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, and eventually was hired to direct at New Mexico State University. He served as head of the theatre department and achieved the rank of full professor. He was also awarded a Regents’ Professorship, which is the highest honor given to faculty. This spring at PLU, Smith will make his PLU directing premiere with “Moon Over Buffalo” by Ken Ludwig in Eastvold Auditorium. The production will run May 11*, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m. and May 21 at 2 p.m.  See the full 2016-2017 Theatre Season! Click here

and applications. Graduates from the last 5 years: Their jobs High School Math Teacher, school districts across Washington State Search Consultant Engineer, Lucidworks Data Consultant, Washington State Department of Health Office of People Services System Design Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Stewardship Associate, Forterra Implementation Specialist, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training Fund Lead Payroll Specialist, Pacific Lutheran University Associate Software Engineer, Southwest

anything that we learned recently, it was how important the arts really are to bringing people together. As we were all separated for a period of time and there wasn’t theater or dance productions live, people really understood better why a major or minor in theater and dance becomes a really important component in just the fabric of society. There really remarkable thing with our major is that it’s not just about training you for the future, but it’s also about giving you transferable skills. So if

Alumni Profile Alumni Profile https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/tarra-simmons-cover-1024x404.jpg 1024 404 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/05/kari-plog.jpg May 13, 2019 May 16, 2019 Resilient PLU grad Tarra Simmons ’00 practices law post-conviction and advocates for progress in the criminal justice system The Washington Supreme Court issued a historic, same-day ruling in November 2017

, same-day ruling in November 2017 that affirmed what Tarra Simmons ’00 already knew: her life ahead means more than the criminal record that’s behind her. “One’s past does not dictate one’s future,” the court wrote in its opinion, issued months after the day that changed Simmons’ life forever. And the Pacific Lutheran University graduate doesn’t take the miracles, as she calls them, for granted. She’s working to help others overcome the stigma that comes after incarceration, advocating to transform

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Franklin Pierce Foundation. He also has served on the board for the Tacoma Rainbow Center, including a term as board president from 2009 to 2011. He helped bring the organization to a level of financial security following turbulent times during the Great Recession. Alumni Service Award Edwin Tjiramba ’93 Tjiramba is acting executive director for the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM). He also serves as the substantive director of communications and marketing at the