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Longtime faculty member Karen McConnell named AVP and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 2, 2022 February 2, 2022 Karen McConnell, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer at Pacific Lutheran University. McConnell joined PLU in 1998 as a faculty member in Kinesiology and was appointed Dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology in the fall of 2018.“Dr. McConnell is dedicated to the success of PLU
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PLU sponsors “Edvard Munch and the Sea” at the Tacoma Art Museum Posted by: Zach Powers / April 6, 2016 Image: (Photo courtesy Amy Lin/Tacoma Art Museum) April 6, 2016 TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)- Travel from the shores of Puget Sound to the fjords of Norway with the exhibition Edvard Munch and the Sea, on view exclusively at Tacoma Art Museum April 9 through July 17, 2016. This is your opportunity to dive deep into Munch’s powerful works, rarely exhibited in the Pacific Northwest, with 26 of
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PLU professor and conductor Tiffany Walker discusses her passion for choral music Posted by: Zach Powers / November 29, 2023 Image: Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Tiffany Walker (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) November 29, 2023 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTiffany Walker fell in love with choral music in sixth grade and never looked back. An accomplished conductor and vocalist, Walker earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Washington in
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“A Holly Jolly Christmas”: Oppositional Binaries in McGrath and de Wilde’s Emma Posted by: ramosam / December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 By Madeline Scully Both Douglas McGrath and Autumn de Wilde seize upon the holiday scenes in Emma (1815), the only Austen novel with a Christmas scene. Each film’s Christmas scene display the cultivation of relationships and community-building. However, in their respective representations of Emma and Mr. Elton (McGrath) and Emma and Mr. Knightley (de Wilde
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Acclaimed Author Minh Lê Speaks on How Stories Can Connect and Transcend Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 21, 2023 Image: Acclaimed author Minh Lê to deliver this year’s Benson lecture on Apr 18, 2023 (photo courtesy of Minh Lê) February 21, 2023 Pacific Lutheran University’s 12th annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will take place on April 18 at 7 p.m. Acclaimed author Minh Lê will deliver this year’s Benson lecture, titled “Shelf Life: Finding Community (and Yourself) in the
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Christmas Concert Gala to Feature Two Musical Premieres and a Superstar Headliner Posted by: Zach Powers / November 2, 2015 Image: Dr. Richard Nance conducts The Choir of the West at a 2014 PLU Christmas Concert. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) November 2, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Christmas Concerts have entertained and inspired audiences across the Pacific Northwest for decades. For 2015, PLU is making
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Research scientist Rihana Mason to visit PLU for presentation and book signing Posted by: Zach Powers / April 20, 2022 April 20, 2022 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsExperimental psychologist Rihana Mason will visit PLU on May 3 to discuss the work of the Academic Pipeline Project and her book, “Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelors to the Professoriate.” Mason is a research scientist at the Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State University and
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Lute Powered: PLU alumni provide leadership, care and expertise at Sound Physicians Posted by: Zach Powers / May 11, 2023 Image: Michael Burris ’09, Anni Lange ’00, and Dr. Erik Arnits ’11. (Photos by Sy Bean/PLU) May 11, 2023 Sound Physicians is a national, multi-specialty medical group that strives to improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare for patients in every community it serves. It partners with more than 400 hospitals and is the practice of choice for over 4,000 physicians
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April 1, 2013 Photo by John Froschauer Cancer survivor inspires teammates with spirit, perseverance and a mid-90s fastball By Nick Dawson It was only one pitch, but it was a pitch filled with emotion for PLU pitcher Max Beatty ’14 and the entire PLU baseball family – coaches, players, parents, fans. When Max Beatty threw the first pitch of the 2013 Pacific Lutheran baseball season opener to Concordia University batter Sheldon Austria on Feb. 4, it concluded one harrowing chapter in Beatty’s
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Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 The University Jazz Ensemble and University Wind Ensemble will travel to Australia May 28 –June 11, 2013, to discover the “Down Under” and share their music with an international audience. Traveling to Melbourne, Bairnsdale, Canberra and Sydney, 49 students will discover both the rural and urban aspects of Australia, and perform and participate in musical
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