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A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale “But Christmas is a time of joy! It’s the only time I know of when men and women open their shut-up hearts and think of the less fortunate. And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold in my pocket, I believe… November 12, 2018 HolidaysTheatre

Going for a Grammy When you think Grammys, you might think Béyoncé and Macklemore—but you might not think Lute. It might be time to rethink the Grammys. Micah Haven, a 2009 Music Education graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and now the director of bands at Meeker Middle School in… September 28, 2014 Alumni

Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle Professor of Music  Dr. Gina Gillie  recently premiered her first electroacoustic music composition at Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9. Titled “Pale Blue Dot for solo horn and fixed media,” the piece is inspired by the  1991 photograph  taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as well as… October 5, 2022 Composition

PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna , Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies , has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) , encourages artistic engagement in the city by… April 18, 2024 FacultyMusic

PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon The Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble is traveling across the mountains to eastern Washington to perform in various venues this March. The 50-student ensemble will perform in Yakima, Spokane, Richland, Pasco and Portland, Oregon, and will finish with a homecoming concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall… March 1, 2016 Touring

Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 majored in biology and chemistry at PLU, played at nationals with the men’s soccer team, and prepared for a career in the medical field. D’Onofrio recently sat down with PLU News to discuss his PLU experience. How did you learn about PLU?… June 4, 2024 BiologyChemistry

The Passing of Bryan Dorner Professor Emeritus Bryan Dorner passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Beloved by his students and peers alike, Bryan joined the Department of Mathematics in 1980 and retired in 2017. He earned tenure in 1986 and was promoted to full professor in 2004. “Bryan truly… June 4, 2024 Mathematics

Staff Conversations with President Belton The responses to the survey conducted by the PLU Staff Council in Fall 2017 affirmed that the most important role we play is in making sure that our voices, as PLU staff, are heard by our leadership. To that end, the staff council arranged two… April 17, 2018 Communication

Why Having a “Philosophy of Enrollment” Matters This spring, the Strategic Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (known as SEMAC) will finalize PLU’s philosophy of enrollment, with the intention to ask our Board of Regents to adopt a final draft statement with enrollment targets in May. (See the current draft here  on the Provost… March 8, 2016 AdministrationLeadership

Veterans Day at PLU Today we are here to celebrate and honor, to commemorate the dead and the living, the men and women who, in every war since this country began, have demonstrated loyalty to their country and great courage. In a world tormented by tension and the possibilities… November 11, 2014 Events