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  • 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.

    him to truly feel at home. “I grew frustrated because I couldn’t communicate with people,” Taylor-Mosquera recalled. “There was so much I wanted to ask and learn, but I could barely count to 100 in Spanish.” Taylor-Mosquera was born in Cali, the most populous city in southwest Colombia, but was raised in Gig Harbor, Washington, after being adopted by an American family when he was just a few months old. Now, after several eye-opening trips back — including one in 2004 when he reconnected with his

  • Within the environmental studies curriculum at PLU, the social sciences provide perspectives on the environment from a human point of view, balancing the ecological perspectives contributed by the

    , beliefs and values, and the dissemination of these ideas through business, education, nursing and other professions.Within the environmental studies curriculum, the social sciences provide perspectives on the environment from a human point of view, balancing the ecological perspectives contributed by the natural sciences with the economic and political aspects of human society. Courses in the humanities bring the insights of religion and ethics as well as a body of literature and artistic appreciation

    Environmental Studies
    253-535-8700
    Rieke Science Center Room 158 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The curriculum prepares students to pursue careers in research and the health sciences or to apply their biology interests to careers as diverse as science education and public health.

    evolutionary biology of North American catfishes and song divergence in North American Red Crossbills. Hands-on laboratory experience is central to any biology curriculum, and we invite students to use departmental facilities for independent study and work with faculty members in ongoing research.Quick Links Darwin Day My Academic Pathway Catalog Biology Facebook NatSci Fellows Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities Lecture Slides - November 2023Culturally Sustaining STEMPLU’s Culturally Sustaining

    Department of Biology
    Rieke Science Center, Room 159 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…

    Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Deliver Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2019 July 31, 2019 On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University Center. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches the history

  • By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University…

    conversation with Dr. Liu and students in Xavier Hall, hosted by Prof. Halvorson. Dr. Liu’s lecture explored the legacy of Adam Smith in the United States and the influence of Smith’s ideas in American thought, politics, and culture. The talk related to Liu’s recent book Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher became an Icon of American Capitalism (Princeton, 2022). This week, PLU’s Business and Economic History program released a recording of the lecture, complete with slides, introductory

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Chorale is a mixed choir comprised primarily—though not exclusively—of freshmen and sophomore singers spanning a variety of academic disciplines.

    Educators Association (2010) and American Choral Directors Association (2006). In March 2012, the ensemble performed for the ACDA Northwest Division Conference.

    Pacific Lutheran University Chorale
    253-535-8669
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 1, 2016)- Performing with Pacific Lutheran University’s gospel choir hooked Josiah McDonald. The ninth-grader at Franklin Pierce High School pledged to apply to PLU come senior year, after participating in the spiritual and celebratory Gospel Experience. McDonald was one of more than…

    and executed by Melannie Cunningham, director of multicultural recruitment, the Gospel Experience is a two-hour concert that showcases various gospel music groups within Tacoma’s African-American community, as well as PLU’s own gospel choir. Cunningham said the inclusive event is one way to connect the university to a community in Pierce County that is traditionally underrepresented in PLU’s student body. It showcases the university to those beyond campus borders and introduces current students

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    :00 PM. Dr. Dollinger has also published on Black American and Jewish American relations (Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s, 2018) and Jewish struggles for inclusion in U.S. culture (The Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America, 2000). His forthcoming book addresses Antisemitism in U.S. culture.BiographyDr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University I’m Marc Dollinger and I get to teach

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…

    PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself Posted by: Kari Plog / May 6, 2016 Image: Kelly Hall ’16 is graduating this spring with an individualized major in Native American and indigenous studies. (Photo courtesy of Hall). May 6, 2016 By Natalie DeFord '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted

  • By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors…

    Michael Diambri Receives Gilder Lehrman History Award Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2018 Image: Michael Diambri receives award in New York City, June 2018. July 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18, a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and Literature. Like