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Harstad Hall, and Clover Creek flowed freely through the center of campus. She has continued to bring groups of young conservationists to campus in the last several years to teach them about the flora and fauna that remain PLU. “I am so pleased that colleges like PLU are doing so much to make a sustainable world,” she said. “It’s wonderful to see happening because it’s just so necessary.” Read Previous Recognized for top study away programs Read Next Polar adventure COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

shooter incident. SAFETY DURING THE DRILL Always communicate, “This is a drill.” when carrying out the drill. If a real incident happens during the exercise, be sure to communicate to others and Campus Safety, “This is a real emergency.” There will be no live-action dramatizations during this drill. Thank you for your careful attention to emergency preparedness. Please contact the Emergency Programs Office at 538-6042 or wamboljm@plu.edu with questions. Read Previous “A University of the First Rank

PLU School of Business renames its Marketing Analytics graduate program Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 18, 2018 Image: The School of Business is located in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, PLU’s newest academic building. December 18, 2018 By StaffMarketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 17, 2018) — Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business has announced a change to one of the foundational cornerstones of their graduate programs: going forward, the Master of

to students directly after their currently scheduled degree completion date. Graduate students will be offered opportunities for tuition-free continuing education courses.The university is planning on offering in-person, online, and blended courses and on-campus housing this fall. As part of extensive safety precautions being taken by the university, hundreds of events and programs including some athletic competitions, music and theatre productions, intramural sports, academic conferences, and

technology in education will continue to grow. We will never be a fully online university, and we may not, at least in the short term, offer completely online classes or programs. But I believe that we must continue to stay near the cutting edge in classroom-based technology use if we expect to compete for the next generation of the best and brightest. They will expect nothing less. Third, the world continues to get smaller. Our nationally recognized position as a leader in global education is a huge

who grow up in low-income families to enter the teaching field. That’s one reason Teach 253 programs are housed at two of Tacoma’s most diverse high schools: Mount Tahoma and Lincoln. But the program is open to any student at the schools. “Who better to teach Tacoma kids than Tacoma kids? We want them back,” said Lisa Egenes, instructor for Teach 253 at Lincoln. “We want to get kids excited to think about the impact they could have on teaching,” added Mary Jo Larsen, PLU’s assistant dean of

members and community. We can’t offer that.  Instead, we think about what we can uniquely do on campus.PLU Campus MinistryPLU Campus Ministry seeks to welcome and affirm every member of the PLU community as we collectively respond to the spiritual call to justice and transformation.What are a few examples of programs or activities that have come from that thinking? A lot of our students are ripe with questions at the intersection of faith and daily life. They want to reflect on how their faith and

(so well represented here today), and in the fine and performing arts. It also includes a suite of select graduate and professional programs that all seek to build our students’ capacity to serve the world— nursing, marriage and family therapy, finance, education, creative writing, and business. So, you see, the world needs more PLU. Lives of Service and Care As a community and as individuals, PLU people care about the development and success of our students and of each other. We have high

unique music programs and administrative processes, teaching and going to concerts on campus (the department puts on more than 140!), Paul manages to find time to explore his new town with his family.What was your first impression of PLU?While I had heard good things about PLU over the years, my first real encounter with the school was at last year’s Christmas concert in Portland.  I was impressed by the high level of music making by everyone on stage, ensembles and soloists.  Wow!  And then the

them.While the idea of approaching a faculty member for some one-on-one time can be intimidating, the benefits of forming those relationships make it worth getting outside your comfort zone. Pacific Lutheran University’s professors know students may feel uncomfortable about dropping by their offices, so many of them go out of their way to make those spaces as welcoming as possible to help put those students at ease. Jan Lewis, an education professor and the associate provost for undergrad programs, has a