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The Lagerquist Organ, recently featured on “Pipedreams,” showcasing David Deacon-Joyner’s work, “Un poco Bud” Posted by: marshrl / July 12, 2019 Image: Fuchs organ in Lagerquist Hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center at PLU. (Photo/John Froschauer) July 12, 2019 Listen to the June 17th program of “Pipedreams” from “American Public Media” called “All That Jazz.” One of the pieces included in the program is David Deacon-Joyner’s composition “Un poco Bud” that was recorded in November of 2008

Holiday Music Events Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 The end of the semester is always a busy period for our students. This year we’re grateful that we’re able to share our students’ hard work with the public with several live, in-person concert experiences in December. Keep reading for more information about what’s going on in the coming weeks! Our marquee event is Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert. All on-campus performances have already sold out, but tickets are

January 31, 2012 PLU experiences hit the right key By Teri Moore You do not need to be an accounting major to appreciate that an increase of 3,200 percent is staggering. Yet for Paul Scott ’04, choir director for Enumclaw Public Schools grades 6-12, that percentage represents the increase of young men who are participating in a choir today compared to when he started seven years ago. “There is so much value to what we do. Every group has it’s moments of dysfunction, but we are learning how to

February 21, 2012 “Did Jesus believe in God?” PLU Department of Religion presents: “Did Jesus believe in God?,” a lecture by Assistant Professor Agnes Choi at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center of the UC. The lecture is free and open to the public. It will include examine God and the Vineyard Owner in Matthew 20: 1-15. Read Previous Technology opens more collaborative possibilities Read Next Terje Tvedt talks about the sociopolitical nature of water COMMENTS*Note

October 28, 2013 Medal of Freedom honoree and PLU alumnus returns for Nov. 21 lecture Alumnus Dr. William H. Foege, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for leading the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox, returns to PLU on Nov. 21 for a free public lecture and book-signing. The event will take place in the Phillips Center at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Foege, an epidemiologist, worked on the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Presenting Dr. Foege with the nation’s highest

March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of

Communities In Schools of Key Peninsula Led by Lutes Posted by: Zach Powers / February 23, 2015 Image: Laurel Shultz (left) & Colleen Speer [Photo: Zach Powers/PLU] February 23, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsLAKEBAY, WASH. (Feb. 23, 2015)—Communities In Schools is a national chapter organization working in 27 states to help create solutions for K-12 school districts.In partnership with public schools facing the greatest dropout challenges, CIS chapters work to generate and

PLU Senior T.R. Sullivan on his Internship at the Washington State Legislature Posted by: Zach Powers / March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsOLYMPIA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)— The first round of policy and fiscal committee cut-off dates has come and gone. This week, members of the Senate and House will spend much of their days alternating between passionate, public floor debates and quiet, closed-door caucus meetings.The weather outside may be gray and dreary

PLU Partners With Tacoma Schools to Offer Administrator Professional Certification Program Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 14, 2015 Image: Starting in 2016, Tacoma Public Schools principals can complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Schools) September 14, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development

Ed Hrivnak ‘96: Firefighter, Flight Nurse, Veteran Posted by: Zach Powers / January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsEd Hrivnak graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  His decorated career as a public servant included 20 years in the armed forces where he served as the Crew Director of a medical-evacuation team. A veteran of the first Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hrivnak, who retired as a