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Two Anniversaries, One World Premiere Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 5, 2022 October 5, 2022 Music Professor Emeritus Jerry Kracht (conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1967-2001) was ready and waiting to celebrate two significant anniversaries in the Department of Music at PLU: ready since 2013 when he composed Fanfare, Fantasia and Finale (On a locally familiar tune), and waiting until 2020, the fiftieth anniversary of Lawrence Meyer’s Processional of Joy as well as the twenty-fifth
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-going Research on Ethnicity, Community Development and Regional History in Coastal Gambia 2008-2009Student Projects Matthew Ferraro, Islam and Morocco’s Political Identity Elisia Howard, Humanity in Action, Independent Fellowship Jessica Lee, Morocco: Functional Art and Culture JacobTaylor-Mosquera, Promoting Literacy in a Predominately Afro-Ecuadorian Community Faculty Projects Kathlyn Breazeale, “Witches,” Nature, and Religious Imagination: The Sámi of Scandinavia & Spiritual Baptists of Trinidad
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environment of care, inclusion, thoughtful inquiry and a love of learning. In particular, her work with first-generation and Latinx students, including heritage speakers of Spanish, demonstrates an above-and-beyond approach that has improved student experience and confidence and strong retention amongst this fast-growing student population.” Davidson’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers course yields an outstanding 100% retention rate among first-year Latino/a/x students. Her commitment to affirming and
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been interested in Jane Austen, particularly the construction of Austen as a character after her death and how we understand her in contemporary readings.Contributors Kathryn Einan is an English Literature and History double major from Pacific Lutheran University. She has interests in Austen’s novels as well as other classic literature and intends to focus her studies on them. She has enjoyed Austen’s books as well has film adaptations of those books ever since she was young. She has an interest in
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Buchanan…starts singing”. She has been described as a soprano with an extended range, flexibility, warmth, color, and beauty. Ms. Buchanan has played leading roles in various operas such as Cosi fan Tutte, Orfeo ed Euridice, The Bartered Bride, The Tales of Hoffman, and Porgy and Bess. She has also performed in shows such as Steel Magnolias, Crowns, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once on this Island, Newsies, Man of La Mancha, Violet, Ragtime, The Wiz, Spitfire Grill, and Milk Like Sugar. Her performances have
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evening keynote lecture entitled “Jesus as Champion, Sacrifice, Lover, and Tree of Life: The Christian meeting of history and metaphor.” Dr. Ramshaw’s scholarly research on religious language continues to open up the meaning of Jesus Christ for those who live in a pluralistic and increasingly secular culture. Through presentations, conversation, artwork, new publications, and the open exchange of ideas, participants in this third Lutheran Studies Conference will be inspired to consider the question
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, you’ll need to recreate them there. New Ask a Librarian Interface What’s changed? Ask a Librarian, our 24/7 chat service, has moved from Questionpoint to LibAnswers. Why did we do it? Our shared partnership with libraries around the country, allowing us to provide 24/7 service, moved to the new platform. More up to date interface that is easier to use and integrates better with our other services. What do I need to do? Nothing! Links to the chat service have already been updated on all library
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contributors (10 from PLU) working on replications of eight highly cited psychological studies, it’s a major undertaking with international implications—and a multifaceted mission. CREP (rhymes with “grape”) not only helps validate psychological research findings; it also allows undergraduate students to engage in potentially publishable research. “Most student projects, the data go nowhere,” Grahe said. “In my classes I’ve always tried to get undergrads to do projects that might be publishable, but the
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PLU partners with Greater Tacoma Community Foundation to bring South African human rights activist, Desmond Tutu to the Tacoma Dome for “Be The Spark” event.
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she is so passionate about. “I want to dive right in and learn as much as possible,” she said. “Although we all hope to focus on the present and look to the future, I feel that you sometimes have to look back, to learn what worked and didn’t work, hoping to avoid the same recurrences in the future.” Sophomore Malia Oshiro is studying to be a teacher, and a broad understanding of history in this country is something meaningful that she hopes to gain from this experience. “Having the chance to
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