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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 23, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s UnPLUgged series aims to entertain, educate and make a difference on campus. UnPLUgged is a series of events that encourage students to recycle their waste and unplug their electronics for the sake of sustainability and education. The…
,” Huff said. “We know it isn’t really realistic to wear recycled clothes, but we wanted to use this avenue to draw attention to the issue.” The recycling fashion show will be held on Friday Oct. 30 from 6-8 p.m. in The Cave. Read Previous Tenor Noah Baetge ’08 Makes His Eleventh Appearance at The Met Read Next New Holocaust Studies Chair Prepares to Give First PLU Public Lecture COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are
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Pacific Lutheran University has recently been recognized by several college guides for its dedication to military students and families. This recognition includes PLU being named one of the top colleges in Washington for veterans by Intellegent.com and one of College Census’s best universities for veterans…
provide military-affiliated personnel with the support and resources they need to succeed at PLU and beyond. Vision We envision a world where our military-affiliated graduates are key community leaders who inspire peaceful growth and stability the world over. Read Previous PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center Read Next Wild Hope Center for Vocation awarded grant to establish new faculty/staff institute COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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Doug Smith ’15 and Aiko Nakagawa ’15 after chalking advertising for “unPLUg” a sustainability and low power use push at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) UnPLUg aims to create culture of conservation By Katherine Baumann ’14 The lights are off but the competition is on.…
get smart. Read Previous Unlocking the secrets of Tut Read Next ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ 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 in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful
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Lisa Woods ’92 leads initiatives to help improve systems and services as the City of Tacoma’s chief equity officer. She says her approach to this work starts with listening and continuously thinking about how best to center community voices, experiences and needs. How can centering…
Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Read Next Camp Songs: PLU music majors produce free music camp for Parkland students 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 in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and
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The PLU campus community is grateful to the nearly 2,000 Lutes who came together to celebrate and support what they love at PLU during Bjug Day of Giving on October 17-18. Together, $1.2 million was raised in support of student success and experiences. Through the…
’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Angela Meade ’01 Vocal Competition Returns to PLU for Fourth Year October 28, 2024 2024 Powell-Heller Conference to Spotlight Sephardic Jewish Experiences in the Holocaust October 28, 2024
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One person can make a difference As he watched his family drive away down a dirt road in Kigali, Rwanda, Carl Wilkens thought he’d seen them in a few days, a week tops. But it was April 10, 1994, and Wilkens – he only American…
in Nordquist Lecture Hall recently, but Wilkens knew he had to stay. Friends and colleagues would be quickly butchered if he didn’t. In a two-hour talk organized by PLU, Charles Wright Academy and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, Wilkens urged the audience to realize that one person can make a difference, even in a dire and insane situation. “While there are many stories of neighbors turning in neighbors, there were many who did not,” he said. In fact, is was the
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PLU fleet on the move to green power PLU’s fleet of automobiles and maintenance vans are on the move. They are, of course, moving up and down campus, providing transportation as part of Campus Safety’s “Safe Ride” program, or moving groundskeepers and maintenance workers (plus…
Read Next Survivor of Holocaust shares story 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 in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support
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PLU joins Nobel Peace Prize Forum as a full sponsor The Nobel Peace Prize Forum Pacific Lutheran University is joining the Nobel Peace Prize Forum as a full sponsor. The Forum is the Norwegian Nobel Institute’s only such program or academic affiliation outside of Norway.…
duplicated anywhere else. For us to be a part of it is great.” In addition to the summer program, the Peace Scholars attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in the year before and after their summer study in Norway. Peace Scholars can be from any discipline, and are selected through an application and interview process. In the coming months, the application process for the two positions will be announced. Read Previous Unlocking the secrets of Tut Read Next ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments
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KPLU names new general manager Erik Nycklemoe has been named General Manager of KPLU/Pacific Public Media , succeeding Paul Stankavich, who will retire at the end of January 2013 after leading the station since 2007. “The quality of applicants was extremely high, reflecting the high…
mission.” Read Previous PLU grad reaches new horizons, finds calling at NASA Read Next A report from the Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies 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 in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China
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A mock-up of one of the panels in the exhibit Us Local People: Sámi Vuoiŋŋa and Resilience . (Courtesy of the Scandinavian Cultural Center.) Scandinavian Cultural Center Exhibit Kicks Off Months-Long Human-Rights Inquiry at PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham, Content Editor Pacific Lutheran University’s renowned…
(Legacies of the Shoah: Understanding Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity) Feb. 20-21; the seventh annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, March 12-14; and the annual Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture, by Professor Henning Howlid Wærp of the University of Tromsø, the SCC exhibit—along with a separate campus exhibit on the Danish rescue of Jews during World War II—essentially serves as the kickoff of a two-month-long campuswide examination of struggles for human rights and
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