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Coryell, Freddie Hubbard, Diane Schuur, Mose Allison, Charlie Byrd and Eartha Kitt. He currently performs and records with the Jovino Santos Neto Quartet, Greta Matassa and Susan Pascal. Ivester has also performed with the Honolulu, Spokane and Walla Walla symphony orchestras. Ivester is a founding member of the professional percussion ensemble Happy Hammers, a group that performs a broad cross-section of percussion music of various ethnic origins including the steel drums from Trinidad, African

graduate of PLU in ’72, his career path has led him through various teaching jobs as well as art and design studios. He returned to PLU to teach in 2000, and many of his students have since moved on to their own creative and teaching careers. A quote that describes his outlook is in Henry Glassie’s 1999 book The Potter’s Art (Indiana University Press): “It is good to be a potter. At work, the potter manages the transformation of nature, building culture while fulfilling the self, serving society and

Simon Sung Executive Creative Director Phone: 253-535-7786 Email: sungsa@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.F.A., Graphic Design, University of Washington, 1990 B.A., English, University of Washington, 1990 Biography Simon Sung graduated in 1990 from the University of Washington. During his tenure in the design field he has worked for various clients including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Crown, Disney, Chronicle Books, Starbucks, and the National Baseball

Sarah Seder Resident Assistant Professor of Dance she/her Phone: 253-535-7359 Email: sseder@plu.edu Office Location:Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - Room 129 Status:Part-time Professional Biography Education M.F.A., Dance, Smith College B.A., Dance, Psychology, Bard College Biography Sarah Seder is the Resident Assistant Professor of Dance at PLU. Previously, she taught dance at Smith College (MA), Mount Holyoke College (MA). She co-founded and co-directed Seattle-based

Jen Hasson Executive Assistant to the President she/her Phone: 253-535-7101 Email: hassonja@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 118 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Javier Alejandro Catering & 208 Lead Cook Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: alejanja@plu.edu Biography Biography Javier has been with PLU for over 20 years and has really enjoyed working for an institution with such great community and family values. He met his wife, Heather, here at PLU and in his free time loves spending time with her and their two beautiful daughters and their extended family.    

coordination Individual and group training Student staff employment support On campus work study Biography Hello Lutes! I’m the Student Employment Human Resources Specialist for Pacific Lutheran University. My goal is to support, encourage, and assist all students workers on campus whether that be filling out I-9 forms, W-4s, applying for jobs, or giving work advice. Feel free to stop by during my office hours or send me an email if you have any questions about on campus jobs, I am always happy to chat

the hospital system, and have specialized in coordinating residency programs and quality improvement initiative implementation. As a Pacific Lutheran University alum, PLU holds a special place in my heart and I am thrilled to be teaching in the nursing program!

Barrie Jean Borich Nonfiction Biography Biography Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Apocalypse, Darling (2018), which was short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award.  PopMatters said “Apocalypse, Darling soars and seems to live as a new form altogether. It’s poetry, a meditation on life as ‘the other,’ creative nonfiction, and abstract art.”  Her memoir Body Geographic (2013) won a Lambda Literary Award in Memoir, and in a starred review Kirkus called the book “…an elegant literary map that

and men to tell their own stories through writing. Davis currently lives in the Ozarks, where he teaches for the Program in Creative Writing & Translation at the University of Arkansas. Raised by the Pacific Northwest, he also serves as Poetry Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.  Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: I encourage writers to keep sight of what comes next. Yes, we will work on sharpening our craft through intensive practice with technique and through a study of