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  • Master of Business Administration | craiggr@plu.edu | Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization.

    , and equipment maintenance. He’s also provided audit support to several fraud investigations by Army law enforcement. He’s worked in Army Audit’s offices at Fort Belvoir (Alexandria), VA; Seoul, South Korea (3 times for 11 years total); and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. Gordon has taught auditing and tax accounting courses at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA since September 2017. He has also taught auditing for Saint Martin’s University at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Education Center

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  • Founding Director, In Memoriam | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).

    Judith Kitchen Founding Director, In Memoriam Biography Biography Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).  Her other collections are Half in Shade: Family, Photography, Fate and Distance and Direction (Coffeehouse Press) and Only the Dance (U. of South Carolina Press).  She is also the author of a novel, The House on Eccles Road

  • Lecturer - Saxophone | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | steighev@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Praised by the Tacoma News Tribune for his “effortless lyricism” as well as his “smooth tone and fluid virtuosity,” saxophonist Erik Steighner has performed with ensembles including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Federal Way Symphony, the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony, and Symphony Tacoma.

    , where his course load has included saxophone, chamber music, music theory, ear training, music appreciation, and digital music. He is also on faculty at the University of Puget Sound Community Music Department and is the founder and conductor of the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble. Steighner has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works and appears on CD releases from labels including Albany Records, Alea Publishing, Mark Custom, Naxos, Reference Recordings, and Vienna Modern Masters. Steighner

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  • Lecturer - Saxophone | Music | steighev@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Praised by the Tacoma News Tribune for his “effortless lyricism” as well as his “smooth tone and fluid virtuosity,” saxophonist Erik Steighner has performed with ensembles including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Federal Way Symphony, the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony, and Symphony Tacoma.

    , where his course load has included saxophone, chamber music, music theory, ear training, music appreciation, and digital music. He is also on faculty at the University of Puget Sound Community Music Department and is the founder and conductor of the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble. Steighner has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works and appears on CD releases from labels including Albany Records, Alea Publishing, Mark Custom, Naxos, Reference Recordings, and Vienna Modern Masters. Steighner

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  • In December, PLU’s Center for Gender Equity (CGE) welcomed Talcott Broadhead as its new Interim Director. Talcott holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington School of Social Work and owns a private, transgender liberation and social justice-centered, social work practice in…

    Professional Trainings, Keynotes, Therapeutic Support, and Gender Equity and Transgender Curriculum Development, and Consultation. Before joining PLU, Talcott also served as the Executive Director for Community Youth Services of Pierce County, a South Sound organization that empowers youth at-risk and their families to meet their goals for safety, stability, belonging and success by providing a continuum of individualized services and advocacy. Please join the Office of the Provost and the Center for

  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | aumanaj@plu.edu | 253-535-8485 | Dr.

    Ann Auman Professor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8485 Email: aumanaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 239 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography News Additional Titles/Roles Dean of Natural Sciences Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Director Responsible Administrator for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team Member STEMinist Student Club Faculty Advisor Education

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  • Professor of History, Emeritus | Department of History | sobania@plu.edu | Dr.

    , with contributions by Neal Sobania and Leah Niederstadt (Fowler Museum 2005) : View Book Culture and Customs of Kenya (Greenwood 2003) : View Book Selected Articles "The Formation of Ethnic Identity in South Omo: The Dassanech." The Journal of Eastern African Studies Vol. 5 (1), 2011: 195-210. "Icons of Devotion/'Icons of Trade: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary 'Traditional' Ethiopian Painting with Ray Silverman." African Arts Vol. 42 (1), 2009: 26-37. Accolades 2009 Led the effort

  • Dean of Natural Sciences | Natural Sciences | aumanaj@plu.edu | 253-535-8485 | Dr.

    Ann Auman Dean of Natural Sciences she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8485 Email: aumanaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 239 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography News Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Biology Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Director Responsible Administrator for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team Member STEMinist Student Club Faculty Advisor Education

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  • TACOMA, Wash. (June 5, 2015) — Deanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news. “It’s crazy to think that I was just some young…

    for Lizzy J’s, a boutique jewelry company. She wasn’t quite sure how to feel. “I come from literally as far away from South Georgia as I can get,” she said. “When they said they wanted a ‘southern charm’ t-shirt, I said ‘Is there any way we can brainstorm this? I don’t know what y’all do around here.’” Their brainstormed list yielded designs that now appear in thousands of stores around the U.S., including The Opry Store. Fallin attributes a lot of her success to PLU — especially Avila. “[Avila

  • Dean of Natural Sciences | Pre-Health Sciences Advising | aumanaj@plu.edu | 253-535-8485 | Dr.

    Ann Auman Dean of Natural Sciences she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8485 Email: aumanaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 239 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography News Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Biology Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Director Responsible Administrator for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team Member STEMinist Student Club Faculty Advisor Education

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