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  • UPDATE: PLU will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. The ceremony is one of many ways the campus community is honoring Pfeifle, who was an active member of Outdoor Recreation, as well as the cross…

    Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 What election season reminds us about higher education December 2, 2016

  • PLU has added a  Master of Social Work  (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills…

    individuals, families and communities. “The launch of the MSW program at PLU signifies our bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity and justice” said PLU President Allan Belton. “As the program sets its sights on empowering the next generation of social work leaders, PLU remains steadfast in its dedication to creating a more just and equitable society.” PLU’s MSW degree is ideal for those dedicated to tackling modern social issues through education and practice. The program will prepare

  • Angela Tennant ’12 Degree: Bachelors of Fine Art – Theatre, Acting Directing with an English Literature minor Organizations: Alpha Psi Omega (Member and Historian), Vpstart Crow (President), CLAY CROWS Improv (Member), SOAC Advisory Board Where are you now?  “I currently reside in New York City. Upon graduation…

    .” What is a skill that you learned at PLU that has transferred to your “real world” work? “Though I’m certainly still in the academic world, the education I received at PLU has certainly given me a strong base for adjusting to such a diverse city and an intensive program. PLU’s emphasis on vocation allowed me to find my passion (theatre) and therefore gave me the drive to seek out a way to continue learning, while not being afraid to really strive to fulfill my vocation. As for the adjustment to the

  • PLU’s Division of Humanities concludes the 2020-21 school year with relief and gratitude. Dean Kevin O’Brien working from home. Also pictured is Pancake, one of two cats he adopted during the pandemic You can probably imagine the reasons for our relief. This was the third…

    the students and faculty of PLU’s division of Humanities are also grateful to you, our community. When you keep in touch about the ways you are using your PLU education in the world, it reminds us about the importance of what we are doing. When we heard how you have been managing the pandemic, and when you offered words of support, it made a huge difference and helped us through this last year. Thank you.  We are also grateful to see positive signs of infections declining where vaccines are being

  • Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created…

    tribes in the area, we hope to build a cooperative program that meets local needs and provides a space for Indigenous ways of knowing at PLU. This won’t be about framing Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples as the object of study. Instead, it will be about empowerment and about building an education based on an Indigenous paradigm. A member of the Puyallup Tribe harvesting camas on PLU’s campus during an event co-organized by the Native and Indigenous Studies program in 2021 Ebenezer Scrooge

  • Key Master A conversation with Steve Maxwell, President, KeyBank South Puget Sound District; Photo by John Froschauer Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Steve Maxwell ’90 always knew he would major in business. However he wasn’t so sure what he’d do with a business degree. Maxwell,…

    through PLU’s School of Business. It was those experiences, he says, that helped him get to where he is today. Q: What motivated you to attend PLU, and how did it prepare you for your career? Did you ever imagine being a bank president? Steve Maxwell: I wanted to find a school that was fairly close to my home in Portland and offered a first-rate education. And I wanted to play college basketball! PLU had been recruiting me to play for them and after meeting the coach and visiting the campus, I was

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2017)- When George and Helen Long reached out to Pacific Lutheran University 10 years ago, all they knew was that they wanted to support the sciences. “George sort of felt like he owed his success and his career to PLU,” said…

    writing content for the nonprofit’s website. Her beat was technological solutions and global education. She wrote pieces about artificial intelligence as a solution to poverty, and the education of refugees to name a few. This sort of research-based, nonfiction writing is Hurtt’s comfort zone. In her junior year she switched majors from biology to English literature, making one of the biggest jumps between academic disciplines. But her experience in analytical writing was one of the reasons she

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    before each screening and a Q&A afterward, both conducted by faculty members of different programs in languages and literatures. For the Uruguayan documentary, the filmmaker Pablo Martínez Pessi will join us to introduce the film and lead the Q&A.About The Festival The Tournées Film Festival is a program of the FACE Foundation (French American Cultural Exchange in Education and the Arts), in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring French cinema to American

  • Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things…

    Studies. This year, Einan added Chinese to her coursework. “I think it is really important to study languages because they are how people communicate,” says Einan. She sees a strong connection between her language studies and her love of literature. “I would really like to be able to read books from different cultures in their original languages.” After graduation, Einan will begin work on her Master of Education degree at PLU. She hopes to become either a high school history or English teacher. She

  • We asked students Megan B. ‘23 and Peyton S. ‘23 to share their thoughts on what it’s like to be a kinesiology major at PLU. Here’s what they had to say. Wondering what kinesiology includes? Overall, it’s the study of human movement and the science…

    In their own words: Kinesiology students at PLU Posted by: mhines / July 20, 2023 July 20, 2023 We asked students Megan B. ‘23 and Peyton S. ‘23 to share their thoughts on what it’s like to be a kinesiology major at PLU. Here’s what they had to say. Wondering what kinesiology includes? Overall, it’s the study of human movement and the science behind physical activity. At PLU, our kinesiology major includes concentrations in exercise science, pre-physical therapy, and health & fitness education