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  • Identity Programs & CommunitiesStudents of ColorPrograms, retreats, communities, and resources that center and celebrate Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color at PLU.Student of Color Retreats The Students of Color Retreat is for students who identify as students of color or non white identify students. This is a space to explore cultural conditioning around race, validate experiences pertaining to race and other intersecting identities and cultivate community. This fall it will be on

  • PLU’s Academic Identity statementPacific Lutheran University seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities, and for the Earth. We value learning in the liberal arts tradition as a foundation for thoughtful inquiry and purposefully integrate the liberal arts with our professional studies.1 We welcome students to the rewarding process of thinking with growing maturity about their purpose in life and their career

  • Bringing the Past to Life in the PresentIn September of 2019, the SCC opened a new exhibit “Living History and Nordic Identity: Bringing the Past to Life in the Present” based on KD Williams’ capstone project for her BA in Scandinavian Area Studies, which Dr. Schroeder supervised. The exhibit encouraged visitors to interact with conceptions of the past and Nordic identities by presenting KD Williams’ fieldwork with Viking Age and medievalist re-enactors. Groups that were featured in particular

  • Lute reflects on his Japanese-American identity through pilgrimage, community event Posted by: Kari Plog / August 29, 2017 Image: Stephen Kitajo ’12 serves on the board for the Puyallup Valley Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). His role in organizing the fair’s 75th Remembrance event in September includes sifting through archival records to confirm the names of the Japanese Americans once confined to the fairgrounds. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 29, 2017 By Brooke

  • Acting Provost Joanna Gregson discusses how PLU faculty members embrace their identity as teacher-scholars, and the value of “learning by doing” for students who engage in collaborative research

    Welcome Welcome https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/01/undergrad-research-symposium-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Joanna Gregson Joanna Gregson https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/09/joanna-gregson.jpg January 20, 2017 September 25, 2017 University professors often describe themselves as “teacher-scholars.” The hyphenated identity reflects the two fundamental dimensions of a professor’s work: teaching students and engaging in

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa ’17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army. “Oftentimes when you are from somewhere else, you find that you…

    PLU ROTC student to be honored in Washington, D.C., as only recipient of Green to Gold award for excellence in leadership Posted by: Kari Plog / September 29, 2016 Image: Shiva Thapa ’17 (Photo by Angelo Mejia ’17/PLU) September 29, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 29, 2016)- First-generation immigrant Shiva Thapa '17 struggled to find a sense of belonging in his new country. After two years of searching, he finally found his identity in the Army

  • An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.

    Oaxaca Oaxaca https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/09/oaxaca-church-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 21, 2017 May 9, 2017 Undocumented student struggles to reconcile identity in Oaxaca Editor’s note: The name of the undocumented student featured in this story was changed to protect her identity. Given the uncertain future of the

  • Faculty Governance at PLU empowers faculty, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, in the area of educational policy.

    Bylaws can be found in the Faculty Handbook.Key faculty policies and legislation include the following: Academic Identity Statement Principles of Academic Freedom Intellectual Property Policy Integrative Learning Objectives January term Rationale Philosophy of Faculty Compensation Student-Faculty Research & Creative Projects Strategic Plans Principles on General Education PLU 2010 Faculty Resolution November 2000 Statement on Learning Environment

    Faculty Governance
    Administration Bldg., Room 103 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Pacific Lutheran University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).

    ; pathways to distinction; undergraduate programs; graduate and continuing education; student life and success; and diversity, justice and sustainability. Through the act of intentional planning, and through the deliberate execution of our plans, we progress in both the embodiment and the realization of our mission. The current university strategic plan is organized around four overarching themes and corresponding goals: identity and messaging, environment and well-being, innovation and change, and

    University Accreditation
    K. E. McConnell, Ph.D., CHES Accreditation Liaison Officer, NWCCU Professor of Kinesiology Pacific Lutheran University
  • The PLU Diversity Center is committed to empowering the PLU community to engage in dialogue, programs, and initiatives that promote and enhance equity, agency, and action.

    staff is excited to welcome you to our communities and programs and look forward to getting to know more about the DJS issues you are passionate about.Stay ConnectedSubscribe to receive our biweekly newsletterSign Up Community Spaces DJS Lounge Community Garden DJS ClassroomPrograms & Events Upcoming Events Identity Programs & Retreats DJS Coalition DJS CelebrationsDJS Clubs & Leadership DJS Clubs Rieke Scholarship DJS Fellows DJS Fee Advocacy & Support Advocacy Services Funding & Scholarships

    The Diversity Center
    Anderson University Center Room 150 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003