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third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen. Kim is one of the approximately 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in the United States. DACA grants temporary visas to young people who arrived in the United States with their parents as undocumented immigrants. While Kim might not be an American legally, he is

Welcome Back Lutes PLU students safely and enthusiastically return to campus Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorMost PLU alumni remember their first move-in weekend vividly. The nervous excitement you felt walking into your residence hall. Meeting your roommate for the first time. Just as you were starting to feel settled, it was time to head to your first New Student Orientation event. And so went a whirlwind few days of new places, new

Karen Marquez ’22 aspires to help her community through her studies Posted by: vcraker / June 22, 2022 Image: Karen Marquez ’22, a social work major who will graduate soon sits by the library ( PLU Photo/John Froschauer) June 22, 2022 Karen Marquez ‘22 is a senior social work major with minors in Hispanic studies and criminal justice. Marquez is a heritage speaker of Spanish, and has a deep love for languages, culture, and diversity. She hopes to use her degree and the skills she is learning at

Karen Marquez ’22 aspires to help her community through her studies. Karen Marquez ‘22 is a senior social work major with minors in Hispanic studies and criminal justice. Marquez is a heritage speaker of Spanish, and has a deep love for languages, culture, and diversity. She hopes to use her degree and the skills she is learning at PLU to help people in need. Posted by: tpotts / July 15, 2022 July 15, 2022 “I always knew I wanted to help people,” said Marquez about why she chose to study social

Classroom Technology Updates – Fall 2016 Posted by: Jenna S / August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 by Layne Nordgren Reike Science Center – Leraas Lecture Hall Over the summer I&TS User Services teams upgraded several classrooms to include smart podium technology, added new computers to some classrooms, upgraded computers in some classrooms to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, and upgraded TurningPoint 5 clicker software to TurningPoint Cloud 7. Read on for more details. Classroom Podium

July 23, 2009 Where the classes are hard. And the issues? Harder. By Steve Hansen Josh Stromberg and Catherine Cheng aren’t together in any of the same classes. They’re not studying the same major. They’re not even in the same year. (He graduates next year; she a year later.) But when they talk about what they are studying as part of PLU’s International Honors Program, they’re on exactly the same page. International Honors Program aren’t simply studying complex world issues. Their conversation

budget with a very modest surplus again this past year — a balanced operating budget, I am proud to say, for the 16th time in 17 years. Likewise, the strategic and wise management of our endowment corpus and a significant flow of new gifts is allowing us to gradually restore and then, as we look to the future, plan once again for increases in our endowment fund. Yes, Pacific Lutheran University continues to meet the economic challenges of our time. We have worked together. We have demonstrated our

November 1, 2010 What is ‘social justice’? And why should you care? By Kari Plog ’11 In the first floor of PLU’s University Center, students fill the overstuffed couches – some studying, some texting their friends, some just hanging out. It’s what happens at the Diversity Center all the time. The “D Center,” as it is known, is a great place to hang out. It is also a great place to tackle big issues – like power, privilege, equity and inclusiveness. It can be both. In fact, that’s the whole

January 3, 2013 Editor’s Note: Dr. Michael Haglund gave the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture during the Homecoming 2013 festivities in October.  Neurosurgeon, alum follows his heart and passion to Africa By Heather Perry ’13 May 18, 1980 is the day Mt. St. Helens blew its top, but Dr. Michael Haglund remembers it as the day he graduated from Pacific Lutheran University. More than three decades and multiple degrees later, Haglund is now a professor of neurosurgery, neurobiology, and global health

voting for it,” Frechette remembers.NOVEMBER 2020 & JANUARY 2021: PLU announces expanded partnerships with Tacoma-based scholarship programs Act Six and Palmer Scholars. The Act Six Scholarship is made available to students from the Yakima Valley community. Palmer Scholars and PLU make a joint commitment to offer qualified students financial assistance, on-campus support and leadership development opportunities. A proud graduate of Federal Way High School and a first-generation college graduate