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  • Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished actor on stage and on screen. His next act includes building a production company that he hopes will infuse innovation into the entertainment industry.

    worked in the Seattle theater scene for eight years. He landed his first professional gig in a production of “Camelot” at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Check. Then, Hobson wanted to perform on Broadway. He built his résumé, trained hard and strived to improve. Then, in 2008, he moved to New York City. “It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime fairy tales,” Hobson said. Check. For his next act, Hobson is working to build a successful business. He has started his own production company, Indie Theatrical

  • The mission of the PLU Chemistry Department is to provide high quality educational programs for all students who study chemistry at PLU.

    environment, or designing new sensors? A degree in chemistry will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue those career paths. There are many reasons why studying chemistry at PLU is a great choice. The Department of Chemistry has an outstanding curriculum, excellent faculty who teach using inclusive pedagogy, and has been approved by the American Chemical Society to offer certified degrees for over 50 years. Chemistry students at PLU get hands-on experience using research-grade

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  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 13, 2016)- Kiana Norman ’17 wears a lot of hats. She’s a singer, an actress and a writer. She’s a student, a sister and a daughter. A future world traveler, online journalist and theater critic, if all goes according to plan. But…

    prevention PLU Health Center American Psychiatric Association Mental Health America Find a psychologist Other recommended resources NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), PLU chapter“It’s the older and slightly wiser you, four years into the future,” Norman’s column continues. “I’m writing this to hopefully shed some light on how you’re feeling at this moment, and hopefully to help you in your future.” How 19-year-old Norman felt wasn’t great. After her first year of high school was marked by an

  • Pacific Lutheran University Choirs and Orchestra close “Passion Week” with North American premiere Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 11, 2016 March 11, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager The Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West, Choral Union and the University Symphony Orchestra perform the North American premiere of the “St. Matthew Passion” by Sven-David Sandström, one of the world’s best-known composers, on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 pm in Lagerquist

  • Stratton Gould Fund. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.× Edvard Munch (1863-1944), On The Waves of Love, 1896. Lithograph, 123/16 × 16⅜ inches. Epstein Family Collection. Photo by Mark Gulezian. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.× Read Previous PLU business, design and communication professors discuss the importance of “failure” Read Next PLU community members raise funds and awareness at Relay For Life COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for

  • practitioner with over 25 years of healthcare experience in both the military and civilian settings. In addition to her role as associate dean for Academic Affairs and faculty member, she is extremely active in professional organizations, on the board of ARNP’s United, and maintains an active clinical practice. The Academy is an honorific society that recognizes nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia. Academy Fellows, from nearly 40 countries, hold a

  • Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Meet the Deacons Uncategorized / September 1, 2014 Bassist Michael Boyd, 67, attended the Medical College of Wisconsin after graduating from PLU in 1968 and then did residencies in Detroit and Boise before a two-year stint in the Vietnam-era Navy as a ship’s doctor. As a family physician, he founded Olympia Family Internal Medicine. Now retired, he plays bass for the rock group Daryl and the Diptones, a Tacoma

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 28, 2016)- There were lots of tears as band members from Tamana Girls High School in Japan said farewell to their new friends from Graham-Kapowsin High School, located about 13 miles southeast of Pacific Lutheran University. Miho Takekawa, percussion instructor at PLU…

    volunteers from PLU’s music department – including students and faculty members Ed Powell and Ron Gerhardstein, director and associate director of bands, respectively. None of the volunteers spoke Japanese, so Takekawa served as a translator. Takekawa said each group influenced each other as they rehearsed and performed together. “I know both cultures pretty well,” she said. “The mix of culture I have in me I like to share.” Typically, American students are more talkative and sometimes get distracted

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…

    linked to academic excellence,” Brown said during a speech at the annual Fall Faculty Conference. “It provides a richer intellectual environment, better preparing all our students to live, work and serve others in an increasingly global and multicultural society.” Currently, Brown says, PLU is making major strides in improving the diversity of its student body. This year, 42 percent of incoming first-year students are the first in their family to attend college and 35 percent of them identify as

  • October 29, 2012 “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” A screening of “Killer Drones: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly” will take place at 7 p.m., Nov. 8 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The film will be followed by a short response by Pauline M. Kaurin, associate professor and chair of the PLU department of philosophy, with a discussion to follow. The film addresses the ethics of lethal drone warfare, presented by Bradley J. Strawser, assistant professor of philosophy at the