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musicians. In my experience it is a life-long quest, but one for which our students need good tools. What should potential PLU music students know before they apply to PLU or declare the major? That while PLU is a liberal arts university—and deeply committed to those liberal arts traditions that characterize Lutheran education—we also take performance very seriously. They should expect to be asked to perform. We want our students not just to study about music, we want to help them to become thoroughly

nurturing for me and I do not believe I would be where I am today without it. So when I saw the position opening at PLU, I decided to apply. At the time I was at the University of Tennessee, a large division one school, and saw PLU as an opportunity to grow professionally. I was lucky enough to get the job. It was an added bonus that I moved back to the West Coast, closer to my parents and brother. What sparked your interest in music? There is an old saying that says we do not choose music, that music

representations of racism and how to fight it. PLU students also cultivated a handbook called “AWAKE: A Handbook on Fighting Racism” that will be distributed to all participants by the end of February. Kamari, reflecting on what he learned over the four-week course, sat in the high school cafeteria days before the big performance diligently tracing block letters that spelled “equality” on a giant puzzle piece for his group’s project titled “Keep an Open Mind.” “We’re making a puzzle that represents what would

chronicles his use of graphic arts to forge documents used by Jews to escape the Nazi regime in the 1930s and 40s. The conference concludes with a performance by Baith Jaffe in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Founded by Sascha and David Schönhaus, the Swiss ensemble integrates contemporary European jazz with evocative melodies of klezmer music, a distinctive form of religious and secular music with roots in Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Admission to the concert is free. Goodwill offerings will be

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Graph Theory and Computational Mathematics Posted by: nicolacs / January 25, 2023 January 25, 2023 The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of Virginia Commonwealth University will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in graph theory and computational mathematics. The REU will provide 8 undergraduates a hands-on introduction to computational research endeavors and improve their problem-solving, communication and computer

Campuswire: An Online Discussion Tool for Engaging Course Communication Posted by: berlinma / July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020 The past few months have been a challenging time for education. PLU faculty had to quickly adapt their classrooms into an online environment and rethink how to deliver their pedagogy in entirely new ways. One of the biggest obstacles to online teaching and learning is student-to-student engagement and interaction. Instructors may wonder how they can replicate, or at least

Intersections: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Posted by: abryant / October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Cover art by Ta-coumba T. Aiken Intersections, Number 50, Fall 2019 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its home