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  • twenties, he found his way to Tacoma, made his wealth being a developer of affordable housing and became a mainstay in the community, eventually connecting with PLU by way of an invitation to speak to Chris Browning’s class about the Holocaust. Despite some initial skepticism, Kurt Mayer audited the class — thus kindling a relationship that culminated in a decade of service as a Board of Regents member, the blossoming of the university’s Holocaust studies program and the establishment of the endowed

  • Faculty Feature: Meet Amanda Sweger, Associate Professor of Theatre The PLU Theatre & Dance Department is lucky to have Amanda Sweger as a faculty member. Amanda has taught at PLU since fall 2012. She focuses on lighting and scenic design and has a professional practice outside the classroom. Continue reading to get to know… April 9, 2020 FacultyTheatre

  • are breathing life into some of the very last notes that the prolific composer wrote is incredibly moving. Stephanie Bivins ’13 Choral Union has given me a chance to stay connected with PLU after receiving my degree and to perform Mozart’s Requiem, a piece that I don’t know if I’ll ever get to sing again. Lydia Bill ’19 The profoundly moving text, coupled with the depth of Mozart’s genius, make for a compelling experience whether for the singer or audience member. I am grateful for the Choral

  • Mother Nature. Valerie Segrest Valerie Segrest, Community Nutritionist & Project Coordinator, specializes in local and traditional foods. She is a graduate of the Northwest Indian College and received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University in 2009. Valerie teaches classes on traditional foods and medicines for the Northwest Indian College’s Cooperative Extension Department. As an enrolled member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, she serves her community through coordinating the

  • Faculty Feature: Meet Amanda Sweger, Associate Professor of Theatre The PLU Theatre & Dance Department is lucky to have Amanda Sweger as a faculty member. Amanda has taught at PLU since fall 2012. She focuses on lighting and scenic design and has a professional practice outside the classroom. Continue reading to get to know… April 9, 2020 FacultyTheatre

  • Faculty Feature: Meet Amanda Sweger, Associate Professor of Theatre The PLU Theatre & Dance Department is lucky to have Amanda Sweger as a faculty member. Amanda has taught at PLU since fall 2012. She focuses on lighting and scenic design and has a professional practice outside the classroom. Continue reading to get to know… April 9, 2020 FacultyTheatre

  • multi-institutional study of novice debuggers." Computer Science Education Vol. 18:2, 2008: 93-116. Accolades PLU Faculty Excellence Award in Service, December 2022 Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (ACM-SIGCSE) Board, At-Large Member: 2019-2022 Co Editor-In-Chief, Computer Science Education, Taylor & Francis publishers, 2007-2017 PLU Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Grant to fund “Social Media and Video Podcasts to support a new course in Media Computation,” 2011-2012

  • University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM-C) Students will be embedded in one of the UW MEM-C labs for 9 weeks. They will work with a graduate student and faculty member to develop a research project, gain training in relevant techniques and instrumentation, collect data and finally produce a poster and research… February 7, 2024 Opportunity Blog

  • , Larson attended Luther Theological Seminary and then served as the Lutheran campus pastor for Colorado State University and for Oregon State University before returning to PLU in 1970. He has worked in the PLU Office of Advancement since. In February, Doug Page, Executive Director of Gift Planning and Grant Development, received the Virgil Anderson Award from the Association of Lutheran Development Executives at the annual conference for that association. The award is presented to a member who has

  • are no secrets anymore about the plot. Nearly every audience member walks in knowing that Romeo and Juliet are going to meet a tragic end, and if they didn’t, the opening lines of the show reveal this fact almost immediately. I don’t think I can remember a time in my life where I didn’t know the fate of these star-crossed lovers. However, this play is not about death. It’s about love, youth and the journey we all go on to figure out what is right. Many of us have had the experience of meeting a