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really appealed to me.” Gutierrez says her family was shocked when she finally announced her decision to attend PLU. “They were surprised honestly that I was going to a smaller school,” she said. “I think they thought I would want more hustle and bustle. They were happy of course —most of my friends went to WSU —so my family was happy.” Making the decision to attend PLU was easy. The difficult part came when it was time to leave her close-knit family. Gutierrez found Western Washington a major change

and so on). Typefaces include those first introduced from 1690 to 1900, making the collection remarkable in breadth. There are examples of type cast at foundries from around the country and abroad (Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Western, Bruce, Dickinson, Philadelphia, Central, Cleveland, Johnson, as well as Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan). By 1892, about 85 percent of all foundries in the United States had merged into American Type Founders (ATF). It is rare — especially in the U.S. — to see type cast

native of Memphis, Tennessee, mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. He studied composition with Donald Freund and Jonathan Kramer, and ethnomusicology with David Evans. Dr. Deacon-Joyner came to western Washington from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he held the position of Associate Professor of Jazz Studies from 1986 to 2000. He received his Bachelor’s degree in composition and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Memphis, and his master’s degree in composition from

empower youth. “We are scholars before steppers and all have goals as individuals that empower us as a team using STEP as a vehicle for change in the world,” Howard said. She has dance and choreographed with the PLU ensemble for three years. THE DIRECTOR Maureen McGill is an associate professor of theatre/dance in the School of Arts and Communication at Pacific Lutheran University. She has a BFA in Dance from the University of Utah and an MA in Theatre from Western Washington University. She recently

present their recommendations. First, in late January, Pacific Lutheran University’s team out-analyzed four competing teams—from Seattle University, The University of Washington-Seattle, Western Washington University and The University of Puget Sound—to take the local title and advance to the Regionals, held March 18-19 in Denver. There, PLU’s team—Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle and Evan Turner, advised by MSF Prof. Ufuk Ince—was randomly assigned to compete against four

, at 7 a.m. As soon as we arrived at Amazon, we went to the lobby, where we each got a badge, nametag and the chance to grab anything we wanted from the coffee bar (every college student’s dream at 8 a.m. on a Monday). And then, once we were escorted upstairs, we were provided with breakfast. We ate and mingled with other selected students from all over Washington—the University of Puget Sound, the University of Washington, Washington State University, Western Washington University, Gonzaga

helped establish an ecological network of the more than 100 UNESCO-designated biosphere nature reserves of the Western Hemisphere for exchanging information on conservation and sustainable uses of biodiversity.  Prior to that, he served as program coordinator and analyst for the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he managed a $20 million project promoting global sustainable development through programs linking universities in 28 countries. His interest in mammalian ecology led him to

accountant and even ran her own accounting business for many years. She first earned an associate’s and then a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Governors University, but she didn’t feel quite comfortable with her career path. “I finished the bachelor’s in June of 2019, and by Christmas time, I felt this little tapping on my shoulder.”PLU's ABSN ProgramIf you have a non-nursing college education, a rewarding nursing career is closer than you think. Earn Your Nursing Degree in 16 Months!She