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  • Lecturer - Trumpet | Music | castroea@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Dr.

    Edward Castro Lecturer - Trumpet Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: castroea@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., University of Washington Graduate Studies Music Pedagogy, University of Maryland M.M., Yale University B.M., The Manhattan School of Music Responsibilities Applied Trumpet Lessons Biography Dr. Edward Castro has made it his mission to educate and entertain through music. Born New York City, his formative music training started

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  •  The Gray Truths Behind the Flowers: Uncovering the Assumed, Invisible, and Exploited Labor of Hmong Flower Farmers at Pike Place Market

    The Gender, Sexuality, & Race Program is pleased to present the Spring 2024 Capstones. May 22, 2024 – Xavier Hall, Room 201 – 1:00-4:00 pm 1:00-1:05 pm - Welcome 1:05 pm - Cece Chan  The Gray Truths Behind the Flowers: Uncovering the Assumed, Invisible, and Exploited Labor of Hmong Flower Farmers at Pike Place Market 1:20 pm - Isaiah Lenard Complexities of Black Men’s Mental Help Seeking and Wellness 1:35 pm - Lindsey Clark A Culturally Sustaining Reimagining of K-12 Mathematics in the Era of

  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Lark Powers Associate Professor of Music - Piano Phone: 253-535-7647 Email: powerslm@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 115 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Piano, University of Colorado Boulder M.M., Piano Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Harpsichord Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Institute G.P.D., Peabody Institute D.E.M., Conservatoire National de Region

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | Music | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Lark Powers Associate Professor of Music - Piano Phone: 253-535-7647 Email: powerslm@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 115 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Piano, University of Colorado Boulder M.M., Piano Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Harpsichord Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Institute G.P.D., Peabody Institute D.E.M., Conservatoire National de Region

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  • Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way…

    university, and that’s been really valuable.” Clark’s taken English and political science classes, and those have given her new perspectives. “The GSRS major really gets you in everywhere and gets you to do everything.” Clark is also Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship recipient. Known as the Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Teaching Program at PLU, the scholarship is awarded to students of different backgrounds in their senior and graduate years who want to teach STEM subjects. “There are six of us

  • Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in  mathematics  and  gender, sexuality, and race studies  (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way…

    .”Clark is also Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship recipient. Known as the Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Teaching Program at PLU, the scholarship is awarded to students of different backgrounds in their senior and graduate years who want to teach STEM subjects. “There are six of us, two undergrads and four in the graduate program,” says Clark. “We meet once a month to talk about different concepts, from deficit-based mindsets, implicit biases, culturally relevant content, and things like that

  • Education students teach internationally In January 2008, nine education students began their student teaching experience in Windhoek, Namibia, and returned to campus in the spring to complete the experience at Tacoma schools. The student teachers worked for six weeks in three Windhoek primary schools, which…

    systems into sharp relief. “The longer I’m here, the more I realize how I’ve been impacted,” said senior JoAnne Thaves. “I appreciate what we have, but at the same time, I realize it’s just stuff.” Her time in Namibia showed it’s the relationships with her colleagues and students that are really important, Thaves said. “I learned about being culturally sensitive and culturally competent,” Miles said. “I didn’t know or understand why it was important before. “In Africa, I realized how significant it is

  • Twenty-one new scholarships will be created for PLU students from underrepresented backgrounds preparing to become STEM educators, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant, which provides funding over the next three years, will help extend existing collaborations between the…

    that a Masters program is within reach,” Simic-Muller said. “We are especially aware of the diversity gap in K-12 education and hope to recruit and support a diverse group of scholars.” The scholarship recipients, called Noyce Scholars, will attend monthly workshops that will focus on equity in education, with a special focus on culturally sustaining classroom practices that consider all student backgrounds as assets and build on those assets to create a curriculum that reflects the lives of

  • Pacific Lutheran University Organ Studies. Most lessons are taught on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, a wonderful instrument well known to the organ world, nationally and internationally

    acoustics. The key action is very sensitive and responsive, making the instrument the best teacher one can wish for. In addition, students have access to instruments built by Bosch, Schlicker, and Olympic Organ Co., as well as a recently restored 1890 Kilgen organ located across the street from campus at Trinity Lutheran Church. Organ students study with University Organist and Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance Justin J. Murphy-Mancini. For more information about Jay, please

  • Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies Program is proud to present the 2023 Senior Capstones.  May 25, 2023  -  AUC, Room 133  - 9:30 am-12:30 pm.

    , Environment, and Resistance: Cultivating a Community-Focused Pedagogy for a DJS-Focused First Year Experience Seminar.9:55 am - Sahara Jones``Thoughtful Inquiry``: Curriculum Creation for the First Year Experience Seminar 10:15 am - Isaac Madsen-BibeauWhat's In Our Attic, and What Do We Do With It Now?: A PLU Ethnographic Collections Repatriation Policy10:40 am - Annika Nordleaf-NelsonDecolonizing the Art Museum Narrative: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Centering Indigenous Voices in Indigenous Strength