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Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 28, 2023 Image: Image: Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger in Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) February 28, 2023 By Lisa Patterson ‘98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterLike it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she

PLU’s Choral Union presents Mozart’s Requiem Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019 By Reesa NelsonMarketing & Communications ManagerJoin us Saturday, November 9 at 8 PM as the Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union presents Mozart’s Requiem in Lagerquist Concert Hall. PLU’s Choral Union is one of the outstanding community choruses in the United States. The choir was established in 1984 to create a university ensemble that would bring together singers from the community

Dr. Edwin Powell Selected to Join WMEA’s Hall of Fame Posted by: Reesa Nelson / November 5, 2019 November 5, 2019 By Reesa NelsonMarketing & Communications ManagerHearty congratulations to our own Dr. Edwin Powell, Director of Bands and Professor of Music, on his selection for the 2020 class of the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame. Honorees are selected every other year by their teaching peers and inducted at the annual WMEA conference. Dr. Powell was surprised to receive the

Back in the lab: an unexpected path led Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 to organic chemistry Posted by: nicolacs / March 7, 2024 Image: Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 is a chemistry major who plans to attend graduate school following Spring Commencement. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 7, 2024 By Emily Holt, MFA '16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer “It’s like clicking Legos together,” she says. Except that the Legos are chemical compounds contained in an 1H NMR tube. Chemistry major Angela

include compositions for clarinet, piano and bass, and one piece will premier a harpsichord that Dorothy Reid actually built. University Communications staff writer Barbara Clements compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 7427 or at clemenba@plu.edu. Photo by University Photographer Jordan Hartman. Read Previous Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self Read Next UC, Morken powered by wind turbines COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't

. “This gives me an opportunity to discuss topics that otherwise, I may not know about,” said Briggs, who added that many contestants brush up on issues covered in The Economist before appearing at “worlds” as the contest is commonly referred to among the debating crowd. Often, judges pull topics covered in the UK-based publication for the contest. Debate gives one an understanding of the importance of what you say, as well as how you say it, said Skinner, a communications major from Covington, Wash

November 2, 2012 PLU President Thomas W. Krise talks about the importance of sustainability at the university after signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment agreement in October. (Photos by John Froschauer) PLU reaffirms its commitment to leading the way in a commitment to sustainability By Barbara Clements University Communications Global warming is real. Humans have caused it. And it’s our responsibility to do all we can to mitigate and if possible, reverse

: Zach Grah Read Next PLU names new VP of Marketing and Communications COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a

October 2, 2014 Daffodil Royalty Blossoms at PLU Five members of the 2014 Pierce County Royal Daffodil Court are all new Lutes this fall. From left: KayLee Weist, Nina Thach, Marissa Modestowicz (queen), Ji Larson and Kaetlynn Brown. (Photo: John Struzenberg ’16) 5 Members of the 2014 Court Are Now First-Year Lutes By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker The queen and four princesses from the 2014 Pierce County Royal Daffodil Court are all new Lutes this fall—which

will be available to the public on a first-come-first-served basis. Advocates for PLU being considered as a host site included campus figures like Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein, Associate Professor and Chair of Communication and Theatre Amy Young, Associate Vice President of Campus Life Tom Huelsbeck and Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications Lace Smith — people who believe the university has a civic obligation to bring events like this to Parkland and Pierce County. The