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June 11, 2014 Marissa Meyer ’04 signs one of her latest books in the Luna series, ‘Scarlett’, for a fan this spring at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Love of Sci-Fi and Fairy Tales Leads to Best-Selling Series By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development, PLU Marketing and Communications Marissa Meyer ’04 admits she’s a bit of a nerd—and comes proudly from a long line of nerds, including an uncle who converted the second floor of his house into the bridge of the Enterprise. Really
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An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.
immigration policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), ResoLute granted anonymity to “Sophia” in order for her to speak freely about her experience with the Oaxaca, Mexico, study away program. Sophia silently stood in the Oaxaca International Airport, paperwork in hand, flooded with a haze of emotion. Equal parts excited and overwhelmed, she prepared to begin a long-awaited study away experience that almost didn’t happen. But after stepping off the plane, thousands of miles from Pacific
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By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I…
Innovation and Resilience Posted by: halvormj / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I took a deep dive on disruptive innovation with some faculty in the PLU School of Business, who are also mentors in our Innovation Studies program
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stage our productions. Then all of the classes stop, and we would function like a small opera company.” She then competed in the Met’s National Council Auditions in 2007, and this time won, which led to the cover contract… and the rest of her career. “I guess you could say, the rest is history,” Meade laughed. Since 2008, Meade has performed in Europe, Baltimore, New York, Dallas and Montreal. Meade was chosen as PLU’s alumna of the year in 2011, and returned home to sing in May to Alban Berg’s
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Hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Learn more. Read Previous University Symphony Orchestra Spring Tour 2019 Read Next Choir of the West 2019 Tour – United Kingdom and Germany 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
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Revisiting the Visiting Writer Series: the 15th Anniversary Edition Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Visiting writer and author Minal Hajratwala visits Wendy Call’s class at PLU, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2020 By Wyatt Loranger '21English MajorThe 2019-2020 academic year marks the 15th anniversary of the Visiting Writers Series, the English department’s annual program bringing writers from various backgrounds to Pacific Lutheran University. Most visits
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April 11, 2012 PLU performers hit the stage for the Titanic Centennial Members of PLU’s Choral Union and a few members of University Chorale and Choir of the West and some recent alumni will perform in the 5th Avenue Theatre’s Titanic Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15. In all, 76 PLU students and alumni will join the productions chorus, making this performance the theater’s largest yet. “There’s 140 performers on stage—that’s a first,” said 5th Avenue’s Music Director Ian Eisendrath. “I
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-envisioning of the classic take of Orpheus and Eurydice, mythology is turned on its head. Offenbach’s work bubbles over with exuberance and humor and features the famous can-can. “The comedy is very broad in this piece,” James Brown, director, comments. “Offenbach was spoofing the sacred treatment that mythology receives in opera libretti. I was inspired by his irreverence and chose to use icons from more recent history to represent the Gods of mythology. The audience should be prepared for a fun evening
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Section 1.The faculty shall consist of the president of the university, regular faculty, contingent faculty, administrative faculty, emeriti faculty, others recommended by the faculty to the president and approved by the Board of Regents, as well as other officers designated by the Board of Regents upon recommendation of the president. (See Faculty Handbook, Section II, Aspects of Faculty Organization, Definition of Faculty for further detail.)
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Spend the Summer with the National Toxicological Research Center Posted by: nicolacs / January 6, 2017 January 6, 2017 Summer research opportunities are available at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Jefferson, Arkansas. Selected individuals will participate in research projects on the biological effect of potentially toxic chemicals and the solutions to toxicology problems that have a major impact on human health and the
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