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  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | International Honors | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    employed in diverse non-music careers from arts administration, film direction, film production, screenplay writing, law, medicine, and urban planning.

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  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    employed in diverse non-music careers from arts administration, film direction, film production, screenplay writing, law, medicine, and urban planning.

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  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | Music | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    employed in diverse non-music careers from arts administration, film direction, film production, screenplay writing, law, medicine, and urban planning.

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  • Stuart Gavidia is a first generation Latino student and spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU, and he knew he wanted to come here for college, so he could remain close to his family. He also knew…

    med school to have a deep impact. Gavidia decided to major in computer science, redirecting his career trajectory toward tech instead of medicine. Gavidia immersed himself in his new field from the start, becoming a computer lab teaching assistant during the spring semester of his freshman year. “It was rewarding getting to help students and having them get to that ‘ah ha’ moment.” He continued to tutor other students during his sophomore and junior years. In the spring of this sophomore year

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 5, 2016)- When she was 17 years old, Megan Wonderly had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up. One afternoon, her teacher had the class look through a list of possible careers. At the top of that list…

    things that I never thought possible and made me realize pursuing archaeology isn’t as crazy as I thought.”PLU Department of AnthropologyIf you think anthropology is limited to the study of stones and old bones, think again! Though anthropology does look at stones and bones, it also examines the politics, medicine, kinship, art and religion of various peoples and times.Over the summer, Wonderly traveled for 11 days through the Ethiopian cities Aksum, Lalibela and Addis Ababa. She shadowed Professor

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues. Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever.  Blakney isn’t at…

    vocation in public health.   “It’s easy to get lost in numbers and statistics,” she said. “Having had that encouragement at PLU to think about social justice and environmental concerns helps humanize the numbers.” Blakney long assumed she would go to medical school. But after a study abroad experience in Panama and Costa Rica, she realized she wanted to make a difference on a larger scale. “It made me realize I’m more interested in medicine on a population level,” said Blakney, a former cross-country

  • Leaders from the Nisqually Indian Tribe visited Pacific Lutheran University earlier this month to take possession of materials from a PLU anthropology excavation done around Woodard Bay, Washington in the 1990s. This repatriation process was led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Bradford Andrews and Faculty…

    Center Museum in Neah Bay. Planning for the next repatriation project is underway and will be a collaborative effort with tribal groups in Arizona.Study Anthropology at PLUAnthropology examines the politics, medicine, kinship, art and religion of various peoples and times. Read Previous PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree Read Next Lydia Flaspohler ’25 and Ryan Fisher ’24 dive into the secrets of marine microorganisms COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't

  • Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the…

    and practice of acknowledgment, linking this content to treaty relationships (or lack thereof).” Print Books (on display) These first two books listed are not related to Salish languages but are include in this exhibit due to their focus on indigenous language and writing. E98.E85G46 2003 Genocide of the mind : new Native American writing E98.E85A48 2006 American Indian rhetorics of survivance: word medicine, word magic Below are books more locally focused on people and language. E99.P98A5x

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    Present & Future Providers After graduating from PLU, Melissa Wollan Francis ’02 spent two years in a University of Washington genetics lab before joining the Air Force and attending Yale School of Medicine, where she became a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN). “I’ve always been drawn towards challenges… September 10, 2024 ResoLute

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    PLU professor curates an Oxford Univ. museum collection at the intersection of religion, medicine and disability In April 2023, PLU religion professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen , Ph.D., attended the Natural History Museum Late Night with PLU students at the University of Oxford. At Late Night events, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum host tours and various evening activities offered… February 13, 2024 Equity, Faith, Justice