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to PLU as first-year students. Homeschool Application & Admission Policies Application Checklist Undergraduate Application – Students can apply via the Common App. It is FREE to apply. Personal Essay – Submitted as part of the Common App. The essay should be at least 250 words. Official Transcripts – Find additional information on homeschool transcripts below. SAT or ACT Test Scores – Find additional information on test scores below. Academic Recommendation – Find additional information on

Studying Strings at PLU Outdoor amphitheater at the Mary Baker Russell building. (Photo by Chris Tumbusch) PLU’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance exists inside a comprehensive liberal arts university and  is central to the mission of Pacific Lutheran University. It provides a rich number of happenings at PLU, in Tacoma, and around the Puget Sound.Pursuing the DreamHow Justin Heurtas combined theater and the celloPLU’s “Mascot” You may know that we at PLU are known as the “Lutes,” and whatever

continue to speak. Mary Oliver’s words are as common in our community as the scriptures themselves. Her “Instructions for Living a Life” are the armature of our liturgy. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. These same words have formed my own personal liturgy. For almost two decades they were posted above my desk or on the first page of my journal. Her words were painted on an exterior door that leads from my back yard to the alley. A reminder to me every time I crossed that threshold that my

Marketing What is Marketing? Marketing is a broad and dynamic field which deals with identifying and meeting human and social needs. The study of marketing encompasses diverse topics such as market strategy and research, consumer analysis, product management, distribution, pricing, and promotion, providing students with a broad understanding of the business world. Marketing is considered to be one of the largest areas of employment in business today with about 25-30 percent of the workforce

Lutheran University’s longstanding educational partnership with Chengdu, China, is more important than ever. PLU was among the first institutions to begin a study away program there. It started small in the early 1980s, just as the United States and China were beginning a new era of diplomatic relations after decades of Cold War enmity. Eventually, it grew into the healthy cultural exchange it is today. “China is so fundamentally important to where things are going,” said Manfredi, the program director

months. However, as the urban sprawl of Tacoma spread southwards and the unincorporated areas of Frederickson, Parkland and what is now the city of Lakewood developed, the creek was heavily altered to accommodate this growth. Much of it was straightened, its bottom (substrate) and sides lined with concrete. A long stretch of the creek was channeled under Joint Base Lewis McChord in an underground culvert. At certain points, the creek was diverted from its natural path and into artificial channels