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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 14, 2020) —The Gospel Experience Concert is returning to Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday, Feb. 15., featuring an encore performance by national recording artist and event headliner Crystal Aikin ’97. The renowned gospel singer was born and raised in Tacoma, and graduated…

    — with lots of different instrumentation and preaching throughout,” says Rice. Read Previous New J-Term job shadow program connects PLU students and alumni Read Next Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition

  • Big Tech sometimes gets a bad rap, with critics pointing to its potential for spying on us, tricking us or leading us to rack and ruin. But technology can be a greater force for good. Justin Spelhaug, vice president of the Tech for Social Impact…

    Tech for Social Impact group, he served as chief marketing and operations officer for Microsoft Asia Pacific. He helped launch the Unlimited Potential organization within Microsoft, focused on developing new and more affordable computing solutions to help close the digital divide for lower-income societies globally. Halvorson said a number of PLU alumni have gone to work at Microsoft and other tech companies, and they have had their hand in major technological innovations. But few realize that high

  • St[art] Momentum , the 2012 Senior BFA Exhibition at Pacific Lutheran University kicks off with an opening reception on April 25, 2012, from 5p.m. to 7p.m. Graduating BFA students will have their best work on display. The exhibit remains open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.…

    opportunity in Tacoma. The exhibition features work of PLU’s Art and Design seniors and rising artists Amanda Candella, Kate Miller, Ayla Mull, Jonathan Post, Meghan Arntson, Joe Flood, Rachel Stoneking, Tessa Heck, Alisha Buoy, Lottie Carlson, Anna Holcomb, Chelsea Flaherty, Claire Cordeiro, Andrew Deem, Jaeda Reed, Blair Chaney, Jill Peck and Michael Parretta. Read Previous The Printed Arts at PLU are Alive and Thriving Read Next Alumni Feature: Jeremy Mangan LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka

  • Lutes were out in full force at the Northwest Emmy® Awards Ceremony on June 4, at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center. Ray Heacox ’76 took home two honors, an induction to the Silver Circle and an Emmy for Overall Excellence for his work with…

    Lutes shine at Northwest Emmys Posted by: Todd / June 23, 2016 Image: PLU Alumni Chris Egan, Ray Heacox, Carla Miller and Alison Grande. Photo by Joanne Lisosky. June 23, 2016 Lutes were out in full force at the Northwest Emmy® Awards Ceremony on June 4, at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center. Ray Heacox ’76 took home two honors, an induction to the Silver Circle and an Emmy for Overall Excellence for his work with King 5. Carla Miller ’06 and Alison Grande ’95 also took home awards

  • By Sarah Cornell-Maier. PLU has a new Innovation Studies program. In fact, I’m a new Innovation minor–one of the first in a growing cohort, scheduled to graduate in May 2019. This series of blog posts is designed to give you the details on the minor,…

    created in 2017 to help students become creative and entrepreneurial in the world of work–no matter what their major is. My name is Sarah Cornell-Maier, and I am a junior at Pacific Lutheran University.  I’m a legacy Lute, with two alumni parents and many more in my extended family.  If you look closely you can find my name in a couple different places on campus- I’m the News Editor for The Mast newspaper, and I work in the Athletics department. But what has me pretty excited this month is a new minor

  • So now what? After going to the Big Apple and making it big – as in a key part on a Broadway, Tony-winning, Pulitzer Prize winning play big – what’s next? Louis Hobson ’00 gets asked that question a lot these days. And his answer…

    ,” he said. On taking risks, Hobson stressed that is was better to fail spectacularly, rather than simply turn in mediocre work. “It’s better to attempt to be brilliant and fail, than just accept being mediocre,” he said. Read Previous Alumni Check-in: Angela Tennant ’12 Read Next The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opens May 10 LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre

  • The annual dance concert, Dance 2015 , once again leaps onto the stage of Eastvold Auditorium on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 at 7:30pm. This year’s concert will be Associate Professor and Dance 2015 Director Maureen McGill’s last show after 35 years. Dance 2015…

    minor to focus more on technique. Courses, such as Dance and Culture, will be added along with Ballet, Modern and Hip-Hop Technique, Dance Production, Intro to Dance, Dance Composition and Improvisation. Tickets for Dance 2015 are $8 General Admission, $5 Senior Citizens and Alumni, $3 PLU Community, Students and 18 and under. Tickets are available at the Concierge Desk in the Anderson University Center, 253-535-7411 [credit/debit/cash), and can be purchased at the door before the show [cash only

  • In this Tony-winning musical, Sweeney Todd returns to London after 15 years in prison on a trumped up charge. His wife is gone and his daughter has been adopted by the very Judge who imprisoned him. As Sweeney seeks justice, he partners with Nellie Lovett,…

    corrupted upper-class society itself. In that regard, it is as much a story about social inequality as it is about a murderous barber.” Sweeney Todd runs March 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. and March 17 at 2 p.m. in Eastvold Auditorium of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite. $10 – General admission $5 – 60+, military, alumni and students free – 18 and younger Read Previous Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding Read Next Dance 2019

  • Fairy high jinks, true love and bewitching spells will play out on stage at the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts January 23-26 when PLU’s Opera series presents Benjamin Britten’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Originally premiered in 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, Britten’s evocative…

    Anderson University Center and on the phone at 253-535-7411.  Tickets are $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens (55+) and PLU Alumni, and $5 for PLU community, students, and 18 and under. Shows on January 23-25 start at 8pm with a final matinee at 3pm on Sunday, January 26. Read Previous PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Read Next Angela Meade Vocal Performance Scholarship Underway LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of

  • Features world premier of work by PLU composer Gregory Youtz PLU’s University Ensemble is stretching its legs this January as 47 talented Lutes will be performing at venues in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The ensemble will feature the world premier of For Those Who…

    , Chattanooga, TN Monday, January 26, 8:00 p.m. Shared concert with University of Tennessee Wind Ensemble John R Cox Auditorium in Alumni Memorial Building on campus, Knoxville, TN Wednesday, January 28, 7:30 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, Nashville (Brentwood), TN Thursday, February 5, 8:00 p.m. Lagerquist Concert Hall, PLU (Homecoming Concert) Streaming Live at http://bit.ly/plu-webcast Read Previous December 14 concert shows brass program’s strengths Read Next PLU opera opens Handel’s ‘Alcina’ this January