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sciences at PLU is investing in future nurses of our community. It is also investing in future physical therapists and doctors — all sorts of future healthcare professionals. So, investing back into PLU is investing in the future of public health and care. It’s investing in your future. Interested in Nursing?he School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University is a professional school that combines nursing science with a strong foundation in natural sciences and the liberal arts. Read Previous Summer

, the university has placed 14th, 11th and 45th out of about 500 schools on the continent in Recyclemania. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) There will be many events around campus while the competition goes on around the country: On Feb. 20, at the home basketball game, Sustainability will partner with Athletics for a night of recycling events during the game, along with a halftime show. On Feb. 26, “Wall-E” will be shown in The Cave as a way to bring the campus community together. March 13 will be the

participants can engage in honest and open dialogue about race and racial disparities that are systemically present in work, school and everyday life,” said Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition President Toney Montgomery. The conference will balance lessons from the featured speakers with breakout sessions in small groups. “We hope to increase cultural understanding and respect in the community through a unique and engaging learning experience that will expand professional and personal

, plants like her beloved Amorphophallus konjac can live on campus without scaring prospective students away with its distinctive scent—rotting meat. The greenhouse also will serve the campus community by providing space for growing vegetable garden starts for the PLU Community Garden and native plants for the PLU campus landscape. It also will serve as community outreach for the Division of Natural Sciences and the Biology Department. PLU is the host site for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound Math

advances in optoelectronics, in turn, rely increasingly on advances in the synthesis of highly precise materials and the integration of different materials into functional optoelectronic devices and systems. IMOD is developing new classes of optoelectronic materials, devices, and systems with unprecedented functionality based on solution-processed inorganic materials. Research projects within IMOD labs cover a broad range of disciplines, including chemistry, physics, materials science & engineering

, local programming.  So not only will listeners have the signal strength they enjoy today, they’ll also have more news resources put into the issues that matter to our region. As with all business transactions and personnel decisions, confidentiality is standard and required.  The proposed sale was discussed at length, and voted on, by PLU’s Board of Regents, the UW Board of Regents, and several knowledgeable alumni and donors examined it over a nine-month period. It also requires review by the

In the Footsteps of Giants: J-term Study Away in Europe Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Vienna, Salzburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Prague are cities rich with musical history and tradition. Vienna is often called the “Capital of Classical Music.” This one small area was the central location for many of the finest musicians of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Experiencing music in the spaces where many of these great works were first heard contextualizes the art

buried with King Tut for his journey into the afterlife were never intended for him. It is likely that the king’s unexpected demise forced the royal court to repurpose leftover burial items intended for Queen Nefertiti and others. Nefertiti was the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Tutankhamen’s father. “It raises anew the suspicions that I have held for some time, that there is still much to play for in the Valley of the Kings,” Reeves said. Ryan, a Faculty Fellow in the Humanities at PLU, has focused his

October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his

a variety of “tubes and lines.” June 9, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterMaria Surla has traveled a long and rewarding road. The 39-year-old recently graduated with PLU’s Class of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.“The difficult experiences I’ve had made me who I am now,” Surla says. Born and raised in the Philippines, Surla first came to the United States with her ex-husband at age 23, excited to learn U.S. culture and improve her English. In a one-bedroom