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April 25, 2012 VWS: Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken Washington State Poet Laureate, and MFA alum, Kathleen Flenniken ’07 is the next guest in PLU’s Visiting Writer Series Wednesday, May 2. Her visit starts with The Writer’s Story: Q&A at 3:30 p.m. at Garfield Books and concludes with a reading at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Flenniken’s first book, Famous (University of Nebraska, 2006), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was named a Notable Book

‘Because We’re Lutheran’: A new PLU podcast Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / July 16, 2018 Image: Pacific Lutheran University Pastor Jen Rude, left, sits down for a conversation about Lutheran higher education and faith journeys with PLU graduates Matthew Salzano and Alaa Alshaibani on the first episode of a new PLU podcast, “Because We’re Lutheran.” July 16, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (July 16, 2018) — A new Pacific Lutheran University podcast is being

PLU community members help welcome Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2023 Image: PLU students, staff and alumni at Foss Waterway Seaport to welcome the Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma. (Photos by PLU/Emma Stafki ’24) August 31, 2023 A group of PLU students, staff and alumni joined the Puyallup Tribe, members of the South Sound's Hawaiian/Polynesian community, and other locals at a gathering welcoming the Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma yesterday.A 62-foot-long traditional voyaging canoe operated by

Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS) Posted by: nicolacs / February 3, 2022 February 3, 2022 The Dynamic Compression Summer School has been established to provide an overview of dynamic compression science appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The four and a half days of activities will introduce students to the scientific fundamentals, contemporary research activities including informal discussions, and career opportunities within this exciting field

Dynamic Compression Summer School Posted by: nicolacs / January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 The Dynamic Compression Summer School has been established to provide an overview of dynamic compression science appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The four and a half days of activities will introduce students to the scientific fundamentals, contemporary research activities including informal discussions, and career opportunities within this exciting field. The

Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) Posted by: nicolacs / January 10, 2022 January 10, 2022 Research in Interdisciplinary STEM Education (RISE) is a 9-week residential summer research experience for undergraduate students in chemistry, education, life sciences, mathematics, or physics.  Participants will join interdisciplinary teams mentored by faculty to investigate STEM learning across formal and informal environments with a focus on understanding issues related to inclusivity

September 3, 2009 A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture hall raised her hand and put forth to our professor: “What happened in New York and Washington, D.C., is horrible, but didn’t the United States kind of have it coming?” In hindsight, I chuckle at how stunned and offended I was to hear such

May 13, 2011 PLU Fulbright recipients ready to engage the world By Chris Albert This year, four PLU students – Allison Meyer, Matthew Anderson, Matthew Palmquist and Reed Ojala-Barbour  – received prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowships. That makes 87 PLU student Fulbright recipients since 1975. Matthew Anderson, Reed Ojala-Barbour (both pictured), Allison Meyer and Matthew Palmquist received Fulbright Student Fellowships this year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Sponsored by the U.S