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  • Jani Hitchen ’96 has lived in Parkland for more than 30 years. “I moved here to go to PLU and never left,” she says with a chuckle. Hitchen majored in education and enjoyed a long career teaching in Lakewood’s Clover Park School District and Spanaway…

    was intentional about getting to know her students and their families, which led her to grow frustrated with Pierce County’s neglect of Parkland and Spanaway.“Before there wasn’t transportation, there weren’t parks, there weren’t community centers, and there weren’t support systems for kids and families in crisis,” Hitchen says. “When I had teenagers threatening to commit suicide and deputies were showing up instead of a crisis worker, when I had families doing parent-teacher conferences in tents

  • Paid student internship opportunity with the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters in Tacoma.  Candidates with a strong interest in gaining some laboratory knowledge, skills and experience.  This position starts as summer internship, where the candidate can work part…

    Paid Internship: Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters Posted by: Craig Fryhle / March 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 Paid student internship opportunity with the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters in Tacoma.  Candidates with a strong interest in gaining some laboratory knowledge, skills and experience.  This position starts as summer internship, where the candidate can work part to full time, and then scales back to a part

  • Assistant Professor of  Psychology  Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,”…

    The Evolution of Behavior Posted by: tpotts / November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,” will explore how evolved social goals, or fundamental motives, influence the use of stereotypes and appraisals of

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 13, 2017)- On Monday, Feb. 27, at 5:30 p.m. in Chris Knutzen Hall PLU will host a panel discussion on the development, politics and practices of sanctuary movements. “In light of President Krise’s letters in support of immigrant students and ongoing conversations…

    , Jennifer Predmore ’14 of Catholic Community Services, and a representative from Colectiva Legal del Pueblo. Torvend will discuss the origins and development of sanctuary practices. Hay will address the relation between sanctuary movements and civil disobedience. Knutson will discuss his church’s experience of hosting families in sanctuary. Predmore will describe her work with unaccompanied refugee minors and Colectiva Legal del Pueblo will provide insights around current legal processes and the role

  • 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…

    the most intimidating as well,” she says.  “The real value in those discussions is in the realization people get that they’re not alone in their concern over issues of race and their uncertainty over what to do about it — with their families, at work, in their communities.” After the breakout groups, the larger group reconvenes and attendees share a bit about what was discussed. Gledhill, who directs an initiative called the South Sound Antiracist Project, serves as a facilitator of breakout

  • Pacific Lutheran University is making plans to hold two virtual commencement ceremonies in late May: one for the Class of 2021 and one for the Class of 2020. The Class of 2021 ceremony will be held on May 29 at 11:00 a.m., and the Class…

    name, see their picture, and view their degree information. All content from the ceremony will be available for viewing after the event as well. PLU is working in partnership with the Washington D.C.–based company Full Measure Education in producing the virtual commencement ceremonies. Full Measure Education will help ensure that the registration and attendance process for students, families, and friends is seamless, and will work with PLU’s Commencement Planning Team to ensure the events are well

  • Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…

    the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation. What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people from the American Conservation Experience company and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Then, a resume and cover

  • First, congratulations! Now, you will need your eight-digit PLU Student ID Number to work through the next steps, like financial aid and submitting the enrollment deposit (final day to submit August 1st). Can’t find it?? We are here to help! If you’re an admitted student…

    Number printed in the upper right-hand corner of the paper. If you still can’t find your PLU Student ID number, call the Admission Office at 253-535-7151, and we can provide it over the phone after a couple of security questions. Guest Blogger: Melody Ferguson, Dean of Admission Read Previous Winter adventures at PLU ❄️️ Read Next PLU students intern with Trinidad and Tobago Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that

  • Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…

    : I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theater with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theater help me share why

  • TACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- This week, PLU introduced “Open to Interpretation,” a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Hosted by Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, each…

    Communication & Theatre Chair Amy Young Discusses New PLU Podcast Series Posted by: Zach Powers / August 24, 2015 Image: Amy Young, Kevin O’Brien and Justin Eckstein discuss “advocacy” in KPLU’s Tacoma studio. [Photo by Zach Powers/PLU] August 24, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- This week, PLU introduced “Open to Interpretation,” a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social