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performance major. “I’ve been singing since I was a little kid, so it was a thrill of a lifetime to be up there and having all those people watching me. It was great.” Marzano, president of PLU’s a cappella group PLUtonic, wants to sing opera after college, but never thought he would rise to this level of fame before leaving PLU. In July, PLUtonic made it onto the entertainment reality show “America’s Got Talent” as one of the 12 finalists in the show’s national YouTube contest. “Before we knew it we were

.” (Photo by Theodore Charles ’12) Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in the world, houses a vast array of wildlife a majority of the fish that I have been consuming in Kampala. The smell is breathtaking, much like gardening on a hot day, with a thick smell of earth and sweet smell that I have yet to identify. We hopped into a van and headed forty-five minutes across a crazy traffic filled stretch of roadway into the heart of Kampala for groceries. Everyone was incredibly exhausted and after

Physics Chair Bret Underwood receives 2023 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Students in Physics Chair Bret Underwood’s PHYS 310 course titled “Methods of Experimental Physics” experiment with big coils of wire and magnetic fields. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & Communications The K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research recognizes up to two faculty scholars who have made

September 1, 2012 PLU professor to speak at the Second Annual Peter Berger Lecture at Boston University PLU Professor of Anthropology Elizabeth Brusco will speak at the Second Annual Peter Berger Lecture in the Comparative Study of Religion at Boston University. The lecture will be at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. Brusco’s lecture is titled “Barred from the Pulpit, Absent from the Stage, and Missing in the Analysis: Why We Must Keep Women in the Foreground in Understanding Global Pentecostalism

October 12, 2012 ASPLU aims to increase student voices in upcoming election For many PLU students the upcoming election will mark the first chance they’ve been able to vote — at least in a presidential election. In an effort to increase the number of young voters, which make up the largest demographic in this year’s election, ASPLU and several other on campus partners started a new project called Lute Drive. The five-week drive ended on Oct. 5, but it surpassed its goal of registering 300

Ed Hrivnak ‘96: Firefighter, Flight Nurse, Veteran Posted by: Zach Powers / January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsEd Hrivnak graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  His decorated career as a public servant included 20 years in the armed forces where he served as the Crew Director of a medical-evacuation team. A veteran of the first Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hrivnak, who retired as a

, Jordan Bowles and Nick Stevens. Walker says the masterclass will be relaxed in order to encourage students to find a personal connection to the music and their own voice. “This approach helps to achieve deeper artistry by using one’s personal experiences to enhance vocalism,” Walker explains. He also plans to bring out students’ creativity and instruct them on using their emotions as a tool for singing. When questioned about what guidance he would give to beginner students, Walker advises students to

February 26, 2012 Saugen Business Scholarships for Transfer Students: A new opportunity to pursue your passion for business at PLU Attending Pacific Lutheran University has always been affordable. But for transfer students with an eye on a business degree, it’s just become more so through a generous gift by businessman Doug Saugen ’79 and his wife, Vickie. Adding funds donated by the Saugens to the merit scholarship transfer students already earn, the Saugen Business Scholarships for Transfer

PLU donates medical supplies to help Pierce County in fight against COVID-19 Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 30, 2020 Image: PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences, School of Nursing, and School of Arts and Communications teamed up to donate more than $10,000 in essential medical supplies to the Pierce County Emergency Operations Center for use in the fight against COVID-19. March 30, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March. 30, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran

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