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Kristen (Vold) Jaudon ’94 likes to keep her options open. “I say ‘yes’ to different possibilities,” she says. “I like trying new things.” That kind of thinking helped her segue from jobs in art education and publishing to public education communications. As senior director for…
career, but to study what I love,” she says. That advice led her from a PLU degree in English (with emphasis in writing) and art, to a master’s degree in art education at the University of Alabama, where her dad was a professor. She worked teaching art for a children’s museum in upstate New York, followed by a job editing, writing and doing graphic design at a small publishing company there. She was a freelance editor and designer, but found her niche in public education, working in communications
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Exploring Egyptian tombs By Chris Albert The moment before the chamber door of an ancient tomb cracks open, a sensation of excitement, of discovery is running through Don Ryan ’79 – renowned archeologist and Egyptologist and PLU faculty fellow. PLU Faculty Fellow Don Ryan knows…
pharaoh Hatshepsut, who ruled from around 1502 to 1482 B.C. Since the original dig in 1989, he has returned several times to continue the PLU Valley of the Kings Project. Ryan will speak about the most recent discoveries during a talk this week at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the UC from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 29. Lawrence M. Berman from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will also be there to describe the contents of another tomb discovered in 1915 in middle Egypt. The Valley of the Kings
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By Zach Powers & Mandi Brady PLU Marketing & Communications and the School of Arts and Communication TACOMA, WA (Jan. 20, 2015) — The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is heading South this month to perform four concerts in Tennessee. The tour includes performances in Nashville…
recently, the ensemble toured in Australia and China. Other selections scheduled to be performed by the ensemble at its upcoming 5 shows include Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold, Two Lane Blacktop by James David and the Persichetti Symphony. Read Previous Art and Anthropology Faculty Join Forces for Important Historical Illustrations Read Next PLU Associate Professor Rebekah Mergenthal to Join Actor Danny Glover at Buffalo Soldiers Museum Event COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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The City of Tacoma provides high-quality, innovative and cost-effective municipal services that enhance the lives of its 215,000 residents and the quality of its neighborhoods and business districts. PLU alumni Tom Chontofalsky ’03, Clarissa Gines ’12 and Lisa Woods ’92 are three of the many…
PLU’s art history undergraduate degree in 2012. It wasn’t easy—she had a child during her senior year, and juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as a gallery assistant, Museum of Glass associate, and gallery exhibitions manager for the next seven years. All of which helped prepare Gines for her new role beginning in 2019 as the Tacoma Creates program coordinator within the city’s Office of Arts and Culture Vitality. Tacoma Creates was
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TUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER – CK @ PLU The Innovation Studies program at PLU would like to draw attention to an important event on campus with much value for our students and faculty: The 2018 Rachel Carson Science,…
The 2018 Rachel Carson Science and Technology Lecture Posted by: halvormj / March 6, 2018 March 6, 2018 TUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER – CK @ PLU The Innovation Studies program at PLU would like to draw attention to an important event on campus with much value for our students and faculty: The 2018 Rachel Carson Science, Technology, and Society Lecture. Dr. Pamela Ronald This year’s distinguished speaker is Dr. Pamela Ronald, a Distinguished Professor in the
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As Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay on the discourse around Persuasion (2022) demonstrates, historical inaccuracy has been pegged as one of Carrie Cracknell’s unforgivable misdeeds, especially related to the use of contemporary language and even the protagonist’s bangs . Yet when I finally watched the film,…
between the decline of girlhood and the rebirth and fecundity that await on the other side of winter. Persuasion Netflix Character Poster: Anne Elliot, 2022. Rosalba Carriera, "Girl with a Rabbit" (n.d.) The Huntington Art Museum Collections Catalog. Rebirth is congruous with the restoration of youth in Austen’s Persuasion, where later in life than other heroines, Anne comes into her own after a dark autumn and winter. At least in some instances, it turns out, historical inaccuracy is not where
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Holocaust survivor shares his story Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman recounted his experience under the unspeakable horror of Nazism and stressed the importance of sharing survival stories at the 12th annual Raphael Lemkin Essay Awards Banquet. The banquet also featured the work of student essayists, who…
one to survive intact. He came to Seattle in 1949, served in the U.S. Army, married and had three children. He continually struggled with the question: why did I survive? When asked to be a member of the Special Advisory Council of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors to help establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., he wasn’t sure he should participate. He quickly changed his mind after reading an article in the Washington Post denying the Holocaust ever
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“I’m confident that here at PLU we can give you an experience that will make you a much better player, whether you choose to pursue music passionately or professionally.” – Svend Rønning, PLU Professor of Music – Violin; Coordinator of String Studies PLU offers the…
PLU has been teaching music for 130 years Posted by: mhines / September 19, 2023 September 19, 2023 “I’m confident that here at PLU we can give you an experience that will make you a much better player, whether you choose to pursue music passionately or professionally.” – Svend Rønning, PLU Professor of Music – Violin; Coordinator of String Studies PLU offers the most comprehensive music program of any private university in the Pacific Northwest. String majors and non-majors alike have access
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Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences , environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics . She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s…
PLU senior and triple major Allison Sheflo discusses her PLU experience Posted by: shortea / May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics. She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s definitely not the course I thought I would take
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The OHSU Equity Research Program offers an exciting opportunity for diverse undergraduate college students to spend eight weeks working on research projects alongside faculty, scientists and graduate students. Examples of internship tracks include: Biomedical Studies Dental Health Systems & Policy – Center for Health Systems…
2024 OHSU Summer Equity Internship Program: Applications Open Posted by: nicolacs / November 7, 2023 November 7, 2023 The OHSU Equity Research Program offers an exciting opportunity for diverse undergraduate college students to spend eight weeks working on research projects alongside faculty, scientists and graduate students. Examples of internship tracks include: Biomedical Studies Dental Health Systems & Policy – Center for Health Systems Effectiveness Medicine Nursing Public Health PA
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