State Need Grant Facing Cuts; Over 600 PLU Students Could be Affected
OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 21, 2015)— The Washington State Need Grant, a crucial source of tuition support for hundreds of current Pacific Lutheran University students, is at the center of an ongoing debate at the Washington State Legislature. The State Need Grant provides need-based financial aid…
PLU Associate Professor Daniel Heath Earns National Mathematics Honor
Math Department has 4 MAA Honorees on Staff TACOMA, Wash. (April 20, 2015)— Pacific Lutheran University Associate Professor of Mathematics Daniel (Deej) Heath will be recognized with the 2015 Carl B. Allendoerfer Award, a national award sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, in August.…
PLU Recognized by Arbor Day Foundation and Princeton Review Guide for Commitment to Sustainability
TACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2015) Pacific Lutheran University has earned 2014 Tree Campus USA Recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation and will be included in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges. “PLU has long been recognized as a leader…
PLU’s MediaLab Premieres Latest Award-Winning Documentary on Campus April 23
TACOMA, Wash. (April 17, 2005)—Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab will host the on-campus premiere of its most recent documentary film, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation , on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. in the Studio Theater. Admission is free, and the event is…
Justin Huertas’ “Semi-Autobiographical” Musical Premieres at the Seattle Repertory Theatre
SEATTLE, WASH. (April 16, 2015)- Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009,…
Professor Charles Bergman’s PLU ‘Swan Song’ is a Talk About Penguins
TACOMA, Wash. (April 14, 2015)—If you were to mix Indiana Jones with Steve Irwin and sprinkle in extensive knowledge of Shakespeare and the English language, you just might get Pacific Lutheran University Professor of English Dr. Charles Bergman. From climbing into wolf dens in Alaska,…
Lute’s Company Leads the Way on New Panama Canal Project
MWH Global Featured in History Channel Show April 11 TACOMA, Wash. (April 10, 2015)—Fun fact: The Panama Canal opened 101 years ago. Another? The canal is about to expand to double its capacity. The most fun fact? A Lute is leading the way. Alan Krause…
Education Career Fair Brings Major Employers to Campus—and Results in Immediate Jobs
TACOMA, Wash. (April 6, 2015)—Last year, Pacific Lutheran University’s undergraduate Education program achieved a 100-percent hiring rate, while the graduate program saw 90 percent of its students hired. On March 17, 18 school districts from around the state and 10 non-district organizations came to the…
PLU MediaLab Student Wins International Design Award
TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Taylor Cox ’15, a member of MediaLab, an invitation-only multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received a Silver Award from the Mercury Excellence Awards for her branding and designs for MediaLab’s 2014 documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation…
Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15
TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios. Through the Center for…
PLU Psychology Professor Elected 2015-16 President-Elect of International Honor Society
TACOMA, Wash. (March 30, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University Psychology Professor Jon Grahe has been elected the 2015-16 president-elect of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology. His three-year term begins in May 2015; he’ll serve as president-elect in 2015-16, president during 2016-17 and past president…
PLU Senior to Present Economics Capstone at National Conference
TACOMA, Wash. (March 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University senior Helen “Nellie” Moran has been chosen out of 3,700 submissions to present her Economics Capstone at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 16-18. Moran, a double major in Economics and French, began her initial research…