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University Singers - Raul Dominguez, conductorThe University Singers is an advanced soprano-alto choir comprised of singers from many academic disciplines and class ranks.  The ensemble meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1:45-3:15pm, and presents 1-2 concerts each semester, including the annual Fall Concert, Sounds of Christmas, and Spring Concert. The group ranges in size from 40-50 singers.  Highlight performances during the past several years include Susan Botti’s Cosmosis with the PLU

owner can’t be successful without a mentor. The key to carrying success long term is identifying goals and building internal systems to help a business become sustainable. The next step in that vision includes major sporting goods retailers and international sales. So far, he’s met with representatives from companies in Asia, Europe and Canada, thanks to a Seattle- based group that connects local businesses with international buyers. “A lot of people can’t tell you what their goals are,” de Mars

in 2011 during a contentious election, fueled by a polarizing debate around recognition of Sámi people. That year, the city council was considering a new designation for Tromsø that would have recognized it as a bilingual township, said Troy Storfjell, an associate professor at PLU who identifies as Sámi. The change, at its core, was aimed at reconciling the institutional efforts made throughout Norway’s history to undermine the language and culture of the Sámi, the only indigenous group in the

. Eventually, the program will evolve to include about 12 students, Zylstra says. Once it’s fully fleshed out, students will take a class exclusively offered to the TIES group and two classes of their choice at off-campus locations, in addition to an internship or community-based research opportunity. (This year, students are participating in a slightly modified schedule to start.) TACOMA, WASHINGTON This program focuses on community partnerships and advocacy, place-based writing, Puget Sound industry and

, said the group has been getting together for at least three years. Even as babies are born and lives are increasingly busy, they are all good at sticking to the every-other-week schedule, she said. “It’s half because of the games and half because of the people,” Praxel Austin said. With crying babies around, the games take a little longer to get through, she acknowledged, but “that’s part of the story of our gaming family.” Andrea Shea ’06, an academic advisor at PLU, and Amanda Sweger, associate