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PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.
Natasha Lemke ● (253) 535-7153 ● natasha.lemke@plu.edu
Location: Tacoma, WA
Website: www.plu.edu
Virtual Information Sessions: www.plu.edu/admission/visit/#virtual-visits
Virtual Tours: tour.concept3d.com/share/S9Mq4JbA2/stop/1
Number of Students: 2,700
Student to Faculty Ratio: 12:1
Percentage of Students Who Identify As Native: .4%
Percentage of Staff Who Identify As Native: Not Provided
Graduation Rate For Native Students: 75%
Admission Requirements
Pacific Lutheran University offers a FREE application to all students via the Common Application. Students are required to send us their high school and/or college transcripts, one letter of recommendation, and the essay. We are a test-optional school with test-blind scholarship awarding.
While we don’t have a minimum GPA for acceptance, 97% of incoming first-year students have a 3.0+ weighted GPA.
Native Financial Aid Opportunities Offered by the School
Red Feather Warrior Society Endowed Scholarship
Diploma
Certificate
Associate's
Bachelor's ✓
Master's ✓
Doctorate ✓
On-Campus Native Specific Housing
On-Campus Family Housing
On-Campus Sober Housing
On-Campus Childcare
Support Person For Native Students
Elder-In-Residence
Native American Tuition Waiver
Native Greek Organizations
Arts & Entertainment Degrees
Acting/Directing
Art History
Coaching
Dance
Design/Technical
Film & Media Studies
Fine Arts
Literature
Music Education
Music Performance
Musical Theatre
Publishing and Printing Arts
Rainier Writing Workshop
Strategic Communications
Studio Art
Theatre
Writing
Native Degrees
Native American and Indigenous Studies
Native Language(s) Taught
Southern Lushootseed
Native Classes
Colonization and Genocide in Native North America
Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Creation Narratives of the Americas and their Resonance
Indigenous Religions and Cultures of the Pacific Northwest
Interconnections
Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
Native American Religious Traditions
Race and Indigeneity
Southern Lushootseed: Introduction to Oral Language
Southern Lushootseed: Oral Language Dialogue
Storied Survivance: Seminar on Indigenous Literatures
Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film
Native Supports Offered
None
Native Student Organizations
Native Indigenous Student Association
Native Events
Field Trips
Film Screenings
Graduation Celebration
Social Gatherings
Volunteering-Service Days
Native Preparation Programs
None
Native High School Programming
None
How Is The School Involved With The Local Native Community?
We worked in partnership with the Puyallup tribe's culture department to apply for a SIAM grant from the Longhouse Foundation to fund artists in residence. The grant will fund several master weavers who will come to campus to host weaving workshops for Puyallup tribal members and students.
Each spring our NAIS and ENVT programs work alongside Puyallup and Nisqually culture departments to welcome tribal members to campus to harvest camas. Our students worked alongside elders and other tribal members to harvest camas for the communities' first salmon ceremonies.
Our ENVT program and our Chemistry club volunteered with the Puyallup Earth Day event, and plan to do so again this year.
Former Nisqually tribal chairwoman was the keynote speaker at this year's New Student Orientation, helping students and their families understand what it means to go to school in Medicine Creek Treaty territory.
We are working with Nisqually, Puyallup, and Muckleshoot tribal education directors to welcome students for campus visits.
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