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managing pandemic’s difficulties. Brizuela encouraged camaraderie and community among the high school students, which he learned from PLU’s conductors, such as Richard Nance, Brian Galante and Barry Johnson. He says the differences between online or in-person work aren’t as stark, as long as you can fuel the necessary group dynamic familiar to many musicians. For Zwang, PLU’s rigorous education major reinforced the importance of the human. “The child is a human before a student, the parent is a human

school,” she said of her upcoming production. “It is quite a gift to let a student use the mainstage for a performance. At most schools, that does not happen.” Schultz has selected “In the Garden of Live Flowers” by Attilio Favorini and Lynne Conner, a drama inspired by the life of environmentalist Rachel Carson and the writing of her groundbreaking book, “Silent Spring.” In making this ambitious choice, Schultz said she was looking to select a play that would make the audience both laugh and cry

instruction for a divisive and inflammatory online space rife with infighting where there could be community. While drafting this review, my mind has of course been occupied by the Supreme Court’s likely overturn of Roe v. Wade and what this means for women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy- things that have never gone unchallenged. The choice we currently possess is by no means a luxury- it is a right- but we cannot rest on our laurels as not so long ago women did not have the rights that we now

,” also has published poems, novels and nonfiction. His stories about the boys have been featured often on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, as well as on radio in Sweden and Denmark. The most recent collection of these stories, The Boys’ House, was named Editors’ Choice for Best Books of 2001 by The Bloomsbury Review, Newsday and Booklist. Heynen lived for many years in the Northwest and received a Northwest Booksellers Award for one of his story collections, You Know What Is Right. He

unhoused and on long waitlists. In Tacoma, affordable housing units often have a three-year waitlist or longer. Seniors might face a five-year waitlist. In Virginia, Harmon says the public Housing Choice Voucher waitlist in Arlington County has been closed for nearly 10 years. People often have to look for available rental subsidies or live with family or extended family while waiting for an opening. Harmon is using American Rescue Plan Act funds to help renters catch up on late rent. But even before

. DeLohr had never worked with the Seattle Rep before, but Huertas wrote a character in his new show, a mysterious villain named Siren, specifically for her.Something Wonderful“Lizard Boy” opened at the Seattle Rep in March 2015. Featuring a dynamic, three-person cast that played eight different instruments on stage while harmonizing their way through 16 catchy and sweet songs, “Lizard Boy” was an immediate hit with Pacific Northwest audiences and critics. "In Seattle Repertory Theatre’s premiere of

the right choice when they asked me: “What do you want to do with your one wild and precious life?” This question, the people I met, and the opportunities all led me to PLU, my second home. My PLU experience: I was one of the lucky few who met their best friends in their orientation group. I found this solid group of friends to encourage me through college. I worked on campus at the concierge desk and the office of Humanities. I was a Resident Assistant in Harstad Hall, President of the Christian

. Some will immediately enter the vocation of their choice, others continue their academic pursuits. They all have found a passion for a vocation and are ready to engage the world. The students who shared their stories here joined more than 850 students who graduated from PLU this academic year. Abigail Pishaw – Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre, minor in communication Abigail Pishaw ’12 is from Forest Grove, Ore. Why PLU? Plain and simple, it felt like home. I remember stepping on campus for my

bachelor’s graduates and 100 percent of master’s degree graduates passed their state boards at first sitting. One more PLU graduate received a Fulbright Fellowship, bringing our 34 year total to 80. Our student Mathematics Modeling team won a meritorious award, the second-highest award possible, and the student MediaLab received a college division Emmy Award for their film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the US, and Crime.” At the end of the academic year,  the University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band

carrying with it all of the other crap that is in that person’s head. And so even things that are new have to reckon with the foundation on which we stand in order to not be exclusive or racist or capitalist or ableist or whatever. Angie: Wait. The sensors don’t recognize darker skin? Jen: Yeah. There’s a whole thing on it. You didn’t know that? Angie: No, girl, because I don’t have those faucets in my house! I have non-racist faucets! Maya: Oh my God… (laughing)Part of the PLU’s My Language, My Choice