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  • Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officer TACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1, 2016. Brown comes to…

    Council on Education (ACE) Fellow at Pomona College from 2004-05. Earlier in her career, Brown served as the Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair of the Department of Music at the University of California, Irvine, where she oversaw the development of the university’s new jazz program and final completion of a new Music and Media building in 1999. Also at UC Irvine, she served as faculty assistant to the executive vice chancellor and provost, where she functioned as dean of the eight interdisciplinary

  • Sarah Seder’s passion for dance has taken her all over North America. Now, she returns home to the Seattle area bringing with her unique experiences, a vast repertoire of skills, and an effervescent personality. She will lead PLU students through Ballet 1, Contemporary Dance 1…

    Vashon Island, WA. That’s where I fell in love with dancing, and I became involved in musical theater. Throughout my dance career I have trained in ballet, contemporary/modern, jazz, flamenco, Dunham technique, tap, hip hop, swing, salsa, West African, and musical theatre dance. I majored in dance and psychology at Bard College. At Bard, I was introduced to dance composition, and I choreographed a number of original works. For my psychology thesis, I wrote about the benefits of including dance in

  • Sarah Seder’s passion for dance has taken her all over North America. Now, she returns home to the Seattle area bringing with her unique experiences, a vast repertoire of skills, and an effervescent personality. She will lead PLU students through Ballet 1, Contemporary Dance 1…

    Vashon Island, WA. That’s where I fell in love with dancing, and I became involved in musical theater. Throughout my dance career I have trained in ballet, contemporary/modern, jazz, flamenco, Dunham technique, tap, hip hop, swing, salsa, West African, and musical theatre dance. I majored in dance and psychology at Bard College. At Bard, I was introduced to dance composition, and I choreographed a number of original works. For my psychology thesis, I wrote about the benefits of including dance in

  • Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / June 29, 2014 Image: A crowd enjoys the music at a 2013 Jazz Under the Stars concert at PLU. (Photo: PLU student John Struzenberg ’15) June 29, 2014 16th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Kicks Off July 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communication  As a gift to the community—and really, to everyone who attends—the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music kicks off its free summer concert

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2015)— “We’re all a bunch of nobodies, trying to tell everybody, about somebody who can save anybody,” Rev. Dr. Arthur Banks told the congregation at Eastside Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 15. It was “PLU Sunday” at the predominantly black faith community…

    will share your ideas and stories with us so that we may grow wiser; and most of all, I hope that you will come to campus often and help us be the best place for all students to flourish and grow,” he said. (Click here for a full transcription of Dr. Krise’s comments.) Professor of Music David Deacon-Joyner, who also serves as Director of Jazz Studies at PLU, joined the Eastside Baptist worship band on the piano. Listen Now ( )   Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your

  • September 1, 2009 9:52 a.m. – Mr. Homfeldt’s eighth grade history class “No, no and no,” Steve Homfeldt ’89 barks out to the group of students surrounding him. “And whatever you’re going to ask: no.”The 35 eighth-graders know he’s kidding, so they continue to pepper him with questions. Homfeldt, has asked his class to chronicle a road trip of sorts, asking them to plot a course to Eastern Washington and back, estimating gas mileage and the cost for hotels, food and entertainment. He also wants

  • July 2, 2010 PLU alum gets a ringside seat to history as U.S. plays in World Cup Last month By Barbara Clements PLU alumna Kelsey (Dawson) Goodson, ’08, accompanied her husband and U.S. soccer player, Clarence Goodson IV, to South Africa to represent the U.S. team at the World Cup Although the team lost to Ghana on June 26, Kelsey noted it was great being at the World Cup, rooting for the U.S. and blowing those darn horns until you were blue in the face. She recently described her experiences

  • Headed for a History Ph.D. – Updates from an Alum Posted by: shimkojm / December 11, 2019 Image: Carli at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC, with friends Celia (center) and Joy (right). Celia survived Nazi occupation in WWII by pretending to be a Polish Catholic child. December 11, 2019 By Carli Snyder, ’17, and Beth Kraig, Professor of HistoryFirst, we are glad that you chose PLU. Our mission is to prepare students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care – and we

  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…

    Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Deliver Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2019 July 31, 2019 On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University Center. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches the history

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles go “Down Under” this summer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 The University Jazz Ensemble and University Wind Ensemble will travel to Australia May 28 –June 11, 2013, to discover the “Down Under” and share their music with an international audience. Traveling to Melbourne, Bairnsdale, Canberra and Sydney, 49 students will discover both the rural and urban aspects of Australia, and perform and participate in musical