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  • History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and

    Meet Professor Fred Hardyway Specialist in World History joins the Department for 2024-2025 Learn More The History Capstone The culminating experience for the History major is History 499, the Capstone course. Learn More 2024 Phi Alpha Theta PLU's Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society is welcoming new members Learn More Learning History at PLU Group work in Dr. Gina Hames' HIST 289 class, "Women and Gender in World History" More Curious about History at PLU? Listen to the department's

    Professor Rebekah Mergenthal, Chair
    Xavier Hall, Room 109 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • The Department of Music at PLU a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving, and sharing.

    Distinguished teachers, talented students, and supportive public: these are the people who make the Department of Music at PLU a nationally recognized center for musical learning, serving, and sharing. The Mary Baker Russell Music Center is our home. It features spaces for performing, teaching, and rehearsing; a music library; an outdoor amphitheater; and the acoustically impressive Lagerquist Concert Hall, home to the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ.Spring 2025 lesson registration can be found

    Current Hours
    Monday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Tuesday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Wednesday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Thursday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    School of Music, Theatre & Dance
    253-535-8669
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The curriculum for the Business and Economic History program at PLU is administered by the History department, and taught by the Benson Family Chair.

    2024 Benson Summer Research Project Released Recording of 17th Benson Lecture on Adam Smith Watch Now Our Home The Business and Economic History Program is part of the Department of History, housed in Xavier Hall on upper campus. Interactive Campus Map Business and Economic History Program at PLUBusiness and economic history involves the study of business organizations, companies, entrepreneurs, workers, products, and consumers, as well as the economic forces that have shaped culture and

    Business and Economic History Program
    253-535-8305
    Xavier, Room 101 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • PLU’s Theatre & Dance Department prides itself on our dynamic and challenging curriculum supported by a season of up to 10 productions each year.

    Welcome to the new home of the PLU School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Our passionate faculty are proud to offer a dynamic, diverse, and meaningful curriculum in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center and Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. We strive to foster an artistic environment that inspires creativity, discipline, and excellence in the next generation of performers, creators, directors, educators, choreographers and more! Music HomepageTheatre & Dance HomepageMusic

    Office Hours
    Monday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Tuesday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Wednesday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Thursday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
    School of Music, Theatre and Dance
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Here you find information about our jazz courses and ensembles, events and concert schedule, and more.

    Jazz at PLU The education of improvisation Jazz at Pacific Lutheran UniversityWelcome to the PLU Jazz website! Here you find information about our jazz courses and ensembles, events and concert schedule, and more. PLU offers classes in jazz history, jazz theory, private instrumental lessons, as well as lessons in jazz composition and arranging. The jazz ensemble and combos provide students and audiences with the opportunity to experience jazz music both in its traditional form and in a variety

    Dr. Cassio Vianna, Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Music
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center Tacoma, WA 98447
  • The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept.

    SING! 500 years of Faith, Reform and Liberationwith an evening concert by The National Lutheran ChoirThursday, Sept. 28, 2017 “A Brief History of the Lutheran College Choral Tradition in America” - Dr. Richard Nance, Director of PLU’s The Choir of the West Watch The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceCome Join in the Song and Celebration! The Seventh Annual Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 28 beginning in the Regency Room of the

    Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair in Lutheran Studies
  • Trumpet players here are a diverse group of musicians: some are performance majors, others are music education majors, and many are not music majors, but still consider the trumpet an important part

    Welcome to the online home of the PLU trumpet studio! Trumpet players here are a diverse group of musicians: some are performance majors, others are music education majors, and many are not music majors, but still consider the trumpet an important part of their college experience. Students can take weekly private lessons from Dr. Zachary Lyman, or from our adjunct trumpet professor, Dr. Edward Castro. Trumpet players can also perform with the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra

    PLU Trumpet Studio
    Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 206 Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Courses in the Pacific Lutheran University Innovation Studies minor build essential analytical skills to evaluate business and economic activity in historical and ethical contexts.

    the study of History. Join Fulton Bryant-Anderson and Dr. Mike Halvorson as they discuss music, augmented reality, and more! Listen COMA 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society (Fall 2024) Enriching the Community Explore Social Impact Projects in Parkland and Pierce County Learn More Entrepreneurship 101 Explore new ideas about innovation, creativity, and design thinking with faculty experts. Interdisciplinary Approach Innovation minors come from a variety of backgrounds, including Art, Business

    Innovation Studies
    Ingram Hall, #104 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • CCES history forthcoming! These place profiles were written during the January 2019 iteration of the course ENGL 323: Writing in Professional and Public Contexts.

    A Parkland Tour - A Guided Tour Through Parkland, WA.About the ProjectCCES history forthcoming! These place profiles were written during the January 2019 iteration of the course ENGL 323: Writing in Professional and Public Contexts. Students were asked to select important locations featured in the “Parkland Tour” offered by PLU’s Center for Community Engagement and Service. Each student would write a profile of the place based on observational, interview, and online research. These profiles

    Adela Ramos
  • Mission: To provide military-affiliated personnel with the support and resources they need to succeed at PLU and beyond.

    in a talking-allowed space in the library with plenty of whiteboards for brainstorming all your best project ideas. History of Military Support at PLU2020 - Present2010-20192000-20091980-19991960-19791940-19592020 - Present 2020 – COVID-19 causes unprecedented changes in higher education and classes move 100% online 2021 – University establishes the Assistant Director for Military Student Support position to run the Center for Military Support, and hires Alanna Rathkopf to fulfill the duties and

    Office Hours
    Monday: 1200-1700
    Tuesday: 0900-1200
    Thursday: 0900-1700
    Friday: 0900-1700
    Saturday: Closed
    Sunday: Closed
    Center for Military Student Support
    Anderson University Center Room 183