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, Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 18, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University’s own Cassio Vianna, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, has been awarded a grant from the City of Tacoma. This grant, part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP), encourages artistic engagement in the city by providing financial support to projects by Tacoma based artists.  To contribute to this initiative, Vianna has written a 4-movement suite entitled Invisible Garden, that

to enhancing nursing education. The goal is to produce more qualified nurses committed to the older adult. “Not near enough nurses have adequate preparation and training in the principles of geriatric nursing,” Miller said. “This funding will enable us to educate better and more qualified nurses who are professionally developed to offer consistent and ongoing support to older adults, regardless of the institutional care setting, home situation, or the diagnoses.” The partnership will: • Admit a

workshops. Underwood’s exceptional problem-solving skills and humble and patient approach have substantially modified our understanding of early Universe dynamics and garnered him an international reputation. The nomination packet for Underwood included letters from PLU colleagues and research scientists worldwide offering their enthusiastic support. One colleague observed that Underwood has “made advances in cosmology research worthy of an R-1 university.” Another colleague elaborated on the

August 20, 2013 PLU Professor Jan Weiss in Namibia. One on One: Jan Weiss By Barbara Clements A 22-year-old Jan Weiss walked into the elementary school southeast of Portland, Ore., and looked at her third-grade class. Twenty-five faces looked back. And Weiss realized that she knew nothing about their world, nor they, hers. Weiss grew up in a relatively prosperous home near San Jose, Calif., where dad was an engineer who worked on the Apollo and Gemini launches for a major aerospace company, and

years at PLU. She has a passion for dance and most recently performed with the Dance Team at the Dash Center for Performing Arts in Tacoma. Stiehl has a passion for community and social justice and will be working abroad in Thailand as a Human Rights activist following May graduation. Mamie Howard ’14 is a sociology major, in a Pre-Law Tract. She founded Lute Nation Step in 2011, formerly the PLU STEP TEAM. The goals of Lute Nation are to participate with community outreach and actively inspire and