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Pacific Lutheran University Introduces New Director of Military Outreach PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University welcomes its first-ever Director of Military Outreach, Army veteran and Tacoma resident Michael Farnum. PLU has a long history of collaboration with and service to the local and regional…
West for best colleges for veterans by U.S. News and World Report. The university’s military collaboration is further evidenced by the significant number of military-affiliated students enrolled at PLU as well as the nationally recognized Army ROTC detachment on campus. PLU also offers an unlimited number of full-tuition Yellow Ribbon Scholarships for benefits-eligible veterans, spouses or dependents; enhanced professional staffing for military recruitment and student support on campus; and
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 6, 2015) — Thanks to a major award, one Lute is spending her summer in a juvenile detention center — as a mentor who is paying it forward. Jessica Milian ’15 is the second recipient honored with the Patricia L. and Thomas…
Next PLU Named a ‘Best in the West’ University by The Princeton Review COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 19, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University students may soon see their professors, dressed in commencement regalia, coming to classes with a special invitation to join one of the most prestigious honor societies in the nation. This week, PLU joined the ranks of schools…
persisting to graduation. The award helped DeLaRosby cover expenses as he traveled the West Coast meeting with students. It also paid for a transcription service to help transcribe the interviews. In need of funding, he turned to Phi Kappa Phi and he was able to finish his project with the society’s help, after proposing his research and getting it approved. “Being a part of this is really a recognition and an honor,” DeLaRosby said. “Even if you don’t think you’ll use it, you never know.” Board members
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TACOMA, WASH. (July 18, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Nursing earned $350,000 to further its long history of placing Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students in rural and underserved communities to administer primary care to those in need. The money comes in the form of…
South Puget Sound, from Centralia to south King County and west to Aberdeen. Funding awarded in 2012 from the St. Louis-based Cornelsen Family Charitable Foundation funded a mobile health van that provides outreach to the elderly and underserved. FNP students use the health van to conduct depression screenings at senior centers, skin cancer screenings, blood glucose screenings with diabetes education, and falls assessment and prevention education. The AENT grant will provide additional resources to
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Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Business Administration program was ranked the second best MBA program in Washington state , and tops in the state among programs at private universities in U.S. News and World Report ’s 2023 guide to the best graduate schools in the…
that takes students to a variety of global locations, we feel the best way to understand global issues is to go out and experience them firsthand, as there is no better classroom than the experiential and integrative international classroom.”PLU was also recently lauded in U.S. News and World Report’s overall college rankings, climbing eight spots, from 22nd to 14th, in the 2022 rankings of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked
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Helen Jensen arrived at Pacific Lutheran College in 1945 from her hometown of St. Helens, OR; Dick arrived a year later in 1946 after a year of service in the Marine Corps.
West and earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education (’49). Dick and Helen married in 1952 and raised two daughters. Their late daughter Kris attended PLU for one year and graduated from Washington State University. Daughter Karen graduated from PLU in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, received Master’s and PhD degrees from WSU, and is now the Director of First-Year Programs for WSU. Dick has shared with the university: “Much of what has been good in my life can be connected back to PLC
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PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.
Big Questions, Complex Answers: Lorelei Juntunen ’97 drives public policy across the West Coast Growing up in a small town in Idaho, Lorelei Juntunen ’97 had not spent much time in cities. But when she moved to Parkland to attend PLU, she suddenly had access not only to local cities like Tacoma and Seattle, but also to cities across… September 10, 2024 ResoLute
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Performance/clinic: Each school band will perform and receive a 30-minute clinic from two professional jazz educators following their performance on stage Midday Concert: The PLU Jazz Ensemble
, Mission Impossible 3, Ice Age 2, Spiderman 1 & 2, Team America and South Park. Bergeron’s featured trumpet solos can be heard on the motion pictures West Side Story (2021 Steven Spielberg), La La Land, Sing, The Incredibles 1 & 2, Rocky Balboa, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Rough Night, Jazzman’s Blues, Vacation Friends, Ted 2, Minions, Minions 2:The Rise of Gru, Spies in Disguise, Jersey Boys, The Green Hornet, The Interview, Despicable Me 1, 2 & 3, Duplicity, Princess & the Frog, The Perfect Game,, Hey
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Minor in Anthropology 16 semester hours Required: ANTH 102. Choose: ANTH 101, 103, or 203; 4 semester hours from ANTH 330–345; 4 semester hours from ANTH 350–499 At least 8 semester hours of ANTH
. (4) ANTH 368 : Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE The course examines foragers in Africa, North America, and Australia. Using classic ethnographic literature, it provides a cultural ecological perspective of foraging societies in a variety of environments. It also examines how foraging studies inform archaeological research and the challenges that these peoples now face in a rapidly changing world. (4) ANTH 370 : The Archaeology of Ancient Empires - ES, GE The origins of
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A leap of faith: one Lute finds that one person can make a difference By Barbara Clements Matt Kennedy ’07 sat in front of his computer screen and tried not to hyperventilate. On one side of the screen was his bank account, on the other…
. After months of wrestling with doubts, Kennedy had committed himself to go to Uganda under the auspices of Global Youth Partnership for Africa to teach bicycle repair to residents of a large slum outside the capital city of Kampala. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPT41Hpz6zM A few weeks later, Kennedy stepped off of the plane in Uganda, and again, tried to steady his breathing. He felt the humid, cloying night air tuck around him like a cloak. He now had $500 left in his bank account had had a $100
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