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month. Exactly a month later (to the hour) he received the second call from Skones. He interviewed and the rest is history. “I loved the campus, the colleagues were wonderful. At the time I was 23 or 24, so I thought ‘this would be a great first job’. Little did I know it would be my best job and my only job,” Robbins said.THE 80s - A DECADE OF GROWTH Robbins became chair in 1981, and his first project was to take the department from a small program identified solely with the Choir of the West, to a
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rehabilitation, husbandry, medicine, and animal training during this internship, and I will take all of these experiences with me in this future endeavor! What was one of the most memorable moments from your internship, and what did you learn from it? BD: The most memorable moment of my internship was performing a rescue for a juvenile Golden Eagle who fell from his nest, puncturing his right thorax on the way down. After being admitted to our care, we discovered he also has suspected West Nile Virus and
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in Africa and the conditions faced by captive chimpanzees in the United States. Lindsey reports on her experience last summer in the following way: “As a student of philosophy, I’ve read many of the influential sources of historical and contemporary human arrogance. According to many ancient and modern thinkers, humans are different in kind from all other animals on earth. Along the way we have distinguished ourselves in many ways, not the least of which is the ability to use language. These
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. Government’s Power Africa initiative Read Next PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America” 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public
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, understand and change the world.” Wee became interested in continuing PLU’s revitalized children’s theatre program after spending a semester in London working with a children’s theatre. Wee worked as assistant to the artistic director in a program that paired children with professional actors, directors and playwrights to work one-on-one to write a play. “These professionals have worked at Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, on the West End, and in various movies and television shows, so the
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. Huertas was also cast as Feste in the Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O’s production of Twelfth Night, a role which he also played at PLU under the direction of Brian Desmond. Read Previous Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Read Next The Choir of the West takes to the road 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 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in
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said I was doing it well,” Whatley said. “I never had anyone tell me my compositions were good before.” This story was written by By Valery Jorgensen ’15, PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker, and originally appeared here. Read Previous The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps Particularly Busy Read Next Inaugural Christmas Music Scholarship Concert premieres Saturday, December 13 LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of
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PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 14, 2016 Image: PLU Christmas 2015, “A Christmas Invitation” at Benaroya Hall, Home of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) January 14, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerSave the date for Tacoma Passion Week, March 13-23PLU’s Choral Union, Choir of the West and University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present
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May 9, 2008 ‘The holy cow’ moment As Clarice Swanson ’89 walks in the barn located on her family’s 400-acre Walla Walla cattle ranch, her mind isn’t on the hundred or so Herefords and Black Angus chewing on new grass just down the road. It’s on the tiny balls of grey striped fluff peeping at her feet. These turkey chicks, or poults, represent one of the few Unimproved Standard Bronze flocks on the West Coast. Even if the chicks or their parents didn’t have the shelter of a barn to escape the
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graduation also marked a milestone for PLU: Hughes is the first graduate of a recent agreement program between PLU and the University of the West Indies. When Hughes came to PLU as a freshman in 2004, she was the first Trinidadian student supported by the agreement program. It provides four-year scholarships, funded jointly by PLU and the Trinidadian government, to a select few students from the island nation each year. Currently, the program supports six students at PLU. “I came to PLU as girl from
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