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2020 has been no stranger to change. Change in communities, ways of life, understanding, normality, mindset: change seems to be the common theme of 2020. With the significant changes that PLU has had to make during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Jason Schroder, Director of…
. Regarding responsibilities that he originally carried out in the SCC, Schroder says, “We’ve always been about community with our members, and the way that they’re used to making community isn’t happening.” Events at the SCC this year, including community classes, the Sankta Lucia Festival, Nordic Folk dance lessons, and all kinds of planned seminars, either stopped or changed. Nordic folk dance lessons, normally taught by Leslie Foley and Bob Hamilton, are off the table. Rosemaling is a traditional form
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By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer Many instructors use Sakai for posting their syllabus, sharing resources, and communicating course grades. But did you know that Sakai tools can collect formative assessment data, help students manage their to-do lists, and facilitate communication through audio recordings? Lesson Questions…
Three New Tools for Teaching with Sakai Posted by: bodewedl / September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer Many instructors use Sakai for posting their syllabus, sharing resources, and communicating course grades. But did you know that Sakai tools can collect formative assessment data, help students manage their to-do lists, and facilitate communication through audio recordings? Lesson Questions Instructors utilizing Lessons pages in Sakai can integrate multiple
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Sunday, December 4 at 5 pm PLU Music Professor and Organist Paul Tegels will play Bach Cantata Vespers and a Mozart Church Sonata for organ and strings at the historic downtown Portland’s St. James Lutheran Church on Dec. 4. The Bach Vesper will feature Cantata 61, Nun komm…
Church, Seattle, WA 1/1 Solo Recital at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX 2/9 Master Class for students of University of Tennessee and American Guild of Organist Chapter, Knoxville, TN 2/10 Solo Recital at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN 3/5 Duet Recital with Dana Robinson at The Lutheran Church, Honolulu, Hawaii 3/10 Solo Recital at St Helen’s Episcopal Church, Beaufort, SC Organ Study at PLUOrgan study is alive and well at PLU. Besides weekly organ lessons, organ students
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Senior capstone: ‘the toughest class they will ever take’ If Tosh Kakar has his way, James Crosetto, Jeremy Ellison and Seth Schwiethale will have spent most of their senior year trapped in a project room just off Morken 212.It is a state-of-the-art room adjacent to…
, challenging and rewarding things they will do at the university. It will combine just about everything they have learned over their time at PLU – and then some. “Actually, a lot of the stuff we are encountering we never even learned in class,” said Ellison, a computer science and computer engineering major from Gig Harbor, Wash. That is no reflection of the classes Ellison took. Instead, it shows that the students are building upon their class lessons as they embark on their capstone. George Hauser
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Originally published in 2003 The daily headlines reflect the relentless march to war and violence: probable war in Iraq, continuing strife in the Middle East and the “war” on terror. Like other members of faith communities across the globe, I find myself wondering how I,…
violence and what lessons might be drawn for us, here at PLU. The example that came to mind was Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in south central France, which during the days of World War II sheltered approximately 5,000 Jews and other refugees from the Nazis in what one of these sheltered children, film maker Pierre Sauvage, called “a conspiracy of Goodness.”2 During a time when many people found their consciences challenged to respond to the violence in their midst, one community led by two
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“But Christmas is a time of joy! It’s the only time I know of when men and women open their shut-up hearts and think of the less fortunate. And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold in my pocket, I believe…
families due to the fundamentally important lessons it teaches on how to treat those around you. This particular production is about 50 minutes long and geared towards children, so it is perfect as an introduction to theatre and the story of A Christmas Carol! The show is unique in that 10 actors were casted for the show, each playing multiple characters. The cast includes Nick Sherwin (Scrooge), James Clifford (Young Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Fred), Gabriela Tatone (Ghost of Christmas Present), Cassie
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Jack Burrows ’25 won first place in the 2023 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition in San Diego earlier this month. The Pacific Lutheran University music major participated in 5 rounds of auditions and competition to earn first place in the Upper Classical…
category. “When I won first place for the upper college classical TBB division I felt ecstatic and felt how much growth I’ve had since I started applying for the NATS NSA when I began vocal study in 2020 with my first voice teacher Ryan Bede and Holly Boaz in 2021,” Burrows said. “This fabulous win couldn’t have been possible without all the coaching I’ve had from voice lessons, recording sessions with incredible accompanists, and the world-class music program at PLU.” In the final round of the
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Cover art Good Samaritan by Dr. He Qi Intersections, Number 53, Spring 2021 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of…
Christ Chapel on Yom HaShoah: Reflections on Interfaith Relations at a Lutheran College Sarah Ruble Down and out: First Year Students Encounter Lutheran Theology Lindsey Leonard (Re)Defining Vocation: Gladly Challenging a Vocational Giant Drew Tucker Vocation Outside of Career: Discovering Purpose Through Comics Maria Evelia Emerson Leadership in a Pandemic: Grace-Filled Lessons in Unprecedented Times Marc Jerry Unconventional Wisdom and Talking About God: A Review of Beckstrom’s ‘Leading Lutheran
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“But Christmas is a time of joy! It’s the only time I know of when men and women open their shut-up hearts and think of the less fortunate. And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold in my pocket, I believe…
families due to the fundamentally important lessons it teaches on how to treat those around you. This particular production is about 50 minutes long and geared towards children, so it is perfect as an introduction to theatre and the story of A Christmas Carol! The show is unique in that 10 actors were casted for the show, each playing multiple characters. The cast includes Nick Sherwin (Scrooge), James Clifford (Young Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Fred), Gabriela Tatone (Ghost of Christmas Present), Cassie
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PLU Music was featured twice in the most recent edition of the International Trumpet Guild Journal , an industry publication for trumpet players, teachers, manufactures, and music publishers. With thousands of members in over 60 countries, the Journal is an important resource for anyone interested…
Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, WA. The Lyric Brass Quintet is the resident faculty brass ensemble at PLU. Its members teach private lessons at PLU and are all active solo, chamber, and orchestral performers throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The players enjoy performing a wide range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, including several works that have been commissioned for them. The members of the Lyric Brass get along surprisingly well with each other given
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