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  • In January, we announced a change that realigns PLU’s Commencement with the tradition the university has had in place for over 100 years: Commencement is returning to the PLU campus.

    Commencement Team will update this page weekly through May or as needed. (Page updated: March 13, 2024, at 12:00 p.m.)Why the change? Why now?Why move PLU Commencement from the Tacoma Dome back to campus?We’ve moved away from that tradition for the past 15 years or so, purely for the sake of logistics. Our campus infrastructure could not accommodate the volume of people participating in Commencement, nor did we have sufficient support persons or event staff to successfully manage the celebration. We’re in

  • Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University

    2023, she was appointed Assistant Director for the Center for Economy and Society and Assistant Research Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Event DetailsSpeaker: Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023 This event was free and open to the public.For more informationFor more information about upcoming events, contact Michael Halvorson (halvormj@plu.edu) in the Departments of History.About the Lecture Series The Dale E. Benson Lecture

  • NEW TAP CARD ACCESS: Campus Life has installed a card reader for students to access the CAVE during extended hours.

    in the CAVE! The CAVE is known to host events such as musical performances, Late Knight, and more. Our stage is fully equipped with a speaker system, and a projector [connected via desktop computer]. Extra tech support such as microphones, recording services, and stage lighting can be requested as well! Need extra tech support for your event? Be sure to include tech specific requests in your EMS space reservation submission. You can also send an email to media@plu.edu OR call 253-535-7509 OR

  • We are proud of our award winning chefs who have placed at the NACUFS (National Association of College & University Food Service) Pacific Region Culinary Challenge and competed in other regional

    2018-19 AwardsKatherine Forsyth, Lead Cook won First Place in the NACUFS Regional Culinary Challenge and is moving on to the National Competition July 11, 2019 in Denver! The Commons won the Gold Award in the Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards Category: Residential Dining—Special Event Small School for the Dia de los Muertos Theme Meal Awards Won by Employees of The CommonsWe are proud of our award winning chefs who have placed at the NACUFS (National Association of College & University Food Service

  • Due to significant demand schools may register one advanced choral ensemble. Any voicing is fine. If there is room in the schedule, directors may be contacted and invited to bring a second ensemble.

    before or after your scheduled session. Application Form: Applications for our 2025 Choral Invitational are now available. Click the button below to complete the online form. Information about our Spring 2025 event will continue to be updated on this page as needed. The cost to attend is $200 per ensemble, to be invoiced after confirmation of your acceptance and scheduled time. Please note that no refunds will be allowed after event registration has been completed.Choral Festival Application Form For

  • Free pizza, for a cost Eat if you want, but it will cost you. That was the message last week as once again the Pacific Lutheran University’s student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists created the “Republic of Parkland” in Red Square. In exchange…

    sign a contract or passport giving up their First Amendment rights. As the students ate, a dictatorial “queen” of the republic issued edicts and gave orders to “enforcers.” The university’s theater department dressed as the enforcers and queen, as well as some of the protestors. Students acted out the parts of contemporary political and religious figures such as Gandhi and Sen. John McCain. A street theater with a civics message, the event included students dressed as monks literally being thrown

  • Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and…

    March 1, 2010 Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, March 4-5. The event, March 4-5, will include a keynote address by Olympic speed skating gold medalist Joey Cheek, who has used the international stage to turn

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 7, 2015)—The Black Student Union of Pacific Lutheran University is holding a “Die-In“ protest at 10:30 a.m. April 8 in the Diversity Center. All members of the Pacific Lutheran University community are invited to attend—and lie down, as if dead—in response to …

    8 in the Diversity Center.All members of the Pacific Lutheran University community are invited to attend—and lie down, as if dead—in response to  lives lost as a result of police brutality. Shelondra Harris ’17, vice president of Black Student Union, said this event is a response to events leading up to and following the violence in Ferguson, Missouri. “The death of Mike Brown was not the first instance that fueled us to make a change; however, it shook the nation so much that we thought it was

  • The World Conversations series is one of the Wang Center's activities that support and strengthen the university's globally focused academic programs and offer public education programming.

    and Travel. The two-day event featured a selection of panels and presentations from several J-term and semester programs. Students and faculty shared their study away experiences as well as research conducted through off-campus programs. In 2013, in lieu of World Conversations the Wang Center hosted the Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture, to celebrate the life of an extraordinary public servant and former Peace Corps volunteer. Robin Wright, author, foreign policy analyst, and award-winning

  • Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Location: Red Square

    Summer Berry FestivalThe Annual Berry Festivals at PLU are an exciting summertime activity for students, staff, and the Parkland community.  Each event, held once-a-month in the summer, focuses on a delicious summertime fruit and features summery, seasonal desserts made with local fruit. Fresh fruit desserts* are free for any community members who attend. Questions about the Berry Festivals (dates, exhibiting, etc) should be directed to Hospitality Services events@plu.edu. *while supplies