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Mark Ivester Lecturer - Jazz Drums Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: ivestemd@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Video Education B.M., Eastern Washington University Responsibilities Teaches drum set lessons Biography Mark Ivester is a versatile drummer and percussionist with extensive experience playing a variety of musical genres from rock to jazz to orchestral music. Mark has performed with numerous jazz artists of international stature including Larry

, winner of the S. Mariella Gable Prize from Graywolf Press, as well as a critical study of William Stafford, Writing the World (Oregon State University Press).  She edited (with Ted Kooser, former U. S. Poet Laureate) an anthology of bird poems: The Poets Guide to the Birds (Anhinga Press).  In addition, she edited three collections of short nonfiction: In Short; In Brief; and Short Takes (all W. W. Norton).  A fourth anthology—Brief Encounter, co-edited with Dinah Lenney—is forthcoming from W. W

Janelle (JB) Brockman Instructional & Multimedia Technologist She/They Phone: 253-535-7391 Email: brockmjr@plu.edu Office Location: Mortvedt Library Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Website: https://linktr.ee/brockmjr Professional Biography Personal Education Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, Pacific Lutheran University Bachelor of Arts, Religion with a focus in Buddhism, Pacific Lutheran University Biography JB is a proud, class

Nonfiction Award and Sierra magazine’s Nature Writing Award, and she was a finalist for the Katharine Nason Bakeless Nonfiction Literary Publication Prize, sponsored by Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.  She is a professor of creative nonfiction writing in the Low-Residency MFA program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and serves on the faculty of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Mentor. Workshops and classes in nonfiction. Statement: “My favorite moment is when a writer who’s struggling with a

Steve Sobeck Resident Instructor of Ceramics Phone: 253-535-5035 Email: sobecksm@plu.edu Office Location:Ingram Hall - Room 144A Professional Biography Education M.F.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1972 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Ceramics Accolades 2021 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching Biography Sobeck is a well-known ceramics artist with a following among students who seek him out and collectors hoping to acquire his distinctive work. He has been throwing pots since he was 16. A

has a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Washington Foster School of Business. He is a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He also has extensive experience teaching financial topics to a variety of audiences. He lives in his hometown of Tacoma and enjoys travel, cooking and exploring the great outdoors of the PNW.

with contemporary American poets, published by Associated University Presses; Hidden Sequel, winner of the Barrow Street Book Award for 2005; Lost and Midnight, both from State Street Press; On the Coast, a chapbook (Pudding House, 2002); and Five Colors, from CustomWords (WordTech).  His poems have appeared in such magazines as The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry Northwest, The Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Chelsea, Iowa Review and several anthologies.  He was awarded a

Dana Shreaves Instructional Designer Phone: 253-535-7572 Email: bodewedl@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library - Room 329 Status:Working Remotely Biography Biography Dana is a staff member in the Office of the Provost and has been employed at PLU since August 2013. She works with faculty and staff on projects related to teaching, learning, and technology through consultations, workshops, presentations, and special events like the PLUTO Institute. Dana leads PLUTO programming for the

Patrick Brockwell AV Technician Phone: 253-535-7261 Email: pbrockwell@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Biography Biography Patrick is a native of Tacoma, having grown up about a mile away from the PLU campus. Having a background as a drummer led to tinkering with audio and recording, that culminated in enrollment in an Audio Production course through the University of Washington. Since completion of the course, Patrick has run sound

Festival, the Highland Jazz Festival, the Fairbanks Summer Art Festival, the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation Festival, the Blaine Jazz Festival and the Buddy DeFranco/University of Montana Jazz Festival, the latter four of which he plays annually. He has shared the bandstand with a long list of jazz luminaries including Michael Brecker, Arturo Sandoval, Dave Samuels, Peter Erskine, Bruce Forman, Tamir Hendelman, Bob Mintzer, Lew Soloff, Bucky Pizzarelli, Benny Golson, Paquito D’Rivera, Phil