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Associate of the American Guild of Organists. Read Previous Q&A: Meet John Paul, PLU’s new Department of Music Chair Read Next Regency Voices features two compositional perspectives of ‘The Prodigal Son’ 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 Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to

between all of us.” The annual J-Term competition is modeled after Fox’s popular singing competition “American Idol.” Contestants sang songs in a variety of categories, from pop and oldies to country and Disney music. Kalohelani said he never expected to win. He decided to participate this year because he regretted not trying out last year. “I wanted to do it (last year), but I didn’t think I’d make it that far,” he said. Though he doesn’t describe himself as a “solo singer,” Kalohelani said singing

message resonate with Johnson for multiple reasons. Like Obama, he’s a first: the first African-American principal in the Auburn School District. This is also his first year as a principal. He says “Yes We Can” also resonates because, “It reminds me, ‘Yes I Can’ and ‘Yes We Can’ build this school.” It was on a basketball court that Johnson first felt his calling. He had been bouncing around different majors while a PLU student, unsure what he wanted to do with his life. The dean of students at the

nucleus of an atom, and sensitive instruments known as mass spectrometers can detect the abundance of neutrons in each atom. This distinctive isotopic marker confirms that approximately half of the carbon atoms in American bodies came directly or indirectly from corn. Bottom line: You are what you eat, and most of what you eat started out as corn. Justin Lytle Assistant Professor of Chemistry Read more claims Read Previous Upright dignity Read Next When China Rules the World COMMENTS*Note: All

receive free Norwegian and American flags to wave. The public also is welcome at PLU’s Commencement ceremony at the Tacoma Dome, where the King will receive a Doctor of Laws jure dignitatis. Read Previous It’s On Us | It’s On Lutes (Video) Read Next PLU Archaeologist Visits Some VERY Old Friends 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

into the critical work of nursing,” said Professor Barbara Habermann, who serves as dean of the School of Nursing. “These students have a great deal of learning and growing ahead of them, and it was our honor to celebrate the commencement of this journey with them today.” The PLU School of Nursing was selected by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing as a recipient of the 2021 Gold-AACN White Coat/Oath Ceremony for Nursing grant. Funding from that award

the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation. What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people from the American Conservation Experience company and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Then, a resume and cover

repertoire,” Nance said. “I am probably going to spend the majority of this year just trying to sort through all the repertoire I came back with.” When in Sweden, Nance met with Gary Graden, an American conductor who works at the Stockholm Cathedral, and conductor Stefan Parkman from Uppsala University. Those visits resulted in important contacts for Choir of the West’s 2015 spring tour to Northern Europe, right after Commencement in May. In Estonia, Nance learned about Estonian repertoire through

American Choral Directors Association National Conference, held in Dallas. “I had long admired Ēriks’ work, and wrote to him about the possibility of composing a piece that we could perform on our ACDA program,” music professor Richard Nance said. “He generously composed Northern Lights for us, and we performed it to great acclaim at the conference–it was THE piece that everyone in attendance talked about.” In April 2013 Nance visited the composer in Latvia while on sabbatical. It was then Ešenvalds

. in Xavier 201. About the Author: Joshua L. Reid was born and raised in Washington and is a registered member of the Snohomish Indian Nation. Reid is currently an associate professor of American Indian Studies and the John Calhoun Smith Memorial Endowed Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. Reid’s presentation is titled “Makah Voices and the Sea” and will be related to his inaugural book “The Sea is my Country.” This award-winning book explores the Makahs, a tribal nation