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Patterson ’98 Zach Powers ’10 Brooke Thames ’18 Samantha Lund ’16 PHOTOGRAPHER John Froschauer VIDEOGRAPHER Rustin Dwyer EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Simon Sung EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Lace M. Smith ILLUSTRATOR Steve Skramstad WEB TEAM Logan Seelye Sam O’Hara Asuka Goya Chris Albert CLASS NOTES Shanda Tryon ’07 PROOFREADER Rebecca Young EDITORIAL OFFICES Neeb Center 253-535-8410 resolute@plu.edu www.plu.edu/resolute PLU OFFICERS Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President Steven P. Starkovich

Welcome Note Setting The Course On Campus Discovery Research Grants Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2016 Connection Events Lute Recruit Alumni Profiles Class Notes Family and Friends Mike Benson Submit a Class Note Calendar Highlights ResoLUTE Magazine EDITOR Lace M. Smith WRITERS Zach Powers ’10 Taylor Lunka ’15 Matthew Salzano ’18 PHOTOGRAPHER John Froschauer VIDEOGRAPHER Rustin Dwyer EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Simon Sung ILLUSTRATOR Steve Skramstad WEB TEAM Logan Seelye Sam

LinkedIn Vimeo VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1 – WINTER 2019 CO-EDITORS Lace M. Smith Debbie Cafazzo WRITERS Debbie Cafazzo Thomas Kyle-Milward Lisa Patterson ’98 Kari Plog ’11 PHOTOGRAPHER John Froschauer VIDEOGRAPHER Joshua Weirsma ’18 Rustin Dwyer CONTRIBUTORS Outdoor Recreation Colton Walter ’19 Jalyn Turner ’22 EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Simon Sung ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Lace M. Smith WEB TEAM Logan Seelye Sam O’Hara ’16 Chris Albert PROOFREADER Rebecca Young CLASS NOTES Kami

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? A huge learning curve. I was terrified and excited, especially working with such amazing people. And writing for the human voice ­— I had sung in choirs but opera was a whole new musical world. It was very humbling in a lot of ways. I studied a lot, listened to a lot of singers, wrote a lot, shared with Stephen, wrote again, shared again. The opera was workshopped twice with the singers and that was the biggest education for me because I was getting immediate feedback: “Can you hold that note

Seattle vocalist Gail Pettis, and the Jazz Sound Trio, with PLU jazz faculty David Deacon-Joyner, Clipper Anderson, and Mark Ivester. In October, 2015, PLU announced its intention to sell KPLU. Through a historic fundraising effort, the legions of listeners gathered the $7 million dollars to purchase the broadcast license and reform 88.5 FM as a community-owned radio station. At the time of this writing, 88.5 is awaiting FCC approval to transfer the license. The station will acquire new call letters

article on wildlife trafficking in Latin America was the cover story in Smithsonian. His work springs from a wild dedication to the Earth and its creatures. His writing and photography have won several awards, including the Washington State Book Award, Southwest Book Award, Ben Franklin Book Award, and he was a PEN USA Literary Award finalist. He has a particular love for the Southern Hemisphere and has completed two Fulbright Fellowships, in Mexico and Ecuador. He has taught study tours in Antarctica

Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, speaker, and naturalist whose work is at the forefront of the movement to connect people with nature in their everyday lives. She is the author of Rare Encounters With Ordinary Birds, winner of the Washington State Book Award; Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks; and Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award

, California. 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 thinking. What has your experience been so far? I absolutely love being a Lute. I feel like I belong here and love working with my esteemed colleagues and teaching fine students. Any advice for those in music? “Have courage and

with diverse voices Direct engagement with primary texts, rather than textbooks presenting summaries or simplifications. Creative assignments (i.e. the emphasis in our courses is not on tests or testing “acquired knowledge,” but rather how one uses what one learns in order to think through particular issues or problems).  Some recent assignments include podcasts, blogs, taking on the personas of authors, philosophers, and thinkers from the course, and making a special issue of an academic journal