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  • PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plu-interns-combat-climate-change-one-tree-at-a-time/

    summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas.The team consisting of Dalen Todorov ’23, Elijah Paez ’24, Autumn Johansen ’23, and Zoee Kooser ’22 began distributing trees near the Tacoma Mall before moving into the Parkland area. “The reason that it is so important to focus on areas like Parkland is that there are significant disparities in tree canopy cover when it comes to race and income demographics,” environmental studies major Paez said. “Poor health is correlated

  • Alumnos https://www.plu.edu/oaxaca-2017/alumnos-students/

    .   Lukas Aberle Lukas is majoring in Hispanic Studies and Anthropology. He’s interested in understanding masculinity and makes way too many forced jokes. Definitely one of the top three guys in the program.         Page Tobin Paige Tobin (aka Patito) (aka Página) is a Junior at Kalamazoo College, double majoring in Anthropology/Sociology and Critical Ethnic Studies. She plans to continue her studies and hopes to achieve work in the field of Anthropology.       Rosie Palof I am Rosie Palof, a junior at

  • Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/09/05/annica-stiles-25-conducts-summer-research-in-reykjavik-iceland/

    Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: mhines / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique

  • Christian Caple – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/author/christiancaple/

    community, the only indigenous group in Norway, and a group that has long been discriminated against in Norwegian culture. Efforts were undertaken in the mid-1800s to exterminate their language and way of life. Children were taught in schools that Sámi — depicted back then as small, scrawny and sickly — were inferior. This socially constructed idea of race was taught at Norwegian universities until the 1940s, Storfjell said. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the United States, nevertheless

  • PLU Scholarship Alumni Thank You https://www.plu.edu/advancement/the-impact-of-your-gift/scholarship-alumni/

    explicitly know it.Joe '11, Classical Studies & ReligionThank you for supporting this community of critical thinking and radical hope! I needed those critical thinking skills to help my congregation navigate safe practices and to keep our focus on the wellbeing of our neighbors.

  • Common Reading 2013 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/06/06/common-reading-2013/

    – way for students to encounter college expectations, even before school starts. “The Common Reading Program offers incoming students a sneak-peek of what to expect – and what is expected of them – when it comes to their college education,” Baillon said. “Community, critical thinking and literacy are the core goals of the First-Year Experience Program, and the Common Reading Program provides a shared experience that allows students to tap into all three,” said Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, assistant

  • 3.8 Incident Management and Response https://www.plu.edu/its-policies/3-0-security/3-8-incident-management-and-response/

    availability of the systems or networks that enable access to the information. A security breach is the unauthorized acquisition of university data that undermines the integrity or confidentiality of personal information. Incidents are further differentiated between critical incidents (including security breaches) and non-critical incidents (such as temporary unavailability of a non-critical segment of the network). All critical incidents must be reported to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

  • Capstone Symposium https://www.plu.edu/math/capstone-symposium/

    Student Retention through Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis Meghan Bonafilia In this presentation, we will explore a data set with over 4000 observations concerning first year students at PLU and their likelihood of staying at PLU for the next year. Using logistic regression for analysis, we will review different model selection processes and explore several factors like: GPA, race, whether or not a student is first generation, whether or not a student lives on campus, and more. 2:00pm

  • Capstone Symposium 2024 https://www.plu.edu/math/capstone-symposium/capstone-symposium-2024/

    Student Retention through Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis Meghan Bonafilia In this presentation, we will explore a data set with over 4000 observations concerning first year students at PLU and their likelihood of staying at PLU for the next year. Using logistic regression for analysis, we will review different model selection processes and explore several factors like: GPA, race, whether or not a student is first generation, whether or not a student lives on campus, and more. 2:00pm

  • Natalie Mayer Endowed Lecture Series https://www.plu.edu/hgst/natalie-mayer-endowed-lecture-series/

    Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Image: Natalie Mayer has endowed a new lecture series at Pacific Lutheran University, the Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, with the hopes of connecting the lessons of our past to the issues of the present. By Thomas Kyle-Milward Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic endeavors with Pacific Lutheran University. Natalie Mayer