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November 12, 2012 MFT alum, and professor receive the Anselm Strauss Award Jennifer Davis – ’07 PLU MFT graduate, David Ward – MFT program director and associate professor, and Cheryl Storm – PLU professor emeritus received the 2012 Anselm Strauss Award for their published article “The Unsilencing of Military Wives: Wartime Deployment Experiences and Citizen Responsibility,” in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. The award is presented by the Qualitative Family Research Network of the

February 1, 2014 Professor Robert Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies. (John Froschauer, Photo) A Report on Scholarship and Activities in 2013-2014 Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies During the past two years, Bob Ericksen has given ten lectures in five nations on three continents. Seven of these lectures, which took place in South Africa, Germany, England, and Canada, as well as in the United States, either have appeared or will appear in print. Last April

April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications   The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job

September 11, 2014 PLU’s Marks Constitution Day With Free Speech (and More) Keynote Speaker U.S. Rep. Denny Heck Headlines Sept. 23 Conversation About Democracy By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication Pacific Lutheran University will mark Constitution Day on Sept. 23 with a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Denny Heck titled The Constitution is 227 Years Old … How is it Doing? But first, to prepare you—and to mark the official Constitution Day—Lutes will hand out copies of America’s

Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz at PLU: Video and Photos Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 A Powerful Presentation at PLU Watch Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz’s riveting talk on sexual assault, “From Victim to Survivor to Leader,” which she delivered to a rapt audience at Pacific Lutheran University on Feb. 17. FlorCruz publicly shared her own story of sexual assault for the first time; she also presented effective tips for preventing sexual assault, and for supporting its victims

PLU Presents Service Awards to Students, Staff and Community Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 24, 2015 Image: PLU’s annual Celebration of Service honored students, administrators and community members. (All photos by John Froschauer/PLU) April 24, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding

PLU and Friends of 88.5 finalize sale of KPLU Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August. 31, 2016)- The sale of KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University to Friends of 88.5 FM was finalized on Tuesday, August 30.Friends of 88.5 FM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local National Public Radio affiliate, officially took ownership of KPLU at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In a sale approved

Diversity Center Alums: Complexities of Care and Service Abroad Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / July 10, 2019 Image: Angie Hambrick (from right, clockwise:) Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, sits down with Hispanic studies professor Giovanna Urdangarain, anthropology professor and PLU Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator Katherine Wiley, and anthropology and global studies professor Dr. Ami Shah to discuss service abroad. July 10, 2019 By Kenzie Gandy

Lute Powered: Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance Posted by: Zach Powers / November 7, 2022 Image: Port leaders John Wolfe, Eric Johnson and Mark Miller all say PLU helped prepare them for their careers. November 7, 2022 Together, the ports of Tacoma and Seattle are the fourth-largest container gateway for containerized cargo shipping between Asia and major distribution points in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the East Coast. For this installment of Lute Powered, we interviewed three

Campus Tour: PLU’s newly renovated anatomy and physiology lab Posted by: Zach Powers / January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 PLU Resident Instructor of Biology Michelle Crites gives a tour of the newly renovated anatomy and physiology lab in the Rieke Science Center. Learn more about the PLU Department of Biology. Read Previous Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future Read Next PLU’s new anatomy and physiology lab is the first