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the next level in science and health science education at PLU so that we can best fulfill our mission.” If you would like to learn more about these projects and how you can support the success of the health sciences at PLU in service of others, please contact advancement@plu.edu. Read Previous PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher Read Next Beautiful mutants: a PLU biology class harvests for the future LATEST POSTS Three students share how

if we could do a real exchange.” And thus, a “real” exchange was implemented. The Trinidadian students would live with the PLU students, take courses alongside them, be immersed in the cultural life of the islands and complete a service-learning project. At the semester’s conclusion, the most promising student would receive a four-year scholarship to PLU, funded jointly by PLU and Trinidad’s Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs. Hughes jumped at the chance. “I learned

educational tradition of working for issues of justice and tolerance. According to Professor Emeritus of History Philip Nordquist’s ’56 second book documenting the history of PLU “Inquiry, Service, Leadership and Care: Pacific Lutheran University 1988-2008,” faculty members were already studying and teaching about the Holocaust as soon as the 1950s. But when Christopher Browning began his tenure as professor in PLU’s history department in 1974, he brought with him a renewed interest in the subject

Loren J. Anderson joined hundreds at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard for a vigil to remember victims of last week’s attacks in Norway.  These are the remarks he made during the service. Read Previous New ’employer relations’ position connects students with employers Read Next Light Fantastic COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how

“completely ruled out” work with the U.S. Foreign Service—but probably not till much later. Either way, she says, PLU has prepared her well for leadership positions on campus, nationwide—and beyond. “The amount of opportunities available to students to get involved and develop as advocates and leaders is really helpful,” she said. “But also some of the classes I’ve taken have forced me to open my mind a little more and think about different perspectives that affect issues. The Gender and Sexuality class

time and to present such an incredible story.” In the orchestra, students play alongside faculty members. Brian Galante, associate director of choral studies, is the opera’s chorus master and one of the choirs he conducts, University Chorale, will be the chorus for Fiery Jade. “It’s a huge departmental collaboration, which is a lot of fun,” Brown said. Read Previous MediaLab reminisces on a decade of service, invites alumni to mark anniversary with fundraising event at Tacoma Art Museum Read Next

. You just learn the business of IT. Whether it’s a timber operation at Weyerhaeuser, working with cloud services at Microsoft, or now the Port of Tacoma, I still apply the same principles to deliver IT services to the organization. These places have different needs, but how you run it – how you run a service desk, how you secure your desktop computers, how you provide applications so people can get their jobs done every day – it’s pretty common across all of them. In your director position, are you

start with the A&P lab,” Auman says. “Continued community investment and support will take us to the next level in science and health science education at PLU so that we can best fulfill our mission.”  If you would like to learn more about these projects and how you can support the success of the health sciences at PLU in service of others, please contact advancement@plu.edu. MEETING CAMPUS – AND COMMUNITY – NEEDS“The upgrades we’re planning for the sciences will help PLU students better serve the

dismissing another opportunity because I wanted one certain thing. Hopefully working in public service of some kind or helping out in that way because a law degree is a very powerful thing, and it can help or harm depending on what you use it for. Read Previous Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture to explore bioethics and “Enhancement” Read Next On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

. So, at the age of 19, she enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Nearly a decade later, the two women’s lives paralleled each other again — this time at Pacific Lutheran University when they began nursing school in February 2020. Millett had left the Navy after eight years as an aviation mechanic. Lopez had left active duty and transitioned to the Air Force Reserves. Now, they both were pursuing nursing in hopes of continuing their careers in service to others. “I chose nursing because I wanted to keep