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Isaiah Banken ’21 earns Torrison Scholarship because of his dedication to medicine and faith https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/01/03/isaiah-banken-lands-torrison-scholarship/

educational background. IB: I’m from Wenatchee, Washington. My mom homeschooled my brother and me for most of my education until 11th grade, when I began Running Start at Wenatchee Valley College. I completed a B.S. in biology at PLU with a minor in mathematics. I graduated in 2021 and applied to medical schools the following year while working as a ski patroller and volunteering in various capacities, including as a backup medic at Holden Village. After finding out that I got into the University of

Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2013/05/21/pacific-lutheran-universitys-jazz-and-wind-ensembles-go-down-under-this-summer/

three times this May, with three different orchestras LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Remembering Gordon Gilbertson https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2017/11/14/remembering-gordon-gilbertson/

from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Holiday Music Events https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2021/11/29/holiday-music-events/

18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Lute lands at Johns Hopkins University for NASA internship https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2017/08/10/nasa-intern/

institution’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. He’s helping with the Solar Probe Plus mission, which will send a spacecraft into the sun’s atmosphere for the first time. DeMattos found time to chat about the work he’s doing and the experiences that prepared him for it. What work are you doing as an intern for NASA? Right now I’m working on designing visualization tools for the Parker Solar Probe. That mission is scheduled to launch next summer in 2018 out of Cape Canaveral. It’s a mission to study

Global Classrooms https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/global-classrooms/

and we were able to raise enough money that none of us had to pay extra to go. Outside of that, I received a Wang Center study away scholarship and another scholarship from the Phi Kappa Phi honors society which I was able to apply to study away. My financial aid covered the Oxford program and for my U.S. Embassy internship, I applied and received PLU’s unpaid internship scholarship and the Global Studies Department Global Peace Building award. My most fun experience: While doing the Oxford

President’s Inaugural Concert features our world-class faculty musicians https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2012/09/21/presidents-inaugural-concert-features-our-world-class-faculty-musicians/

public. No tickets required. Can’t make it? We’ll be streaming live! Read Previous WATCH: Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War Read Next Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed

The Choir of the West and Choral Union perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony three times this May, with https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2013/05/21/the-choir-of-the-west-and-choral-union-perform-beethovens-ninth-symphony-three-times-this-may-with-three-different-orchestras/

in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

Army, PLU team up for free concert in honor of Music in our Schools Month https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2017/03/08/army-plu-team-up-for-free-concert-in-honor-music-in-our-schools-month/

Previous A Symphony of Light Read Next Sacred concerts highlights faith and music LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

In the Footsteps of Giants: J-term Study Away in Europe https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2019/12/04/music-study-away-j-term-2020-europe/

their trip itinerary! Read Previous Regency Voices on KING FM’s NW Focus Live Read Next An Insider’s Look at O Nata Lux LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media