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  • PLU opens their 2017-18 season with the West Coast premiere of Aunt Raini . Aunt Raini is a production loosely based on the life of Leni Riefenstahl, a documentarian of Adolf Hitler’s political rallies. The play is a combination of reality and artistic construct: everything…

    and Joel are fictitious. Katherine, a successful gallery owner, confronts the difficult past of her great-aunt and must decide whether great art stemming from hate should be lauded or destroyed. Aunt Raini is presented October 20, 21, 26 (student discount performance), 27 and 28 at 7:30pm and October 29 at 2pm in Eastvold Auditorium of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite. $10 – General admission; $5 – 60+, military, alumni and

  • In Cosmosis , the final 2013 SOAC FOCUS Series Event, musicians and scientists explore how failure can empower us to pursue knowledge and success. The three-part event will take place in Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on Saturday, May 11, 2013…

    vastness of space as well as this heroic undertaking. In The Second Night, the spider succeeds again, but is sacrificed in the process. Tickets are $8 general admission, $5 senior citizens (55+), $3 alumni, free 18 and under. Tickets available through the PLU Box Office at 253-535-7411. Read Previous Musical Memories Read Next The End of an Era 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

  • Musician, Composer, Educator The public is invited to a concert featuring the Rogers High School Jazz Band, the Pacific Lutheran University Jazz Ensemble and Jeff Coffin on Wednesday, April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts on the PLU…

    Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies at PLU.CONCERT April 19, 2017 at 8pmKaren Hille Phillips Center for the Performing ArtsTickets$8 general admission $5 senior citizens (55+), military, alumni Free for PLU community, all students with an ID and 18 years and younger. Tickets are also available through the PLU Concierge Desk, 253-535-7411 and, if still available, at the door. Purchase Read Previous Celebrated composer and PLU alumna Cindy McTee visits campus Read Next Choral

  • Beginning this spring term, Continuing Education at PLU is introducing Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certification. This internationally recognized program prepares individuals for English teaching, particularly for overseas opportunities. “For those aspiring to teach abroad, TESOL certification is invaluable in securing international…

    instructors at home or abroad. PLU community members, including students, alumni, and employees, qualify for a $200 discount. To register for the TESOL certification, complete the registration form, and for more information or questions about the TESOL certification, email ce@plu.edu.Continuing Education at PLULearn moreContinuing Education at PLU offers a variety of professional courses and programs to meet the needs of business professionals and life-long learners. Read Previous Five exceptional staff

  • PLU opens their 2017-18 season with the West Coast premiere of Aunt Raini . Aunt Raini is a production loosely based on the life of Leni Riefenstahl, a documentarian of Adolf Hitler’s political rallies. The play is a combination of reality and artistic construct: everything…

    and Joel are fictitious. Katherine, a successful gallery owner, confronts the difficult past of her great-aunt and must decide whether great art stemming from hate should be lauded or destroyed. Aunt Raini is presented October 20, 21, 26 (student discount performance), 27 and 28 at 7:30pm and October 29 at 2pm in Eastvold Auditorium of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite. $10 – General admission; $5 – 60+, military, alumni and

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    did you enjoy about collaborating and researching with Professors [Peter] Grosvenor and Hames? I really appreciate the international relations theory aspect that Dr. Grosvenor was able to provide, as he has been to Palestine. I was able to get feedback and more nuance from him. I don’t shy away from peer reviews, because they just make the paper stronger, having multiple sets of eyeballs on it. Dr. Hames assisted me in tailoring some of the writing, because this paper is what I used when applying

  • A year after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Mark Carrato ‘94 had been island hopping around rural southwestern Japan teaching English to junior high school students. But now he had a decision to make—return to the United States and begin the law school he had…

    poverty is real. You just don’t advance without it.”  Carrato and the U.S. Foreign Service is rooted in the idea that strong foreign policy includes not only defense and diplomatic relations, but development because when countries struggle, especially with serious issues such as electrification or food production, the issues manifest themselves beyond that country’s borders.  There’s a lot of different ways you can make the case for this work,” Carrato says. “Some people see the value for ‘doing the

  • Jasneet Sandhu had planned to minor in global studies. But soon into her PLU experience, she decided to double major in it, along with computer science. She added anthropology and religion as double minors—as part of a strategy to enjoy her college experience at a…

    Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up and killed young Sikh men and orchestrated military operations on Sikh holy places. In class, she wrestled with the history of international relations—and why the global system allowed this to happen.“I try to bring the Punjabi Sikh topic into the classroom, as it’s under-studied,” she says. “I want to make a difference and have an academic understanding of these issues.” Sikhs can face discrimination in the U.S. due to appearances. They

  • When Mark Miller ’88 enrolled at PLU he planned to become a math teacher, but he soon discovered he had a passion for technology and business. He’s followed that passion ever since. His career in information and technology has spanned three decades and included chapters…

    support that. It will set you up to have lots of options and opportunities down the road. Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. Mark Miller is the first of three Lutes being featured from the Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance. Previous Lute Powered series highlighted PLU alumni at Amazon,  MultiCare Health System, and the City of Tacoma. Read Previous PLU receives a major gift to fund environmental

  • When Pacific Lutheran University alumnus Eric Johnson ’83 majored in political science and minored in biology, he wasn’t sure how the two would fit together in a career. After he graduated from PLU, he earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington…

    learn as many complementary skills as you can. The workplace increasingly requires a blend of skills and a blend of knowledge. Getting a degree in business and understanding business is great, but you also need to understand things like communications or government affairs or environmental policy. That cross-disciplinary education is a really good skill set. PLU does a great job with that.Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget