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  • Mackenzie Taylor Lecturer she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: taylormd@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.M., Pacific Lutheran University Responsibilities Applied Voice Lessons Biography Mackenzie Taylor has recently returned to her home state after completing a Master’s degree in music from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a versatile and committed performer, participating in the Seattle area’s lively operatic and

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  • Mackenzie Taylor Lecturer she/her Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: taylormd@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.M., Pacific Lutheran University Responsibilities Applied Voice Lessons Biography Mackenzie Taylor has recently returned to her home state after completing a Master’s degree in music from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a versatile and committed performer, participating in the Seattle area’s lively operatic and

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  • and efficient machine learning technique k-means clustering to categorize over 60 years worth of popular music. Using data from the Billboard Top 100 charts, we were able to train our machine learning model with over 17,000 different songs and their audio features (acousticness, danceability, loudness, liveness, instrumentalness, energy, and speechiness). Clustering songs with similar features allows us to make predictions by comparing a user’s favorite tracks to our clusters and picking

  • COVID-19 & Other Health Emergencies Protocol for Study Away Updated as of 9/26/2023 The Wang Center strives to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty, and host communities, and evaluates risks on a program-by-program basis. PLU requires student participants to be aware of the following expectations and adhere to them before, during, and after their programs.Requirements of PLU Study Away Students Study away students must follow PLU’s vaccine requirements. Students are strongly

  • COVID-19 & Other Health Emergencies Protocol for Study Away Updated as of 9/26/2023 The Wang Center strives to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty, and host communities, and evaluates risks on a program-by-program basis. PLU requires student participants to be aware of the following expectations and adhere to them before, during, and after their programs.Requirements of PLU Study Away Students Study away students must follow PLU’s vaccine requirements. Students are strongly

  • the Road program, which takes place each year to help first-year students become familiar with the city and region that will be their home for the next four years. Some explored the lava caves at Mt. St. Helens. Others learned salsa dancing at Abbey Ballroom in Tacoma. Some visited Tacoma’s art and glass museums. And some pulled weeds. More than 390 students took part in On the Road, at 23 different locations. Four of those trips were designed help students find a place where they could volunteer

  • Assess Your Course Design for Quality Practices Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Whether you are teaching a course for the first time or the fiftieth, it is good practice to take a step back and critically reflect on the design of one’s course. Faculty are undoubtedly the masters of their course content, but it can be beneficial to consider the best practices that contribute to the quality design of a course as well. Wouldn’t it be

  • October 22, 2010 Student production offers musical varieties By Kari Plog ’11 Junior Julia Stockton is putting her spin on a longtime theater tradition this month, when Pacific Lutheran University hosts the annual student production “Night of Musical Theatre” from Oct. 28 to 30. “The way it has grown in the past has been really, really phenomenal,” Stockton said. “NOMT” included numbers of “Next to Normal,” the Broadway hit that stars PLU alum Louis Hobson ’00. “It’s evolved into something that

  • Bridges For A New CenturyThe theme of the Wang Center’s major China symposium was building bridges, but founder Peter Wang also sees the mission as opening gates and windows. “We open gates to your heart and windows to see outside,” said Wang ’60. “Once you are willing to open your heart, once you are willing to see, then can the work begin toward a more peaceful world.” Wang Foundation Website The inaugural Wang symposium drew 700 people from the Asian, business, academic and other communities

  • 2021 Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Capstones Monday, May 24, 1:30-3:30 Emily Dean “Saving Lives: Making Alternative Birthing Methods Mainstream to Improve Black Maternal Health Outcomes” Mackenzie Kinsella “Untangling whiteness: The Impact of whiteness on Black Womxn in Academic Spaces” Abstract: This paper seeks to answer the questions: What is the role of a white researcher in the process of doing anti-racist work? How can one begin to divest themselves from whiteness in academic spaces