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  • Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it During the 2023-2024 academic year, 2,345 students received PLU-funded aid, with the average PLU student receiving $37,036 in scholarships. Through scholarship support, donors are part of a network of care that supports students in pursuing their educational goals, unlocking their full potential, and becoming leaders… June 24, 2024 Student Life, Resources, Community

  • Miriam Barnett has served in the non-profit world since 1987 when, after being a full-time craft artist for twelve years, she became the Executive Director of Allied Arts of Whatcom County in Bellingham, WA.  In 2000, she moved to Tacoma to work for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts where she was the Development Director for 2 years. Following her work at the BCPA, she became the Director of the Fund for Women and Girls at The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. While working there

  • host a variety of events in November to promote advocacy, awareness and issues around hunger and homelessness. Students are encouraged to participate in the events, which kick off on Wednesday, Nov. 12, and run through Saturday, Nov. 22, or volunteer to help out at one of the service projects PLU will be working on. In addition to the events, PLU will participate in a food drive during the month of November. Students, faculty and staff can donate peanut butter that will go to the Emergency Food

  • College kin: Mother, son attend PLU together Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / January 27, 2020 Image: Skyler Ramirez-Ortiz, left, and mother Mirna Morris are attending Pacific Lutheran University together. January 27, 2020 By Ernest JasminGuest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2020) — On the PLU campus this winter, two of the faces you’ll pass might look a little similar.Mirna Morris, 39, recently started attending PLU full time to get a BSN in nursing, a final step

  • Driving Directions to CampusThe residence halls officially open for new students beginning on Friday, September 3, 2021. Check-In dates and times are being assigned this year in order to limit density on campus and in your residence hall at any given time. Below are suggested driving directions to assist those of you who are arriving on campus during the Labor Day Weekend. Please note that these driving directions vary by hall and are designed to keep traffic flowing and make move in day as

  • are carefully tailored to active research labs and projects led by faculty who have proven themselves as exceptional mentors for undergraduate students. Explore the Programs: Applications and Foundations of Unmanned Systems Applied Plant Systems Beneficial Bacteria Beneficial Insects Bioenergy Systems Biomedical Engineering Devices Chemical Assembly Community-Engaged Training for Advancing Health Equity Crop-to-Food Innovation Digital Legal Research Lab Emergent Quantum Materials and Technology

  • are carefully tailored to active research labs and projects led by faculty who have proven themselves as exceptional mentors for undergraduate students. Explore the Programs: Applications and Foundations of Unmanned Systems Applied Plant Systems Beneficial Bacteria Beneficial Insects Bioenergy Systems Biomedical Engineering Devices Chemical Assembly Community-Engaged Training for Advancing Health Equity Crop-to-Food Innovation Digital Legal Research Lab Emergent Quantum Materials and Technology

  • PLU on TapSaturday, Oct. 5, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. PLU on Tap this year will feature selections of beer, cider and wine from Lute producers.Benson Vineyards tells heartfelt story from vine to bottle. A misty-eyed Scott Benson ’96 examined a single bottle of Ruby Port with a nostalgic grin on his face. The velvety dessert wine with the perfect amount of sweetness tugged at his heart strings. Standing in a chilled storage room surrounded by cases of wine, Benson said the Ruby Port is named after

  • family. “A name is a part of your identity,” Lorax said. “Your name should be something you identify with.” So, since he and his partner both associate with the Puyallup River, Mount Rainier, the Pacific Northwest and South Hill—and both are involved in sustainability— Lorax it was. Meet PLU’s New Sustainability Lead: Nick Lorax. (Photo by John Froschauer) “The Lorax is the spirit creature who is the speaker for the trees,” Lorax said. “It fit.” (It’s also, of course, the title character in the Dr

  • National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, is a requirement for licensure as a registered nurse, said PLU Professor Terry Miller, dean of the School of Nursing. In 2013, 78 PLU Bachelor of Science Nursing students took the examination for the first time, and 75 of those passed on the first try, for a 96.15 percent pass rate. Eighteen entry-level Masters students took the exam, with 17 passing on the first attempt, for a 94.44 percent pass rate. Combined, PLU’s 96 first-time test