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  • In high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the…

    dance styles, stage management, choreography, producing, directing, and playwriting. Keep reading to learn more. Read Previous Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing Read Next Summer Internships: Political Science LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15

  • Teranejah Lucas, 28, is in her senior year and majoring in social work. She’s preparing to do great things—after already accomplishing significant wins—and wrapping up a fascinating capstone. “As a single parent, first-generation college student, I’m out here defying the odds,” she says. Lucas lives…

    -traditional student, so even a non-traditional student can still get the full college experience,” Lucas says.Social WorkLearn more about the Social Work program at PLUA Captivating Capstone Lucas has received high praise from PLU faculty for her capstone, “Resistance to the Roots of Colonization: Protected Crowns,” which focuses on the personal and political aspects of Black hair. “There’s still not a lot of research on Black hair,” Lucas says, referencing the historical lack of Black representation

  • Screening of Three Minutes: A Lengthening, a film based on Glenn Kurtz’s acclaimed book Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Three minutes of footage are the only

    Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at University College London. Convener: Michael Artime, Department Chair of Political Science, PLU 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. – AUC, Regency Room (Zoom Presentation)The Jewish Community in Poland: Contemporary Jewish-Polish RelationsRabbi Haim Dov Beliak, Beit Polska and Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious

  • ‘We are all Norwegians’ By Loren J. Anderson Ladies and Gentlemen: We gather this evening to remember and pay tribute, to share our hurt and show that we care, and to grieve for those we have lost, even as we reach out to support one…

    defy human understanding. In the words of Job, ‘when I reached for light, then came darkness.'” So we experience feelings of violation and loss so deep and strong that they penetrate borders and transcends boundaries, national and cultural, religious and political, and they bring us together young and old, rich and poor.  So we are drawn together once this evening as a true community, albeit wounded, to draw strength from our faith, and find support as would a family, and tonight we are a Norwegian

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 24, 2016)- It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas at Pacific Lutheran University. Throughout its history, PLU has developed numerous holiday pastimes that honor a variety of traditions, cultures and forms of joyful expression. UPCOMING EVENTS Celebration of Light   Nov.…

    and growth of participants, as well as to add their talent to the performance. PLU’s Dr. Gina Gillie will lead a master class which will be followed by a rehearsal with all of the participants. The event will end with a concert that is open to the public. More information about the organization and event can be found at www.hornsaplentychristmas.com Read Previous Lute catches ‘activism bug,’ gains confidence in political arena Read Next Student poets showcase their work at local coffee shop

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 8, 2018)- Graduate school can be a daunting prospect for anyone. Students fresh off their undergraduate sprint are faced with a complicated application process and daunting comprehensive tests. But Leah Sweeney ‘17, a Fast Track student working on her Master of Business…

    into the program cost. Each year, the MBA selects different countries for the international experience. Sweeney got to pick between China., Peru or Mexico “I’ve been studying the Chinese language since I was in high school, and so I’ve always been interested in Chinese culture and language,” said Sweeney, who was a double major in Chinese studies and political science, and studied away in China during her undergrad. “That’s a really big reason why I chose PLU, because they have a really good

  • The French-American Foundation has announced that PLU Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin is one of the winners of the 2024 Translation Prize. Wilkin and her co-editor and translator Angela Hunter, an English professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the nonfiction prize…

    and translation topic that began with your former student, and graduate it into this larger book project? In retrospect, three things inspired me to undertake this project–what we now refer to as “feminist recovery work.” First, the intellectual importance of Dupin’s Work on Women. It’s notable that Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the famous political philosopher, had been Dupin’s secretary for this project, that most of the manuscripts are in his handwriting, and that we can trace some of his most

  • Each election cycle I’m reminded of how incredibly multi-disciplinary the responsibilities of our elected officials have become. Similarly, the challenges faced by the leaders of the world’s most successful corporations and NGOs grow ever more global, complex, and nuanced, seemingly by the day. Very few,…

    courses in geology will not make a journalist-to-be fluent in climate change, and that simply pass-failing “Ethics and the Good Life” and “Social and Political Philosophy” cannot be the end-all-be-all of a web engineer’s code of ethics. But we also know that a high quality, liberal arts education has always been, and will always be, the foundation on which genuine expertise is built.I once heard an African-American artist from Chicago lament that far too many young people graduate from public high

  • PLU rowers reminisce about their daring journey in Puget Sound 50 years ago.

    the Husky shellhouse and the historic one it replaced. The yacht’s dark wood trimmings and plush cushions were a lot more comfortable than the conditions the rowdown crew faced 50 years prior along the same route. The men swapped war stories, political ideologies and reminisced about their rich lives — an encyclopedia of the good ol’ days. The stories grew in scope as the wine and beer supply dwindled: “And they’re all true,” one of them quipped. Rowdown Crew 50th Anniversary For more memories

  • 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.

    a big focus on political science,” he said. “I loved everything about it.” Palerm clearly recalls Taylor-Mosquera’s presence in that class and others. “He contributed insightfully to class discussions in the classroom,” she said, “gently pushing his peers to engage difficult conversations about race and class in (Latin American cultures).” At PLU, Taylor-Mosquera’s passion for travel and cultural inquisition grew. He received a Wang Center grant to conduct research in Ecuador and spent his final