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  • Simon Luedtke ’24 is a strategic communication major from Newberg, Oregon. His communication studies, combined with his part-time job with PLU Athletics, helped him land a summer internship with the Portland Pickles, a baseball team with an unforgettable name and a legendary Portland brand. Simon…

    door, and experience what life after college may be like. If you really like your internship, it provides affirmations that the field you’re interested in is probably a good fit for you. Plus, if you don’t like the internship, then that provides a great insight to what you don’t want to do. Simon scans the field before making a pass during a PLU Men's Ultimate Frisbee game in March 2023. Let’s go back in time a few years. How did you pick PLU? There were a couple of factors. I was looking at

  • Awardees are nominated for their exceptional contributions, accomplishments, leadership and service to the university and its community members. Each December, during the university’s annual Christmas celebration, the President’s Council recognizes up to five employees for their outstanding contributions. Employees are nominated to the President’s Council…

    open mind and represents PLU well in everything he does. From training new staff to dressing up as Lancelute, Seth always steps up when needed. As Seth responds to incidents around campus, he can clearly and calmly talk students, staff and faculty through challenging situations. He creates an environment of genuine care by making you feel seen, heard and cared for no matter your situation. Seth is frequently seen at campus events, providing a presence of safety and truly embodies what it means to

  • Walk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is…

    by a worldwide pandemic, there’s no real way to adjust to that. It’s been challenging for a lot of people. “I think that PLU has done a great job of making sure that students know that what they’re going through is not normal and that it’s okay to adjust the way you need to.” At Pacific Lutheran University, students, staff and faculty are creatively and compassionately leading efforts to ensure resources are available to PLU students who are experiencing mental health issues including stress

  • Dave Robbins Steps Down after 33 Years as Chair of the Department of Music Greg Youtz’s first glimpse of Dave Robbins was him strolling down a hallway in Eastvold, while his two-year-old daughter toddled along at his side, clutching his finger. “I remember thinking that…

    faculty of people who are involved in the making of music.” The curriculum is all made under Robbins’ organization. Every ten years the department goes through an accreditation process for the National Association of Schools of Music. Dave’s done four accreditation reviews: one in the eighties, nineties, two thousand and the current one for this decade. As chair, he completes a voluminous self-study, organizes a visit, and responds to visit concerns. “I had done three of those in the course of my time

  • Walk across campus and you can see the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere. Masks on faces, signs reminding you to wash your hands, restrictions on classrooms and more. But the pandemic hasn’t just caused physical changes, but also unexpected mental challenges. And that is…

    when that growth is interrupted by a worldwide pandemic, there’s no real way to adjust to that. It’s been challenging for a lot of people. “I think that PLU has done a great job of making sure that students know that what they’re going through is not normal and that it’s okay to adjust the way you need to.” At Pacific Lutheran University, students, staff and faculty are creatively and compassionately leading efforts to ensure resources are available to PLU students who are experiencing mental

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…

    patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen associated with COVID-19. Vital signs and chest X-rays are sometimes taken, and decisions made about further testing, medications and discharge.One of the physicians making decisions — and working weeks that far exceed 40 hours — is Sean Boaglio ’13, the academic chief resident in the Emergency Medicine Department at Stony Brook University Hospital. “Without the tents, the new

  • Consolidating our strengths and addressing new challenges PLU President Loren J. Anderson greets students during opening convocation. He believes the next few years will be critical as PLU plans for its future. By Loren J. Anderson – PLU President The public announcement last month of…

    strengths as we address significant changes – changes not of our own making – in the educational landscape that lies before us. Said differently, the great long-range question is how do we wisely and strategically navigate a path that will ensure that our mission and program remains compelling, relevant, effective and, yes, affordable in the years ahead? To do so will require that we face change boldly and with confidence as we prepare to serve a new cohort of students, incorporate technology, become

  • Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Natalie Burton ’13 plays a Bach piece on the piano for master pianist Vladimir Feltsman during Portland Piano International’s Up Close With the Masters series. (Photo courtesy of Portland Piano International) A Q&A With Natalie Burton ’13…

    learn from them much longer! Other professors that stand out to me are Professor David Robbins, Timothy Strong and Paul Manfredi – they each contributed so much to making my music and Chinese education at PLU so rewarding. Read Previous Relay for Life Read Next International ‘Speed-Dating’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place

  • Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…

    , John provides practical tools participants can use in making positive, sustainable changes in their lives, communities, and organizations. John has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy. He is currently finishing his PhD work at CIIS in San Francisco focusing on social justice, ecology, and indigenous studies. Read Previous Global leader in diplomacy to visit PLU and discuss how ‘Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not’ Read Next ‘Learning from Standing

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…

    100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen associated with COVID-19. Vital signs and chest X-rays are sometimes taken, and decisions made about further testing, medications and discharge.One of the physicians making decisions — and working weeks that far exceed 40 hours — is Sean Boaglio ’13, the academic chief resident in the Emergency Medicine Department at Stony Brook University Hospital. “Without the tents