Board of Regents

Ownership, Support, Government:

The University is owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University, Inc., a Washington corporation whose purpose is higher learning. The Member Representatives of the PLU corporation meet annually to elect regents and to conduct other business. The corporation consists of up to 50 delegates from the six synods of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as well as the Board of Regents.

The policymaking and governing body of the University is the Board of Regents, which includes members of the ELCA congregations or full-communion partners, representatives from the Alumni Association, at-large members, bishops from the synods of Region I, and the University president. On the basis of recommendations made by the president, it charts a course for the University and strives to provide essential funds. The student body and the faculty have non-voting representatives who meet with the board. New Board of Regents Officers are elected each May and new Regent members are installed in October.