PLU climbs eight spots in 2022 U.S. News & World Report college rankings
Pacific Lutheran University climbed eight spots, from 22nd to 14th, on U.S. News & World Report’s annual college ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 15 of the highly competitive…
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…
PLU’s kinesiology team places third at 2021 national sports medicine knowledge bowl
Earlier this month, 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 experience was one for the books. I used to compete on a knowledge bowl team in…
Wild Hope Center for Vocation awarded grant to establish new faculty/staff institute
Pacific Lutheran University’s Wild Hope Center for Vocation is pleased to announce it has been awarded a two-year, $49,612 NETVUE program development grant from the Council for Independent Colleges. Wild Hope was established in 2003, to support students and faculty as they explore life’s big…
PLU receives multiple accolades for its commitment to military students and families
Pacific Lutheran University has recently been recognized by several college guides for its dedication to military students and families. This recognition includes PLU being named one of the top colleges in Washington for veterans by Intellegent.com and one of College Census’s best universities for veterans…
PLU signs partnership MoU with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Leaders from Pacific Lutheran University and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement. Among the first of its kind between Yad Vashem and an American university, the agreement pledges that the two organizations will work collaboratively towards…
Broadway performer Jay Paranada ‘06 to speak at spring commencement ceremonies
Pacific Lutheran University alumnus and stage actor Jay Paranada ‘06 will deliver the commencement addresses at the virtual ceremonies for PLU’s classes of 2020 and 2021 on May 29. Paranada majored in sociology at PLU, and also studied at the University of York in England…
A Rocky Start Leads to a Steady Foundation
Samantha Saucedo’s path was shaped from a young age as she witnessed how varying health conditions affected those closest to her. One set of grandparents was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and suffered from deteriorating health. Another set thrived, living long healthy lives. Those divergent health paths…
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…
Standing with our Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander community members
In light of the shootings in the greater metro Atlanta area earlier this month, we yet again mourn in the wake of an act of senseless violence. The impact on Asian and Asian American women nationwide — in conjunction with the rise in hate crimes…
PLU announces plans for a full return to campus this fall
Pacific Lutheran University has announced the intention to return to in-person learning for Fall 2021. The news was shared with campus last Friday in an email from President Allan Belton. “Like every action we’ve undertaken as a community during the pandemic, this decision is being…
PLU nursing students help vaccinate nearly 1200 people at on-campus event
On Thursday, February 11, around 1,200 people received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination at a one-day event in Pacific Lutheran University’s Olson Gym and Field House. Co-hosted by the Tacoma–Pierce County Health Department, PLU, MultiCare Health System, and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, the…