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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | sprechl@plu.edu | Lorena Sprecher, an Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner, currently serves as adjunct faculty, guiding students in the N308 lab.

    her to the realm of cardiology, where she worked as a Nurse Practitioner in both inpatient and outpatient settings until 2019. It was during this time that she discovered her true calling in aesthetics. Since the summer of 2023, she has been a member of the PLU community, sharing her knowledge and basic nursing skills with her students. She finds immense satisfaction in teaching and supporting new students during their clinicals, witnessing their remarkable progress in a short span of time

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  • Director of Digital Communications | Marketing & Communications | albertct@plu.edu | 253-535-8691 | Chris currently leads our Web Team in planning, designing, developing and implementing the PLU website and digital marketing.

    Chris Albert Director of Digital Communications Phone: 253-535-8691 Email: albertct@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (On Campus) Tue: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Off Campus) Wed: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Off Campus) Thu: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Off Campus) Fri: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Communication, Washington State University, 2005 PCM and CDMP, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Institute, 2022 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Web

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  • Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Rigoberto González is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and eleven books of prose, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.

    poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Center Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award, he is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and writes a monthly column for NBC-Latino online.  Currently, he is professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey, and the inaugural Stan Rubin Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Rainier Writing Workshop.  In 2015, he received The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime

  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Sherry Simpson is the author of Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in Alaska, which received the 2015 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished book of nature writing, and two collections of essays, The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska and The Way Winter Comes, which won the inaugural Chinook Literary Prize.

    Nonfiction Award and Sierra magazine’s Nature Writing Award, and she was a finalist for the Katharine Nason Bakeless Nonfiction Literary Publication Prize, sponsored by Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.  She is a professor of creative nonfiction writing in the Low-Residency MFA program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and serves on the faculty of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Mentor. Workshops and classes in nonfiction. Statement: “My favorite moment is when a writer who’s struggling with a

  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | Music | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    Svend Rønning Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies Phone: 253-535-7605 Email: svend.ronning@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 110 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Status:On Sabbatical Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/svend-ronning/ Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Yale University, 1997 M.M.A., Yale University, 1993 M.M., Yale University, 1991 B.M. summa cum laude, Violin Performance, Pacific Lutheran University

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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | guptilje@plu.edu | 253-535-8422

    for Advance Practice Nurse Prescribers (5th ed., pp. 867-875) (F.A. Davis Company 2019) After an attempt: Caring for the suicidal patient on the medical-surgical unit. Chapters pp. 163-168 (MEDSURG Nursing, 20(4) 2011) Selected Presentations American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, Psych for primary care: An innovative course for FNP students., Coronado, CA (2023) American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, Is it really schizophrenia: Exploring the

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  • Visiting Instructor and Director, MSW & BSW Practicum Programs | Department of Social Work | carrington@plu.edu | 253-535-7859 | Maria Carrington earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Pacific Lutheran University and obtained her master of Social Work from Boston College.

    constant learning and building of relationships, make this work both intellectually stimulating and emotionally fulfilling. My role as a practicum coordinator brings me immense satisfaction as it allows me to foster relationships with various facets of our community and play a pivotal role in our students’ social work education. Connecting with different organizations, agencies, and professionals across the community strengthens the ties between our academic program and the real-world social work

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  • Lecturer - Double Bass | Music | jensenak@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Growing up in a large, musical family with five siblings, Dr.

    American String Teachers Association, WA Chapter and the Washington State Music Educators Association “Friend of Music” award. As a conductor, Dr. Jensen is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor for contests and workshops across the region, including All-State orchestras. She conducts the Tacoma String Philharmonic at the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association and is the Director of Orchestras at the Annie Wright Schools. Dr. Jensen is the assistant principal bassist of Symphony Tacoma, the

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  • Dean of Health Professions | College of Health Professions | warddb@plu.edu | 253-535-8284 | Dr.

    Biography Dr. David Ward became Dean of the College of Health Professions in 2022 and is a Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). He arrived at PLU in 2005 and became Chair of the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy in 2009. In addition to these roles, he has served in various leadership positions at PLU (including Budget Advisory Committee and Faculty Affairs Committee) and as a volunteer within the field of MFT and the community. Dr. Ward continues to actively practice as a marriage and

  • Lecturer - Jazz, Improvisation | Music | kate.olson@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Kate Olson is an improvising saxophonist and music educator based in Seattle, WA.

    was nominated in 2011 and 2013 for the Earshot Golden Ear Award in the Emerging Artist category, and in 2014 and 2016, she was nominated for the Best NW Instrumentalist Category, and in 2016 her band KO Ensemble was also nominated as best NW Alternative Group. In 2020 the KO Ensemble won the Golden Ear Award for best NW Instrumental Group and in 2022, KO Electric was nominated for Best Alternative Group.

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