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; combine that with attainable goals and we create an environment of optimistic energy. Tell us a few fun experiences that you’ve had since you began teaching at PLU. I love the importance PLU gives to being a world citizen. Travel with students or performing ensembles is truly life changing. The Wind Ensemble has toured China, Australia, Spain and Portugal. My study away class goes to Vienna, Leipzig, Prague, Berlin, and Salzburg. All of these experiences are incredibly fun and full of adventures. And

Recording an Album Posted by: Jenna S / May 28, 2014 May 28, 2014 by Patrick Colin Wakefield Last July I was contacted by a PLU music faculty member, Erik Steighner, about recording an album. Erik, as a saxophone professor, obviously loves music for saxophone. His dream was to record an album of modern chamber music for saxophone featuring composers from the Pacific Northwest area. I was excited to be able be a part of this new opportunity.   Erik Steighner My First Album Produced at PLU

an orchestration by George Crumb called “Ancient Voices of Children,” a sprawling work that looks a bit like a Rorschach test of musical notes. Mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, mandolin, harp, toy piano and Tibetan prayer stones are all called for in this score that fills pages, some of which are 20 inches long. And if one can’t get prayer stones? Use rocks, Reid laughed. Reid’s music will be included in a program of chamber music on Feb. 29th at 8 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The pieces will

certificates and toys for each child in the family. The organizations with clients served by the event include Head Start, MOM’s and Women’s Recovery, Parkland Family Support and Wellness Clinic. Kohler said the event wouldn’t have been a success without help from: PLU faculty and staff, who provided half the toys The Rotary Club, whose monetary contribution purchased baskets Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce’s donations of baskets and toys Franklin Pierce School District’s donation of toys The

benefits and pitfalls of Proposition 1, an initiative being posed to Tacoma voters that, if approved, would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15.Speaking in favor of Proposition 1 will be policy research analyst Vince Kueter and PLU Chinese Studies and History double major Angie Tinker ‘16. Speaking in opposition will be Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Pierson and Communications major Matt Aust ’17. PLU Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein hopes that Tacoma voters who have yet to come

Service March 1 at Pacific Lutheran University Peace Corps Alumni Panel: 4 – 5:30 p.m.  Keynote “The Servant Diplomat: Reflections on a Career in Diplomacy”: 7 – 8:15 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public and will be held in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. Please visit the event website to register. Read Previous SnoValley Chamber of Commerce partners with PLU School of Business on business survey Read Next Beautiful mutants: a PLU biology class harvests for the future COMMENTS*Note

is crucial. Many coaches talk about the importance of sport psychology but few have the appropriate training to effectively teach student-athletes how to improve their mental game. How does your Master’s Degree, in particular, help you in your role as a coach? I think my degree prepared me in a variety of ways to coach effectively. My main focus is on building up athletes’ confidence, encouraging them to be their best on and off the field, and challenging them in an appropriate manner. Ultimately

the parents, the coaches, “blah, blah, blah,” Cheek recalled. Cheek instead talked about Darfur, and the fact he was donating the $40,000 he’d just won for his Olympic Medals to the “Right to Play,” which was helping refugees and children in Chad and other war torn areas of the world. The donation brought Cheek full circle with his mentor, former Olympic skater Johann Olav Koss, and four-time gold medalist in speed skating for Norway. When Cheek was 14 years old, he saw Koss skate during the 1994