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been a nurse since 1996. I retired in 2021 after 25 years as an Army nurse. I have experience in labor and delivery, postpartum, med/surg, recovery room, same day surgery, outpatient primary care, recruiting, nursing education, and assisted living. I have two boys. I love running, jigsaw puzzles, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. I’m very excited to join the PLU family!

Voice Lessons, Directs Knights Chorus, Co-Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades National Winner, Bel Canto Competition of Chicago Regional Winner, San Francisco Opera Auditions Biography Baritone Barry Johnson is enjoying a successful career as an opera singer, stage director, concert performer, and voice teacher. Having sung roles in more than 20 productions at Seattle Opera, Mr. Johnson has performed as a guest artist with companies throughout the west including Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera

holds bachelor’s degrees in music and English from the University of Puget Sound and master’s and doctoral degrees in saxophone performance from The University of Texas at Austin. While living in Austin, he served on the faculty at Texas State University. Steighner is a Conn-Selmer artist and plays on Selmer Paris saxophones and mouthpieces.

; co-presented with Harris, N. R., & Plascencia Saldana, B.], Las Vegas, NV (2022, November) Imagine Otherwise Professional Development Seminar, Cultivating critical creativity [Seminar session], Tacoma, WA (2022, June/July; 2021, April) NASPA Western Regional Conference, Imagine otherwise: Advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education through critical creativity [Conference session; co-presented with Hambrick, A.], San Francisco, CA (2021, November) NASPA Western Regional Conference

, Accompanying Biography Russian-born pianist Oksana Ezhokina is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. An artist of great breadth and versatility, she appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States and abroad. She has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia, Tacoma Symphony, and performed in venues such as the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Benaroya

Ryan Wagner Lecturer - Trombone Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: rew@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.M., Trombone Performance, University of Washington B.M.E., Pacific Lutheran University Biography Ryan Wagner graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s of Music Education and the University of Washington with a Master’s of Trombone Performance. He is an active performer and educator throughout Washington state with extensive performance experience in classical, jazz, and

, or to observe them understand something in way they did not before. At the core of my teaching philosophy is this experience; that learning should be exciting, and growth is possible for everyone.

Rachel Steinberg Mental Health Counseling Intern she/they Phone: 253-535-7206 Email: rachel.steinberg@plu.edu Office Location: Anderson University Center - 300 Professional Biography Education Master of Arts, Psychology, Seattle University, in process Bachelor of Music, Classical Voice Performance, Boston University, 2016 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Program Assistant, Tavon Learning Center, 2022- 2023 Residential Manager and Caretaker, L'Arche Noah Sealth, 2021- 2022 Developmental Specialist

Maddy Wiley Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: mwiley@plu.edu Professional Biography Education BSN, Nursing , University of Buffalo MSN, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Graduate level teaching for the DNP students including professional issues, resources for the NP in practice and procedures Biography Currently working at a Clinical Instructor of Nursing and as Family Nurse Practitioner at Cornerstone Free Clinic.

Steve Sobeck Resident Instructor of Ceramics Phone: 253-535-5035 Email: sobecksm@plu.edu Office Location:Ingram Hall - Room 144A Professional Biography Education M.F.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1972 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Ceramics Accolades 2021 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching Biography Sobeck is a well-known ceramics artist with a following among students who seek him out and collectors hoping to acquire his distinctive work. He has been throwing pots since he was 16. A