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, and identify your vocation. While there are some majors that require you to jump right into coursework your first semester, such as nursing and music education, most majors take less time to complete and allow for a bit of exploration. Being undecided should not keep you from attending college. Your options are even more open! Guest Blogger: Mary Gerhardstein, Admission Counselor Read Previous PLU Business student compiles survey for SnoValley Chamber of Commerce Read Next YouTube Short: Week 1 in

PLU’s Parkland Literacy Center supports local k-12 students, receives new grant Posted by: Zach Powers / October 3, 2023 Image: An education major with an emphasis in special education, Kaila Harris ’24 is a tutor at the Parkland Literacy Center. October 3, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer For the past four years Pacific Lutheran University student workers and volunteers have made the Parkland Literacy Center a beacon of community and learning support. Operated by

University’s campus. When we think of women in jazz, we often think of the many incredible female singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan who used their vocal talents to leave a mark on their most famous songs. The role of female composers in jazz music is often obscured. The objective of this concert is to showcase compositions written by women who have contributed to the jazz repertoire over the last century. The University Jazz Ensemble will play music written by five female

Marching Competition and countless other awards at various competitions. “Music helps me when I have emotionally difficult times,” Takekawa explains. “Music connects me to the people whom I don’t speak the same languages. I feel more than honor for me to be able to host 65 Japanese female students at PLU this year. I see my young self because I was a band kid. And I always wish that I had this kind of opportunity, which is to make International friends through music.” PLU and the Department of Music

improv group, Muh Grog Zoo, will perform. From PLU to the Broadway Center to TEDxTacoma, it’s all come together for Utley like, well, a carefully crafted script—complete with a couple of fateful plot turns. At PLU, Utley studied Theater and spent a good deal of time with the Music program. “My education in the undergrad program and the things that I was involved with … made me realize that music and theater and the arts aren’t just a hobby; they aren’t just something you do for fun to entertain