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  • Use the request form to participate in the PLUTO Essentials program! The PLUTO Essentials program helps faculty develop skills for using Sakai and online technologies to improve the teaching of face-to-face courses at PLU. In particular, we recommend the program to faculty new to teaching at PLU. The program is currently being offered as an asynchronous, online training for instructors who are interested in learning some of the essential components of PLUTO training when teaching face-to-face

  • April 28, 2008 Two students killed in car accident On the evening of April 25, PLU students Jocelyn Denham and Brady Freeman were killed in an automobile accident near Brewster, Wash. Brady’s twin brother, Boone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, was injured in the crash. Members of the campus community gathered throughout the weekend to remember their friends and to offer one another mutual support. The lives of Denham and Freeman were remembered and celebrated on Sunday, May 11 in

  • PLU Awarded $14,000 for Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund Posted by: Silong Chhun / December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsSchool’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded Pacific Lutheran University a grant for $14,000 from its Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The grant will go toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program, which prioritizes early exposure to STEM topics and

  • and Ava Nelson. Bailey Forsyth, the reigning national champion in both the 100-meters and 200-meters, has a chance to defend her crown, qualifying in both sprints. The senior enjoys the 17th fastest time in D3 in the 100-meters, clocking a time of 11.97 seconds to win the Northwest Conference Championship on April 23. The NWC Track Athlete of the Year also owns the 17th best time in the 200-meters, clocking a 24.53 at the Portland Distance Carnival on May 14. Forsyth will compete in the 200-meters

  • Reimagine Indians into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy Posted by: nicolacs / February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021 INMED – Reimagine IndianS into MedicinE (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program, will be open to 28 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Focus of the RISE Summer Academy: MCAT Prep: The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan to be taken in the summer program and continuing following the program. Supplemental Basic Science Refresher: This

  • Congratulations to Stephanie Dent! Stephanie was one of six recipients across the nation to receive an American Association of Nurse Practitioners Scholarship for the 2018-2019 school year. She received her RN/MSN through the PLU School of Nursing in 2016 and is currently in the DNP-FNP program and will graduate… April 30, 2019 dnpscholarship

  • April 18, 2008 Renowned poet to speak on Earth Day Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver is slated to celebrated Earth Day 2008 with a presentation in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Oliver is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus and transforms the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery. Tickets to her speech in Lagerquist and at a satellite viewing location in Ingram sold out quickly. Those who do attend are required to present a PLU ID

  • Shelly Myers Lecturer - Oboe she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: myerssd@plu.edu Biography Biography Shelly Myers currently teaches and performs Seattle, WA area. Prior to moving to Seattle, she served not only as Associate Professor of Oboe, but also as the Assistant Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Alabama School of Music from 2005-2016. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Lethbridge, and a Master of Music degree from the University

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  • and the English language, you just might get Pacific Lutheran University Professor of English Dr. Charles Bergman.From climbing into wolf dens in Alaska, to releasing parrots into the wild with the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall, to going undercover to bust illegal wildlife smugglers, Bergman is chockfull of captivating stories. On Wednesday, April 15, Bergman will share some of those in a talk titled “Talking to Penguins.” “I want to tell a story about a conversation I had with a penguin on South

  • Through Personal Experience, an Empathy for Transfer Students When Laura Polcyn ’74, ’79 arrived at PLU as a transfer student in the business program, she had saved enough money from two years of full-time work to afford PLU. This experience made her value her PLU education all the more, and instilled an empathy for students who want to come to PLU but may face financial hurdles in affording a college education. That’s why, almost 40 years later, Laura and husband Mark have decided to leave