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  • PLU’s new Community YouTube project showcases original programming, cross-campus partnership Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 4, 2020 Image: The cross-campus project PLU Community YouTube has five weekly shows: Mindful Mondays, PLU Reads, Warm Line, Diversity Deep Dive and Physical Fridays. May 4, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 4, 2020) — Five dynamic new weekly shows headline PLU Community YouTube, a new venture that leverages original programming to

  • PLU students visit Oaxaca, Mexico, to learn about health care January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semester, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study… January 17, 2024 AcademicsGlobal EducationHispanic StudiesInvolvementNursingReformerSeekerStudy Abroad

  • PLU Philosophy hosts event on civil disagreement amid challenging campus dialogue Graphic created by Sam O’Hara '16 for Disagreement: Strategies for Talking Across Divides. Without question, Pacific Lutheran University’s mission centers on two core concepts: our Lutheran values and our liberal arts curriculum.By Genny Boots ’18These two tenets, Sergia Hay says, make PLU ripe for dialogue, discussion and — inevitably — disagreement. “It is embedded in the liberal arts tradition, but I think it’s

  • May 3, 2012 Melissa Castor ’14 helps a sixth grade student at Keithley Middle School with her math work. (Photos by John Froschauer) Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do By Chris Albert In Mrs. Allen’s sixth grade math class at Keithley Middle School, Ms. Castor is rotating from desk to desk helping each student with the challenges of figuring out the area of composite figures. “Sometimes you have to just break it down to a triangle and a rectangle,” Ms. Castor shows one student, while the

  • Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

  • Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar 5 Lutes Play Major Roles at Tacoma’s Broadway Center Alumni / Alumni Profiles / April 21, 2014 Five PLU graduates work at Tacoma's Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. Bottom row, from left: Leilani Balais ’99 and April Nyquist ’09. Top row, from left: Jared Wigert ’07, Adam Utley ’04 and Mariesa Bus '06. Utley performed Feb. 28, 2014, at TEDxTacoma. (Photo: John

  • PLU Lectures, Presentations & WorkshopsLearning doesn’t end when you graduate! PLU alumni continue their quest for knowledge, engagement, and critical thinking as they explore new ideas, challenge their beliefs, and listen to new perspectives from diverse groups. We are excited to offer lectures, conferences, and workshops that are open to the community. See upcoming opportunities and past lectures below.Upcoming EventsLuther’s Surprising View of Political EngagementOctober 9, 2024 4:00 p.m

  • Summer Research Program – University of Nebraska Posted by: alemanem / December 1, 2016 December 1, 2016 The University of Nebraska’s summer program offers research opportunities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields in addition to an interdisciplinary Minority Health Disparities program aimed at converting cutting edge social and behavioral research into an understanding and reduction of health disparities among minorities. Summer 2017 research programs include

  • Interested in Study Away?Gateway - PLU | Chengdu, China: Continuity and Change in an Emerging World PowerSichuan University in ChengduWestern China: The Rural and Minority Experience For over 20 years PLU has a unique partnership with Sichuan University in Chengdu China. Sichuan University offers a broad range of courses including History, Literature, Political Science, the Arts, and Business. This program emphasizes Chinese language and culture, as well as a special focus on the Tibetan

  • Internet AccessPLU’s Systems and Communication Services provides network connectivity for both students and faculty/staff members on campus. Wired and wireless connections are available from many locations around campus.  All devices on the PLU network must be registered to an active member of the PLU community before given access to any network resources.  Assistance with problems related to your network connection is provided through the Help Desk, located on the first floor of the