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Dance collaboration has many meanings. Traditional collaborations include choreographers and composers working together to create a soundscape, or providing costume ideas for designers. Many choreographers collaborate with dancers to create the movement for a dance. Dance 2019 – Collaborations will feature two choreographed pieces by…
Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application January 18, 2021
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We’re in a brave new world of all-online scholarship application and adjudication process. Students entering PLU in fall 2021 as a first-year or transfer student with an interest in the Dance minor can still apply for an Artistic Achievement Award in Dance. Read more in…
for a Dance Scholarship Read Previous Zooming in on Theatre Master Classes Read Next Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application January 18, 2021
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“It’s like clicking Legos together,” she says. Except that the Legos are chemical compounds contained in an 1 H NMR tube. Chemistry major Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 lights up when talking about her role in the Murdock Trust-funded research on RNA detection . A collaboration…
identity as a first-generation Latina student and her upbringing. “I just want to show my family that their sacrifice was worth it all,” she says, “because I can do more and give back that love and support that they’ve given me unconditionally.” She’s also grateful for the support of the tight-knit community at PLU. As a Franklin Pierce High School student taking classes at PLU, she felt a sense of belonging even before starting college—but she hadn’t realized that the university was also a place where
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PLU officials recently announced the launch of a new data science major, which will commence this fall semester. This strategic addition responds to the escalating interest among undergraduates in coursework dedicated to data science and analytics. The highly collaborative mathematics and computer science departments will…
the Steen Family Symposium Read Next Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to
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English professor receives prestigious award Assistant Professor of English Rona Kaufman was named a recipient of a 2008 Graves Award in the Humanities. The award is given every two years to eight to 10 faculty members from private, liberal-arts colleges in California, Washington and Oregon.…
travel expenses and research materials for a project examining the literacy of cookbooks during her sabbatical next year. Kaufman’s primary interest is in Jewish cookbooks and telling her family stories. “I’m interested in the ordinary practices of living,” Kaufman said, “and how we record those, how we tell those particular stories.” One book she plans to study is an old Seattle cookbook that contains recipes collected and published by Jewish women living in Seattle. While it lacks recipes for
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Uganda: Market Exploration By Theodore Charles Over the past couple of days I have been experimenting with the local system of bartering. There is a local price and ‘Mzungu price’ which is usually double that of the local one. In one market, where I purchased…
this after the fact on the bumpy bus ride back to Makerere University, there were several mind sets that we had used to validate or not validate our purchasing blunder. The first validation was that the cloth was a very good price to begin with. Not only is $10 a good deal for three yards of cloth in the United States, none of this cloth can be found there. The second idea was that even though we lost money, it was better served in the hands of the locals and would help to feed the family of the
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Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser,” Reed Timmer, comes to PLU By Brielle Erickson The annual Meant to Live program is right around the corner here at Pacific Lutheran University, and this year’s two-day event is sure to have something for everyone – including those who might…
given by none other than Reed Timmer, noted meteorologist best known for his role on the hit Discovery Channel show “Storm Chasers,” which has had three successful seasons. Growing up in Michigan, Timmer had his first experience with storm chasing at age 13 in his own front yard. During a severe storm, he was hit by a golf ball-sized hail that destroyed the family video camera. “Ever since that day,” he says, “I’ve been obsessed with extreme weather and storm chasing.” Timmer began studying
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Port of Tacoma CEO sees strength in community Northwest native and Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe ’87, prides himself for being part of an organization that creates jobs. Established by the citizens of Pierce County, Wash., in 1918, The Port of Tacoma is among…
, if we are creating more, healthy, family wage jobs, then we’re winning,” Wolfe said. According to port statistics, activities directly and indirectly connect the Port of Tacoma to about one in six jobs, or more than 43,000 jobs in Pierce County and 113,000 jobs statewide. Wolfe arrived at the Port of Tacoma in 2005 after five years at the Port of Olympia (Wash.), and 12 years with Sea Land, a North Carolina–based container shipping firm. Wolfe served as deputy executive director at the Port of
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New Series of Hebrew Idol Premieres—Your Vote Counts! By Shunying Wang ’15 The new PLU Hebrew Idol season is here, with another group of talented Lutes. And, just as with its inspiration, American Idol , it’s up to voters to determine the winner. Hebrew Idol…
festival, and your vote will determine which movies will go to the final event. Your vote counts!” This year there are four movies in the competition: two comedies, He’s Not All That and Envious Girls; a Mafia movie, Rise to Power; and a drama, Evasion. In Evasion, the value of family, love, and the truth is purposefully crafted and highlighted. The film encourages the audience to accept things that have already happened and to have the courage to handle whatever consequences come after. Through He’s
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A lan and Marilyn Anderson ’85 have donated a $25,000 matching grant for PLU’s Drive to the Finish Annual Fund Campaign. (John Froschauer, Photo) A Driving Spirit to Help Others By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications For Alan and Marilyn (Richardson) Anderson ’85, it’s…
business Alan Anderson took over from his father. The couple believes that students should get a chance to experience the sense of family, the one-on-one with professors and all of Pacific Lutheran University, as they did 30 years ago as undergraduates. Marilyn Anderson graduated in the nursing program; Alan Anderson in business. “I enjoyed the small class size and my relationships with my professors,” said Alan Anderson. “That access was important to me, as well as the real-world experiences PLU
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