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  • up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen. Kim is one of the approximately 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in the United States. DACA grants temporary visas to young people who arrived in the United States with their parents as undocumented immigrants. While Kim might not be an American legally, he is certainly a Lute. Kim graduated in 2015 with

  • National Guard member and nursing major Justyn Freeman ’23 prioritizes service to his community Posted by: Zach Powers / April 1, 2022 Image: Justyn Freeman loads up meals to deliver to local families as part of the Delta Turkey Basket Drive. April 1, 2022 By Isabella Daltoso ’23PLU Marketing and CommunicationsBefore attending Pacific Lutheran University, Justyn Freeman '23 served in the Air Force for six years. Now, he is a senior nursing major and will soon begin his residency at St. Joseph

  • A Semester in LondonJunior Rachel Diebel first remembers hearing about the AHA London program during a Study Away 101. Intrigued, she attended an information session about the AHA program and knew it was the perfect fit for her. As an English Literature major minoring in both Printing and Publishing Arts and Communications, the Humanities-focused academics of AHA London were exactly what she was looking for in a study away experience, “There were so many things that made it the perfect program

  • January 24, 2014 PLU concert celebrates Black History Month Pacific Lutheran University pays tribute to the artistic entrepreneurship of African Americans with a Black History Month Concert that celebrates a lasting legacy of music, literature and art. Covering a rich tapestry of gospel, blues, jazz and concert works, along with recitations from classic African-American literature, the concert will feature PLU student ensembles—including the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz

  • April 25, 2008 Poetic imagery celebrates Earth Day Mary Oliver has never written a poem from beginning to end, without edits. She loves her dog, Percy, dearly, and has devoted at least three poems to him. She likes to read non-fiction, mostly. She draws most of her inspiration from the natural world, but isn’t above placing images of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sniffing presidential armpits in her work – really. At last Tuesday’s Earth Day celebration, the reclusive Pulitzer

  • to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies, Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education developed at PLU through her collaborative research with professors, her tenure as president of  Phi Alpha Theta (PLU’s history honors society), and her work as PLU’s Vet Corps Navigator. What led you down the path of becoming an Arabic linguist? Out of the jobs available to me as a woman in the military in 2014, becoming a linguist was

  • October 1, 2013 Editor’s Note: A Warm Winter Welcome Welcome to the winter edition of Scene—and, in the spirit of the season, a stockingful of newness. Starting with me. My name is Sandy Deneau Dunham, and I’m Scene’s brand-new editor. As a journalist who’s been away from journalism for a spell, I am thrilled and honored to join Scene—and Pacific Lutheran University. I had bumped into PLU here and there over my 20-plus years in the Pacific Northwest—first as an editor at The News Tribune, and

  • In addition to the general requirements for registering student organization activities, some student organization activities involving minors (those under the age of eighteen) will be subject to additional requirements. It is expected that all activities including minors will be registered and approved using the Event Planning Form in place for all student organization activities. These events must be registered at least sixty days prior to the first scheduled activity. Organizations must

  • Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University… November 21, 2023 Benson LectureBusiness and Economic History

  • Act Six Scholar Finds Support, Future at PLU Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 27, 2021 April 27, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsA native of Yemen, Abdulghani Mosa ‘23 had no idea what his future would hold when he moved to Tacoma in 2012. “Moving here, everything changed,” said Mosa, who was 12 years old when he and his family joined his father who was already living in the states. “The culture was different, school, religion ... even the houses and trees. It’s like a different