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  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 24, 2016)- As Hannah Park poses for a few quick photos outside the main office of Franklin Pierce High School, it seems she is well-liked by everyone in the close-knit community. “Hey Hannah, should you be in class?” a staff member playfully…

    are solar panels on top of buildings – I’m really excited about that,” Park says. 253 PLU BOUND SCHOLARSHIPPark and Gutierrez are two of the 37 students in PLU’s first class of 253 PLU Bound Scholarship recipients. The cadre of first-year students will hail from 10 area school districts and boast an average weighted GPA of 3.89. Of the scholarship class, 57 percent are students of color and 84 percent are first generation college students.A jazz musician, an aspiring nurse and now a LuteJoining

  • Associate Professor in Art History | 2015 Lutheran Studies Conference | Mathews will present The Past is Present: Holocaust Remembrance in Contemporary German Art. In Germany, art plays a major role in the public narrative of the Holocaust.

    Heather Mathews Associate Professor in Art History Biography Biography Mathews will present The Past is Present: Holocaust Remembrance in Contemporary German Art. In Germany, art plays a major role in the public narrative of the Holocaust. Stories of victims, perpetrators, survivors, and their descendants that might otherwise have been forgotten or ignored are coaxed out of local histories by public artworks and monuments. The imagery of these artworks deals with the Holocaust on both

  • Professor Emeritus | Music | David P.

    , Professor Robbins has increased the study of 20th century music, including jazz, in the core studies of all music students, guided revisions of the department’s various curricula, renewed the department’s national accreditation several times, increased recruitment efforts and scholarship resources, and directed planning and construction of a new music building. He served on the university taskforce which revised the general education program, co-chaired the university’s recent decennial accreditation

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  • Thursday, March 3, 2022  |   7:00 p.m. (PST)   |   Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center Also Livestreamed for those who cannot attend.

    Also Livestreamed for those who cannot attend. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required In this public lecture, Samuel Torvend, professor of religion at PLU who holds a doctorate in History of Theology, will narrate how a student’s crisis significantly shifted his teaching and research. From that encounter, new questions emerged that demanded collaborative research with students and faculty colleagues here and abroad. Such research has led to asking critical questions regarding

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West, Choral Union and the University Symphony Orchestra perform the North American premiere of the “St. Matthew Passion” by Sven-David Sandström, one of the world’s best-known composers, on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00 pm…

    offers masterclass to faculty-nominated students LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Every other year the Tamana All Girls’ High School Band travels to Washington state for an exchange with the Graham Kapowsin High School and a friendship concert at PLU. The eight-year long relationship has created bonds that stretch across the ocean. This year, three Graham…

    develop with their students and how music binds us together. This crosses culture and helps us realize that people around the world really are all the same.” Read Previous Famous flutist visits PLU this January Read Next A Symphony of Light LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29

  • Every year, the University Symphony Orchestra features a Student Showcase concert for selected students to perform as soloists with the orchestra or to have their compositions premiered. This year, the concert will be performed on Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall in…

    think PLUSO has ever done much Bruckner, so this year I thought we MUST do some of his music!” Tickets are available on Eventbrite. $10 – general admission, $5 – seniors (60+), military, alumni, PLU community (faculty, staff, families) and free – PLU students and 18 and younger. Read Previous PLU’s Wind Ensemble upcoming CBDNA performance Read Next A Slice of Paradise LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending

  • Going for a Grammy! Micah Haven ’09 is in his fifth year as band director at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma. (Photo: Tacoma School District) Micah Haven ’09 is 1 of 25 semifinalists for the 2015 Music Education Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing…

    semifinalists, some of whom I know and look up to,” said Haven, who’s in his fifth year as band director at Meeker, where he teaches 260 students at the elementary and middle-school levels, along with a before-school jazz band. At PLU, Micah played with the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, brass quintet and Trumpet Ensemble—and even then, he made quite an impression. “It makes me very proud to know that he is getting this well deserved recognition,” said Edwin Powell, PLU Associate Professor of Music and Director

  • Are you brave or are you insane for coming out at a Lutheran university in the 90s… or are you just doing the right thing? Beth Kraig (full oral history interviews part one, part two, and part

    Are you brave or are you insane for coming out at a Lutheran university in the 90s… or are you just doing the right thing? Beth Kraig (full oral history interviews part one, part two, and part three) Beth was the obvious choice for the first person to interview for this project. For many PLU students and alumni, Beth Kraig is the queer history of PLU. I knew that Beth would also be instrumental in connecting me with other members of our PLU community who would be willing to share their

  • Designer | Impact | Major: Fine Arts concentration in Graphic Design Minor(s): History and Theater What Guinness Book of World Records record would you like to break? “The record for eating the most seafood.” Favorite artist: Mary Blair .

    Stephania Lara Designer she/her Biography Biography Major: Fine Arts concentration in Graphic Design Minor(s): History and Theater What Guinness Book of World Records record would you like to break? “The record for eating the most seafood.” Favorite artist: Mary Blair