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PLU is the small, private university in Tacoma, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice.
. College costs can be intimidating. PLU has multiple scholarship opportunities and initiatives like our fixed tuition guarantee to reduce financial risk and help make PLU an affordable option. We’ll work with you through the process from start to finish! (See full cost of attendance information from Student Financial Services here.) Costs & Financial Aid Info $52,259 Tuition (fixed) and Fees$13,008 Room and Meals$65,267 TotalAfter financial aid, the average cost of PLU goes down to just over $19,000
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Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away
Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights Never out of sorts Thorniley Collection of Antique Type Valuable donation transcends time, elevates PLU’s printing collection View the story Spice for Life John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion informed the recipe for his hot sauce company’s most recent product. Learn about Expedition Sauce and how a PLU business competition helped de Mars launch his company. Building the biz Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished
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Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.
biological family after a three-month search — he can finally say he feels a sense of belonging there. “This is the first time I’ve truly lived in Colombia,” he said. “I’ve only ever been a tourist before.” Still, even before he considered Colombia home, it was his family there who motivated him during a turbulent time as a student at Pacific Lutheran University. Taylor-Mosquera arrived on PLU’s campus, after earning an associate degree from Tacoma Community College, in search of a vocation that would
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 24, 2016)- In the U.S. and around the world, rivers represent primary sources for the water we need to live. But PLU digital media major Rachel Lovrovich ’18 did not become aware that many major water sources are in serious trouble until…
Newest MediaLab documentary film, set to premiere Nov. 12, warns PLU community and beyond about troubled waters Posted by: Kari Plog / October 24, 2016 Image: Carlton Haywood (far left), executive director of the Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin, is interviewed by MediaLab members (left to right) Joshua Wiersma ’17, Kelly Lavelle ’18, Rachel Lovrovich ’18 and Chris Boettcher ’17. (Photo by John Struzenberg ’16, courtesy of MediaLab) October 24, 2016 By Michelle McGrath
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian Area Studies programs…
Area Studies programs and especially in the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC), which in September takes those roots on the road and to the public. In celebration of PLU’s 125th anniversary, the SCC has created a special exhibition called PLU at 125: Lutheran Education on the Frontier, which will be displayed at the internationally recognized Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood from Sept. 26 to Nov. 10. (The Lute community is invited to join PLU President Thomas W. Krise at an
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Knutson Lecture
The 19th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture “Thank Goodness, God is NOT in Control!” Dr. Thomas Jay Oord Wednesday April 9, 2025 7:00 pm (Pacific time) Anderson University Center, PLU The lecture will be live-streamed on PLU’s YouTube channel Contact: Dr. Agnes Choi, Chair of the Religion Department, choiaa@plu.edu Free and Open to the Public The nineteenth annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture will be given by Dr. Thomas Jay Oord, a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2015)- More than 225 families were able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner last week thanks in large part to the Pacific Lutheran University Delta Lota Chi Turkey Basket Drive. The student-led Turkey Basket Drive is organized by the PLU nursing group Delta…
Nursing Students Help Provide Thanksgiving Dinner to Over 225 Families Posted by: Zach Powers / December 1, 2015 Image: (All photos courtesy of the PLU School of Nursing Facebook page.) December 1, 2015 By Samantha Lund ‘16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2015)- More than 225 families were able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner last week thanks in large part to the Pacific Lutheran University Delta Lota Chi Turkey Basket Drive.The student-led Turkey Basket Drive is organized by
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Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…
pandemic she returned to Oslo and took a year of PLU classes remotely. It seemed like a typical distance learning story, until she began experimenting with her mother’s 25-year-old sewing machine. PLU Innovation Studies minor Mariken Lund in Olso, Norway. “I saw this old machine sitting in the closet and wondered if I could sew a skirt with it,” Mariken recalled. “After some training videos and a little effort, I was making clothes and having fun!” During the 2020-2021 school year, Mariken also worked
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TACOMA, WASH. (July 27, 2016)- Gloria Perry repeated “I’ll be darned” over and over upon hearing the news that she’ll step onto the mound at Cheney Stadium to represent Pacific Lutheran University and throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Tacoma Rainiers game Aug.…
” flag (that she plans to hang on the front of her walker), 93-year-old Perry beamed with nostalgia. “That brings back many, many, many memories,” she said. Perry and her twin sister, Helen Jansen, played softball together at PLU in the early 1940s. They joined the team after years of playing together as kids. “That’s how we got so good,” she recalled. Perry played left field. Her sister, who died in April, played shortstop. Perry was also an active chorus member on campus. The twins both studied
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Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.
neighborhood, they were already learning about the new community they call home. Christina Easley ’19 says she’s seen beautiful artwork along the downtown corridor while riding the bus that takes her to and from PLU’s campus. “I had never noticed before,” she said. That’s exactly what the Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program is challenging students to do — look at the community just outside PLU’s boundaries in new ways. “It breaks all the rules,” Joel Zylstra said of the program, which
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