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  • /watch?v=UM7EtDI44No A juxtaposition is struck between precise, dancing fingers, and a stoic, barreled chest for support as his black and neon shoe taps a four-four count. His face appears resilient and dedicated, vowing never to let the breath run out, and let the music go quiet. In 2008, Horn, was a member of a Northwest Junior Pipe Band from Shorecrest, Wash., that placed fifth in the World Bagpipe Championships. Teams from not only Scotland, but various other countries–Canada, Turkey, Iran, and

  • Stephen Corey Editor in Residence, Poetry Biography Biography Stephen Corey is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, the latest being There Is No Finished World (White Pine Press, 2003), and six chapbooks.  His poems, essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in dozens of periodicals and anthologies, among them The American Poetry Review, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, The Kenyon Review, Yellow Silk, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and The ‘Poetry’ Anthology

  • You can’t argue with Success Posted by: Todd / April 20, 2014 April 20, 2014 At a liberal-arts college such as Pacific Lutheran University where open dialogue is not just encouraged but expected a healthy argument between students is a common occurrence. But no one crafts strategic arguments like the Lutes of PLU’s historic Speech and Debate team. You could argue that PLU’s rich history of success in the arena of competitive debate is one of the university’s best-kept secrets: Debater Andrew

  • A Semester in CopenhagenBailey Smith is a junior Environmental Studies major and Sociology minor who studied away during Spring Semester of 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. While exploring various study away options with Carmen at the Wang Center, Bailey discovered the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS). While she was originally interested in studying away in other European countries such as France or England, she soon came to realize that DIS was the right program for her. She relates how

  • front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by poverty, violence and abuse. Cushman was one of several speakers who discussed resilience, in the seventh biennial event at Pacific Lutheran University that aimed to stimulate serious thinking on the global challenge. Cushman told attendees that his negative experiences as a child prevented him from envisioning

  • the national tournament for the first time ever. This August in Beijing, she’ll serve the field hockey team as a sport psychology consultant and mental skills coach. “This has that extra-special emotional component to it,” she said. “I really feel it on a personal level.” Hacker is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of peak performance. At the Olympic level, there aren’t significant differences in the physical abilities of the athletes, she said. The difference is in an

  • What is being a PLU Contact all about?Agreeing to serve as the point person (PLU Contact) at your church will assist us in creating and  stimulating a more vibrant relationship with the university and the church, especially with individual congregations like yours. Congregation Relations’ primary goal is to identify a person in each congregation of ELCA Region 1 who will serve as the link between PLU and his/her own congregation regarding awareness of specific PLU activities such as PLU Sunday

  • May 3, 2013 PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Pacific Lutheran University has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice within the program. This program positions students well

  • attention to race, class, and gender inequalities. (4) SOCI 210 : Gender and Society - ES An examination of gender as a social construction and a system of stratification. Focus is on the structural aspects of gender and upon the intersection of gender with other social categories, such as race, class, and sexuality. (4) SOCI 226 : Delinquency and Juvenile Justice An examination of juvenile delinquency in relation to the family, peer groups, community and institutional structure. Includes consideration

  • Studies, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale University. She held full-time faculty and administrative positions at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine. From 2008–16 Rae Linda served as associate provost for undergraduate education and held the faculty position of professor of music at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. In August 2016, Rae Linda began a new position as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Pacific Lutheran University. Her