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Support NAIS for PLU's Bjug Day of Giving on October 15-16th! See what our Alumni have been up to! More Indigenous Scholars, We are Lutes Too A poster exhibition designed and installed by Native American & Indigenous Studies students Fall 2019 More Hands-on learning Students in ANTH 190/192/491 learn to make drums while in Neah Bay as guests of the Makah nation. More Quality guest speakers and events Dr. Charlotte Coté (Tseshaht/Nuu-chah-nulth), author of Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors

religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life. The study of religion will help you speak to why religion gives meaning and purpose to billions of people on the planet. At PLU, students can take classes in environmental ethics, the religions of Asia, feminist theology, Luther, Native American traditions of the Pacific Northwest – to name just a few.  PLU students study religion in Tacoma and Seattle as well as far off destinations such as Hawaii, Rome, or Trinidad-Tobago. Our

PLU Campus Ministry seeks to cultivate a vibrant and diverse spiritual ecosystem where students experience sacred belonging, engage in spiritual growth, explore purpose, and meaningfully contribute toward creating a more just and loving world. Our Core Values: Cultivating a spirit of genuine hospitality and welcome. Creating authentic relationships built in love and grace. Encouraging ongoing spiritual exploration, reflection, and development. Embracing diverse religious and spiritual stories

— the Mother of All Mountains — and titled one of her books Where the Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually History of Mount Rainier.Questions? Contact: Dr. Marit Trelstad at marit.trelstad@plu.edu This conference has been planned in partnership with Nisqually and Puyallup leaders and elders; faculty of PLU’s Department of Education and the Native American and Indigenous Studies program; the PLU Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability; members of PLU’s Indigenous Advisory Network

social justice, translational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs Affiliated/Related programs Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education Study Away CatalogThe department offers majors and minor Chinese Studies, French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, and Hispanic Studies and minors in Chinese and Latino Studies. The department also contributes to Native American and Indigenous Studies by offering introductory level

years a number of these objects have been on display in the Mortvedt Library, where a small exhibition space has been created in the stairwell leading to the third floor. The masks, figures and other objects that comprise the collection represent works from 16 countries and the creative output of artists from nearly 30  cultural traditions. This online exhibition is the final project of 15 undergraduate students in an Introduction to Museum Studies workshop-class in Spring semester 2015. The

Native American tribal lands. Join us on the PLU YouTube channel to watch the premiere!Watch the film trailer below!Learn More Learn more about the film and watch the premiere here: Eyes Above Documentary Interested in keeping up with MediaLab?Subscribe to our newsletter!

Congregational Engagement at PLUCongregational Engagement helps to create and sustain mutually enhancing partnerships between PLU and the congregations and synods of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and faith communities of all traditions in the Tacoma/Seattle region that share PLU’s mission.Alumni Referral ScholarshipIf you are a Lute Alum, you can refer potential Lutes for a renewable scholarship! Click below for more information. Because the world needs more

Welcome to the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU!The mission of the Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University is to enrich understanding of Nordic and Nordic-American cultures in support of PLU’s educational mission and in recognition of PLU’s Nordic heritage. The Center is located in the Anderson University Center at Pacific Lutheran University, in Tacoma Washington. We are open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. during the academic year

the crisis and the surgeon general’s call to action, the two-day conference will bring together academics, activists, and practitioners whose life’s work—within and across disciplines, traditions, communities, peoples, etc.—engages the concept of social connection in ways that increase understanding about social connection and dis-connection or that model behaviors and/or actions that facilitate human reconnection and reweave community in ways that are oriented to the collective well-being. Topics