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PLU Lecturer wins Seattle competition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 Erik Steighner, who teaches applied saxophone at PLU, was one of four solo winners in the 26th annual Frances Walton Competition. In addition to prize money, Steighner will go on a six-day winner’s tour September 13-18, 2015.When Erik Steighner was preparing to compete in Seattle earlier this summer, he didn’t want to give the judges an excuse not to pick him. That’s why, even though it’s not

How to Create a Basic Online Lesson Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 6, 2020 March 6, 2020 By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When on-campus class sessions cannot be held as scheduled, online lessons provide an alternative method for teaching. Online lessons created in Sakai can provide faculty and students with access to all the major components of a course, including instructional content, activities, and assessments. While a fully online class is best designed through the PLUTO

, Whitman College Music Building, Walla Walla at 7:30pm (free admission) Friday, April 19 Ferris High School exchange, Spokane Repertoire being performed will include works by Verdi, Borodin, Mozart, Enescu, Schend, and Janáček. Read Previous PLU Trumpet Ensemble live on KING-FM Read Next Jazz Under the Stars concert lineup announced LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music

has been a big part of their lives for as long as they can remember. Grahe remembers how he went from playing French horn in a brass quintet, to playing trumpet at open mic nights, to learning how to play guitar and starting to record original music. “Somewhere the guitar took over more than the French horn and more than the trumpet,” he said. His group, “My Name Ain’t Skip,” actually formed in response to the PLU rock event. “It’s actually refreshing being in a band,” Grahe said. Anderson saw the

Help: How do I rearrange, hide, or rename the items in the Tool Menu? Tip 2: Organize Your Site with the Lessons Tool – (QM 4.2, 8.1) Another common theme from student interviews was confusion in navigating through the course content by using the tool-centric approach of the tool menu. For instance, some assignments were located in Resources, others used the Drop Box, and still others used the Assignment tool. Students had to move in and out of the tool menu to search for relevant resources and

team travel. It helps empower student-athletes to lead lives of impact. We spoke with Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) officers Danny Samson ’22 and Bridget Duven ’22 about the impact athletics has on their development and for the PLU community as a whole.What things have you learned about being an athlete and a student? How do they benefit one another? Danny: Being a student-athlete has taught me numerous lessons. I have learned how to be a more responsible individual, work in a team with

October 27, 2008 Donors share value of Holocaust Education Last week, stories of survival and the lessons of history were on the forefront of many people’s minds. On Oct. 21, more than 150 people gathered for the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in support of Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University.“It is always difficult to know where to begin,” Kurt Mayer told the assembled crowd in the Scandinavian Center. He was talking about the story of his life as a survivor

PLU Psychology student/faculty collaboration Posted by: Marcom Web Team / January 31, 2020 January 31, 2020 By Jon GraheProfessor, Dept. of PsychologyAmber Matteson, PLU Senior Psychology, Physics Double Major and Psi Chi Vice President recently taught herself the R statistics program while serving as a Teaching Apprentice to help PLU Psychology learn R better. This January, she was the sole instructor for a three-part workshop that led four faculty (shown here) through a series of lessons she

is not a science course. As we work to design our starship, we will find that many of the lessons we learn can be directly applied on Earth.” In the first few weeks of class, Heath’s goal is to convince students that they are actually building a starship. It’s the most important part of the course because the starship concept forces students to think beyond their assumptions. When Heath was designing the class back in 2016, he asked people what they thought were the most damaging things humans

heard over and over ‘What an amazing performance,’ ‘Your students play with so much heart,’ and ‘The artistry of your ensemble blew me away.’” Powell remarked. “Naturally I was flattered and proud of our students.” As part of the festivities a collegiate honor band featured four PLU students, who auditioned and were selected: Ingrid Smith, first chair principal clarinet; Lyndi Knox, third chair clarinet; Claire Rehmke, second chair trumpet; and Shayla Chaykin, first chair percussion. Each placed