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Hear from ASPLU Leadership

ASPLU President Cece Chan ’23 and Vice President Naomi Atnafu ’23 share their experience of being the first women of color to lead PLU’s Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University.

February 22, 2022
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The Head in the Game: Q&A with PLU Coach Goes Inside the Mind of an Athlete

Zach Willis ’19 earned a BA in kinesiology with a concentration in health and fitness promotion and minored in sport and exercise psychology while playing on the football team at Pacific Lutheran University. Last year he returned to the university to serve as the football…

February 16, 2022
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PLU Clubs: Cubing Club

Last fall, PLU students from Cutter’s Cubing Club competed in the “SnoCo Goes Back To Square One” cubing competition. Six of the eight competitors had only recently learned how to solve the cube. Are you interested in learning how to solve the cube? Cutter’s Cubing…

January 14, 2022
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RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 sits, smiling outside south hall holding his backpack on a sunny fall day
Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22

The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him…

November 18, 2021
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Northwest is the Best: PLU students find it easy to get outside and explore

October 28, 2021
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PLU launches Fixed Tuition Guarantee

Pacific Lutheran University has just announced a Fixed Tuition Guarantee that will ensure tuition for the 2022–23 incoming class of first-year and transfer students will remain the same throughout their undergraduate years at the university. This guarantee disrupts the general practice of higher education institutions…

October 18, 2021
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PLU Media Lab students win Emmy for documentary

The documentary Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred Land was produced, filmed, and edited by an all undergraduate team of students. The students recorded footage in early 2020 and edited it remotely during the pandemic. Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred Land explores how the Tohono O’odham…

July 1, 2021
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2020 PLU NW Regional ACSM Knowledge Bowl champions Nate Adams, Brianna O’Malley and Sam Crompton stand together holding their trophy.
PLU’s Kinesiology Team takes third at national sports medicine knowledge bowl

In June, PLU’s Kinesiology Team—Emily Whittaker ’21, Alyssa Pociernicki ’22, and Brianna O’Malley ’21—finished third in the 2021 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) National Knowledge Bowl. “This achievement is significant to us and PLU because it shows how great our undergraduate program is and…

June 30, 2021
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Women’s Rowing Places 5th in NCAA Championships

The five-time Northwest Conference Champion Pacific Lutheran University women’s rowing team collected its best finish at the NCAA Division III Championships since 2016 on Saturday, finishing fifth in the team standings at Nathan Benderson Park. Pacific Lutheran’s varsity eight boat won the Petite Final on…

June 3, 2021
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Forsyth Wins Two National Titles at NCAA Championships

Pacific Lutheran University senior Bailey Forsyth cemented her place in the record books on Saturday, closing her career by winning national titles in both the 100-meters and 200-meters to highlight the final day of the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at…

June 2, 2021
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