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  • Here you find information about our jazz courses and ensembles, events and concert schedule, and more.

    Jazz at PLU The education of improvisation Jazz at Pacific Lutheran UniversityWelcome to the PLU Jazz website! Here you find information about our jazz courses and ensembles, events and concert schedule, and more. PLU offers classes in jazz history, jazz theory, private instrumental lessons, as well as lessons in jazz composition and arranging. The jazz ensemble and combos provide students and audiences with the opportunity to experience jazz music both in its traditional form and in a variety

    Dr. Cassio Vianna, Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Music
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The PLU Anthropology Department is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity. Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable

    Anthropology @ PLUOur MissionThe Anthropology Department is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity.  Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable unity with the rest of nature. Greater awareness, appreciation, and understanding of both the difference and commonalities among humans helps to combat ignorance and prejudice.  The heart of the anthropological message is respect for all humanity in its amazing diversity.  We

  • Kate Monthy ’04 and Dmitry Mikheyev ’10 empower fellow artists at Spaceworks.

    Brad Tilden ’83 Brad Tilden ’83 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/brad-tilden.jpg 600 600 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg May 26, 2016 September 25, 2017 Since Brad Tilden took the reins as CEO at Seattle’s hometown airline in 2012, Alaska Airlines has grown to become the nation’s fifth largest airline, serving 119 destinations throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required…

    PLU Partners With Tacoma Schools to Offer Administrator Professional Certification Program Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 14, 2015 Image: Starting in 2016, Tacoma Public Schools principals can complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Schools) September 14, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development

  • TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…

    students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on entrepreneurship.According to Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown, the undergraduate course is all about “learning by doing.” Nearly every lesson throughout the semester was applicable to the small business ventures students worked together to launch. Working in groups of 5-6, students created

  • Knutson Lecture

    , economic inequity, sickness and suffering continue to leave us grappling with the loss of civility, respect, unity, and hope. Many of us question whether it’s possible to cultivate a love big, revolutionary, and radical enough to overthrow hate and heal hurt. Award-winning author and public theologian Jacqueline A. Bussie not only believes it’s possible–she knows it’s the only path. In Love Without Limits and her lecture, Bussie imparts practical solutions for people of faith who yearn to love across

  • PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center.

    Laura Brewer ’03 Laura Brewer ’03 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/05/laura-brewer-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Brooke Thames '18 Brooke Thames '18 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/05/brooke-thames-e1464106633496.jpg May 18, 2016 May 5, 2017 TACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2017)- Laura Brewer ’03 was no stranger to activism when she started volunteering at the Tacoma Rainbow Center in 2000. An active Lute, Brewer engaged

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University is a new location for Amazon Locker, a self-service delivery pitstop for students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members who use the online retailer. The service is available to Lutes and community members alike who want a…

    Amazon Locker locations debut on campus for Lutes, community members seeking convenient self-service delivery options Posted by: Kari Plog / September 27, 2016 Image: One of two Amazon Locker locations on PLU’s campus in the Anderson University Center. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 27, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University is a new location for Amazon Locker, a self-service delivery pitstop for students, faculty

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her vision when she was a child, but that hasn’t stopped her from showing up. And she’s continued to show up all the way to the world stage. McCarthy spent the evening and afternoon of March…

    Elite rower, PLU alumna continues showing up, competing on world stage with goal of achieving Paralympics gold Posted by: Kari Plog / March 24, 2016 Image: Natalie McCarthy ’09, a former student athlete and varsity crew team member who now trains as an elite rower, was a bronze medalist in the 2013 World Championship in Chungju, South Korea. (Photo by Robert Carrasco) March 24, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her

  • Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific Lutheran University reach agreement for the sale of KPLU Contributions of $7 million from 18,000 donors preserve KPLU as an independent, community-licensed public radio station Tacoma, WA — Pacific Lutheran University and Friends of 88.5 FM, a nonprofit community…

    nonprofit community organization formed to preserve local National Public Radio affiliate KPLU, announced today that they have reached an agreement that will allow Friends of 88.5 to assume ownership of the station pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On Nov. 12, 2015, PLU and the University of Washington announced PLU’s intent to sell its broadcasting rights and facilities associated with KPLU to KUOW. Following listener outcry, the two universities agreed, in early January