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  • Debbie Cafazzo – Resolute Online: Fall 2019 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2019/author/dcafazzo/

    up just outside the gates of Joint Base Lewis- McChord in Tillicum and graduated from Clover Park High School in 2008. He was one of the first group of Act Six Scholars – a national group providing scholarships and social justice leadership training for students – on PLU’s campus. The program had profound impacts on his world view. “For somebody in my situation, getting a full ride scholarship to attend PLU made it a financial reality,” he said. “If not for Act Six, I would not have been able to

  • Innovating for Access: PLU lives out its mission by blazing new trails https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/06/05/innovating-for-access/

    University. The PLU Pledge was an idea that originated from Frechette’s experience at Rush. The Chicago-based institution considered a similar program for graduate students. Thinking it could be an excellent resource to help retain current PLU students, Frechette pitched the idea to PLU leadership.  The idea seeded quickly and was announced a few short months later. In May 2017 admission sent out the first email about the pledge to admitted (but still undecided) students. Six students enrolled

  • Transfer Student Schedule https://www.plu.edu/nso/nso-transfer-students-schedule/

    Welcome weekend ahead of your first day so you know where to go! HUNGRY? Optional: Dinner on your own4:30PM-7:30PMAnderson University Center (AUC) Commons & Old Main Market (OMM) LUTE Welcome (Continued): The First Six WeeksThe first six weeks is a critical time in a new semester for new and continuing students alike to get rooted and set their routines so they can THRIVE at PLU! Below is a list of Welcome Week events and other highlighted activities in the first six weeks of fall 2024 semester to get

  • 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/

    appointee before the appointment is consummated. The contract for the initial appointment to a tenure-eligible position shall include a statement of the amount of probationary credit toward tenure to be allowed for service elsewhere and for service as contingent faculty at Pacific Lutheran University. Beginning with the appointment as regular faculty to the rank of assistant professor or a higher rank, the probationary period should not exceed the equivalent of six years of full-time service, including

  • Recent Graduates https://www.plu.edu/financial-services/students/recent-graduates/

    Information for Recent GraduatesCongratulations on completing your degree program at Pacific Lutheran University. As you exit PLU and move on to graduate school or to the world of work, please note that borrowers of federal student loan programs will need to be in contact with their lenders during your loans’ grace period (the time between leaving school and entering repayment). The grace period for the Federal Stafford/Direct Loan is six months, while the grace period for the Federal Nursing

  • Wendy Call https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/wendy-call/

    fellowships for her creative nonfiction from 4Culture, Artist Trust, the Seattle City/Artist Program, and the Wurlitzer Foundation. Fellowships for her poetry translations have come from Cornell University, Fulbright commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and University of Iowa. She has served as Artist/Translator/Writer in Residence at 28 institutions, including six universities, five national parks, two visual arts centers, and a public hospital. Wendy writes, edits, and translates books in

  • ‘Passion Play’ entertains while asking ‘big enough’ questions https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2014/12/09/passion-play-entertains-while-asking-big-enough-questions/

    ,” Heath says. “‘How do you stage giant boats sailing across a stage when you have less than a thousand dollars in your total budget? How do you justify doing a play about the Passion of the Christ at Christmastime?’ They’re hard questions! But I had a lot of support from faculty and students alike who provided me with a sounding board to bounce terrible ideas off of until I came to better ideas.” This is the only mainstage show of the year that runs almost a full week; actors perform six performances

  • Dancing to new levels: PLU’s Dance minor program celebrates 40 years https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2017/11/14/dancing-to-new-levels-plus-dance-minor-program-celebrates-40-years/

    featuring her fourth cast of dancers. “Each of the six dancers represent different characters, qualities and emotions, and memorize those parts from a structured improvisation,” Winchester said. “It’s complex.” Simply, this piece is designed by chaos, meant to be fun, but also very specific. The dancers analyze the story into dance through the process of dramaturgy, the technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation. This is what defines Vonnegut’s description of female shorthand typing

  • New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2019/03/14/cassio-vianna/

    worked for six months in the industry; but my call to be a musician [fortunately] prevailed. I love languages. I also like to walk, which is when I get my best ideas. Coffee has been my morning drink since I was four or so; needless to say, I never quit! What’s your experience been like so far at PLU? My first interactions with students, staff and faculty have been the best possible. I see in our students a sincere desire to expand their worldview and to succeed. I feel truly blessed to join the PLU

  • New director joins Campus Safety https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/01/03/new-director-joins-campus-safety/

    roles, including patrol deputy, juvenile investigations deputy, special assault detective, supervisor of the domestic violence investigations unit, and, for the last six years, supervisor of the crime analysis and information unit. Berger quickly notes that his most recent position bears no resemblance to the work portrayed on CBS’s hit drama C.S.I. His team gathered, analyzed and disseminated information about external cases or crime trends, and also scrutinized the effective use of internal