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January 22, 2013 PLU chef Erick Swenson ’91 checks on a tray of shrimp from the oven. Food For Thought By Katie Scaff ’13 Twenty years ago, you’d never find pav bhaji – a curry dish served on dinner rolls – alongside the burgers and fries in the University Commons – but a lot has changed in 20 years. Two decades ago Erick Swenson ’91 was a junior studying music at PLU. He’d eat dinner with fellow choir students at long industrial, cafeteria style tables that have since been replaced by smaller
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March 24, 2014 PLU MESA Day: A Bridge to Success Denner Galindo, left, smiles at his teammate Antonio Reyes as the boys’ stick bridge is tested at PLU’s MESA Day event March 25. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) Hundreds of K-12 Students Compete in Annual Event By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Eleven-year-old Denner Galindo clutches the bridge he and teammate Antonio Reyes carefully crafted from “hundreds” of Popsicle sticks. It is strategically reinforced—gobs of glue form
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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
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Give To What You Love - PLU DECA ClubImagine you are a student in your second year at PLU in the School of Business. You are still working to truly determine your concentration, as you are starting to narrow your interest and see potential in either Finance or Marketing. You hear about a club called DECA from your faculty member, as well as a few students in your classes. You had heard about DECA in high school but hadn’t participated. However, understand the Collegiate DECA is very different
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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
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Visa Sponsorship Information for PLU DepartmentsIs your department looking to hire someone who requires a visa to work at PLU? Are you interested in bringing a scholar from another country to do research with your department at PLU? Please review the list of visa options below to assist you in finding the right category for your international visitor or faculty member. If you are unsure of the type of visa needed or have questions, please contact Laura Silcox in Human Resources at fuhrmala
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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
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Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021 PLU Theatre and Dance are thrilled to announce our Spring 2021 guest artist meet-ups and masterclasses! Our diverse roster of professionals will be connecting with our students about dance, acting, voice work, auditioning, directing, and more!R.J. TanciocoR.J. Tancioco has served as the music director for the 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Rep, ArtsWest, and other local playhouses
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Going for a Grammy Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 28, 2014 Image: Micah Haven ’09 is in his fifth year as band director at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma. (Photo: Tacoma School District) September 28, 2014 When you think Grammys, you might think Béyoncé and Macklemore—but you might not think Lute. It might be time to rethink the Grammys. Micah Haven, a 2009 Music Education graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and now the director of bands at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma, is a
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experiences. The travelers were asked to address questions about sustainability, health, peace and justice in their host country, while also describing their impressions of the people and culture. Many posted photographs depicting their host country as well. One group traveled to Tanzania, scaling Mount Kilimanjaro and camping on a safari. Less than a week after returning from Africa – where the group’s Internet access was spotty at best – student Autumn Leir recalled the physical toll of climbing the
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