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  • By:Debbie Cafazzo January 7, 2019 0 Alternative Transportation Drives Lute’s Work https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/01/kristina-walker-alt-transportation-banner-v2-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Debbie Cafazzo Debbie Cafazzo https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/02/debbie-cafazzo.jpg January 7, 2019 February 26, 2019 Alternative Transportation Drives Lute’s Work LUTHERAN HIGHER EDUCATIONService Kristina Walker ’02 first

  • Opening: September 25th  7 PM Jewish communities can be found in nearly every nation on Earth, and Norway is no exception.

    to many locations in Norway and Europe, and now to our own Center.  It will be on display from September 25th through November 5th and will be in place during PLU’s annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education (November 1 – 3). Dr. Donald Ryan guest curates the exhibit. Exhibit on display 25 September to 5 November 2017.

  • Lutheran education is indelibly marked by a love of liberal and collegial learning. It was, in fact, a group of Wittenberg scholars – working together – who launched the reform of education,

    4. Learning and research within communityLutheran education is indelibly marked by a love of liberal and collegial learning. It was, in fact, a group of Wittenberg scholars – working together – who launched the reform of education, ethics, language study, marriage, music, social welfare, and theology – to mention only a few. Such reform began with the serious questioning of the status quo, a questioning which led the authorities of church and state to brand Luther as a heretic and a criminal

  • The Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just,

    More About QUIP Welcome to the Wang CenterEducating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world, both locally and globally.The Mission of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education:Working collaboratively with academic units and disciplines of Pacific Lutheran University, the Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just

    Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education
    253-535-8752
    868 Wheeler Street Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…

    Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world.But Brown has big plans to boost PLU’s excellence to new levels in her role as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, which she started in August. And that starts with mirroring the changing face of the student body. “A diverse campus community is inextricably

  • The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 .a.m to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open . This year the conference…

    Powell-Heller Conference to explore the timely theme of “Holocaust Distortion and Denial” Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 25, 2021 October 25, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and Communications The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 .a.m to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open. This year the conference theme is

  • Sophia Barro ’22 is a senior education major and religion minor at PLU. She recently completed full-time student teaching at Lakeview Hope Academy. We spoke with Barro about her experiences at PLU and as a student teacher, and about the values she hopes to inspire…

    Sophia Barro ’22 is following her passion for faith, literacy and diversity into elementary education Posted by: Zach Powers / May 19, 2022 Image: Education major Sophia Barro ’22 will soon begin teaching third grade at Saint Patrick Catholic School in Tacoma. Here, she holds one of her favorite children’s books, “Dreamers.” May 19, 2022 By By Isabella DaltosoPLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterSophia Barro ’22 is a senior education major and religion minor at PLU. She recently

  • By Makaela Whalen The Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed is enhanced by the wildlife it offers a sanctuary to.

    return to the park (“Swan Creek Salmon Challenge 2022”). The salmon are also of extreme religious and cultural importance to the Native American Tribes that have lived on this watershed for countless generations. This importance is highlighted in the First Salmon Ceremony, where someone is honored with the task of catching the first salmon of the season that is shared by all before the bones are returned to the river (“First-salmon ceremony”). There are many salmon education and rearing programs that

  • Philosophy is from the Greek word philosophia, which can be translated “love of wisdom,” or “friend of wisdom.

    journalism.General Education Element DescriptionInterpreting Living Traditions for a Humane Future Philosophy cultivates, through reasoned argument, the individual ability to develop responses to life’s deepest questions and most significant decisions. Students engage collectively in a sustained and systematic examination of fundamental concepts about meaning, thought, and action important to human existence. Students who take philosophy engage in a systematic and sustained examination of the basic concepts of

  • Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified sports in high school. Although his former high…

    sports in high school. Although his former high school teachers and university classes profoundly impacted him, supporting students in their element on the field made him fall in love with special education. Later, valuable lessons in the classroom and on the football field propelled him toward his goal of becoming a teacher. Originally attending PLU with aspirations to play football, Knapp shifted focus away from sports in his senior year to delve deeper into his future profession. Knapp grew up