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  • Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away

    Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights Never out of sorts Thorniley Collection of Antique Type Valuable donation transcends time, elevates PLU’s printing collection View the story Spice for Life John de Mars ’09 spends a lot of time outdoors, and his passion informed the recipe for his hot sauce company’s most recent product. Learn about Expedition Sauce and how a PLU business competition helped de Mars launch his company. Building the biz Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished

  • Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.

    biological family after a three-month search — he can finally say he feels a sense of belonging there. “This is the first time I’ve truly lived in Colombia,” he said. “I’ve only ever been a tourist before.” Still, even before he considered Colombia home, it was his family there who motivated him during a turbulent time as a student at Pacific Lutheran University. Taylor-Mosquera arrived on PLU’s campus, after earning an associate degree from Tacoma Community College, in search of a vocation that would

  • Peace Corps Prep (PC Prep) is an undergraduate certificate program that helps students prepare for service in the Peace Corps, a US-government organization that sends US citizens abroad to volunteer

    PLU is Top Peace Corps Producing College! For the third year in a row, PLU is one of the top 25 producers of Peace Corps Volunteers in schools of our size (under 5,000). Congratulations Lutes! Andrew Larson '15 Learn about Andrew's time serving in the Peace Corps in Comoros Peace Corps Prep Lutes are Peace Corps Bound! From the first cohort of PLU's Peace Corps Prep certificate program are Haley Bridgewater ’18, Margaret Chell ’18 and Madeline Wentz ’18, headed to Guinea to serve in the Peace

    Peace Corps Prep
    12180 Park Avenue S. Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…

    pandemic she returned to Oslo and took a year of PLU classes remotely. It seemed like a typical distance learning story, until she began experimenting with her mother’s 25-year-old sewing machine. PLU Innovation Studies minor Mariken Lund in Olso, Norway. “I saw this old machine sitting in the closet and wondered if I could sew a skirt with it,” Mariken recalled. “After some training videos and a little effort, I was making clothes and having fun!” During the 2020-2021 school year, Mariken also worked

  • Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.

    neighborhood, they were already learning about the new community they call home. Christina Easley ’19 says she’s seen beautiful artwork along the downtown corridor while riding the bus that takes her to and from PLU’s campus. “I had never noticed before,” she said. That’s exactly what the Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program is challenging students to do — look at the community just outside PLU’s boundaries in new ways. “It breaks all the rules,” Joel Zylstra said of the program, which

  • PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.

    Shiori Oki ’17 Shiori Oki ’17 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/shiori-oki.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 16, 2016 September 25, 2017 Shiori studied classical languages and literature, as well as English literature, at PLU. She was deeply involved in the PLU community during her four years as a student. A handful of her numerous leadership roles

  • News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    BSW vs MSW: What is an MSW Degree and Is It Worth It? Thinking about becoming a social worker? Compare a BSW and an MSW and explore if an MSW is worth it. In social work, two degrees stand out: the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and the Master of Social Work (MSW). Understanding the differences and their… July 19, 2023

  • Coach Dickerson retires after 14 years cultivating character on and off the court.

    deficit against Linfield College. The Lutes never took the lead that night, and eventually fell to the Wildcats 80-72. But, despite the score and the frustrations that accompanied it, Lester proved to be the kind of player head coach Steve Dickerson expects first and foremost, basketball game or not. When an opposing player took a hard fall late in the second half, Lester offered a hand up without hesitation. That’s the culture Dickerson has built at PLU. Lester’s basketball career might be over, but

  • Winter 2017 Resolute: Explore global education here and away

    Profiles Class Notes Class Notes Obituaries Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights Our Roots Våre Røtter Explore PLU’s Gateway to Norway View the story Multiculturalism in Norway The people at the center of three distinct stories of multiculturalism in Norway share one common desire: belonging despite difference. Read about three Lutes and a museum director on the ground in Oslo who are dedicated to that deeply rooted truth. Lutes Create Unique Local Peace Prize Two years before he

  • PLU French & Francophone Studies. At PLU, you will learn to speak, write, and comprehend French through interactive classes grounded in diverse media forms and cultural contexts.

    Bon appétit! Sometimes you just have to seize the day, cancel class, and have a French pique-nique. Learning Styles: The French & Francophone Studies program honors a diversity of learning styles. Here students build their interpretation of Christine de Pizan’s City of Ladies. High Impact Educational Practices: These students were the first to translate Louise Dupin’s “Preliminary Discourse” into English after first transcribing it from 250-year-old manuscripts. Cultural Events on Campus

    French & Francophone Studies Program
    Administration Building Room 222-G Tacoma, WA 98447-0003