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Beginning in 2018, through a collaboration between the Office of Alumni and Student Connections and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, PLU has offered Alumni Travel Seminars.
act of resistance to oppression, and the balance between celebrating the heroic struggles of the past with the challenges of emerging as a post-colonial society that can compete with and indeed offer solutions to an increasingly connected, tumultuous and fragile world. Dr. Greg Youtz has been taking students to Trinidad and Tobago since 1999 and directed the PLU Gateway Program in T&T from 2015 to 2022. On campus his courses focused on music composition, music history, ethnomusicology and the
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Written works preserve our history, describe our current reality and color our future beyond imagination.
that written communication plays in our modern world. Find out what jobs recent PPA graduates have.Careers for English MajorsA major in English lays the foundation for many endeavors. PLU English majors have gone on to be practicing writers, pursue Ph.D. programs in literature and composition, follow careers in business and law, and become educators in both the private and public sectors. The pursuits of recent graduates attest to this: Marc Boyer – graphic designer, Warfield Creatives, Tacoma
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By David Robbins It all started so simply, yet signs were there. In the spring and summer of 1969, I was looking for my first college teaching job as I completed my graduate music degree at the University of Michigan. Like so many seeking their…
careers here. My hope for them is a professional and personal life as full, rich and sustained as I’ve enjoyed at this very special place. David Robbins is professor of music and chair of the music department. Read Next Think faster, work harder, feel more deeply LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and
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Editor’s Note: When Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 read our story on PLU’s annual Christmas Concerts in the winter 2013 edition of Scene magazine, she was inspired to recall—and share—her own Choir of the West story … from 1939. It was so full of history…
City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022
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One of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, The Choir of the West , University Chorale , and University Symphony Orchestra present PLU’s annual Christmas concert, O Nata Lux . Works by Dan Forrest, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten and others will…
of PLU and our music program. Read Previous In the Footsteps of Giants: J-term Study Away in Europe Read Next Music of Carnival: J-Term 2020 Study Away in Trinidad LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey
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The 253 PLU Bound scholarship recipient from the Key Peninsula near Tacoma began his first year intending to major in music education. But best-laid plans often go awry. Lindhartsen soon realized that wasn’t the path for him. He knew he wanted to study music, but…
knew he wanted to study music, but he wasn’t interested in teaching.“At the time I was doing a general music major and considering minoring in communication or business,” Lindhartsen said. “But through my involvement with LASR (PLU’s student radio station) I was able to explore the music community and learn about careers outside of composition, performance and education.” He credits conversations with music professor Greg Youtz, an inspirational songwriting and production course, and his experience
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Faculty officers shall consist of the chair of the faculty, the vice chair of the faculty, and the faculty secretary. The chair of the faculty shall preside at the meetings of the Faculty Assembly.
members shall consist of the president, and the provost. Consistent with the Bylaws, Article IV, Section 4.B.7-8, advisory members shall have the same rights and privileges as any other member of the committees except the right to make motion and to vote. Section 4. THE FACULTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM The faculty shall have the power to create and dissolve committees. All such committees shall remain responsible to the faculty. The faculty shall have the power to determine the composition, method of
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Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 worked on many of the Gollum scenes in the second Lord of the Rings movie. How Todd Sheridan rose from PLU to become one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects wizards By Barbara Clements Remember the scene in the “The Lord…
matter, composition and color,” he said. “The computer is just a tool to create art work; it’s not any different than pencil or paint. It’s a canvass.” After PLU, Perry headed to Los Angeles. He had no job prospects. He figured he’d give it a go for three months. If nothing panned out, he’d go back to school for his master’s degree. But as it turned out, it did “pan out” quite nicely. He first designed the graphics for a game based on the children’s cartoon, Madeline. Then Perry found out about a
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Biology Courses Take the following two introductory biology courses: BIOL 225: Molecules, Cells and Organisms BIOL 226: Genes, Evolution, Diversity and Ecology Many programs require some of the upper
English courses prior to matriculation. The English requirement is intended to demonstrate competency in grammar and composition as well as comprehension and analysis of written work. In general, the English requirement is met by taking courses that pharmacy schools would recognize as writing or literature courses. In addition, some schools recommend that you take a course in public speaking.ExperienceIt is important that you have a good understanding of the field of pharmacy prior to submitting your
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Biology Courses Take the following two introductory biology courses: BIOL 225: Molecules, Cells and Organisms BIOL 226: Genes, Evolution, Diversity and Ecology Many programs require some of the upper
English courses prior to matriculation. The English requirement is intended to demonstrate competency in grammar and composition as well as comprehension and analysis of written work. In general, the English requirement is met by taking courses that pharmacy schools would recognize as writing or literature courses. In addition, some schools recommend that you take a course in public speaking.ExperienceIt is important that you have a good understanding of the field of pharmacy prior to submitting your
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