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and adjunct professor with universities across the United States and in Europe. Mr. Pass has worked as a volunteer coach with children in various Department of Defense Youth organizations.  Additionally, he works with Veterans in the Pacific Northwest as they transition to civilian careers. Mr. Pass continued his education with a Master of Arts in Social Science & Middle Eastern Studies from PLU as well as an MBA also from Pacific Lutheran University.  He has additional graduate work in Education

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword

Navigating Human Services Organizations: Essential Information for Thriving and Surviving in Agencies (4th ed., Oxford, 2020). His recent works include, “Homeless and hospitalized: A case study of intervention to support collaborative behavior and safety” (Studies in Clinical Social Work, 2024) and “The experiences of hospital social workers who care for homeless patients: An interpretive phenomenological analysis” (Social Work in Health Care, 2022). His research interests include the care of unhoused

Miami, 1981 B.A., Geology, Middlebury College, 1978 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Marine Geology Geophysics Watershed Analysis Environmental Studies Geoscience Education Selected Articles Pratt-Sitaula, B., Butler, R., Whitman, J., Granshaw, F., Groom, R., Hedeen, C., Magura, B., Thompson, D., and Johnson, J.. "Communicating Regional Geoscience and Geohazards to K-12 Teachers." 2011 Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union 2011: Butler, R. F., Granshaw, F.D., Groom, R., Hedeen, C., Johnson, J

the Puget Sound Chapter and as the NW Regional Coordinator of the Artist Awards Competition (NATSAA). Member, NATS Fellowships at Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West Young Artist with Seattle Opera Young Artist Program Further studies with Britten-Pears Programme and Seattle Academy of Opera.

-Required Reading.  She is a professor in the Department of English-MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Publishing Program at DePaul University in Chicago, where she directs the LGBTQ Studies minor and edits Slag Glass City, a journal of the urban essay arts.  Mentor. Workshops and classes in nonfiction. Statement: “Writing is a process: part thought, part instinct, part wish. Every honest draft holds some glimmer of what your work might become. To write is to try, try, and try again, until we’re stunned to

Physics and M.A. in Mathematics from University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University. He did postdoctoral studies in Chemistry at Berkeley and Harvard. He worked as an engineer at Collins Radio Company and Boeing Company. Dr. Tang regards teaching as his calling, although his research accomplishments are also considerable. His research interests are in interatomic interactions, atomic and molecular collisions, and solid state physics. He authored/coauthored over 130 papers

served as university provost from 2007 through 2010. In 2010 she accepted a position at Gonzaga University, her undergraduate alma mater, as professor of religious studies and Academic Vice President.  In 2019, having retired from Gonzaga, she returned to PLU as a faculty research fellow in the Division of Humanities. She is researching the practice of reflection in contemporary faith-inspired higher education and adjacent professional conversations under the auspices of a multi-year grant from the

Joseph Haydn, and has played the first American performance of the Haydn Organ Concerto in D, Hoboken XVIII-2, of which he has prepared a performance edition. He has published several arrangements for 4 hand organ. He is past dean of the Tacoma Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is past president of the Westfield Center for Keyboard Studies. Prior to his appointment at PLU, he taught at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. Paul Tegels has performed extensively in solo and ensemble concerts

Joseph Haydn, and has played the first American performance of the Haydn Organ Concerto in D, Hoboken XVIII-2, of which he has prepared a performance edition. He has published several arrangements for 4 hand organ. He is past dean of the Tacoma Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is past president of the Westfield Center for Keyboard Studies. Prior to his appointment at PLU, he taught at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. Paul Tegels has performed extensively in solo and ensemble concerts