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my creativity. I usually end up drawing something silly by doing this exercise, and it helps me to get rid of any creative blocks. Prof. Halvorson: What do you like to do in your free time? Prof. Tsuneoka: Drawing/doodling, hiking, backpacking, and camping. I also like to do small wood carvings. Prof. Halvorson: Do you have any favorite foods? Board games? Comics? Prof. Tsuneoka: I love Sushi! My favorite comics are by Taiyo Matsumoto. Superpowers Prof. Halvorson: If you had a ‘superpower,’ what

start doing your art. Move across the country, or to a different country! Find a program that excites you, or stay and invest yourself into a community. Regardless, do your art. There’s a beautiful book by Stephen Pressfield called The War of Art. In it, he argues that each artist is bestowed with a divine inspiration, a need and drive to create in their specific medium. And it is our duty, as artists, to overcome the Resistance we face (internal and external) to our creative processes. So work to

Competition in San Francisco, California. In addition, I will be one of the faculty soloists performing Rossini’s “Petite Messe solennelle” with the Choral Union directed by Richard Nance on November 12th at 3pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. What made you choose PLU? I chose PLU because teaching and mentoring are valued. I have had amazing teachers who changed my life for the better and I want to pay it forward. In addition, the Lute community celebrates individuality and encourages creative and critical

address participants and take part in the first-ever Meant to Live luncheon. There, SOAC students, faculty and alumni came together to connect and converse, listening to vocational narratives and advice from alumni mentors, and alumni will hear about students’ current experiences and hopes for the future. Following the luncheon, Walker, who is currently partner and creative director for Twin Creek Productions and whose work has been recognized from the Cannes International Film Festival to TBS’s

and early 1600s. “I love costumes,” she says. “I have to get inside the head of every single character in the play.” The hierarchy of costume design delegates most of the control and vision to Anderson, who then dispenses assignments to her student helpers. “She is the designer; we are her minions,” says Ali Schultz ’14. Costumes for ‘Macbeth’ hang ready for rehearsals … and then the real performances. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’15) There are times, however, when the students are granted creative

a deep commitment to ‘early outreach’ by being present in many of their middle and elementary schools, connecting with students to spread the college-going message,” said Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s Director of Multicultural Recruitment. “We make college real to the students by providing creative opportunities for them to connect with current PLU students to understand what college is like.” For example, Cunningham said: Through Teach 253, PLU works with Mount Tahoma and Lincoln high

independent and creative thinking that are necessary for our communities and societies to thrive,” said Tamara R. Williams, Executive Director of PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and coordinator of the event. “If there is one thread that connects the speakers and panels in this symposium, it is that they disrupt predictable and repetitive ways of thinking and acting; they all invite the audience to reflect more deeply on what humans have in common rather than what keeps us apart.” Read Previous Amy