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Lutheran Studies at PLU welcomes students, faculty, staff, and alumni into this global network, into the significant dialogue between cultures as we engage the pressing economic, political, and
The 13th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference More Information Lutheran Studies at Pacific Lutheran UniversityPLU has been a lively center for the study of Lutheran higher education and the global Lutheran tradition since its beginnings in 1890. Distinguished lecturers, undergraduate courses in history, music, scripture, theology, and the visual arts, study away classes in Germany, Namibia, and Norway, campus ministry workshops, faith and reason dialogues, faculty publications and public
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
Raphael Lemkin Lecture - Spring 2021``Hitler's American Friends - Political Extremism and Nazi Sympathizers in the 1930's`` Dr. Bradley W. Hart, Ph.D. – California State University, Fresno May 12, 2021Dr. Bradley Hart, author of “Hitler’s American Friends”, was the guest presenter at the 2021 Raphael Lemkin Lecture event. Most Americans remember the years of the Second World War as a period of national unity and shared sacrifice, but this is hardly a complete picture of the era. In reality, the
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…
PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself Posted by: Kari Plog / May 6, 2016 Image: Kelly Hall ’16 is graduating this spring with an individualized major in Native American and indigenous studies. (Photo courtesy of Hall). May 6, 2016 By Natalie DeFord '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…
graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich gained the first-hand experience needed to draw that conclusion thanks to the Whiteneck and Smith Global Peacebuilding Award, which funded her internship with World Vision in Washington, D.C. She was one of two recipients of the award during the 2015-16 academic year. “I learned that development and humanitarian aid is really, really messy and highly political, regardless of how you’re involved with the system,” Bozich said. “I also learned that
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
wasn’t long after, however, that the minister of culture greenlit efforts to launch commercial TV and radio, Bjørhovde recalled. “So, I was there at the right time,” she said, over lunch at an ornate cafe at Hotel Bristol in the heart of Oslo. Bjørhovde became the first news anchor on a newly minted, once weekly program. “It was just experimenting,” she said. “It was on a very small scale.” Now, decades later, Bjørhovde is a senior reporter at the center of a very different media landscape. She
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Biology class participates in research project Posted by: shortea / March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023 Beautiful mutants: a PLU biology class harvests for the futureBy Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest Writer About two years ago, PLU professor Neva Laurie-Berry partnered with a world-class plant research center. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Mo., sends Laurie-Berry’s BIOL 358 Plant Physiology class millet seeds with random mutations. Student teams study plants in
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The College of Natural Sciences houses the Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology programs.
PLU professor awarded $2.5M from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Associate Professor of Psychology Tiffany Artime will use the funds to address trauma-related mental health challenges for college students. “This summer has been such a great experience in research,” said Fisher. “In our lab, I got to practice a lot of different chemistry and biology-based methods to understand marine microbes on a molecular level.” Computer Science major Chris Holland '24 appreciates PLU's
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd? Thanks to the maker movement and some creative minds, it isn’t. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Education & Kinesiology is bringing that creative spirit to campus April 12…
Teachers tinker: Education department’s annual Benson Lecture, hands-on workshop bring spirit of maker movement to PLU Posted by: Kari Plog / March 22, 2016 Image: The seventh annual Benson Lecture on April 12 will focus on the maker movement and its impact on education. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in the Regency Room in the UC. March 22, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 30, 2016)- One frame. That’s all it took for Kevin Ebi ’95 to get his work on a postage stamp – sort of. Ebi, a self-taught nature photographer who has made a living traveling around the world and documenting its beauty, weathered…
National Parks postage stamp series features photo by PLU alumnus, self-taught photographer Posted by: Kari Plog / June 30, 2016 Image: Kevin Ebi ’95 stands next to one of his photographs displayed in a gallery. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Ebi) June 30, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (June 30, 2016)- One frame. That’s all it took for Kevin Ebi ’95 to get his work on a postage stamp – sort of.Ebi, a self-taught nature photographer who has made a living traveling
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
at the middle school two blocks from her family’s home in Kenai, Alaska, Daly began to feel lightheaded. She was dizzy. She couldn’t catch her breath. She called her mom for help. When her mom arrived at the field, she found her daughter unconscious and called for an ambulance. The hours and days that followed changed Daly’s life forever. After that ambulance ride – during which her heart rate soared to life-threatening levels – she was transported via helicopter to a hospital in Anchorage. The
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