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  • Marie Mutsuki Mockett https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/marie-mutsuki-mockett/

    energy and motivation like the shock of what is new. I believe that every person has a distinct camera lens and this comes through in your writing. My job as your teacher is to help you focus that lens, and see in your own unique way–and then help you tell us all that you see. I am interested in mentoring anyone, but am always seeking people with a viewpoint we don’t see too much: working class, transgender, biracial, under-represented cultures, etc. Please come challenge me with something new.

  • Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2018/10/15/richard-d-moe-organ-recital-series-2/

    Porter, Organist Widely known as a performer in the United States and in Europe, Dr. Porter has also achieved international recognition for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles, ancient and modern. Read Previous Elise Rodrigues ’15 voted Eatonville School District Teacher of the Year Read Next A PLU Christmas, 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 April 18, 2024

  • Honors & Scholarships https://www.plu.edu/sociology-criminal-justice/honors-scholarships/

    Scholarship in SociologyThe first Richard Jobst Scholarship in Sociology was awarded 2009. In his 40 years at PLU, Sociology Professor Dick Jobst established himself as a master teacher, a staunch advocate for social justice, and someone who embodied PLU’s commitment to marginalized students. Professor Jobst was the go-to advisor for new transfer students, students of color, and first-generation college students. While he connected with students from all backgrounds, students from some of the most

  • Staff https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/staff/

    Katie Brizuela Visiting Instructor and Interim Coordinator of Music Education Full Profile 253-535-7789 kbrizuela@plu.edu

  • PLU welcomes new artistic director of theatre – Acclaim 2016-17 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/11/12/plu-welcomes-new-artistic-director-of-theatre/

    As a shy kid growing up, Tom Smith’s mother recommended he take an acting class in junior high to help get out of his shell. From there, everything changed. “I had one of those teachers people talk about — a theatre teacher who made that class so amazing and wonderful and inspirational that it completely changed the course of my life,” said Tom Smith, the new artistic director of theatre at Pacific Lutheran University. “She saw something in me that I didn’t see myself.  She was amazing and got

  • Passion for opera leads to the Met https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/06/13/passion-for-opera-leads-to-the-met/

    things for my costumes because I had four of them for this production,” she said. “I met my voice teacher, and he warmed me up. Then I met with the maestro, Roberto Abbbado, at 6 p.m. and sang through a couple of things for him. Then I had a little dinner, got into my costume and went out on stage at 7:30 p.m. It was the most amazing evening of my life. “I just couldn’t believe this was happening,” she said. “I had to pinch myself several times that day.” Meade had worked hard to get to this point

  • PLU Associate Professor Daniel Heath Earns National Mathematics Honor https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/04/20/math-honor/

    others to explore the ideas that I found so fascinating. Evidently I was successful, and that really makes it all worthwhile. Do my students in Geometry appreciate it? It is hard to know. I may be a successful expositor, but I am still learning how to be a good teacher.” Read Previous PLU Recognized by Arbor Day Foundation and Princeton Review Guide for Commitment to Sustainability Read Next State Need Grant Facing Cuts; Over 600 PLU Students Could be Affected COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2024/04/09/2024-schnackenberg-lecture/

    Noyce scholar and future teacher Read Next Inspired by Women: Cora Beeson’s research in Indonesia began with her Taiwanese grandmother’s caretaker 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 A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service September 27, 2024 PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous

  • Discovery ‹ Resolute Online: Fall 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2015/discovery/

    Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar Discovery Faculty / Students / April 21, 2014 By Sandy Deneau Dunham ResoLUTE Editor B rian Weisenstein is a teacher at Jakarta Intercultural School who spent one particularly toasty July afternoon conducting an experiment on canned pineapple juice in PLU’s Rieke Science Center. That’s not really as random as it sounds. Weisenstein plans to teach

  • Communities in Schools ‹ Resolute Online: Spring 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2015/communities-in-schools/

    of public education positions, including as teacher at Peninsula and Henderson Bay High Schools, the Peninsula School District liaison for the home-school program and a drop-out prevention specialist. “We see tremendous growth in the students referred to our programs,” continues Shultz. “For example, last year students enrolled in our reading programs improved on average by one full grade level, and for math students the average improvement in scores was 33 percent.” Speer has served as the