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Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ – five Lutes, one stage, hitting the high notes in fun Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 13, 2011 Image: Five Lutes took the stage in the summer of 2011 for Seattle Opera’s production of ‘Porgy and Bess.’ (Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera) December 13, 2011 Amy Van Mechelen ’08 had just finished up her master’s degree in music at Colorado State University and had moved back to the Tacoma area. She auditioned for the chorus of Porgy and Bess,and didn’t think

. “One guy was from the New York Philharmonic and had played chamber music with Albert Einstein at Princeton,” Ronning remembered. “We were intimidated and inspired at the same time to have the concertmaster of the National Symphony give us a lesson in the Lake Yellowstone Hotel lobby,” he laughed. Graduating from PLU in 1989, Ronning won a fellowship to Yale and earned his masters and a doctorate at the university. Ronning loved the university setting, but struck out to New York City to work as a

has administered the survey eight times since 1996.The most recent results were gathered in October 2010 from 1,045 PLU students in 55 undergraduate courses. Laura Majovski, vice president for student life attributes the high ratings to, “very dedicated, deliberate work and a significant investment of resources by a broad group of people on campus.” In previous years, surveys helped the university identify areas in need of improvement. Then time, energy and funding was dedicated to enhance the

How to be a Lute: Lute language 101 Posted by: vcraker / March 2, 2022 March 2, 2022 Zyreal Oliver Chandler ‘22 shares the proper pronunciation of some of PLU’s building names. Read Previous Study away returns to PLU Read Next Meet some Rieke Scholars LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of

Carrie Cracknell’s Anne Elliot is a Girl with a Rabbit Posted by: ramosam / September 5, 2022 September 5, 2022 By Adela Ramos 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, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Cracknell draws on the

effects of technological advancements, natural disasters and international crises on UN Sustainability Development Goals and to illustrate how progress on one goal might influence the others. Their innovative solution—explained in a 23-page pulled together on the last day of the competition and summarized, “Network of goals; a forest of numbers; an ONION.; and in the end, poverty was the root of the problem”—earned them a top award from the Mathematical Association of America. Beyond being

CIC appoints Lynn Hunnicutt new Assistant Director of NetVUE Posted by: hassonja / February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018 The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Lynn Hunnicutt, Professor of Economics at Pacific Lutheran University, as the assistant director of their Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). NetVUE is a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation

Artist Trust of Washington, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace E. Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer in Poetry. He is also the poetry editor of New England Review. Please join us in sending congratulations to Professor Barot! photo credit: Mara Barot Faculty profile "Next Stop: Spring," by Jenny Kroik *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous CIC appoints Lynn Hunnicutt new Assistant Director of NetVUE Read Next PLU’s Center for Community

presents Cosmosis by Susan Botti, and will use projected images on the walls next to the glorious Gottfried and Mary Fuchs organ in Lagerquist Concert Hall. To conclude the event, the audience is invited outside to enjoy a musically inspired science lab with PLU science professors Brett Underwood and Justin Lytle. Cosmosis composer Susan Botti will make a special appearance as vocal soloist, performing with PLU’s University Wind Ensemble and University Singers, directed by Edwin Powell and Brian

Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Posted by: alex.reed / May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 By Erin McKennaOriginally Published in 2014If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia, I thanked a particular class of students who were taking social and political philosophy with me as I made the final revisions on that book. While I did not teach the book itself, we