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      BJUG DAY: Q&A with Dr. Elizabeth A. Barton

      PLU is creating a campus experience that helps our students thrive by supporting resources and experiential programs that cultivate the mind, body and spirit of each of our students. After all, it takes a healthy Lute to build a healthy community. Many of these resources…

      October 28, 2021
      Alumni, Internships, CareerStudent Life, Resources, Community
      When the pandemic cut her Peace Corps service short, Margaret Chell ’18 enrolled in medical school

      During her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She soon met with PLU Peace Corps advisor, Dr. Katherine Wiley to learn more. She was excited…

      October 25, 2021
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Community First: PLU alum supports local sellers and town with 3 Sisters Market

      For Whidbey Island business owner Roshel Donwen ’17, her close-knit island community is everything. She finds fulfillment in running her store, 3 Sisters Market, providing local food and goods to the people she considers family. “The best part about running and owning 3 Sisters Market…

      August 25, 2021
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      MESA participants are amazed by mechanical legos they've built on MESA DAY at PLU August 2019
      PLU Receives $11,000 Grant for Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program

      Pacific Lutheran University has been awarded another grant from School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce to be used toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program. The $11,000 grant comes from the Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The MESA program prioritizes…

      August 18, 2021
      News, Announcements, Accolades
      Erica Palmer '21, left, confers with Prof. Jennifer Thomas regarding her project looking at the effects of mobility of children in military families,
      PLU launches Internship Fund to create equitable opportunities for students

      During her senior year at PLU, Chloe Willburn ‘21 wanted to intern with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families. As a social work major, Willburn believed that the experience gained from working alongside DCYF would benefit not only her but her future…

      July 30, 2021
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Photo collage of divided in three horizontal sections featuring in left to right order: Alonso Brizuela ’14, Sarah Lord ’00, Caitlyn Zwang ’09
      Teaching in the Pandemic: How Three Teachers Made the Best of an Unprecedented Time

      High school choir and guitar teacher Alonso Brizuela ’14 was in Spokane at a national choral directors conference in mid-March of 2020. Just a day and half days into events, the conference shut down early—due to a mysterious new illness that had arrived in the…

      May 27, 2021
      Alumni, Internships, Career
      Meet Mike Snyder, PLU’s New Director of Athletics and Recreation

      Pacific Lutheran University and President Allan Belton are excited to announce Mike Snyder as the new Director of Athletics and Recreation, following a national search. “I’m thrilled to welcome Mike to the Lute family,” said Belton. “He brings proven experience and an exciting vision for…

      May 25, 2021
      Student Life, Resources, Community
      Q&A with Biology Major Brandon Nguyen ’21

      Brandon Nguyen ’21 was born in Hawaii and moved to Washington with his family when he was a child and has lived in the Pacific Northwest ever since. Nguyen shares how he became interested in biology and why he chose PLU for his studies. 1.…

      May 18, 2021
      Student Life, Resources, Community
      John sits cross-legged in a grass field on a sunny day with rolling hills behind him.
      John Evanishyn ‘21 studied environmental science on campus—and in France and Costa Rica—during his four years at PLU

      John Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green spaces. By high school, he had learned enough from his dad to become a skilled forager, someone who knew his capstones from his shaggy ink caps. (Those…

      May 10, 2021
      Student Life, Resources, Community
      Prof Jon Grahe and student Ricky Handeda stand outside the Department of Psychology office in Ramstad Hall.
      PLU professors and students dive deep into the psychology of the pandemic

      As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…

      April 26, 2021
      Research & Academics
      PLU announces plans for virtual spring commencement 2021

      Pacific Lutheran University is making plans to hold two virtual commencement ceremonies in late May: one for the Class of 2021 and one for the Class of 2020. The Class of 2021 ceremony will be held on May 29 at 11:00 a.m., and the Class…

      April 1, 2021
      News, Announcements, Accolades
      A PLU nursing student administers at a COVID-19 vaccine in PLU's Olson Gym.
      The Room Where It Happens: PLU Nursing Majors Help Community Members Take Their Shot

      On a chilly February morning, cars packed the parking lot of the Pacific Lutheran University Olson Fieldhouse. There was no basketball game or volleyball match enticing the visitors, but rather a historic event that brought visitors in that day. It was the first of many…

      March 31, 2021
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