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PLU Theatre focuses on growth in upcoming Shape of Things Posted by: Kate Williams / April 10, 2018 April 10, 2018 By Helen Wilmot ’19 and Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerPLU Theatre presents an exciting new production, The Shape of Things, opening May 3rd. The story is a twisted tale that explores what people are willing to do for love and what can happen when love takes things too far. The play written by Neil Labute, has been widely produced since its premiere in 2001. In 2003, it was made into

Choir of the West receives high honors in global ranking Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 8, 2015 October 8, 2015 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager The Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur. “This is a recognition where Choir of the West represents the university and our country well on the world stage,” says Richard Nance, Choir of the West director. “There are hundreds

PLU hosts Tamana Girls’ High School Band in friendship concert Posted by: Mollie Smith / May 19, 2016 Image: Tamara School Band, of Kumamoto, Japan, in a workshop at PLU with Ed Powell and Ron Gerhardstein and translated by Miho Takekawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The band visits the US every other year with it’s sister school Graham Kapowsin. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 19, 2016 On June 5 at 3pm in Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University will host a friendship concert featuring Graham

Professor Wendy Shore receives 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring Posted by: nicolacs / January 25, 2024 Image: The Psychology Department, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring recognizes the efforts of a faculty member who serves as a personal or professional guide to students or colleagues and makes a profound difference in the lives of others as a role model

January 12, 2011 Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 worked on many of the Gollum scenes in the second Lord of the Rings movie. How Todd Sheridan rose from PLU to become one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects wizards By Barbara Clements Remember the scene in the “The Lord of the Rings – Two Towers,” where outraged forest guardians, called Ents, descend on the tower where the evil wizard is trapped? The walking, talking and very large trees tear down a dam, and floodwaters surge into the valley

July 11, 2013 Diving in to “Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis” For the past year and a half, MediaLab students Haley Huntington, Kortney Scroger, Valery Jorgensen and Katie Baumann have traveled throughout North America documenting the importance of water and perils facing our world’s most important natural resource. By Katie Baumann ’14 Water does not have feelings. This massive force of nature does not have a conscience. Water does not feel remorse when it washes away entire

February 27, 2014 PLU’s Army ROTC Wins 3rd MacArthur Award in 4 Years Members of PLU’s Army ROTC department gather for a land-navigation exercise outside PLU in January 2014. (Photo: PLU Army ROTC) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) department has won one of eight MacArthur Awards for the 2012-13 school year—its third in four years. PLU’s program also won the award for 2011-12, and for the 2009-10

March 12, 2014 Nelly Trocme Hewett’s parents, Andre and Magda Trocme Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Rescue in Le Chambon, France By Barbara Clements Content Development Director It all started in the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, when a lone, and unexpected, Jewish refugee showed up in 1938, a Latin teacher from Vienna. Word spread. Others came. The Nazi occupation grew in power and the collaborative Vichy government tightened its grip, remembers Nelly Trocmé Hewett, 86, who will

April 14, 2014 PLU Forensics Team Places Among Top 30 in the Nation PLU sent six Speech and Debate members (from left: Pam Barker, David Mooney, Chris Fournier, Brendan Stanten, Andrew Tinker and Mamie Howard) to the national competition at Purdue University April 11-12. Seniors David Mooney and Pam Barker end season on a very high note By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s forensics team capped a stellar season with major honors at the 2014 United

July 9, 2014 Master of Science in Marketing Research Degree Launches in Fall 2015 Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business is accepting applications for the first cohort of its latest master’s degree, the Master of Science in Marketing Research (MSMR). The program will begin in September 2015, making PLU the only university on the West Coast to offer a dedicated MSMR degree. “PLU is excited to deliver the depth of education necessary to provide industry with job candidates equipped in