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Leadership and Service Award PLU Choir of the West was invited to be a featured ensemble at the National Collegiate Choral Conductors Organization Conference in 2015 (guest conducted by Simon Carrington). Under Nance's direction, Choir of the West won gold awards at the 2011 Harmonie Festival in Lindenholzhausen, Germany, and gold awards plus the Anton Bruckner Prize at the 2015 Anton Bruckner Choral Competition in Linz, Austria. Under Nance's direction, Choral Union was awarded top prizes at the 2014

, improving access to care, evidence-based care, and trauma and emergency medicine Current Practice Wellness Made Easy Primary Care Provider Grants HRSA ANEW – Grant Coordinator Professional Awards Sigma Theta Tau – Nursing Honor Society, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal x6, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal (2), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror-Service.

Cameron Raber Visiting Instructor of Mathematics she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7541 Email: cameron.raber@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 257 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education M.A., Mathematics, University of Montana, 2021 B.S., Mathematics, Pacific Lutheran Univeristy, 2019 B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2019 Selected Presentations Colloquium-Master's Presentation, Cohomology and Wallpaper Groups, University of Montana (April

Rev. Jen Rude University Pastor she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7465 Email: rudejl@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 191 Biography Biography The Rev. Jen Rude  was named the University Pastor at Pacific Lutheran University in August, 2016.   Before coming to PLU Jen served as the program director for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, a national support and advocacy organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer) pastors and seminarians.  For eight

Tom Smith Professor of Theatre he/him Phone: 253-535-7323 Email: smithtt@plu.edu Office Location: Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - 217 Website: http://www.tomsmithplaywright.com Professional Biography Personal Education M.F.A., Directing and Acting, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1994 B.A., Dramatic Arts, Whitman College, 1991 Certification, Secondary Education, Whitman College, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Playwriting Directing Improvisation Theatre Management

Tom Smith Professor of Theatre he/him Phone: 253-535-7323 Email: smithtt@plu.edu Office Location: Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - 217 Website: http://www.tomsmithplaywright.com Professional Biography Personal Education M.F.A., Directing and Acting, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1994 B.A., Dramatic Arts, Whitman College, 1991 Certification, Secondary Education, Whitman College, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Playwriting Directing Improvisation Theatre Management

Cathy Kim Associate Professor of Education Phone: 253-535-7775 Email: kimck@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 121 Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction: Technology Integration & Learning Sciences , University of Washington, 2017 M.A.T., University of Puget Sound, 1996 B.S., Western Washington University, 1995 Washington State Continuing Teaching Certification, since 1996 National Board Certification, since 2002 Elluminate

., University of Idaho, 1989 Responsibilities Music education courses, student teaching and practicum supervision and conductor of University Concert Band Accolades 2014 WMEA / WIAA Music Educator of the Year Director of the 2017 WMEA Junior All-State “Rainier” Band Published in the GIA Series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 11 Biography Ron Gerhardstein is the Interim Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music Education at Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Gerhardstein has enjoyed

Development Workshops Committee, February-June, 2008 Diversity Advocate Award from the PLU Diversity Center, May, 2005 Outstanding Service Award from the PLU Volunteer Center, April, 2005 Biography Daniel Heath, also known as “Deej,” earned a B.A. in mathematics at St. Olaf College, where he was one of the first few math majors to study in the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program. He went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of California at Davis, and continued to

Kelsey Eagen Associate Director, Academic Advising she/her Phone: 253-535-8776 Email: kelsey.eagen@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Biography Kelsey has been with PLU since May 2019 and has worked in higher education since 2014. Kelsey has a BS in Psychology and a MS in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Title IX Law from the University of North Florida. Kelsey works primarily with biology students, pre-med students, and theatre students in addition to