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  • Saving the World with a Starship https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/saving-the-world-with-a-starship/

    Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: nicolacs / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

  • Common Reading 2013 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/06/06/common-reading-2013/

    June 6, 2013 What are you reading this summer? Join the ‘Full Campus Read’ Patty and President Tom Krise are participating in the Common Reading Program. Are you? The PLU community will be reading ‘Into the Beautiful North’ this summer as part of the Common Reading Program By Steve Hansen For the second consecutive year, every incoming student is being asked to read  “Into the Beautiful North,” by Luis Alberto Urrea. But it won’t just be first-year students taking part. PLU faculty members

  • Vital Records https://www.plu.edu/archives/archives/records-retention-policies/vital-records/

    Records Retention Schedule (Vital Records)In order to provide for the continuity and preservation of Pacific Lutheran University, each elected and appointed officer of the university shall designate those documents which are essential records of his office and needed in an emergency and for the reestablishment of normal operations after any such emergency. A list of such records shall be forwarded to the archivist. This list shall be reviewed at least annually by the elected or appointed

  • About Us https://www.plu.edu/computer-science/home/about-us/

    About the CS DepartmentThe CS department at PLU is a friendly group, and we get to know our students well. When you come to PLU and major in CS, you’ll find knowledgeable faculty that are focused on helping you succeed. Send any one of us an email and start a conversation, or visit us in person, we’d be more than happy to talk to you. Or, read more about our degree offerings.Computer ScienceComputer Science is the excitement of solving a puzzle problem, the fascination of moving through a

  • Our Partners https://www.plu.edu/congregations/our-partners/

    Our Lutheran PartnersPacific Lutheran University is a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches. We acknowledge all congregations within Region 1 of the ELCA as the University’s partner, committed to a high level of support and partnership with PLU. Listed below are links to the ELCA and the six synods of Region. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) “We work hard to put our faith into action. In today’s complex world, we strive to make a difference in practical, realistic ways

  • The PLU ‘Imaginarium’ https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/08/10/the-plu-a%C2%80%C2%98imaginariuma%C2%80%C2%99/

    August 10, 2011 The renovation to the Tower Chapel, now known as The Ness Family Chapel, will begin in 2012. (Photo by John Froschauer) The PLU ‘Imaginarium’ By Chris Albert With continuing construction and updates at the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, PLU is quickly becoming the home of the premier theater venue in the South Sound. This year, Phase II construction will begin on the center, which will include work on Eastvold Auditorium and the renamed Ness Family Chapel

  • PLU secures prestigious National Science Foundation grant for low-income STEM students https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2019/03/08/plu-secures-stem-grant/

    PLU secures prestigious National Science Foundation grant for low-income STEM students Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / March 8, 2019 March 8, 2019 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2019) — A prestigious $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support academically talented low-income students who come to Pacific Lutheran University to study STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Math) subjects.Winning the grant was a team effort of PLU’s Division

  • Art grants support PLU faculty https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/08/11/art-grants-support-plu-faculty/

    August 11, 2008 Art grants support PLU faculty PLU faculty members Holly Senn and Greg Youtz were among 80 Washington state artists to receive awards from the Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) program, funded by Artist Trust.The GAP program provides support for artist-generated projects, and is open to artists of all disciplines in Washington state. Youtz said the awards are meant to literally fill the gap between the funds an artist has available and the funds they need to make art. In 2008, a

  • A $15M bequest propels campaign past $100M, with a year to go https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/05/09/a-15m-bequest-propels-campaign-past-100m-with-a-year-to-go/

    October now amounts to more than $15 million, helping push the university’s current fundraising campaign beyond the $100 million mark. “In a remarkable testament to the commitment of our alumni and friends to the university’s mission and goals, more than 20,000 donors – with gifts large and small – have given and pledged more than $102 million in support of the campaign,” Anderson said. “The campus community is sincerely grateful for their support.” Foremost among the university’s supporters was Karen

  • Blog https://www.plu.edu/jane-austen/news/

    Carrie Cracknell’s Anne Elliot is a Girl with a Rabbit As Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay on the discourse around Persuasion (2022) demonstrates, historical inaccuracy has been pegged as one of Carrie Cracknell’s unforgivable misdeeds, especially related to the use of contemporary language and even the protagonist’s bangs . Yet when I finally watched the film,… September 5, 2022