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Shelly Myers Lecturer - Oboe she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: myerssd@plu.edu Biography Biography Shelly Myers currently serves as Lecturer of oboe at Pacific Lutheran University and holds the second oboe position in the Olympia Symphony Orchestra. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Lethbridge, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, where she also pursued doctoral studies. Prior to moving to Seattle, she served

Lace Smith Associate Vice President Phone: 253-535-7436 Email: smithla@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education M.B.A., Business, Pacific Lutheran University - School of Business B.A., Studio Art, University of Puget Sound Biography As Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Lace M. Smith leads the MarCom department. Smith’s teams include the design group, content development, web design, and customer service. Smith is responsible for developing and

torrin a. greathouse Poetry Biography Biography torrin a. greathouse is a transgender cripple-punk poet and essayist. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota. Her work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, The Rumpus, the New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, and The Kenyon Review. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Effing Foundation for Sex Positivity, The Ragdale Foundation, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center

Glenn D. Guhr Lecturer Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: guhrgd@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Vocal Performance, University of Washington , 2002 M.M., Music History, Kansas State University , 1987 B.A., Music, Tabor College Accolades PLU Faculty Development Award, School of Arts and Communication - 2012 Critic's Choice "Best Actor in a Musical" Tacoma News-Tribune - 2011 Inducted into Iota Kappa Lambda music honor society - 1987

Miho Takekawa Lecturer - Percussion Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: takekama@plu.edu Office Location:Mary Baker Russell Music Center - Room 323 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Percussion Performance, University of Washington M.M., University of Washington M.Ed., Kunitachi School of Music, Tokyo B.M., Kunitachi School of Music, Tokyo Responsibilities Applied Percussion Lessons, Directs Steel Pan Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble Biography Dr

Katie Brizuela Visiting Instructor and Interim Coordinator of Music Education Phone: 253-535-7789 Email: kbrizuela@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education M.M., Music Education, Eastern Washington University B.M.E., Music Education, Pacific Lutheran University Biography Katherine Brizuela is a music educator in the Puget Sound region. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from Pacific Lutheran University and a Master of Music in Music

Rob Thompson Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation Phone: 253-535-7495 Email: thompsrw@plu.edu Biography Biography Robert Thompson arrived at Pacific Lutheran University in August of 2013 as the Coordinator of Recreation and was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation prior to the 2017-2018 academic year. Under Thompson’s leadership, student participation in intramural programming has increased by 40 percent through innovative marketing to students and partnerships with

Stephen Corey Editor in Residence, Poetry Biography Biography Stephen Corey is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, the latest being There Is No Finished World (White Pine Press, 2003), and six chapbooks.  His poems, essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in dozens of periodicals and anthologies, among them The American Poetry Review, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, The Kenyon Review, Yellow Silk, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and The ‘Poetry’ Anthology

Holly Boaz Lecturer she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: boazhm@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.hollyboaz.com/ Professional Biography Education M.M., Hartt School at the University of Hartford B.M., University of Wisconsin School of Music Accolades 2010 Winner, NATSAA Washington District and Northwest Region, National Semi-finalist 2007 Winner, Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Recital Award 2007 Finalist, Rimrock Opera Vocal Competition Professional

of 2020 Lute, who started learning and loving art and technology as a toddler. After numerous Marketing and Graphic Design courses in high school, they joined PLU in 2016 as a major in Business Administration, eventually concentrating in Marketing. JB graduated in 2020 with two Bachelor’s degrees, in both Business Administration and Religion. JB is very excited to be back at PLU to use their unique skills and experience with both Multimedia Production and Technology to provide valuable on-site