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  • A prestigious all-girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School…

    -girls high school band from Japan, Tamana Girls High School, will once again visit Pierce County this June in a friendship concert with Graham-Kapowsin High School (GKHS). Their message: friendship through music. This year, the Friendship Concert performed by Tamana Girls High School Wind Orchestra and the Graham-Kapowsin High School Wind Ensemble will take place on Sunday, June 3rd at 2 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University’s Lagerquist Concert Hall.  The concert is free and open to the public. Since

  • The Virtues of Video Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer I recently offered a workshop on “flipping the classroom” and it has me thinking more and more about the virtues of instructional videos.  Even if you are not ready for a full classroom flip, instructional videos are a great way to boost students’ academic performance.  The key is to create 5-10 minute recordings that students can easily access.  Videos can be used for everything

  • Testing Center InformationThe Testing Center provides a quiet space for proctored testing and the opportunity for extended testing time for students with those accommodations. We will attempt to accommodate all major exams for students who have testing accommodations and for students who need to make up an exam for other reasons. If the Testing Center fills to capacity, we will prioritize students with accommodations. The Testing Center is closed during the Summer, and will reopen in September

  • October 3, 2013 Auberry Fortuner ’13 and Assistant Professor Bret Underwood did research into understanding what gave rise to the expansion of the universe. (Photo by John Froschauer) Modeling the Early Universe By Katie Scaff ’13 None of us was around for the Big Bang, but one enterprising student is determined to see what the universe looked like in its beginning, more than 13 billion years ago. Auberry Fortuner ’13 spent his summer simulating events that happened about one-billionth of a

  • here because you want to be around me.”It turned out to be true. When Sydney visited Jackson at school, she enjoyed the campus and environment—and she would also get a chance to play basketball if she attended PLU. “Having basketball and my brother here made it 10 times easier to choose PLU,” she says. Like Jackson, she’s playing for the basketball team. They’re one set of siblings on PLU’s teams, in addition to Brandin and Sydney Riedel, a duo similar in age span. And like Jackson, Sydney’s

  • Visit the PLU Health CenterIn order to participate in a study away program, all students are required to receive the appropriate signatures on an Off-Campus Medical Statement, from the PLU Health Center or your off-campus personal healthcare provider. Your medical provider will determine if an appointment is necessary, prior to signing your Off-Campus Medical Statement. Non-PLU students who will participate in a PLU study away program may visit their campus’ health clinic. Please complete the

  • Many student interactions with the RAP committee require the student to submit a petition to explain the circumstances of their situation. The petition process allows students to request an exception to policy, permission to step out of the nursing curriculum sequence, address professional conduct issues, or to dispute a grade. Regardless of the circumstances, the process of writing a petition is the same. Please also see the Handbook section on Interplay between PLU’s Student Code of Conduct

  • Greetings from Residential Life!Since September your student has been learning and growing both academically and personally. They have been taking on the world with increased levels of independence and responsibility, and their habits, thought processes, expectations, and even appearance may have changed quite a bit in just a few short months. Never fear! Residential Life is here to guide you through the transition back home for the holidays!The first year of college is a unique season of life

  • October 4, 2010 The Women’s Center is joining in the state-wide effort to raise awareness about how to get involved with creating safer communities through the Green Dot campaign. (Photo by John Froschauer) Making the community safer By Kari Plog ’11 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has been the cornerstone of advocating against domestic and intimate partner violence in the community. Now, a renewed $250,000 grant will help the Women’s Center continue to educate, inform and advocate

  • September 15, 2008 Care for the earth It all started because of the health department. A year ago, when the University Center closed down for its remodel, Dining and Culinary Services had to find a new place to feed the majority of the university’s students. They moved to the Columbia Center. That space, however, could not accommodate a commercial dishwasher, so meals were served on paper plates to alleviate health department concerns. But what to do with all that paper? Contaminated paper