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  • Learning Outcomes https://www.plu.edu/music/home/learning-outcomes/

    Learning Outcomes PLU School of Music, Theatre & Dance The purpose and mission of PLU Music is to prepare and model for our students a lifetime of involvement in music. To that end, our goals are: To provide all PLU students with quality opportunities for making music individually from a wide selection of media; To provide all PLU students with quality ensemble experiences in an array of ensembles reflecting various media, genre, and performance ability; To provide non-performance students with

  • New dean of the School of Business named https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/03/27/new-dean-of-the-school-of-business-named/

    March 27, 2008 New dean of the School of Business named An expert in marketing, management and organizational behavior has been named dean of the School of Business. James L. Brock, 63, has had a distinguished career in higher education administration, teaching and writing. He has been the dean of business schools in Pennsylvania and Montana and has been a corporate marketing executive. PLU Provost Patricia O’Connell Killen announced the appointment. “Jim Brock brings just the expertise we need

  • Diverse music, dance styles mark Dance 2008 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/04/04/diverse-music-dance-styles-mark-dance-2008/

    April 4, 2008 Diverse music, dance styles mark Dance 2008 A vibrant and dynamic series of performances marked PLU’s Dance 2008 in Eastvold Auditorium. The night’s program featured students, alumna and faculty choreographers, and a guest choreographer. The Dance Ensemble performed a collection of dances in the style of jazz, modern, ballet and hip hop. Directed by Maureen McGill, associate professor of dance and theater, the performance marked her 30th academic year at PLU. She presented “Bird

  • The finish line https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/05/18/the-finish-line/

    May 18, 2009 The finish line The call came from Japan as Masahide Nishimura was finishing up his degree in Chinese Studies at Pacific Lutheran University a decade ago. His grandfather, Jisaburo Nishimura, 92, had had a stroke. Masahide felt he needed to come home and support his grandfather, who had raised him, and help with the family business – Kobe Toyopet Corp. – which distributes Lexus, Toyota and Volkswagen cars. This was a company started by his grandfather some 50 years earlier. “I

  • Global Classrooms https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/global-classrooms/

    Global Classrooms Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 26, 2019 Image: PLU has long been a leader in global education, becoming the first U.S. college to have students and professors studying on all seven continents at the same time. November 26, 2019 By Emily McCannAdmissionIn January 2006, a group of PLU students — bundled up in warm coats, gloves, hats and sturdy boots — stepped carefully from the boat on which they'd been traveling onto the rocky and icy shores of Antarctica. This

  • What is Vocation? https://www.plu.edu/vocation/what-is-vocation/

    Called We are called by new knowledge and experience, by other people, by pressing need, by global events and crisis, and-for many-by the universe, a higher power, by God, into awareness that life is more than securing a comfortable existence for oneself. With Others We are called into relationships, into communities both temporary and life-long marked by diversity in life and thought, where we live into mutual responsibility for each other, trusting that we can be and do more together than

  • The Elliott Press https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/book-arts/elliott-press/

    Founded in 1982, the Elliott Press is a hands-on workshop for students in PLU’s Publishing & Printing Arts (PPA) Program and for others interested in the history and artistry of the printed word. Students in the Elliott Press focus on traditional typesetting, printing, and bookbinding techniques as they create broadsides, artist books, and ephemera. But with the evolution of technology and aesthetics, some students also choose to use modern graphic design techniques in their work. Work by

  • How Museums Make Meaning: Study Away J-term 2020 https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2019/12/04/study-away-j-term-2020/

    How Museums Make Meaning: Study Away J-term 2020 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Museums collect and interpret objects, and the stories they tell with their collections articulate cultural identity and values. Based in the historic university city of Oxford, this J-term 2020 class will explore how museums make meaning. Students will study numerous examples of contemporary museum theory and practice, engage with local professionals, and participate in museum-based

  • EcoAusten https://www.plu.edu/jane-austen/ecoausten/

    Annotating Austen’s Environments What does it mean to read Jane Austen while experiencing climate change? On the occasion of Jane Austen’s 246th birthday, we are excited to announce that in January 2022, The Jane Austen Review will begin an open educational project focused on the representations of the environment and non-human living forms in Austen’s work.Our project emerges, first, from our immediate experience of climate change. Most of the members of our team either reside or have recently

  • PLU Opera ushers you into the dark underworld https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2015/11/10/plu-opera-ushers-you-into-the-dark-underworld/

    PLU Opera ushers you into the dark underworld Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 10, 2015 November 10, 2015 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager There will be high notes and high kicks as you travel to the depths of the dark underground this November at Pacific Lutheran University. PLU’s opera program will perform Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld for four performances on the Karen Hille Phillips Mainstage: November 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 22 at 3pm. In this madcap re