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PLU French professor receives a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/09/17/neh-endowment-for-plu-french-professor/

2024 September 4, 2024 PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named President of NADIIIAA August 16, 2024 PLU College of Liberal Studies welcomes Dean Stephanie Johnson July 24, 2024 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024

On the Day of Your Jury https://www.plu.edu/music/recital-juries-for-students/program-drop-box/on-the-day-of-your-jury/

changes into the final draft of your program before submission for printing. 6. The result of the jury will be communicated to you by letter from the Department of Music. Comments of the committee members will be made available to you later in writing. You may also receive some verbal comments during the jury about specific issues like placement on the stage, balance, etc. *If exceptions are to be allowed, they must be agreed to by the Jury Committee members prior to the jury.

Reclaiming the Southern Lushootseed Language and Culture https://www.plu.edu/prism/prism-2019/southern-lushootseed/

should be excluded from learning our language. It takes 10,000 people speaking a language to revive it. We need more people speaking Southern Lushootseed. And we need to connect with Indigenous peoples all over the world, people like the Sami, so we can learn from each other how best to revive and sustain languages in danger of disappearing.” PLU regularly incorporates the overall culture of a language’s region into language courses. In the class on Southern Lushootseed, culture is taught as

President Krise surprises students in the classroom https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/07/president-krise-surprises-students-in-the-classroom/

May 7, 2013 PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for English 216: African and Caribbean short stories, some were a little surprised to find the university president, Tom Krise, standing in the front of the room with Professor Barbara Temple-Thurston. “There were some

A commitment to educating the entire student https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/11/01/a-commitment-to-educating-the-entire-student/

– not just for the athletes [playing intercollegiate sports], but for all of the students. It is part of college life.” Olbertz took matters into his own hands when it was made known that the floor of Olson Auditorium – where one of his two daughters, Anella ’10, played volleyball – needed resurfacing. He gathered a group of donors to help pay for it. Since then, he has been involved with helping the university make other athletic facility improvements. He sees it as a great way for others – alums

PLU’s Blessing of the Animals Service https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/05/08/plus-blessing-of-the-animals-service/

in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024

News in Choir of the West https://www.plu.edu/music/news/topic/choir-of-the-west/

Choir of the West receives high honors in global ranking The Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur . “This is a recognition where Choir of the West represents the university and our country well on the world stage,”… October 8, 2015 Choir of the West

Where’s the “energy” in my energy drink? https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2017/01/26/wheres-the-energy-in-my-energy-drink/

Undergraduate Research at the University of Pittsburgh LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR) Scholarship May 7, 2024 Environmental Lab Scientist in Training May 2, 2024 The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship April 18, 2024 $2000 DEIR scholarship- Extended Deadline May 15! April 16, 2024

Be a part of the Journey https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2014/12/09/be-a-part-of-the-journey/

Scholarship Concert on Saturday, December 13, 2014, in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Ticket options priced at $100 will include prime seating and a $50 tax-deductible contribution to fund music scholarships at PLU. Non-tax-deductible tickets can also be purchased for $50. Our goal is to raise $25,000 for the Christmas Music Scholarship Fund to help deserving students achieve a PLU education and to share their talents with the world. We invite all scholarship concert attendees to a special reception before the

Leaves From the School of Nursing https://www.plu.edu/nursing-student-handbook/status-and-enrollment/leaves-from-the-school-of-nursing/

, and allocated to nursing programs throughout the region well in advance of the semester, the nursing program is structured according to a cohort model. Under this model, students move through the course sequence with the same group of peers for their entire program. The number of students accepted into a cohort is determined by the number of anticipated clinical placements, and faculty are hired and scheduled accordingly. To leave a cohort and/or attempt to re-enter a different cohort is a