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  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    What’s in our room? With Jess Mason ’24 Portland native, Jess Mason gives a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global engagement… April 13, 2023 CommunityCurrent StudentsLife on CampusParentsResidential LifeStudent Life

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Encouraging Biliteracy Through Online Learning Dr. Bridget Yaden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, served as the President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the very eventful year of 2020. ACTFL is a national organization of language teachers, with a… May 13, 2021

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    “Opening Crazy Worlds”: Learning about Language with Professor René Carrasco Dr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019. Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and… May 7, 2020

  • Striking as it is, on its own the tere as it sits in the PLU collection is essentially a dead object. Only through being worn and danced in the proper context is it given life and power.

    first step of initiation at about age 10-15, boys start to learn the secrets of the masks and the secret language associated with them. Around 20 years of age a young man participates in the second step of initiation, which involves going out into the bush to create kele masks followed by a ceremony in the village where the initiates are given the authority to perform the masks. Though of lesser importance, the tere would accompany the kele at this time. A young man is not considered a full adult

  • Bestselling author and Ojibwe Indian David Treuer delivered the 2023 Natalie Mayer and Raphael Lemkin lecture.

    to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves. About Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of the leading scholars on the Nazi Euthanasia murders. She has been based at the Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (former U.S. Holocaust Research Institute) since 1993. Heberer Rice completed her undergraduate degree in Historical Studies and German Language and Literature at Southern Illinois University

  • Bestselling author and Ojibwe Indian David Treuer delivered the 2023 Natalie Mayer and Raphael Lemkin lecture.

    to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves. About Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of the leading scholars on the Nazi Euthanasia murders. She has been based at the Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (former U.S. Holocaust Research Institute) since 1993. Heberer Rice completed her undergraduate degree in Historical Studies and German Language and Literature at Southern Illinois University

  • Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his…

    Team to help the families get settled and adjust to life in America, said John Summerour ’87, a member of the team. “It was not long after their arrival that we recognized the families had special challenges in the areas of education,” Summerour said. “They had no access to formal education in Somalia, and when they arrived, they were illiterate in their own language. “We realized the kids were going to have special needs, and it became obvious they needed additional tutoring.” The church applied

  • Once you've started your application, you can check on the status of each checklist item through our application portal.

    . Required Preparatory Courses Required Preparatory Courses Mathematics – Two years of college preparatory math with an average grade of C or higher* Foreign Language – Two years of the same language with an average grade of C or higher* English – Four years Social Studies – Two years Laboratory Science – Two years Electives – Three years (selected from the areas listed above, as well as courses in computer science, speech and debate, visual arts, etc.) *If you are deficient in the math or foreign

  • Major in Computer Science 28 semester hours in CSCI, plus 12 semester hours in mathematics CSCI 144, 270; 367 or 390; 499A, and 499B 12 additional hours selected from computer science courses

    department chair. (1 to 4) CSCI 302 : Computer Organization Introduction to how computer hardware implements high level language statements and data. Topics include data representations, machine level implementation of C programs, and processor architecture (Instruction Set Architecture, sequential, and pipelined processors). Laboratory component includes examining bit-level manipulations of data, reverse engineering binary code to C code, and runtime manipulation of the stack to exploit programming

  • After a hiatus last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 65 undergraduate and 22 graduate students from Pacific Lutheran University were able to participate in January term study away trips this year. The program took PLU students all over the world, with courses designed and…

    links between classroom learning and community settings at home and abroad. Read Previous How the PLU community is addressing mental health Read Next How to be a Lute: Lute language 101 LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024