A unique program of PLNU's Center for Justice and Reconciliation (CJR) is kNOwMORE, a first-of-its-kind human trafficking awareness and prevention curriculum for middle school and high school youth in San Diego County. kNOw MORE is an interactive, drama-based program to teach young people how to recognize the red flags and vulnerabilities around trafficking and take action for themselves and their peers.

The 2023 Writer's Symposium by the Sea interview with N. Scott Momaday has won a bronze Telly Award for the category of Television Biography.

Aliah Fabros earns an honorable mention for her poem "The Burden of Representation" in the 2024 AWP Intro Journals Project.

Driftwood, PLNU's creative arts journal, has received the 2nd place AWP Prize for Undergrad Lit Magazines.