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PLU and University of Puget Sound announce new graduate admission partnership Alumni from both institutions will enjoy streamlined admission to select graduate programs Posted by: vcraker / April 7, 2022 Image: Photos for Admissions by Ike & Tash April 7, 2022 TACOMA, Wash. — Earlier this week, officials from the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will streamline the process for both universities’ current

Music professor Gina Gillie discussed her new composition and short film Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 21, 2022 Image: Professor of Music, French Horn Gina Gillie (PLU photo/John Froschauer) November 21, 2022 By Zach PowersMarketing & Communications Professor of Music Gina Gillie recently premiered her first electroacoustic music composition at Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9. Titled “Pale Blue Dot for solo horn and fixed media,” the piece is inspired by the 1991 photograph taken by the

to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French professor Rebecca Wilkin wins the 2024 Translation Prize June 7, 2024

New piano chair looks forward to a new chapter at PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 21, 2011 October 21, 2011 After more than 25 years performing piano, Oksana Ezhokina opens a new chapter of her life as an Assistant Professor of Music and Chair of Piano Studies at PLU. Ezhokina performed in Lagerquist Concert Hall as a guest artist in 2000 for the very first time and says she was immediately taken with the school and the collaborative environment. “It was the spirit of the faculty, the

-grade, so her work-from-home transition was not only a break from her routine but to the routine of all of her students.When it’s not COVID-19 season, what’s your job like? I’m a special-education teacher working with kindergarten kids all the way through fifth grade in a learning resource center. Most students will get pulled out of class throughout the day, depending on what services they receive. For my younger students, I go into the general-ed classroom to assist and support them. I have 21

inquiry, service, leadership and care along with them as they pursue new careers, volunteer opportunities and ventures abroad. Lutes will remain connected with the thread of community that was central to their time at PLU. Below, four of PLU’s roughly 700 Commencement participants (Jonathan Adams, Sarah Henderson, Todd Hoagland and Priya McBride) look back on their experiences on campus and share their hopes for the future as they embark on their post-graduate journeys.Commencement 2016Learn more

Years focuses on the value of higher education and the college experience. Specifically, the filmmakers sought to understand the effects that higher education, or the lack thereof, can have on professional opportunities and personal well-being and happiness in the 21st Century. In pursuit of answers, the team traveled to cities across North America, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Montreal, Portland, Ore., Toronto, New Orleans, and many others.MediaLabLearn more about the

. Additionally, she worked with Criterion Institute where her work – focusing on mentoring wise investments to empower women – became part of her capstone. “Helping make those sort of investments in women is really important to me,” Deines said. “In just my short time as a student and at conventions I have really noticed women as a minority in business.” She was also a Issaquah-based commuter student and continues to coach soccer once a week. “This has been a complete 180,” Deines said of her new journey

and do something constructive with that information.” When Nguyen approached Rosenberg earlier this year with her idea, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. The two discussed and worked on what eventually became a six-week lecture series on religious diversity called “Let’s Talk About Religious Diversity.” The lecture series, also hosted by Associate Students of PLU, brings in new speakers each week that specialize in different religions. It comes to a close Wednesday, March 23, with a panel on

Elise Rodrigues ’15 voted Eatonville School District Teacher of the Year Posted by: Kate Williams / September 14, 2018 September 14, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerAfter her first year in the Eatonville School District, and only second year of teaching, students chose band teacher Elise Rodrigues ’15 as the Teacher of the Year for the 2017-18 school year. Elise is a recent Music Education graduate from PLU and described by her mentors as an all-around excellent musician, teacher, and