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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | barrsj@plu.edu | I am originally from Ohio and have been a nurse since 1996.

    Sandra Barr, MSN, RN-BC Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: barrsj@plu.edu Professional Biography Education MSN, Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 BSN, Nursing, Grand Canyon University, 1996 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Clinicals Selected Articles S. Barr, A. Ferro, and S. Prion. "An innovative academic-practice partnership to enhance the development and training of military nurses." Journal of Professional Nursing 2019: Biography I am originally from Ohio and have

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  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | Music | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    Lutheran University PLU Innovative Teaching Grant (2003) Richard Moe Award for Professional Development (2002) Biography Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist. He is Coordinator of String Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he is Professor of Music and violinist in the Regency String Ensemble. His prior teaching appointments have included faculty positions at the Eastern Music Festival, the Shenandoah

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Voice | Music | chosy@plu.edu | 253-535-7855 | Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match,” lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho is an Associate Professor of Voice at Pacific Lutheran University.

    /B.A., Voice, University of Washington, 1999 Responsibilities Applied voice lessons, vocal pedagogy, and French and German diction. Accolades 2013, Songfest Mentor Program, Colburn Conservatory of School 2012, Summer Faculty Institute, Baylor University 2012, Teaching Grant, Baylor University 2011, National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program Biography Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in

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  • Professor Emerita and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | killenpo@plu.edu | Patricia O’Connell Killen, professor emerita, taught courses in the Department of Religion and in the International Core at PLU from 1989 through 2010.

    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

  • Lecturer - Harp | Music | elizabeth.landis@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Elizabeth Landis is a much sought-after harpist in the greater Seattle and Tacoma area.

    Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Modesto Symphony and more. She is an educator at Pacific Lutheran University and the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Marrowstone Music Festival. She has performed with the prestigious Aspen Summer Music Festival’s various orchestras, and was showcased in concert with The Lancaster Festival as a Wilkes Fellow. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, painting, and training her cats to use “talking” buttons.

  • Business and Records Coordinator | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | beechujs@plu.edu | 253-535-8178

    of America reconciliation Manages Curricular Development Grants, Wang Center Research Grants and special program accounts Manages all Wang Center Scholarship accounts Responsible for study away student billing processes, includes billing home institutions of visiting students Responsible for all study away student registration Processes study away transcripts and handles the Assignment of Credit process Maintains the Interactive Equivalency Guide for Gateway and Featured programs Management of

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  • Lecturer - Trombone | Music | rew@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Ryan Wagner graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s of Music Education and the University of Washington with a Master’s of Trombone Performance.

    pop music. He is Principal Trombonist of Olympia Symphony, Federal Way Symphony and Seattle Rock Orchestra. He is also the trombonist for Kalimba: The Spirit of Earth, Wind, and Fire. Since 2000 Ryan has been an active freelance musician throughout the state of Washington performing with groups such as Tacoma Symphony, Tacoma Ballet, Yakima Symphony, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, Lyric Opera Northwest, and Bellevue Philharmonic. He has performed and taught

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M.

    Music, The Arts of China, and 20th Century Music courses; PLU’s Gateway Program in Trinidad Accolades 2022 His opera Tacoma Method, to be produced in March 2023 by Tacoma Opera, was awarded major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts 2021 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research 2016 Grant from The Confucius Institute of Washington State for the production of Youtz' opera "Fiery Jade: Cai Yan" 2016 "Composer of the Year" award from the Washington State Music Teacher's Association

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  • Senior Accountant | Office of Financial Services | vailennp@plu.edu | 253-535-7104

    Nathan Vailencour Senior Accountant Phone: 253-535-7104 Email: vailennp@plu.edu Professional Responsibilities – General Accounting and Reporting – Journal Entries – Interdepartmental Charges – Sales/use tax questions – Self-Service Banner Finance Training

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  • School of Business | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    Vic Sweberg, MBA Email: sweberva@plu.edu Biography Biography Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of

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