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Taylor Whatley’s Original Piece, ‘Fanfare Giocoso,’ Premieres at LUCO’s Season-Opener Seattle’s renowned Lake Union Civic Orchestra (LUCO) opened its 20th anniversary season with pieces by Mozart, de Falla, Respighi—and Whatley. That’s Taylor Whatley ’15, a Music Composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. And his original composition,…
Composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. And his original composition, Fanfare Giocoso, premiered at Town Hall Seattle at 7:30 p.m. on October 24 as the opening number of LUCO’s first concert of 2014-15. Whatley was one of three winners of LUCO’s Fanfares competition, which was designed to provide outstanding young composers with an opportunity to create a piece for a full symphony orchestra and have it performed. (He also won $500 and will have his prize presented onstage at the concert
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This year’s recipient of the Enrico Jones Award in Psychotherapy & Clinical Psychology has been presented to Dr. Tiffany Artime, Associate Professor of Psychology. The purpose of this award is to recognize the scholarship of a WPA member who is an early career psychotherapy researcher,…
. Dr. Artime, whose research interest is in the area of Traumatic Stress, completed a 2-year collaboration with the University of Washington, funded by PCORI. Her project developed a stakeholder learning community, composed of college clinicians, administrators, student life professionals, community members, and students who investigated evidence-based trauma focused treatments for use in university counseling centers. Dr. Artime engages her students in research which is timely, and bridges the gap
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Melissa Franke, PLU Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Forensics, is making a difference by helping build a Sustainable China Debate Association. The project originated when Willamette University’s Dr. Robert Trapp proposed a project to build a network of debate partnerships between the…
students to get involved.” Pacific Lutheran University is one of six US partners in the project. Franke’s role is to partner with universities in the Northeast region of China to run three events comprised of debate training and tournaments in and around Dalian, Liaoning, PRC. Franke helps the Chinese partner hosting the tournament to coordinate and run the tournament, and gives lectures during the training. Franke has vast experience with international debate, having attended 10 debate competitions
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“Is U.S. drone program fatally flawed?” This was the question debaters from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) and University of Puget Sound (UPS) focused on during the first annual Ruth Anderson public debate on Wednesday, December 4. More than 100 people attended the debate on the…
click here, and to see comments and questions raised during the event see twitter hashtag #dronedebate. This new public debate series was named for Ruth Anderson, a famous, former PLU debater. The next Ruth Anderson Public Debate will be in December 2014. Read Previous PLU professor pens definitive book on college debate Read Next Joanne Lisosky, Fulbright All-Star LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly
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The Department of Economics congratulates Bernice Monkah (2013) for receiving her MSc in Development Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. Congratulations Bernice!
Congrats Bernice! Posted by: Marcom Web Team / December 10, 2019 December 10, 2019 The Department of Economics congratulates Bernice Monkah (2013) for receiving her MSc in Development Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. Congratulations Bernice! Read Previous Joel Earlywine ’17 Wins Best Research Abstract Award Read Next J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Italy LATEST POSTS Meet Cameron Emerson ’08 April 14, 2019 PLU Alum Visits Department of Economics April 15, 2019 National Conference on
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Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, now is the time to be thinking about what you’re going to be doing this summer! If you are interested in paid, full-time summer undergraduate research programs/internships in the sciences and engineering, please come find out the nuts…
Summer Research 101 Info Session on Monday Posted by: yakelina / November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015 Even though it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, now is the time to be thinking about what you’re going to be doing this summer! If you are interested in paid, full-time summer undergraduate research programs/internships in the sciences and engineering, please come find out the nuts and bolts of what they’re like, where to find opportunities, and how to apply. Current PLU students who have
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Jazmyn Caroll ‘15 found comfort in the cozy spaces of the PLU Diversity Center, but she found a home in The CAVE, the commuter student lounge. Jazmyn saw the CAVE grow in her time at PLU when it moved from a dorm building to a…
Jazmyn Caroll ’15 Posted by: juliannh / February 23, 2022 February 23, 2022 By Esme BurlingJazmyn Caroll ‘15 found comfort in the cozy spaces of the PLU Diversity Center, but she found a home in The CAVE, the commuter student lounge.Jazmyn saw the CAVE grow in her time at PLU when it moved from a dorm building to a room in the Anderson University Center. The CAVE is a “home away from home” for commuter students and offers them a chance to be more involved with campus life. Both the Diversity
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While at PLU, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She was excited about the idea of putting her global studies major to work to help others. In March of 2020, she…
the Great Plains.Peace Corps PrepPeace Corps Prep (PC Prep) is an undergraduate certificate program that helps students prepare for service in the Peace Corps, a US-government organization that sends US citizens abroad to volunteer for two-years in over 60 countries. The PC Prep Program is also an exciting chance to help you develop a global perspective and connect with like-minded students.“I was always interested in rural health and indigenous health, but I didn’t really have any experiences to
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Deanna Fallin ’09 wrote an email on April 8 to her former faculty adviser, Pacific Lutheran University Chair of Art and Design JP Avila, to share some exciting news. “It’s crazy to think that I was just some young college kid, sitting in your office,…
vocational success, she said, comes from learning the lesson of hard work from Avila and being pushed by her PLU family. “I know that if it wasn’t for JP, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He taught me that hard work pays off,” she said. “Being a small business owner and literally living my dream, I work hard every single day. I wouldn’t have gotten this far if it wasn’t for my family and PLU family.” Avila points out Fallin’s story is a lesson for any student — “creativity can take you places,” he said
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There’s not much Kelly McLaughlin can’t do, from rock climbing to cross country hiking trips to creating amazing sculptural pieces. Much of what Kelly has accomplished can be attributed to her growth and experience during her undergraduate years at PLU. What year did you graduate…
are you working now? I’m currently working on getting my MFA (2017-2020) in Ceramics from Ohio University, the top ranked 3-year program of its type in the US. Before that, I did a Post Baccalaureate (2015-2017) for Ceramics at the University of Alaska, Anchorage with Alanna DeRocchi and Steve Godfrey. What were you involved in while at PLU? I was involved in the Women’s Center, Stage Services, Ceramics, and Printmaking. What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced since graduation? What
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