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  • By:Genny Boots '18 May 16, 2016 0 Rosa Franklin ’74 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/rosa-franklin-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Genny Boots '18 Genny Boots '18 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19bfb9cee2f834144d56bb2017bb5742?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g May 16, 2016 September 8, 2016 Rosa Franklin ’74 TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from

  • The PLU ExperiencePLU offers over 40 academic majors, 50 minors, and purposefully integrates professional studies with the liberal arts and sciences for a comprehensive education to successfully prepare students for “lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.” Who teaches you? All classes are taught by PLU professors, not teaching assistants, with an average class size of 21 students. Our professors are experts in their fields who care as much about who they are teaching as they

  • Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS) at PLU is an interdisciplinary major that requires three core courses (GSRS 201, 301, and 499), along with 24 hours of electives in at least four other departments. GSRS majors must complete a major or minor from any other program in the university. Courses from students’ other majors and minors count towards the GSRS major. Degree Requirements36 semester hours, including: GSRS 201: (4 semester hours, offered every semester) GSRS 301: (4 semester hours

  • Summer Technology Renovations 2015 Posted by: Jenna S / September 9, 2015 September 9, 2015 by Patrick Wakefield For most people, the beginning of summer signifies the start of barbecues, campfires, and lazy river rafting. Unlike most people, the beginning of summer marks the start of something else for Instructional Technologies: install season. Every summer, a few classrooms are selected for media technology upgrades. Unlike many universities in the area, these upgrades are performed by in

  • Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 In early September, three small, black video cameras were installed in Lagerquist Concert Hall and on September 25, 2012, PLU streamed its first live concert – the President’s Inaugural Concert.  Moving forward, streaming live concerts will become a permanent aspect of SOAC and PLU. These robotic cameras, a result of a joint capital improvement request between the School of Arts and

  • March 22, 2010 Starkovich named provost By Greg Brewis Steven P. Starkovich has been named provost and dean of graduate studies through the 2011-12 academic year. Provost Steven P. Starkovich He had been serving as acting provost this year during the sabbatical leave of Patricia O’Connell Killen. She is returning to her alma mater to become academic vice president at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Starkovich first came to PLU in the fall of 1992 to teach one course in the physics department as

  • April 19, 2010 Claim: A carbon tax will reduce pollution In general, a tax on an action induces people to do less of the action. A “carbon tax” would raise the price of consuming goods like fossil fuels that cause carbon dioxide emissions, thus giving incentive to consume less of these. No one likes higher prices. But we as a society pay the cost of polluting emissions in other ways. Using less fossil fuel, for example, would not only reduce carbon dioxide emissions implicated in global climate

  • October 25, 2010 Oil Literacy panel After the screening of “Oil Literacy” there will be a panel discussion with these guest panelists answering questions and talking about the literacy of oil. Diana Gibson, Research Director for the Parkland Institute Gibson is a Canadian researcher for a think-tank in Edmonton that seeks to study the economic and social implications surrounding oil sands development and production. She is featured in the film. Matthew Johnson, Media Education Specialist for

  • June 28, 2012 PLU Night at the Rainiers set for Aug. 24 Baseball season is upon us and we are getting ready for one of our favorite summer events, PLU Night at the Rainiers. Last year, more than 800 Lutes enjoyed an evening at the ballpark. In preparation for an even bigger crowd, the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations has purchased even more tickets, with the plan of taking over Cheney Stadium. This event is a great way to end your summer with a bang while enjoying the company of other

  • Lute’s Antarctica photo earns national recognition Posted by: Kari Plog / August 3, 2017 August 3, 2017 TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 4, 2017)— It's been more than a little hot on Pacific Lutheran University's campus this week. With temperatures creeping toward the 100s, one Lute is offering a reprieve with images of something a lot cooler.McKenna Morin ’19, a communication major, is a finalist in the annual photography contest through Photographer’s Forum magazine. Morin submitted a photo she took