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Associate Professor of Music Timothy Fitzpatrick from Western Washington University, who was living in Tallinn during his sabbatical. Members of PLU’s Choir of the West pose in Red Square in October 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) “I attended some concerts, visited with conductors and composers, watched them rehearse and perform, and was just absorbed in the cultures,” Nance said. “It was fantastic!” Nance’s sabbatical visits also inspired more future collaborations for PLU’s Music Department, and

Olson said she was mulling over going to PLU or Concordia College in Minnesota, her home state. She finally decided to become a Lute, to “spread my wings a little” and get away from home. It didn’t hurt, however, knowing she’d know someone once she arrived on campus. Rondi needed more convincing. She at first wasn’t going to go anywhere near PLU, since “it was the family school.” So she first went to Western Washington University in March. When she realized that Michael was transferring to PLU from

. Both JeanMarie and Jerry have been on the Parents Council since 2006. Why we Give to Q Club: “Living in Western Washington, we both knew about PLU but didn’t really know PLU. In 1995, our dad, Julian Foss, became interested in the new Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ installation and, after his death, the Foss family created an endowment in his name for its upkeep. We later met alumnus Darren Kerbs ’96 through our church and got to know a little more about the university. Our daughter Jillian, as a

feet above is call type 3, a crossbill which feeds on Western Hemlock cones. The next step in Smith’s research requires bringing female crossbills into captivity to see how they respond to songs of different call types. “I like giving students an opportunity to have an experience they may not have in a lab,” Smith said, as she and Grossberg picked their way down the muddy trail to the beach. Once the songs are collected, Smith and her students,Grossberg and Kirsten Paasche ’13, will take the sounds

through the novel “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Urrea will be on campus September 13th to speak on the topic and his book. The novel features a young Mexican teenager, Nayeli, who notices that, just as her father did, many of the men of her village have gone to the United States to find work. While watching the classic 1960s Western film “The Magnificent Seven,” she decides to head north and recruit her own “Siete Magníficos” to repopulate and protect her hometown. According to

audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer and has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle). Today, he leads the Dmitri Matheny Group, an all-star ensemble featuring some of the most accomplished jazz artists in the western states. July 24 Hilary Gardner In 2010, acclaimed singer Hilary Gardner was chosen by the Frank Sinatra estate to appear as the live, onstage singer in Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away. Gardner performs throughout New York City

—so my family was happy.” Making the decision to attend PLU was easy. The difficult part came when it was time to leave her close-knit family. Gutierrez found Western Washington a major change from where she grew up in Central Washington.  “It was hard with the change of literal environment,” she said. “It’s rainy over here, there’s more population, more diversity. It’s a real city.” Gutierrez enjoyed her new school and making new friends but she admits she was homesick for her community back in

School of Education’s Uukumwe Project, an educational partnership between Pacific Lutheran University and Namibian educators. And at N/a’an ku sê, Delos Reyes had a unique opportunity: to teach Western music concepts to students who wouldn’t otherwise have access to music education. It was a life-changing experience. “I have never had so much fun teaching in my life,” Delos Reyes says. She loves her current practicum at a small K-8 school outside of Olympia but says the connection that develops when