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  • By Leah Traxel ’14 Justin Huertas ’09 was ready to “break up” with acting and playing the cello to pursue a steadier paycheck, when fate stepped in. Huertas, who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from PLU, had worked fairly steadily immediately after graduation.…

    . Huertas was also cast as Feste in the Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O’s production of Twelfth Night, a role which he also played at PLU under the direction of Brian Desmond. Read Previous Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Read Next The Choir of the West takes to the road 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

  • Taylor Whatley’s Original Piece, ‘Fanfare Giocoso,’ Premieres at LUCO’s Season-Opener Seattle’s renowned  Lake Union Civic Orchestra  (LUCO)  opened its 20th anniversary season with pieces by Mozart, de Falla, Respighi—and Whatley. That’s Taylor Whatley ’15, a Music Composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. And his original composition,…

    said I was doing it well,” Whatley said. “I never had anyone tell me my compositions were good before.” This story was written by By Valery Jorgensen ’15, PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker, and originally appeared here.  Read Previous The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps Particularly Busy Read Next Inaugural Christmas Music Scholarship Concert premieres Saturday, December 13 LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music | justin.lader@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Justin Lader received his PhD in music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin, Master’s degree in viola performance with emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, and Bachelor’s of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory.

    regularly performs throughout the West Coast with Celtic Harper, David Helfand. The duo performs original and traditional music that is influenced by Middle Eastern, Celtic, and Indian styles. Together the duo has released three albums, Through the Portal, From a Distant Time: Inspirations from the Celtic Lands, and After the Rain. Dr. Lader’s compositions have been featured in documentaries by Reiko Fujii (Detained Alien Enemy – Japanese American Internment) and Matt Cook (Exploring the nature of

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  • ‘The holy cow’ moment As Clarice Swanson ’89 walks in the barn located on her family’s 400-acre Walla Walla cattle ranch, her mind isn’t on the hundred or so Herefords and Black Angus chewing on new grass just down the road. It’s on the tiny…

    May 9, 2008 ‘The holy cow’ moment As Clarice Swanson ’89 walks in the barn located on her family’s 400-acre Walla Walla cattle ranch, her mind isn’t on the hundred or so Herefords and Black Angus chewing on new grass just down the road. It’s on the tiny balls of grey striped fluff peeping at her feet. These turkey chicks, or poults, represent one of the few Unimproved Standard Bronze flocks on the West Coast. Even if the chicks or their parents didn’t have the shelter of a barn to escape the

  • Graduate breaks new ground It’s been a whirlwind four years for Candice Hughes ’08.An international student from Trinidad and Tobago, Hughes participated in theater and Dance Ensemble, held leadership roles in the Diversity Center and ASPLU, and spearheaded the first campus Caribbean Carnival in February…

    graduation also marked a milestone for PLU: Hughes is the first graduate of a recent agreement program between PLU and the University of the West Indies. When Hughes came to PLU as a freshman in 2004, she was the first Trinidadian student supported by the agreement program. It provides four-year scholarships, funded jointly by PLU and the Trinidadian government, to a select few students from the island nation each year. Currently, the program supports six students at PLU. “I came to PLU as girl from

  • Fellowship encourages senior to find calling Since childhood, Timothy Siburg’s sought to determine his life’s purpose. At PLU, the quest to find his vocation has only intensified. The senior religion and economics double major knows he wants to serve others, but he isn’t sure in…

    , even serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania in the late 1990s. During his speech, Siburg realized people have an obligation to be involved in society. Siburg credits his family and Lutheran faith with instilling in him a desire to serve. One reason he chose to attend PLU was because he felt the university was a place he could develop his sense of calling – and that’s been the case, he said. “It’s ingrained in the PLU culture,” he said. Along with singing in the Choir of the West and serving as

  • Patricia Krise: A dedication to service and student engagement By Barbara Clements Focused. In a word, that would describe Patricia Krise. And friendly too. As she sits down for coffee outside the Old Main Market, she will admit that focus is a skill that has…

    position to become PLU’s 13th president, both their emails where flooded with congratulations from Lutes on campus welcoming them to PLU. On the move from Stockton, Calif., they stopped by Ashland, Ore., at a bed and breakfast. The only other guests there were, of course, Lutes. Read Previous Skones Era Choir of the West Reunion Read Next I never thought I’d study away four times and still graduate on time COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

  • This past summer, Nathan Page ’13, left, worked on Mt. Rainier conducting research on glaciers. Each week, the group spent two nights on Mt. Rainier, hiking anywhere from three to 15 miles to their research area, collecting a sample before bed, then getting up at…

    Club. “I pictured myself doing more of this kind of stuff in college,” said Page. “You’ve got the Olympics to the West, the Cascades to the East – PLU’s location and just the accessibility really made a difference to kind of push me outside more.” When he heard about PLU’s undergraduate research fellowship opportunities he decided to apply. He and four other students were chosen to research various environmental issues on Mt. Rainier with professor Todd. Each week, they spent two nights on Mt

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBwlijVuw4 “PLU’s location close to Mt. Rainier is a huge resource for me and for students. For me, as a glacial geologist and as a professor, it’s really an easy place for me to go and convince students how geology affects our everyday lives, how…

    engineering, before returning to the West Coast to earn her Ph.D. in geology from the University of Washington. In Seattle, she joined a team of UW researchers studying glaciers in Antarctica. “That first experience in Antarctica showed me the real power of glaciers, how important they are as geologic forces,” Todd recalled. Contact Claire Talk to faculty Find out more about the study of glaciers and geosciences by contacting Claire Todd at 253-536-5163 or by email at toddce@plu.edu. After coming to PLU

  • Pacific Lutheran University hires new Vice President of Marketing and Communications to promote the university’s vision of service, sustainability and leadership. Donna Gibbs, a marketing and communications leader for over 20 years , will become the new Vice President of Marketing at Pacific Lutheran University.…

    such a highly-regarded institution and to help shape the next generation of people committed to lives of service, leadership and care for others.” Donna Gibbs is the new Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Gibbs most recently served as managing director, and helped establish the west coast operations, of Bluetext, a Washington, D.C.-based digital marketing and strategic communications firm that counts among its clients Google, Adobe, Cisco and Intel.  Before joining Bluetext, Gibbs