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because the performers’ experience is also different every time.” It’s this excitement, freedom, and creativity that drew Vianna to jazz music. He began his musical training as a child in classical music playing the organ and piano. But growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was surrounded by Latin music and found Brazilian Jazz — a genre that shares the improvisatory, groove-based nature of jazz music but is infused with Latin rhythms—as a teenager.  “My first meaningful experiences as a jazz

paper, “The Unacknowledged and Underfunded Fight for Women’s Empowerment in Indonesia,” covers her research and interviews on domestic violence, sexual assault, and abortion within Yogyakarta, Indonesia. While researching, she also interned at a women’s interfaith organization through the School for International Training (SIT) study abroad program.The Person Behind the ProjectBeeson is an experienced traveler, having spent most of her summers with family in Taiwan. Beeson formed a bond with an

really rooted in the idea of introducing newer theater artists in training to theater practitioners who are already in the industry and have experience. There were two internships that I was looking at … the directing one and the teaching intern one, which is the one that I got. Both of them were really exciting to me, and they were also paid internships, so that was a big part of it too. What was the application process like, and what do you believe helped you stand out and land the internship? I

is one step towards training the public to consume media smartly, and gives them a helping hand to reference when they are unsure.Read full project briefMax Tucker: Lexicon App Artist Statement: Lexicon is an App idea created to improve media literacy and to function as an information resource tool. Lexicon functions as a media library that constantly updates articles and information. These articles are rated through a process of trust factors, as outlined by The Trust Project, and are rated

still follow that stuff avidly,” Youtz says. “I wanted to be a philosopher, I wanted be a historian, I love anthropology, of course I have no formal training in any of these. “Music just kept pulling me back.” Arriving in Champagne, Youtz signed on as an able-bodied migrant laborer, picking champagne grapes along the French countryside. Following four weeks of fieldwork, Youtz hitchhiked south with burgundy-stained digits, and stumbled into employment at L’Aigle (The Eagle), a ski resort nestled

remember fondly her stellar performance of Prokofiev’s wickedly difficult Sonata for Flute and Piano in her senior recital.” So while Rottle’s PLU plan might have been a little up in the air, one thing was certain: After earning a bachelor’s degree in Music, there was no question she was a musician. And she wanted even more. “Being a student, you need to get the credentials and skills,” Rottle said. “Especially being a performer, it is less about the academic side of it; it is more about the training

 experiments. Each day, I would either write up a new lab protocol, attempt to replicate a previous experiment’s results, or analyze data. I usually stayed until around 7 p.m., then collected my things, and biked home. When I started, I did one day of online lab safety training and then moved into shadowing for a few days. By the end of my first week, I had been given multiple lines of MOLM-13 acute myeloid leukemia cells. During my second week, I was preparing and running an assay to measure senescence in

the university. Inspiring bright, young Lutes to “put on their goggles” and ask their own questions about “stuff” is key to our work as faculty in the chemistry department. Students at PLU receive excellent hands-on training in the classrooms and laboratories of Rieke. Now is a particularly exciting time in the chemistry department. With near record numbers of majors, student-faculty research projects recently have ranged from investigating additives that would give polymers or plastics new

and Aretha Franklin. Stockinger has been performing Jazz since the age of 17, and began regularly gigging at local venues throughout Western Washington, particularly in Tacoma and Seattle. Stockinger regularly sits in at Kelley’s in downtown Tacoma. She was mentored by big-band legend and bassist Red Kelley, who was best known for playing with Buddy Rich and Stan Kenton during the reign of the big band. July 19 – Tracy Knoop Tracy Knoop received his musical training at Berklee School of Music in

that thirst for knowledge.” Dahms is a perfect example of that. He never thought plant research would open his mind to what he wants to ultimately do, which is to be a medical doctor. But he’s seen how plant research binds to medical practice. “The beauty of science is that it all relates and is interconnected,” he said. “Science is really about a collaboration of people.” Read Previous Composing for the cannery: of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes Read Next First Aid/CPR/AED/BBP training COMMENTS*Note