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Professor Colleen Hacker discusses the heroism of Simone Biles Read Next PLU Forges a New International Partnership for Continuing Education 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus

PLU selected for American Passport Project Posted by: Zach Powers / June 23, 2022 Image: (Photo by Anna Huynh) June 23, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University was recently selected to participate in the second cohort of the Institute of International Education (IIE) American Passport Project. Through this initiative, 25 eligible PLU students who have never had a U.S. passport, will get one free of charge. PLU was one of 40 institutions in the United States

April 25, 2014 Crowd gathers for Take Back the Night event at Red Square. The annual event is part of an international campaign to raise awareness against sexual assault. (John Froschauer, Photo). Take Back the Night event focuses PLU campus on the campaign against sexual assault By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development It comes down to a singular act of courage on an individual’s part, and taking responsibility for one’s own actions, to put a stop to sexual assault and violence

April 20, 2014 Take Back the Night at PLU Students attend a Take Back the Night rally at PLU. (Photo: PLU Women’s Center) Annual event aims to raise awareness about sexual assault By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women Center hosts the annual Take Back the Night march and rally, part of an international campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault, April 24 in Red Square. The event invites people to speak up and speak out about ending violence. Take Back the Night When

, with potatoes from the PLU Community Garden (Vegetarian), and a Lentil, Sweet Potato, and Squash Soup, featuring squash from the Community Garden (Vegan). Students can take pride in the achievement that each empty bowl they sell fills one up for those who need it most. This year, money raised will be donated to the Trinity Lutheran Church Food Banks. Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Any group that deals with feeding the hungry can be the recipient of the

business school students about their schools’ academics, student body and campus life as well as about themselves and their career plans. “Pacific Lutheran University – School of Business provides extraordinary undergraduate and graduate programs which have been continuously accredited by AACSB International since 1971,” said PLU Business Dean Nancy Albers-Miller. “We are honored that The Princeton Review has recognized us as delivering one of the top-ranked programs in the United States and as one of

Instructor Steve Sobeck, a recognized artist in Puget Sound, made about twenty of those. When the bowls are gone, they’re gone. In the past PLU has donated to local food banks, which have included Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland and Fish Food Banks of Pierce County. Now in its fourth year, the project has donated close to $2,500, and looks forward to continuing for years to come. “Empty Bowls” is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Any group that deals with feeding the hungry can be

Orchestra Patrick Sheridan, International Tuba Soloist Jeremy Wilson, Trombone formerly of the Vienna Philharmonic Helen Spielman, Flutist and Performance Anxiety Coach Alex Shapiro, Composer Students learned about the importance of setting small, realistic goals; practicing smarter instead of longer; being persistent and consistent; and the value of rest. Composter Alex Shapiro led a special session where students broke into groups to record a snippet of music and the manipulated the clips into a

type of capstone project and some ideas, taking it from those ideas and actually implementing them, a masters degree can help them make that jump. It gives the students a little bit more flexibility to really choose their path, choose their vocation — and then we can help them make that translation into industry.” Sweeney is taking advantage of that chance to chase her passions. Part of the accelerated nine-month program she’s participating in has a ten-day international business study away built

the culmination of a series of creative expression workshops co-taught by Collis and PLU Professor Jennifer Smith. The group of 10 students in the International Honors program visited WCCW four times over several weeks. The class, “IHON 253: Gender, Sexuality and Culture,” will be offered again in the spring.  “This class provides opportunities for students to explore identity in complex ways that are connected to their everyday lives,” Smith said. “We theorize out of experience and apply theory