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  • Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

  • Scott Rogers, PhDDepartment of EnglishWordPress for Blogs and Portfolios Scott Rogers at desk in office. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) WordPress Product Website: wordpress.com Cost:  FreeScott Rogers is an assistant professor in the English Department and primarily teaches courses related to writing, research, and professional communication. Because Composition Studies is so closely tied to the classroom, he spends a lot of time thinking about pedagogy, especially the unique challenges presented

  • 2017 Alumni Awards PLU Celebrates 500 Years of Re•forming Class Notes Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights Family and Friends Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D. Rae Linda died Aug. 20 from a rare and aggressive cancer in Seattle. She was born Oct. 7, 1953, in Hartford, Connecticut, and is the daughter of the late Raymond and Doris (Williams) Brown. Rae Linda earned her B.S. in Music Education from the University of Connecticut, a M.A. in African-American

  • for Orchestra”). The piece is an Adagio for strings that has emerged as a popular piece on its own. The University Symphony Orchestra performed the west-coast premiere of the symphony in 2004. They will perform the piece again on tour in Portugal and Spain this summer McTee’s visit to PLU is not only a sentimental experience for the PLU community, but a notable opportunity for student composers. While here, McTee will provide composition seminars, lessons with students, guest lectures in music

  • Minor in Hispanic Studies 20 semester hours beyond HISP 102, including: Language and Composition 4-12 semester hours of Spanish language and critical writing for second language or heritage learners. Students with prior background in Spanish should consult the Language Placement Guide for a recommendation on the appropriate level to start their studies. HISP 201 (4) HISP 202 or 252 (4) HISP 301 or 351 (4) Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies 4 semester hours HISP 325: Introduction to

  • Christmas season.The concert web stream will be available at the end of the day, Thursday, December 14th. Click here Read Previous Preparation, organization, punctuality and respect is how Barry Johnson leads his singing, teaching and directing in the PLU music department Read Next Travel with our music students in the footsteps of the Masters. LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024

  • , Whitman College Music Building, Walla Walla at 7:30pm (free admission) Friday, April 19 Ferris High School exchange, Spokane Repertoire being performed will include works by Verdi, Borodin, Mozart, Enescu, Schend, and Janáček. Read Previous PLU Trumpet Ensemble live on KING-FM Read Next Jazz Under the Stars concert lineup announced LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music

  • : Bachelor in Music Composition “Since graduation, I’ve moved to Ohio to start graduate school. I am currently at Bowling Green State University, where I have started my Master’s in music composition. Besides my own studies, as a teaching assistant I’ve started working with nearly 130 students in a couple world music classes. School has just begun and I’m starting to get busy, but everything is going well so far!” Jenny Kimura ’17: BFA Studio Arts, Minor in Printing and Publishing Arts, Minor in Latin

  • heritage of the Pacific Northwest to create commercial printing products.” Another notable item in the collection is the iron Washington Hand Press, produced by Samuel Rust in 1821. It was restored by WCP’s curator, John DeNure, and local letterpress expert and wood engraver, Carl Montford. It was the last style of hand press made in the United States. Another prize of the collection includes a bevy of ornaments and borders used in composition. The collection features an assortment of “catchwords

  • Taube. Concerto competition winner Laura Hillis will perform the first movement of the Korngold Violin Concerto, and a work by student composer, Emilio Gonzalez will receive its world premiere, Obsession. Gonzalez studies music composition and has written pieces covering a wide range of mediums, from percussion solos to wind ensemble pieces. Obsession is his first time writing for symphony orchestra. “I have always been fascinated with movie music and this piece is my interpretation of movie music