibition is the first of five events in the series. The show reveals perspectives on printmaking and communicates the maker’s outlook, while revealing to

  • Some books are shipped from Amazon, others are found cataloged in libraries, under beds with lost socks, digitized in e-readers, collecting dust on shelves or housed on nightstands. Other books are labored over, crafted with care, written, printed, drawn, sculpted and bound with artist hands.…

    “Running Fisher” Upham MalPina Chan Don Myhre Mar Gorman Read Previous Speech and Debate wins big at Willamette Read Next Women’s debate event fosters community and mentorship in male-dominated competitive debate LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October

  • Students and experts debate October 4 Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Speech and Debate team will partner with local policy experts on Oct. 4 to publicly debate the potential benefits and pitfalls of voting for a third party in the 2016 presidential election. Democratic Communication…

    opportunity that Eckstein said he believes is a rarity in local and national civics. “Honestly, how often do you see college students given (public) space to advocate or doubt a position?” Eckstein asked. “Students are too often relegated to the margins of the public sphere, as if they do not have something productive to add to the public discussion. We think that students have unique perspectives that enrich public debate.” Event Details 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 at Eastvold, Karen Hille Phillips

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is traveling across the mountains to eastern Washington to perform in various venues this March. The 50-student ensemble will perform in Yakima, Spokane, Richland, Pasco and Portland, Oregon, and will finish with a homecoming concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall…

    Concert Hall Read Previous PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Read Next Pacific Lutheran University Choirs and Orchestra close “Passion Week” with North American premiere LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s

  • Lute and her pals from Montana win Folgers jingle contest By Barbara Clements Oh why not? That was the general idea when Jenny Snipstead and her friends from Montana decided to enter a Folger’s Jingle Contest. The grand prize was $25,000 and the winner would…

    national television next year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Snipstead, ’11, said neither she nor her friends really thought they had a chance. But now, six months later, Snipstead, 20, is still pinching herself. The Hispanic Studies major was collecting her bags at Sea-Tac Airport Friday afternoon, and a bit breathless. She and her bandmates had just spent a whirlwind week in Los Angles recording the jingle and the “behind the scenes” video of the event. Look for Snipstead, who will be singing the jingle