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  • OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 21, 2015)— The Washington State Need Grant, a crucial source of tuition support for hundreds of current Pacific Lutheran University students, is at the center of an ongoing debate at the Washington State Legislature. The State Need Grant  provides need-based financial aid…

    pursuing postsecondary education. Eligible students have a household income that is less than 70 percent of the state’s median household income (currently $58,405). Recipients can use the financial aid at Washington’s public two- and four-year colleges and universities and at many accredited private/independent colleges, universities and career schools in the state. “PLU currently enrolls more than 600 students (more than 20 percent of students) who receive the grant, which amounts to more than $5

  • Ann Mooney ’03 grew up dreaming about working at National Geographic. Now, she is building a conservation program for the organization in Washington, D.C.

    alongside Sylvia Earle, a pioneering marine scientist. “I’ve done no fewer than six reports on this woman and dressed up as her for career day in third grade,” Mooney said with a laugh. “She sits just down the hall from me.” Mooney, who earned a degree in biology at Pacific Lutheran University, is a senior program manager at the National Geographic Society. She’s tasked with building a new program called Beyond Yellowstone, a conservation program in the greater Yellowstone National Park ecosystem that

  • PLU Multimedia Recordings had its genesis in 1984 when Martin Neeb, Executive Director of University Communications; Bob Holden, Director of Audio Services; Jeffrey Bruton, Assistant Director of

    PLU Multimedia RecordingsPLU Multimedia Recordings had its genesis in 1984 when Martin Neeb, Executive Director of University Communications; Bob Holden, Director of Audio Services; Jeffrey Bruton, Assistant Director of Audio Services, and Richard Sparks, Director of Choral Activities, had an idea. Great music, like that performed by the PLU ensembles and solo artist, deserved to be shared with our constituents and the world. Our first recording was J.S. Bach and the Chorale, released on vinyl

    School of Music, Theatre and Dance
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 30, 2016)- Dr. Antonios Finitsis didn’t require a video assignment at the start of his religion course at Pacific Lutheran University. The creative ambition of a group of students in 2008 planted the seed for what’s become a university tradition — PLU…

    require a video assignment at the start of his religion course at Pacific Lutheran University. The creative ambition of a group of students in 2008 planted the seed for what’s become a university tradition — PLU Hebrew Idol.The competition features short films written, filmed and edited by students in Finitsis’ course titled “Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible.” Each year, online voting by students determines the top three movies, which go on to face evaluation by a panel of judges. This year

  • PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.

    Discovery Discovery https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2014/04/alantis-rising-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg April 21, 2014 April 20, 2018 Research GrantsLearn more. AccoladesLearn more. Lute LibraryLearn more. BlogsLearn more. For Galen Ciscell, graduate school was a time for work and play, but not in the way you’d expect. His work earned

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    avoided students sitting idle in a classroom.So, she called up Premo, who has worked 16 years for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, the organization PLU contracts to run Campus Safety. He and Gregson created the course with help from the guest lecturers, such as Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor. It included field trips to the precinct and the Pierce County Jail. Premo says the speakers were selected because of their knowledge of the topics within the course, which included policing philosophies

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…

    Brian Bradshaw ’07 inspires others even after his death; scholarship encourages students to emulate his leadership Posted by: Kari Plog / November 1, 2016 Image: Paul and Mary Bradshaw, parents of Lt. Brian Bradshaw ’07, with PLU President Thomas W. Krise at the 2016 PLU Military Appreciation Football Game. (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) November 1, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else

  • Faculty Governance at PLU empowers faculty, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, in the area of educational policy.

    Faculty Governance Faculty Governance at PLU empowers faculty, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, in the area of educational policy.  Faculty also have the right to make recommendations and advise the administration with respect to other areas of university life. There are four key features to PLU’s system of faculty governance: the Faculty Constitution and Bylaws, the Faculty Assembly, the faculty committee system, and the faculty committee officers. The Faculty Constitution and

    Faculty Governance
    Administration Bldg., Room 103 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • PLU Army ROTC. Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is one of the best leadership courses in the country.

    About ROTC Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is one of the best leadership courses in the country. ROTC is taken in conjunction with other college courses and will complement your education with instruction in leadership development, military science, strategy, and problem solving. You will be provided with numerous opportunities to develop these skills outside the classroom with practical, hands-on exercises and leadership training events. Upon completion of all the training and

    PLU ROTC
    253-535-8711
    Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Damian Alessandro news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    How Innovative was the Apple II? By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand… July 23, 2018 Apple IIconvivial toolsDamian Alessandroinnovation studiesSteve Wozniak