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November 1, 2012 Sean Howell and his partner transformed a historic building into a space for the arts and concerts. (Photo provided by Sean Howell) PLU grad seeks to engage community in Northwest music scene By Hailey Rile ’12 Creating a new meeting place for people who wouldn’t traditionally meet and being exposed to the Northwest music scene in ways that he never was before;these are two of Sean Howell’s ’02 favorite parts about his entrepreneurial work. Howell, along with his business

August 14, 2008 Transfer students bring wealth of experience Jake Taylor’s college career began a bit differently – he started at another four-year college, Evergreen State College. He decided he wasn’t that wasn’t the best place for him, so he decided to take the long road, taking courses at North Seattle and Tacoma community colleges before arriving at the PLU campus. The trip has given him a wealth of information and experience from which to compare notes. For Taylor, his previous

PLU Student Artists Bound to Impress Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 11, 2019 November 11, 2019 Last week, student artists at PLU turned in their two dimensional and three dimensional artworks for inclusion in the Juried Student Art Exhibit. This yearly event happens each fall and focuses on recent work by talented students in any discipline. The juried exhibit is open to any PLU student though typically Art & Design majors and minors have the largest share of representation. This year

PLU Wind Ensemble travels to Hawaii Posted by: Kate Williams / January 15, 2019 January 15, 2019 The PLU Wind Ensemble will be traveling to Hawaii at the end of January for their 2019 Hawaiian Tour. This will mark the groups’ first time touring the islands in over 20 years. The tour dates will be January 23rd – 30th on the island of Oahu, with stops at University of Hawai’i-Mānoa, Mid-Pacific Institute, and several local high schools. A Honolulu Connection Event will occur on Saturday the 26th

Using Simple Technologies to Inspire Student Posted by: bodewedl / March 15, 2019 March 15, 2019 by Tom Smith, Associate Professor and Chair, Theatre & Dance When I first began teaching my Auditions class a decade ago, standard professional theatre auditions were held in-person in the theatre that was casting.  Actors wishing to audition for theatres in other states were expected to fly in and put themselves up (on their dime) and wait in line with other hopefuls, sometimes for days, in hopes

Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) Posted by: nicolacs / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) is a summer program run by the University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and Undergraduate Research Program, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1950904). The CEBR Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to

Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) Posted by: nicolacs / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 Clean Energy Bridge to Research (CEBR) is a summer program run by the University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) and Undergraduate Research Program, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-1950904). The CEBR Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports a select group of undergraduates, community college students, and tribal college students to

Rick Barot’s poem “The Galleons” is published in The New Yorker magazine… Posted by: hassonja / March 16, 2018 March 16, 2018 “The Galleons,” a poem by Rick Barot, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Rainer Writing Workshop at PLU, was published in the March 12, 2018 issue of The New Yorker magazine. This recent publication adds The New Yorker to an already impressive list of publications in which Professor Barot’s poems and essays have appeared including Poetry, The Paris Review