Lutes storm annual Wayzgoose event in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. (May 2, 2017)—Pacific Lutheran University students and instructors participated in the 13th annual Wayzgoose on April 29-30. Lutes joined the annual letterpress and printmaking festival for steamroller printing, bookbinding and more. Students showcased their work and helped create giant prints using carved 3-by-3-foot sheets…
PLU students premiere sex trafficking documentary
TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University seniors, Cara Gillespie and Elise Anderson, publicly premiere their documentary, “More Than A Mission,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Ingram 100. The documentary shares the story of a woman who escaped the bonds of human…
PLU faculty members Claire Todd, Seth Dowland and Amy Young discuss the word ‘irrefutable’ (podcast)
TACOMA, WASH. (April. 20, 2017)- The eleventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “irrefutable” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young , Associate Professor of Religion Seth Dowland , and Associate Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies…
PLU names Peace Scholars for 2017
TACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2017)- The last time anyone from Austin Beiermann’s family left the country, it was to fight in a war. This summer, he is going to do the exact opposite. “I am going to build peace,” Beiermann said. Beiermann ’18 will join…
PLU’s MediaLab wins 2017 National Broadcasting Society Award
TACOMA, WASH. (April 5, 2017)- MediaLab, the applied research and multimedia program at Pacific Lutheran University, has won a 2017 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society – Alpha Epsilon Rho, for the documentary film Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers. Changing Currents ,…
The Mast wins Apple Award in NYC for best student newspaper
TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2017)- I love souvenirs. So, when I traveled to the College Media Association spring conference in New York City, I had to snatch up as many “I Love New York” keepsakes as I could. T-shirts, stickers, mugs — you name it,…
Symposium uplifts collaborative student-faculty research
TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University is aiming to increase visibility of student-faculty research across campus with its first Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 8. Previously, an annual reception in May showcased endowed projects. The change in format highlights a broader spectrum of…
Lutes sing their way through the Southwest on Choir of the West tour
TACOMA, WASH. (March 13, 2017)- Hop on my pink tour bus and let me tell you about the craziest days I experienced this past January — or the days we called the Choir of the West Southwest Tour (for hashtag purposes, #COWthwesternTour). Over 11 days,…
Pageantry and Protests: PLU students experience ‘messiness of democracy’ at President Trump’s inauguration
Washington D.C. (March. 9, 2017)- The small group of Pacific Lutheran University students, standing huddled together in a jam-packed section toward the front of the National Mall, remained silent. Some shook their heads in disbelief. Others wore expressions of shock. Two couldn’t stop tears from…
PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center
TACOMA, WASH. (March 8, 2017)- Laura Brewer ’03 was no stranger to activism when she started volunteering at the Tacoma Rainbow Center in 2000. An active Lute, Brewer engaged in a variety of LGBTQ advocacy work on Pacific Lutheran University’s campus through Harmony, known today…
Arts and technology center would bring new opportunities to Parkland
TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- Community leaders behind the Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (PCAT) have big plans to create a wide variety of new opportunities for both youth and adults in the South Sound region. The recently established nonprofit organization is working toward…
PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad
TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2017)- Bonnie Nelson ’08 didn’t always plan on joining the Peace Corps. But when she met a returned volunteer in graduate school who helped her learn more about the organization, her plans changed. “It was through conversations with her about her…