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  • Grads ready to embark on next adventure https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/05/18/grads-ready-to-embark-on-next-adventure/

    Commencement 2009 This year more than 650 students will make up the graduating Class of 2009 at PLU on May 24 at the Tacoma Dome. Here in their own words are a few insights from graduating students about their time at PLU and the next…

    Studies at the Claremont Graduate University in Southern California. I will be conducting masters studies in management through the Drucker School of Management (M.A.- Management), and in religion through the Graduate School of Religion (M.A.- Religious Studies, or potentially M.Div.). These combined degrees may ultimately lead to a Ph.D., and will ideally serve well for my intended field of work in Religious Non-profits that do development work. Congratulations PLU Class of 2009. Read Previous What

  • PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/02/02/nervo-biology-interview/

    Pacific Lutheran University Assistant Professor of Biology Lathiena Nervo was recently named one of Cell Mentor’s “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America.” A developmental biologist in her second year at PLU, Nervo is equally passionate about teaching, biological research, and increasing diverse representation in science.…

    representation in my field, and conducting research.Coming to PLU from the East Coast is a big switch. What made you pick PLU? One of the things that really struck me when I researched the biology department and interviewed here was the curriculum. It’s essentially the curriculum I wish I had as an undergraduate, where students are really able to create their own focus. The way the program is organized gives students a lot of freedom to choose what direction they want to go. If they have more interest in the

  • Anderson encourages grads to seek gratitude, wonder and courage in his final address https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/05/27/anderson-encourages-grads-to-seek-gratitude-wonder-and-courage-in-his-final-address/

    President Loren J. Anderson enters the Tacoma Dome on May 27, 2012 to give his last commencement speech. (Photograph by John Froschauer) President Loren J. Anderson’s final commencement address to the Class of 2012 “GRATITUDE . . . WONDER . . . AND COURAGE” Distinguished…

    modeled Rilke’s wisdom was the great Norwegian anthropologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl.  In 1939, he was conducting research along the coast of British Columbia in a effort to understand the northern Pacific ocean currents, when he as called home because WW II had broken out in Europe.  In 1998, 59 years later, and at age 83, Heyerdahl came to be our PLU commencement speaker, and he arrived three days early so that he could visit BC and continue his research.  Heyerdahl personified our great human

  • On the Path to Peace https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/05/07/on-the-path-to-peace/

    On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…

    community members and Parkland youth to meet, talk about personal experiences and begin the process of building relationships and understanding others. She founded the Network for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management and now is its student president. In the spring of 2013 she received a Kurt Mayer Holocaust Studies Fellowship and spent the summer conducting research on issues in Israel/Palestine; she was accepted to participate in a peace conference hosted by the Kroc Institute at the University of

  • In their own words https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/22/in-their-own-words-four/

    For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    hours before I take the Washington State Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure test. Then, I want to complete a total of five years of therapy and take classes to become an AAMFT supervisor for the state of Washington. My hope it to end up supervising therapist-in-training while conducting a private practice. My reason for choosing a career path in marriage and family therapy is that if I can end my day knowing I improved the quality of life for a person, I know I am fulfilling my personal passion