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  • Fast Track setting PLU graduate students on right path https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2018/01/09/fast-track-setting-plu-graduate-students-on-right-path/

    Fast Track setting PLU graduate students on right path Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / January 9, 2018 Image: The School of Business is located in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, PLU’s newest academic building. January 9, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 8, 2018)- Graduate school can be a daunting prospect for anyone. Students fresh off their undergraduate sprint are faced with a complicated application process and daunting

  • 2020 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/religion/2020-capstones/

    2020 Religion Capstones Dr. Erik Hammerstrom, Seminar in Religion Buddhists and Buddhism in Anime and Manga: a Study of Common Buddhist Monk Tropes in East Asian Popular Culture Janelle Brockman Personal Profile: Since I was a young girl, I’ve absolutely loved learning about East Asian culture and media. I had Japanese children’s books, became best friends at the age of 5 with a 13 year old exchange student we hosted who promised to teach me some Japanese, and I have always been a huge fan of

  • DJS Fee https://www.plu.edu/student-life/campus-resources/djs-fee/

    What is the DJS Fee?The DJS Fee is a $10 fee per semester per student that helps support diversity, justice, and sustainability initiatives on campus.   The money collected is used to fund DJS Fee Priorities identified by the student body.  Each priority has an individual budget that is overseen by campus departments who contribute to designing opportunities to best meet the goals of the priorities. The DJS Fee is set on a two-year budget cycle allowing for continuity and sustainability of

  • Post-Grad Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/post-grad-opportunities/

    Global Opportunities After GraduationThere are many opportunities to live, work, study, teach and volunteer abroad after graduating. Alumni and Student Connections also offers advising and a variety of resources to help you find the right global post-grad opportunity.Post Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships Look through the Scholarships and Fellowships Database for funded international opportunities. Fulbright1) Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA)           Available in 150 or more

  • Teaching during a Global Pandemic https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/teaching-during-a-global-pandemic/

    Teaching during a Global Pandemic Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Jacqueline Jackson '22English MajorProfessor Rings sits in the basement of his house in Downtown Tacoma explaining the difference between being online versus in the classroom during a global pandemic.The room is more dimly lit and quiet than a classroom, and the discussion feels homey. There was no hum of a projector or the fan of the computer or students rustling around in their backpacks or eating whatever it

  • Passion for solving unanswered questions drives PLU alum’s research career https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2019/12/24/solving-unanswered-questions/

    Passion for solving unanswered questions drives PLU alum’s research career Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 24, 2019 Image: PLU alumna SarahAnn McFadden ’11 is a post-doc researcher at the Yale Institute for Global Health, studying child vaccination rates. (Photo courtesy of Tony Fiorini) December 24, 2019 By Ernest JasminMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 24, 2019) — Research has become Pacific Lutheran University grad SarahAnn McFadden’s life. This year, McFadden ‘11

  • At on-campus food pantry, a nutritious meal is a swipe away https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/03/16/plu-pantry/

    At on-campus food pantry, a nutritious meal is a swipe away Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 16, 2020 Image: PLU Pantry, an on-campus food pantry where students can pick up ingredients for a meal, toiletries and other necessities with the swipe of a student ID, addresses a growing food insecurity problem. (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2020 By Kaitlin Armstrong '15Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (March. 16, 2020) — Food insecurity is on the rise on college campuses

  • Financial Health https://www.plu.edu/administrative-services/financial-health/

    Endowment Growth Endowment reaches highest value ever PLU’s total endowment reached its highest value in the institution’s history at $95.2 million as of May 31, 2017, which signifies a promising future in the years to come. Our new, simplified investment approach has performed well since it was implemented a year ago. As with any long-term investment, some fluctuation in value is to be expected. We continue our policy of assuming prudent risk that we believe will yield the returns required to

  • Learning Outcomes https://www.plu.edu/history/learning-objectives/

    History Majors  |  Lower-Division  |  Upper-Division  |  History 301 & CapstoneLearning Outcomes for History Majors at PLU Build historical knowledge. Develop historical methods. Recognize the provisional nature of knowledge, the disciplinary preference for complexity, and the comfort with ambiguity that history requires. Apply the range of skills it takes to decode the historical record because of its incomplete, complex, and contradictory nature. Create historical arguments and narratives

  • STEM OPT Extension https://www.plu.edu/iss/current-students/training/stem-opt-extension/

    STEM OPT ExtensionA 24-month STEM OPT extension is available to international students who earned a qualifying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree as determined by the Department of Homeland Security. Students must be currently participating in regular post-completion OPT to be eligible to apply for a STEM OPT extension.Am I eligible? – all of the following criteria must be met: You are currently participating in regular post-completion OPT. You have a degree in an