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  • Veterans Month at Pacific Lutheran University: Honoring Those Who Serve With a rich history of working closely with the military community—and with university programs including a MacArthur Award-winning Army ROTC and full-tuition Yellow Ribbon Scholarships —Pacific Lutheran University honors veterans and their families through November…

    Football Game When: Gates Open: 11:30 a.m. Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. Where: Sparks Stadium 601 7th Ave. SW, Puyallup, WA 98371 Veterans, active duty and family members get in free I Corps Band from JBLM will perform, as well as PLU’s own Hermonic singing The National Anthem Sponsored By: Pacific Lutheran University, PLU ROTC VetConnect Resource Fair November 9 What: VetConnect Resource Fair Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Where: Scandinavian Cultural Center & Anderson University Center, Suite 133 Sponsored By: Safe

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 14, 2020) —The Gospel Experience Concert is returning to Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday, Feb. 15., featuring an encore performance by national recording artist and event headliner Crystal Aikin ’97. The renowned gospel singer was born and raised in Tacoma, and graduated…

    dancing featuring artists Sabian Pleasant and Diana Starr. Gospel Experience is a Pacific Lutheran University Campus Ministry event directed by Melannie Denise Cunningham. Cunningham’s goal is to bring people of different cultures together through gospel music and to specifically honor people who identify with black culture. “I am particularly proud of this event because of the cultural learning and experience that students gain from participating. Black students are affirmed in their culture and

  • Melissa Castor ’14 helps a sixth grade student at Keithley Middle School with her math work. (Photos by John Froschauer) Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do By Chris Albert In Mrs. Allen’s sixth grade math class at Keithley Middle School , Ms. Castor is…

    influence on both, Bullock said. “It can form a better bond between the two,” she said. “Keithley can benefit from PLU, but so can PLU.” She’s excited to see PLU students play alongside Keithley students in places like the basketball courts by Foss and Pflueger Halls. “They’re just looking for someone to hangout with,” she said. “It’s been cool to see some PLU students on campus get that.” Opening up campus to Keithley is an important step in community building, Bullock said. “It has changed my

  • Melissa Castor ’14 helps a sixth grade student at Keithley Middle School with her math work. (Photos by John Froschauer) Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do By Chris Albert In Mrs. Allen’s sixth grade math class at Keithley Middle School , Ms. Castor is…

    influence on both, Bullock said. “It can form a better bond between the two,” she said. “Keithley can benefit from PLU, but so can PLU.” She’s excited to see PLU students play alongside Keithley students in places like the basketball courts by Foss and Pflueger Halls. “They’re just looking for someone to hangout with,” she said. “It’s been cool to see some PLU students on campus get that.” Opening up campus to Keithley is an important step in community building, Bullock said. “It has changed my

  • Former Lute Soccer Star Kicks Off New Professional League Andrew Croft ’09 played soccer for a year with the Tacoma Stars. (Photo: ©Wilson Tsoi/goalWA.net) Andrew Croft ’09 is a Goalkeeper for the New Seattle Impact FC, Which Debuts in Kent Nov. 8 By Sandy Deneau…

    simply couldn’t be a better time to play soccer, thanks to the incredible influence of the World Cup—especially in Seattle and Washington—and the Aug. 6 All-Star game, where the cheapest seats were $214. He’s particularly excited about the Impact FC (plus, the team’s debut season kicks off at Kent’s ShoWare Center on Nov. 8, the day before Croft’s birthday). “It’s really cool to see the indoor game trying to expand again like back in the ’80s,” he said. “The indoor game is different—more fast-paced

  • On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, History majors Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr present on their student-faculty research projects. Please join us in Admin 101 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm!

    Benson Research Fellows to Present Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr explore business and economic history on April 5 Posted by: halvormj / March 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, History majors Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr present on their student-faculty research projects. Please join us in Admin 101 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm! Read Previous Neurotechnology Lecture “Enhancement” Read Next 10 Innovation Studies Students Graduate LATEST POSTS INOV 350: Innovation Seminar in Spring

  • A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The…

    near the Tacoma Mall before moving into the Parkland area. “The reason that it is so important to focus on areas like Parkland is that there are significant disparities in tree canopy cover when it comes to race and income demographics,” environmental studies major Paez said. “Poor health is correlated with a lack of trees, so increasing greenery in underserved areas is a social justice issue.”The students have been working with the Tree Foundation for the past year, learning how tree coverage in

  • PLU Peace Scholars leave for Nobel Peace Prize Forum Juniors Andrew Larsen and Amy Delo will be attending the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize forum this year in Minneapolis. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Dr. William Foege ’57 is a keynote speaker at the event By Barbara Clements…

    spent the past year in Serbia studying peace and conflict resolution, and would like to work with youth when he leaves PLU. Delo is a political science and global studies major and is considering going into the Peace Corps or furthering her education through graduate studies in international relations. They also will hear PLU alum Dr. William Foege ’57, who led the fight to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Anna McCracken ’14, a

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 24, 2015)—Taylor (Eastman) Bozich ’17 and Ellie Lapp ’17 have been chosen as Pacific Lutheran’s University’s 2015 Peace Scholars and will represent PLU at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis from March 6-8. “Taylor and Ellie distinguished themselves as two who…

    distinguished themselves as two who bring experience and insight to the study of peace and who already have given much thought to how being a Peace Scholar opens up new possibilities in their academic study and life and work after graduation,” said Claudia Berguson, Peace Scholar coordinator and associate professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Area Studies. Claudia Berguson, Peace Scholar coordinator and associate professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Area Studies, shows Peace Scholars Taylor Bozich

  • Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do , this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The…

    ” Austen’s novel (Persuasion, 2022). I was struck by the choice of the phrase ‘based on’, rather than ‘adapted from.’ According to the Oxford English Dictionary, adapted means “to alter (a literary work) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or production on the stage” (OED, 5), whereas ‘based on’ implies that the film is using Persuasion (1817) as a jumping off point, rather than creating what viewers might see as a ‘faithful’ representation of the text. While each viewer would naturally have