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PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 21, 2013 Image: Richard Nance, the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named the recipient of The American Prize in conducting for 2013. (Photo by John Froschauer) September 21, 2013 Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at

A Magical PLU Collaboration: Songs for the Spring of Waiting Posted by: Reesa Nelson / April 12, 2021 April 12, 2021 What do you get when you mix a poet, a composer, three musicians, and two editors? A fabulous collaboration between multiple School of Arts and Communication departments and faculty with South Sound poet and PLU alumna Josie Emmons Turner! These artists came together as part of Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, poet Emmons Turner

August 23, 2010 Lute athletic facilities: ‘Defining a vision, planning for the future’ What does it take to mount a successful athletic program these days? A few things immediately come to mind: talented and highly motivated student athletes; experienced, dedicated and supportive coaches and staff; and high-quality equipment. According to Laurie Turner, director of athletics, PLU is doing all of these things very well.“We have had remarkable success over the years in our athletic program,” she

November 1, 2010 Cammocks ensure PLU remains a place for students to grow By Chris Albert There is one thing Craig Cammock ’91 finds to be true every time he encounters a Lute in the world: “They’re always a pleasure to run into.” It’s a big reason why Cammock and his wife, Carrie, support education at Pacific Lutheran University through financial support to initiatives like Q Club student scholarships, the Morken Center, the athletic fields and gifts to the economics department, which included

November 12, 2012 Gustav Klimt painted this portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in 1907 at the behest of her husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The painting was confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, and was displayed in the Austrian National Gallery until Ferdinand’s niece, Maria Altmann decided in 1998 to claim the painting, and other Klimt masterpieces, for the family and battled up to the Supreme Court to have the paintings returned. A quest for justice and the return of lost masterpieces By Barbara

September 16, 2013 Wall-raising of the Habitat for Humanity home for Dianna and David Sullivan sponsored by PLU and Thrivent Financial on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Dianna Sullivan is a graduate student studying Marriage and Family Therapy. (Photo/John Froschauer) Update: Dedication Ceremony Set for Jan. 25, 2014 Building, Lives & Service – All in One Habitat for Humanity Home By Sandy Deneau Dunham, Scene editor You hear it a lot at Pacific Lutheran University—how everything comes together to

September 16, 2013 Richard Nance, the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named the recipient of The American Prize in conducting for 2013. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since

October 23, 2014 Campus and Community Collaborate for an All-Treats, No-Tricks Halloween Children trick or treat at PLU in 2012; it’s a tradition that goes back nearly a dozen years. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 24, 2014)—On Halloween night, Pacific Lutheran University residence halls and adjacent Garfield Street will be filled with children strolling in cute costumes, frightening faces and giggly goblin gear

Art and Anthropology Faculty Join Forces for Important Historical Illustrations Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 17, 2015 January 17, 2015 Q&A With Professor Michael Stasinos and Associate Professor Bradford Andrews By Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—In a groundbreaking merger of art and anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University Art Professor Michael Stasinos has been developing important historical illustrations in collaboration with

PLU’s MediaLab recognized for latest documentary film about higher education Posted by: Kari Plog / February 26, 2016 Image: MediaLab member Natalie DeFord (left) interviews engineer and former Canadian astronaut Julie Payette in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) February 26, 2016 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLab General Manager, special to PLU NewsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2016)- MediaLab, the applied research and media production program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received