Search

Nance plans to bring some U.S. premiere concerts to PLU in the near future. Nance is now organizing the premiere of Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström’s St. Matthew Passion at PLU in March 2016, for example, to be conducted by Parkman. Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds also asked Nance to perform the U.S. premiere of his multimedia Nordic Light Symphony at PLU in 2017. This work will be based on folk songs about the aurora sung by the indigenous peoples of the Earth’s polar regions. At the same

, others 20 or more — a chance to learn study skills, habits and techniques from the younger, newer, more savvy cadets.”ROTC at PLULearn more about the programThe university piloted the program last year with a few cadets and veterans; a full roll out began at the start of the 2017-18 academic year. Maj. David Orzech ’18, active duty in the Army, is one of the cadet mentors. He is currently a full-time student in the Master of Business Administration program at PLU and works closely with Farnum to help

across the nation, and PLU is no exception to the trend. In a 2017 survey entitled “Healthy Minds,” one in five PLU students reported experiencing food insecurity ranging from “once in a while” to “sometimes.” Four percent of students indicated they go hungry “a lot” or “all of the time.”These staggering statistics, along with a rising number of students sharing food insecurity concerns with PLU faculty, alerted campus leaders to the need for a response to this growing trend. These efforts led to the

for theatre and I saw the investments PLU put into the spaces,” he said. “That was a determining factor in finally applying and enrolling.” Temple graduated from A.C. Davis High School in 2017 and is now a theatre major. He spends his time outside of the classroom typing away on his laptop writing scripts for PLU’s Late Knight show, a comedy show run completely by students.  “I go to school for theatre, but I have a small part-time job working on Late Knight,” Temple said. “I’ll often be writing

suffered by the Shoudy during her perilous journey. True to form for a shell built by George Pocock, she quickly recovered and played a major role in the ensuing history of rowing at PLU. PLU Crew loads Loyal Shoudy on LST (Photo by the late Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer Cary Tolman) | Repairing the Shoudy (Photograph by Ken Dunmire) In 2017, PLU celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Rowdown. The PLU Crew tradition continues... Today, PLU’s crew tradition lives on through the