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outreach programs for youth, veteran and elderly groups. PLU alumna Kate Fontana ’08 believes that yoga should be affordable and accessible to people of all incomes and abilities. Fontana, executive director of Samdhana-Karana Yoga in Tacoma, has helped grow the nonprofit studio, whose mission is also to provide “trauma aware” yoga as a healing service to a diverse community and to those who may not be able to afford or even have awareness of yoga’s benefits. Samdhana-Karana provides a free, weekly
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Indigenizing the Academy Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Troy StorfjellOriginally published in 2014One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created by particular cultures. The modern university system, with its distinct disciplines and its emphasis on empiricism and objectivity, is a
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Music and Culture, Analyzing Music, Making Music, The Arts of China, and 20th Century Music courses; PLU’s Gateway Program in Trinidad Accolades 2022 His opera Tacoma Method, to be produced in March 2023 by Tacoma Opera, was awarded major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts 2021 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research 2016 Grant from The Confucius Institute of Washington State for the production of Youtz' opera "Fiery Jade: Cai Yan" 2016 "Composer of the Year" award from the
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Greg Youtz Professor Emeritus Blog: https://gregoryyoutz.wordpress.com Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1984-2023 Education D.M.A., Composition, University of Michigan, 1987 M.M., Composition, University of Michigan, 1982 B.A./B.M., Music/Composition, University of Washington, 1980 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Music Composition Responsibilities Applied Composition Lessons; Director of Composers’ Forum; teaches Music and Culture, Analyzing Music, Making
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really was no extra money.” Arriving at PLU in 1975 from her new home in Oregon, Kullberg was drawn (pun intended) not to art but instead to classes in Japanese, thanks to her love for the people, language and culture of Japan. But because the professor who taught Japanese at PLU had retired, she pursued an Education degree. Now a resident of Federal Way, Wash., Kullberg lived in Stuen Residence Hall all four years at PLU. The art building was visible from her window, so she watched art students go
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handwriting, but computer programs, XML tags, mouse usage, pop culture references, and social media. In light of these shifts and reframings, early modern texts began to signify as not only old recipes, but also as placeholders for bygone cultures in an Internet age. by Nancy Simpson Younger
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A Year in AthensErika Tobin transferred to PLU in the Fall of 2012 after spending one year at Luther College in Decorah, IA. A Senior Religion major and Classics minor who plans to graduate in May of 2015, Erika hopes to attend seminary to get a Master’s in Divinity and become an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). After meeting with advisors in the Wang Center and examining all of her options, she chose to spend her Junior year in Athens, Greece with College
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help prevent homesickness, it is a good idea to bring personal items such as pictures of your family and friends, small gifts, traditional clothes, maps, posters, music, and items that represent you or your culture. These items will be helpful for you to introduce yourself and your country to people who you meet here. These items will also help you feel close to your home. There will be events on campus in which students are encouraged to share their cultures and traditions through demonstrations
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and share stories, that’s what I love.” As a PLU student, Markuson worked as a Resident Assistant for three years; learned about social justice and racism; and took advantage of Study Away opportunities, traveling to New Zealand and Ecuador on J-Term trips and studying for a semester in Botswana. “For me, studying away was such a great opportunity to understand the global community and other cultures and to put yourself in that place,” Markuson said. He also embraced PLU’s mission in his daily
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inspiring others to action. The PLU English major has three concentrations: • Creative Writing – allows students to hone their craft in a variety of genres through intensive writing workshop courses. • Professional, Public, and Digital Literacies – teaches students skills of effective writing and storytelling for various practical situations – including an emphasis on digital media. • Literature – allows students to explore the diverse range of literatures written in English – American, British, and
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