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  • Louis Hobson ’00 shares experience and advice at PLU workshop Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 29, 2013 March 29, 2013 So now what? After going to the Big Apple and making it big – as in a key part on a Broadway, Tony-winning, Pulitzer Prize winning play big – what’s next? Louis Hobson ’00 gets asked that question a lot these days. And his answer seems to be, everything. Just last month, Hobson acknowledged he will be artistic director of Seattle’s Balagan Theatre in the Capitol Hill

  • PLU receives top accolades for quality, affordability and student experience Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / August 29, 2023 August 29, 2023 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has been named one of the best colleges in America by Money.com and a “Hidden Gem” by College Raptor.PLU once again made the list of Money.com’s Best Colleges in America, receiving four out of five stars. This list ranks more than 700 four-year colleges based on quality, affordability

  • Louis Hobson ’00 shares experience and advice at PLU workshop Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 29, 2013 March 29, 2013 So now what? After going to the Big Apple and making it big – as in a key part on a Broadway, Tony-winning, Pulitzer Prize winning play big – what’s next? Louis Hobson ’00 gets asked that question a lot these days. And his answer seems to be, everything. Just last month, Hobson acknowledged he will be artistic director of Seattle’s Balagan Theatre in the Capitol Hill

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 4, 2016)- Nearly 13 years ago, Logan Seelye participated in a scrimmage at football camp that changed the course of his life. To say he’s come a long way since then is an understatement. Seelye, senior web designer at Pacific Lutheran University,…

    share my story on a large scale, and shed light on how and why my mindset has kept me so strong,” Seelye said. TEDxTacoma speakerLearn more about Logan Seelye's book. Read Previous PLU Theatre alumnus Adam Utley ’04 returns to campus to host TEDxTacoma Read Next PLU business, design and communication professors discuss the importance of “failure” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 24, 2016)- The eighth episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “civility” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young, Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Kaitlyn Sill and Marriage and Family Therapy Department Chair David Ward.…

    Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin``Protest``Guests: PLU President & Professor of English Thomas W. Krise and Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice & Sustainability Angie Hambrick``Failure``Guests: Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila, and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown Read Previous Summer success: Lutes spend off-months working hard, pursuing vocational goals Read Next Sidewalk project begins Aug. 29 to improve pedestrian accessibility near PLU’s campus COMMENTS*Note: All

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 26, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University has created a fun way to honor the Lutheran tradition and put those Pokémon Go skills to use in a new way (we promise we had the idea before Lutes were out looking for Pokéstops). Marty’s Reformation…

    on a journey toward enlightenment. Once you find the location, look for the clever Martin Luther statues designed by Associate Professor of Art and Design, Spencer Ebbinga. Once you’re near the statues, the app will unlock a fact about Luther, the revolutionary theologian who launched a movement of reform that continues to this day. The first three Lutes to unlock all the locations and show proof of their quest to a MarCom representative near Campus Concierge (on Nov. 1, starting at 7:30 a.m

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…

    forth,” Gould said. “If you don’t leave the PLU dome, you’re not going to have these experiences.”   CONFRONTING PRIVILEGE Professor Beth Kraig said pushing students to confront their privilege was pivotal to the course’s design. That included requiring students to ride Pierce Transit buses ‒ either Route 1 or 45 ‒ to and from Lincoln for the weekly workshops. Students were encouraged to observe and interact with riders and write about their experiences. Those reflections will be included in the

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 3, 2017)- You know it’s a good class when even the professor goes home shouting: “You’re not going to believe what we learned today!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing…

    outside the typical curriculum in a given department, usually concern a professor’s unique research interests or offer insight into contemporary issues outside the standard course sequence. Gregson, who worked with criminology as a graduate student, thought the policing course was well suited, since police have been at the center of public discourse. Gregson wanted to create an interesting experience for students who chose to stay on campus rather than study away during J-Term — an experience that

  • University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…

    PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 9, 2015 Image: Joanna Royce-Davis, Vice President for Student Life at PLU, speaks as part of the First-Year Experience Program, which was cited in PLU’s recent College of Distinction honor. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) September 9, 2015 University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the WestBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…

    Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put