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  • Commencement 2009 This year more than 650 students will make up the graduating Class of 2009 at PLU on May 24 at the Tacoma Dome. Here in their own words are a few insights from graduating students about their time at PLU and the next…

    thoughtful individual, but I was also challenged to leave my comfort zone. In doing so I became a sojourner my junior year and lived in South Africa for 11 months, an experience that opened up my eyes to a world I didn’t know existed. Additionally, PLU encouraged me to explore my personal values, faith and views; which has resulted in strengthening my understanding of what I hold to be true. My PLU experience has provided me with opportunities I didn’t know I was seeking, a support network that has

  • ‘My journey into compassion fatigue’ Editor’s note: In this story, Katie Scaff ’13 writes about her experiences creating the documentary Overexposed – an examination of compassion fatigue, with two other students and her communications professor. The faculty-student research project exposes students to the realities of…

    horror that was going on in lower Manhattan that day,” Senn told us. “Going into work I had a spring in my step, couldn’t wait to get there.” Everything changed at 8:45 a.m. As soon as he arrived on scene, he witnessed the tail end of the second plane just before it hit the south tower. Looking up at the towers, he said he could see people in the windows one hundred floors up. They started jumping. “It was an excess of 100 degrees up there,” Senn said. “They knew this was it. There was nothing we

  • Campaign ends, surpasses goal by $22 million A performance in the Studio Theater in Eastvold Hall, which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. By Greg Brewis The university’s most recent fundraising campaign was launched amid buoyant economic times, in…

    capital projects, including the renovation of Eastvold Hall which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2013, the center will house a remodeled Eastvold Auditorium, the new Studio Theater and the scene shop. It will be the finest performing arts center in the South Sound area. Tower Chapel will also be renovated, and has been renamed the Ness Family Chapel. It is funded through a generous gift from Kaare and Sigrunn Ness

  • Violent incidents in society are becoming more frequent and mainstream around the nation and world. Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) believes your safety is the most important responsibility we are

    is always open and Safety Officers are always available to help you. If you contact 911 and Campus Safety to report a crime, possible crime or concern, please be detailed and specific. Please try to provide detailed information to assist us in providing better service. A detailed description of a person or vehicle will allow us to quickly identify what you are referring to as opposed to a general description (See Appendix A). Knowing locations on campus and directions such as north, south, east

  • Learning Communities are for all PLU students. At PLU, every residential student (including first-year, new transfer, returning, and upper division) is part of an LC, by year at PLU and/or by theme.

    located in Harstad Hall and South Hall.Learning Communities PhilosophyCampus Life works intentionally with PLU community members — students, faculty, and staff alike — to develop diverse Learning Community (LC) offerings across eight residence halls. The communities are organized across a variety of themes: some academically focused, some by interest/topic, some by social identity, and some by the stages students find themselves in at PLU. Each one continues to be developed with care, with student

  • Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates

    Several months and thousands of miles away from Hughes, Barbara Temple-Thurston punctuated those remarks, as though the two sat next to each other in the retired professor’s North Tacoma living room. Temple-Thurston says Trinidad is what her native South Africa should have been. As symptoms of apartheid continue to plague her homeland, the beloved Caribbean island she considered a part-time home for two decades embraces widespread difference. “Trinidadians have such a beautiful attitude toward race

  • Important text: None Major holidays: Human Light Major figures in this tradition: Enlightenment Scholars, scientists Place of worship: None Brief Summary: Humanists believe in the importance of

    of life (kama), and moksha. To learn more:  Crash Course Buddha and Ashoka https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/beginners-guide-asian-culture#hindu-art-culture Books available at the PLU library:  Click here for the library guide to Hinduism Hindu wife, Hindu nation, community, religion, and cultural nationalism, by Tanika Sarkar HumanismHumanismImportant text: None Major holidays: Human Light Major figures in this tradition: Enlightenment Scholars, scientists Place of worship: None

  • INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP – With a focus on best practices for school leaders, candidates will learn how to support achievement of all students, evaluate instruction and lead learning.

    coursework and also collect summer hours for their time log. During the regular academic year, courses are held 1 to 2 evenings per week in the fall semester and less frequently in the spring.  During the spring, the cohort continues to meet for coursework and also to find opportunities for  support and reflection as interns transition into their leadership role.Quality InstructorsInstructors, guest speakers and expert panels are identified from successful and experienced administrators in the South

  • Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus…

    confirmed “… and justice for all?” events. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public and take place on the PLU campus. FEBRUARY Feb. 4: The South Puget Sound Diversity Partnership invites you to an all-day conference with Dr. Caprice D. Hollins on understanding racial stereotypes and strategies for mitigating stereotype threat. 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Chris Knutson Hall in the Anderson University Center; $50 registration required. Feb. 12-14: The Vagina Monologues. PLU’s Women’s

  • TACOMA, Wash. (July 23, 2015)—During the Aug. 2-12 Rainier Writing Workshop, more than 100 students and faculty will gather at PLU to participate in classes, workshops, readings and other creatively immersive activities. The 10-day workshop, the annual summer residency of Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of…

    Bakeless award, and she also has received a Whiting Award, an NEA grant and a Pushcart Prize. Her fiction and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies including Orion, The Georgia Review, Poets and Writers, and New Stories from the South, the Year’s Best. Rainier Writing Workshop Faculty Interview (Podcast)Rick Barot and Ann Pancake discuss creative writing, publishing, their favorite books of the year and the Rainier Writing Workshop. Read Previous Granddaughter of Charleston Shooting Victim