Contact your counselor

Karl Stumo
Vice President for Admission and Enrollment Services
253-535-7151 | stumo@plu.edu
Peninsula School District
Jennifer Olsen Krengel
Director of Admission
253-535-7156 | olsenkjs@plu.edu
Charles Wright Academy, Annie Wright School, Bellarmine Preparatory School
Sean Lacy
Director of Transfer Recruitment
253-535-7138 | lacy@plu.edu
Transfer Students from Centralia, Clark, Green River, Highline, Lower Columbia, Pierce, South Puget Sound, and Tacoma community colleges in Washington; Students transferring from four-year colleges, from community colleges outside of Washington and Oregon and from technical colleges.
Melannie Denise Cunningham
Associate Director of Admission & Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment
253-535-8716 | cunningham@plu.edu
Tacoma Public Schools, Chief Leschi Schools; Multicultural Recruitment and Outreach
Hiro Kuroiwa-Lewis
Associate Director of International Admission
253-535-8177 | kuroiwalewis@plu.edu
International First-year and Transfer Students
Tamara Lynn Schaps
Assistant Director of Admission
253-535-7122 | schaps@plu.edu
South and East King County High Schools, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Americans Abroad, Guam, Puerto Rico
Phil Betz
Assistant Director of Admission
253-535-7157 | betzpm@plu.edu
Seattle high schools, North King County high schools; Utah, Nevada, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico; Transfer Students
Emily McCann
Senior Admission Counselor
253-535-8724 | mccann@plu.edu
Eastern Washington, Idaho, Federal Way, Clover Park school districts, and Homeschooled Students
Kjirsten Kennedy
Senior Admission Counselor
253-535-8254 | kennedy@plu.edu
Curtis High School, Thurston, Skagit, Whatcom, Grays Harbor, Island, San Juan, Lewis and Pacific Counties, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia
John McClimans
Communication Coordinator and Admission Counselor
253-535-8710 | mcclimans@plu.edu
Snohomish County, Arizona
Tabitha Hall
Admission Counselor
253-538-6150 | halltb@plu.edu
Montana, Wyoming, Hawaii, Texas; Enumclaw, Sumner, Eatonville, White River, Orting, Steilacoom school districts; Clallam, Jefferson, and Mason counties; Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Alex Eli
Admission Counselor
253-535-7405 | eli@plu.edu
Greater Portland area, including Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties in WA; Kitsap County
Mary Hould
Admission Counselor
253-538-6151 | mary.hould@plu.edu
Oregon (Out state), California; Tacoma Baptist, Life Christian, Mount Rainier Lutheran, Vashon Island and Fife High Schools; Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
Jessica Winer
Admission Counselor
253-535-7497 | winerjl@plu.edu
Puyallup, Bethel, Auburn, Renton, Kent, Tahoma, and Franklin Pierce School Districts; Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont


Sheila Hinderer
Senior Administrative Assistant
253-535-8469 | hindersa@plu.edu
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President


Shannon Millican
Administrative Assistant
253-535-8570 | millicsr@plu.edu
Undergraduate Admission Processing



Prema Thompson
Administrative Assistant
253-535-7155 | thompspb@plu.edu
Undergraduate Admission Processing
PLU Office of Admission
Tacoma, WA 98447
1-800-274-6758
Fax: 253-536-5136
International Admission
Contact our Student Enrollment Advisors for information specific to international students and English Language support.















