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  • . His work is often described as eclectic and varies in terms of style and content. His love for the printmaking medium is evident. Cornwall adopted a philosophy once voiced by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, ‘You can’t do what you did six months ago, that’s old stuff’.  His new series of work in the show features beggars. “[Beggars] can be like urban ghosts, there one minute and gone the next.  The works portray the ‘Anatomy of a Beggar’, the mind the heart and the spirit,” Cornwall says. “At some time

  • is home to the radio station 88.5 KPLU and the all-Jazz webstream, Jazz24. This past June the station moved to the new building after 18 months of construction. It also houses PLU’s Office of Development. Reaching LEED Gold is recognition that the building is both energy efficient and environmentally sound. The environmental stewardship that the Neeb Center embodies is evident even before entering the building. On the lot, the building sits on only a third of the site, while the rest is

  • the days when a basic understanding of math or science was sufficient for most high school or college graduates. Today’s students need a strong foundation in these subjects regardless of their plans after high school.” Read Previous The Sweet Taste of Summertime at PLU Read Next Jazz Under the Stars Brings the Stars to PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS

  • Sound and decided to compete in Miss Pierce County after transferring to PLU. After winning that, Leibold went on to take second place at the Miss Washington pageant and won the award for Talent. Leibold graduated from PLU with a Bachelor’s of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance and now teaches private voice and piano lessons at the Washington Academy of Music and sings with the jazz combo The Pit Crew in Tacoma. “I don’t think there is that appreciation of classical music; one thing I

  • Appreciation and Alumni Awards Dinner.     Descending to the lower level of the Anderson University Center after 7 p.m. on a typical Saturday, you might find a sprinkling of dedicated students hanging out in the Diversity Center, ASPLU or one of the other student organization offices. Music may even drift out of the student radio station from a LASR DJ. But Homecoming didn’t offer a typical Saturday night in the lower AUC. This weekend, PLU on Tap took over. The buzz of conversation and soft jazz music

  • Stringer ’08. Also, the Nursing Alumni Association’s Distinguished Nursing Alumna Charleen (Zrust ’77) Tachibana will be honored. Homecoming Football Game: What you’ve been waiting for! The alumni tent will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Game time is at 1:30 p.m. at Sparks Stadium. PLU Lutes will take on Gustavus Adolphus College in this year’s Homecoming game. Homecoming Gala: This event will be from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Tacoma Art Museum. The cost is $45, and $25 for GOLD Alumni. Live jazz music

  • . The work of the search committee will be ongoing, but separate from the university administration, as the committee will report directly to the Board of Regents. The coming academic year will include a series of events to celebrate and honor the Andersons and their many contributions to the university. Read Previous New endowed professorship announced Read Next 13th Annual Jazz Under the Stars COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

  • she sang her first aria, that was it. She knew she’d found her passion and her profession. “I just love the feel of it,” she said in an interview when she returned to PLU in May 2011 to sing. “It’s so powerful. It’s the acting, the singing…it feels like you’re singing from your soul.” Content Director Barbara Clements contributed to this report. Read Previous 13th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Read Next Flurry of work continues on the PLU campus COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the

  • secondary schools. As a result, more than 50 Lutes have unique teaching experiences in Namibia. And now, just as PLU changed the lives of nine Namibians, Namibia is changing the lives of six PLU filmmakers. “The experience has been transformative,” said Capere. Read Previous Jazz Under the Stars Brings the Stars to PLU Read Next Marissa Meyer ’04: Living the Dream as a Best-Selling Author COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or

  • performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and has been soloist with the Boise Philharmonic, Tacoma Symphony, and Lyric Brass. Paul lives in Tacoma with his wife, soprano Karen Early Evans, and their three beautiful daughters. Read Previous A PLU Christmas, Winter Rose Read Next Concert web streaming of PLU’s annual Christmas Concert, Winter Rose LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition