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  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)— The Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University will host Seattle-based novelist Tracy Weber on Friday, Feb 6, at 6 p.m.   Weber will read from her new novel, A Killer Retreat , the…

    yoga teacher, Kate, and her feisty German Shepherd . Weber will lead a yoga class for PLU students and others following the reading. A Killer Retreat finds Kate teaching yoga at a vegan retreat center when a wedding guest at the center is found dead shortly after a loud and public fight with Kate. Kate must try to solve the murder before the police put her behind bars as their number-one suspect. “Weber’s vegan yoga teacher is a bright, curious sleuth with a passion for dogs,” said Krista Davis

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2023. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    project under the direction of a faculty mentor. The cohort of students will participate in exciting renewable energy research projects as well as professional development, social and outreach activities. Student participants will receive a $6,000 stipend, a housing and meal plan for ten weeks, and travel assistance. Renewable energy offers exciting possibilities for research. Students will be offered the opportunity to engage in research related to the production of biofuels, and the application of

  • MediaLab has received three prestigious recognitions for its 2014 original documentary, Waste Not: Breaking Down the Food Equation. Waste Not , which explores global food waste and hunger, received a national second-place award from the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Competition, a…

    huge appreciation of our work, and we are very grateful.” Waste Not was made entirely by MediaLab students over the course of one year. Brasgalla and Taylor Lunka ‘15, a Communication major who also served as a senior producer, began research in Fall 2013, then subsequently traveled across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom with chief videographer Olivia Ash to produce the film. Communication major Evan Heringer ’16, and Art & Graphic Design major Taylor Cox ’15, helped complete the

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since 1992. At PLU, Nance conducts the Choir of the…

    . Richard Nance’s compositions are regularly performed by school, university, church, community and festival choirs. In 2002, Nance was selected to compose the prestigious Raymond Brock Memorial Composition for the American Choral Directors Association. Other composers who have shared this honor include Gian-Carlo Menotti, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, René Clausen, Daniel Pinkham, Samuel Adler and Gwyneth Walker. Among judges’ comments: “The sound of this choir gives powerful evidence of a conductor

  • Former PLU Professor’s Legacy Lives On The Rev. Richard Tietjen stands in front of a piece of artwork by former PLU Professor Ernst Schwidder. Schwidder’s art is found all across the country, including in PLU’s Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo: John…

    Art Professor Ernst Schwidder poured his faith into detailed pieces of art that can be seen throughout churches around the country—and on one wood-carved door at Pacific Lutheran University. And now three seminary classmates are working to preserve Schwidder’s art—and his legacy—through The Ernst Schwidder Project. Schwidder was a member of the art faculty at PLU from 1967 until his retirement in 1992. He lived with his family in Steilacoom, Wash. Nearly 100 pieces designed by Schwidder are

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2022. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    Program activities and work on a research project under the direction of a faculty mentor. The cohort of students will participate in exciting renewable energy research projects as well as professional development, social and outreach activities. Student participants will receive a $5,000 stipend, a housing and meal plan for ten weeks, and travel assistance. Renewable energy offers exciting possibilities for research. Students will be offered the opportunity to engage in research related to the

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2024. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    project under the direction of a faculty mentor. The cohort of students will participate in exciting renewable energy research projects as well as professional development, social and outreach activities. Student participants will receive a $6,000 stipend, a housing and meal plan for ten weeks, and travel assistance. Renewable energy offers exciting possibilities for research. Students will be offered the opportunity to engage in research related to the production of biofuels, and the application of

  • Lutes continue conference rule, win awards The PLU Volleyball team finished the regular season with its 13th consecutive Northwest Conference victory and third straight conference crown. The win came against the Willamette Bearcats in three straight sets Nov. 6 at the Cone Field House and…

    seed, on Thursday, Nov. 13 in the first round. The Lutes won the first two sets from Prairie Wolves before losing the next three and the match. They finished the season with a 20-7 record. In addition to conference rule and post season appearances, the team swept the top two conference awards for the second straight year. Several PLU players also made all-conference team honors. Sophomore outside hitter, Beth Hanna, was named Player of the Year by Northwest Conference coaches. Aoki, in his 13th

  • Dr. Chávez is a distinguished author, teacher and speaker with years of research experience. Dr. Chávez specializes in American government, public policy, Latino politics, and race and politics. Her work centers on the political, civic, and professional experiences of Latinos in American society and her…

    period for her talk, “The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the U.S.” The 2024 Latinx Youth Summit will be held on Friday, November 22, at Grays Harbor College under the theme, “Caminando Juntos, Caminamos Lejos / Walking Together, We Walk Far.” This annual event brings together Latinx high school students from across Washington to engage in educational programming designed to inspire students to achieve their college and career goals. In addition to Dr. Chávez’ keynote address, participants will attend

  • The Mississippi State University Chemistry Department seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary NSF-supported summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program occurring in 2024. Students who have completed their freshman year of college and who have not yet graduated can participate fully in the Food, Energy and…

    project under the direction of a faculty mentor. The cohort of students will participate in exciting renewable energy research projects as well as professional development, social and outreach activities. Student participants will receive a $6,000 stipend, a housing and meal plan for ten weeks, and travel assistance. Renewable energy offers exciting possibilities for research. Students will be offered the opportunity to engage in research related to the production of biofuels, and the application of