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  • 8:30am–11:30am Anxiety: Practical Insights and Interactive Tools and Resources Regency Room, Anderson University Center Free and Open to the Public Focus of this time will be to discuss Anxiety,

    topics impact your particular life and work contexts. While this pre-conference session was created in response to pastors and congregations of the ELCA, we welcome members of all religious denominations and secular perspectives as well. Our speakers of the morning will be: Dr. David Ward, PLU Dean of Health Professions and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, Executive Director of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Rev. Molly Knutson Keller

  • The PLU Department of Social Work program is preparation for generalist social work practice with individuals, families, households, groups, communities, and organizations.

    PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree You can open doors and be a voice for change as a social worker. Learn about the program Social work major and working mom Teranejah Lucas ’23 explores the politics and power of Black hair in her capstone More Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care. Learn How! Congratulations, Dr. JoDee Keller, Claudia Miller, Chance LasDulce, and Rachel G. Wohrle! Read It Here! Social Work is a profession

    Heidi Brocious, BSW Program Chair
    Xavier Hall, Room 104 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
    Anissa Rogers, MSW Program Chair
    Xavier Hall, Room 144 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Participants at the the 2014 Take Back The Night rally, which focuses on the issue of assault prevention. (John Froschauer, PLU Photographer) Continuing the Conversation: Reaction to Obama Administration Report on Sexual Assault on College Campuses PLU leads the way with innovative programs and outreach…

    know what further information and resources our students need in regards to these important issues,” Lader said. At last week’s Take Back The Night event, Lt. Col. Kevin Keller, head of PLU’s ROTC program and professor of military science, said this issue has affected his family personally, and he is frankly embarrassed and dismayed by recent headlines of the rising rate of rape and sexual assaults within all branches of the military. “We need to get out of the ‘man box’ that society has put us

  • Take Back the Night at PLU Students attend a Take Back the Night rally at PLU. (Photo: PLU Women’s Center) Annual event aims to raise awareness about sexual assault By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women Center hosts the annual Take Back the Night…

    Lt. Col. Kevin Keller, from ROTC; Laurie Turner, Director of Athletics; women’s basketball Coach Jennifer Childress; Psychology Professor Dana Anderson; and Hong and Hinderlie halls Resident Director Kat Slaby. “This is an important issue that everyone should be concerned about,” Greer said. Read Previous PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund Read Next Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

  • Regents recognize faculty, student leaders At the annual spring meeting, the Board of Regents approved 12 faculty recipients of Regency Advancement Awards and recognized student and faculty leaders. The Regency Advancement Awards are intended to enhance opportunities for professional development and encourage faculty to pursue…

    project can receive up to $4,000. The faculty members who received the award for the next academic year are: Spencer Ebbinga, art; Michael Halvorson, history; Susan Harmon, business; Diane Harney, communication and theatre; JoDee Keller, social work; Erin McKenna, philosophy; Laurie Murphy, computer science and computer engineering; Eric Nelson, languages and literatures; Matthew Smith, biology; Marianne Taylor, psychology; Claire Todd, geosciences; and Robert Wells, communication and theatre

  • Veterans Month at Pacific Lutheran University: Honoring Those Who Serve With a rich history of working closely with the military community—and with university programs including a MacArthur Award-winning Army ROTC and full-tuition Yellow Ribbon Scholarships —Pacific Lutheran University honors veterans and their families through November…

    vetcorps@plu.edu by November 8. Yellow Ribbon Session November 11 What: Yellow Ribbon session for military personnel or their dependents Time: 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Where: Anderson University Center, Room 213 Sponsored By: PLU Veterans Affairs Veterans Day Ceremony November 11 What: Veterans Day Ceremony Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Where: Lagerquist Concert Hall Keynote Speaker: PLU’s ROTC Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Keller, Professor of Military Science Sponsored By: Pacific Lutheran University’s

  • Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his…

    JoDee Keller put the church in contact with Greenaway, who jumped at the opportunity. She spent J-Term 2007 organizing the program and recruiting tutors from across campus, largely from the social work and education programs. “The idea was to help these kids be successful in school … helping with homework, communicating with them and hoping they don’t get lost in the system,” Keller said. “The emphasis is on learning, but also mentoring and helping them adjust to the Western lifestyle.” Each week

  • A Month of Veterans Day Events at PLU— Where Tuition is Always ‘Free’ for Qualified Veterans ROTC cadets attend the 2013 Veterans Day Celebration at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—Pacific Lutheran University shows its appreciation…

    Veterans Day Celebration at Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell building. Featuring speakers including PLU President Thomas W. Krise; Lt. Col. Kevin Keller, professor of Military Science and MSIV Instructor; and student Sgt. Steve Shumaker, who saw active duty in the Army, the ceremony honors those who have served in the armed forces and remembers those who have given their lives for our freedom. Coffee and conversation follow the ceremony, which is hosted by Director of Military Outreach

  • Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.

    twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago struggled to acclimate back into campus culture. “Everything felt trivial,” he said, adding that students wanted to pursue ways to apply the racial consciousness and diversity-minded skills they learned abroad here at home. So, faculty members JoDee Keller, Elizabeth Brusco and Barbara Temple-Thurston started an immersive experience for students in the Salishan community, a diverse mixed-income neighborhood in Tacoma. TIES is a continuation of the

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding community . Individual scholarships ranged from $250 to $1,000. “The scholarships here don’t come close monetarily to justify…

    for at-risk kids.     Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham received the administrator award for her relentless advocacy for higher education and commitment to helping young people access college. Other nominees were Nicole Jordan, Jonathan Adams, Joanne Lisosky, Ginger Peck, JoDee Keller and Marianne Taylor.The Ron Pierre Vignec Community Partner Award, named in honor of “Pastor Ron,” a campus pastor in the 1980s who also ministered in the Salishan community on Tacoma’s