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  • Frequently Asked QuestionsWe appreciate your care for PLU students and want to make it easy for you to find the information you need. We’ve compiled the most common questions to help you understand the impact of your generosity, how your gifts are used and the many ways you can contribute. We aim to make your giving journey as meaningful and straightforward as possible. If your question is not answered below, please call the Advancement Office at 253-535-7177 or email advancement@plu.edu. A

  • What Are My Options?Catalog The PLU catalog is a great place to begin this step in the process. Read through the catalog and check the descriptions of majors that sound interesting. Make a list of majors of interest.Did you know?The Alumni and Student Connections can help you explore possible majors and careers!If you are having difficulty coming up with a list or have too many possibilities it probably is an indication that you ought to consult with Academic Advising. Circle or highlight

  • How Community Meals bring people together at PLU Posted by: mhines / January 3, 2024 Image: PLU and Trinity Lutheran Church are partnering up for a new collaborative dinner series, Community Meals. Community members gather around a table enjoying October’s meal and company. (All photos provided by Rev. Jen Rude) January 3, 2024 When people at PLU are asked, “What do you love about PLU?” “The sense of community” is the response you hear most often. This fall semester, different groups on campus

  • SPRING ADMITTED STUDENT EVENTS Congratulations on your admission to PLU! We’ve got lots of ways for you to experience campus, whether it’s your first time or your fifth. Take a look at the upcoming events (including some virtual info sessions and ZeeMee Live events to connect with both current Lutes and potential classmates!), and get your RSVP in soon – we’re excited to welcome you to campus! FINANCIAL AID CONVERSATIONSWe are offering multiple in-person and virtual opportunities throughout May

  • “Facing the Gorgon: Reflections on Jewish Resistance in the German Death Camps” The conference is free and open to the public. RegistrationScheduleLivestream7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Jan van PeltRobert Jan van Pelt has taught at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture since 1987, and held appointments at many institutions of higher education in Europe, Asia and North America, including the Architectural Association in London, the Technical

  • How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2013 March 3, 2013 How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel, opens March 8 in the Studio Theater of the new Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Often described as one of the most disturbing love stories in theatre, How I Learned to Drive contains issues of pedophilia, incest and misogyny. The audience is urged to examine their relationship with the term

  • PLU Organist performs Bach at Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 8, 2016 November 8, 2016 Sunday, December 4 at 5 pmPLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, based on the Advent hymn, Savior of the Nations, Come performed by choir

  • PLU awarded $15,000 from NSF for COVID-19 DEI Challenge Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 12, 2022 July 12, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University was named a winner in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Taking Action: COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Challenge. PLU received a $15,000 prize for its work in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.“This important challenge rewards institutions for

  • Solar Eclipse 2017 @ PLUOn August 21st, 2017 the Moon passed between the Earth and the Sun creating an amazing celestial display visible across the United States. Although our corner of Washington did not experience a total solar eclipse, it came close with about 94% of the Sun being blocked by the Moon. The PLU Physics Department invited the community to view the eclipse on campus. An estimated attendance of over 1,000 accepted the invitation to join in the fun!The morning began in the

  • Celebrating the Life of Thor HeyerdahlThe year 2014 is a big year in Norway.  Not only is the 200th anniversary of the constitution being celebrated, but it also the 100th birthday of one the country’s most beloved citizens, the explorer and writer, Thor Heyerdahl.  Heyerdahl first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his dramatic Pacific voyage aboard the “Kon-Tiki,” an experimental replica of an ancient seagoing raft built to test the possibilities of a scientific theory.  The expedition