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Erin McGinnis, M.B.A. Associate Vice President for Hospitality and Retail Services Dining and Culinary Services Email: mcginnem@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center Website: https://www.plu.edu/hospitality-restaurants/ Professional Additional Titles/Roles Education M.B.A., University of Guelph, 2007 A.O.S., Culinary Institute of America, 1992 B.A., English/Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1990

mathematical model of collective cell migration in a three-dimensional, heterogenous environment." PLoS One 2015: Accolades NIH Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) Fellowship Professional Memberships/Organizations American Society for Cell Biology Society of Developmental Biology Genetics Society of America Biography My discipline of interest is developmental biology, which is the study of the processes needed for animals and plants to grow and develop.  Developmental Biology

David Biespiel Poetry Website: http://atticinstitute.com/ Biography Biography David Biespiel is a contributing writer at The Rumpus, Partisan, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Charming Gardeners and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.  His

Lark Powers Associate Professor of Music - Piano; Advising Associate for Music Phone: 253-535-7647 Email: powerslm@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 115 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Piano, University of Colorado Boulder M.M., Piano Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Harpsichord Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Institute G.P.D., Peabody Institute D.E.M., Conservatoire National

Mei Zhu Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Phone: 253-535-7404 Email: zhuma@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology Status:Emeritus Website: http://community.plu.edu/~zhuma Professional Education Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Washington, 1994 M.S., University of Washington, 1990 M.S., Chinese Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1988 B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Mathematical Biology Differential Equations Numerical Analysis

Vanessa Bannon Administrative Coordinator/Student Success Advisor She/Her/Hers Phone: 253-535-7205 Email: bannonvs@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library - Room 125 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Professional Education Bachelor of Arts in Education, Elementary Education, Central Washington University, 1998 Responsibilities Textbook Coordinator Testing Center Coordinator Student Success Advisor Center for Student Success Administration

Immanuel Kant History and Meaning of Jazz Aesthetics American and African-American Culture and Literature German philosophy Critical Theory Theory/History of Public Sphere Alexander Kluge Biography Arthur Strum teaches interdisciplinary courses drawing particularly upon philosophy, literature, and political theory. He began his career in the field of German Studies, teaching and writing for more than a decade on 18th and 19th century German philosophy, the Bildungsroman, The Frankfurt School, Kant

April Ayers Lawson Fiction Biography Biography April Ayers Lawson is the author of Virgin and Other Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times and Vice, and a Best Foreign Book of the Year by Spain’s Qué Leer Magazine.  Virgin and Other Stories has been (or will be) translated into German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Italian.  She has received The Plimpton Prize for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo.   Her fiction has appeared in The

Quartet, violinists Ian Swensen and Andrew Jennings, and cellists Johannes Moser and Anthony Elliott. Ezhokina holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from Stony Brook University. She is the pianist of the Volta Piano Trio, whose recordings for Con Brio label received accolades in multiple international music magazines, such as The Strad, Gramophone and American Record Guide. A sought-after teacher, she has given piano and chamber music masterclasses in colleges and universities

/B.A., Voice, University of Washington, 1999 Responsibilities Applied voice lessons, vocal pedagogy, and French and German diction. Accolades 2013, Songfest Mentor Program, Colburn Conservatory of School 2012, Summer Faculty Institute, Baylor University 2012, Teaching Grant, Baylor University 2011, National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program Biography Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in