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Training, Music History Accolades Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship from the Netherlands-America Commission for Educational Exchange Biography Paul Tegels retired in May 2023. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance and Pedagogy and his Master of Arts Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Iowa, where he studied organ with Delores Bruch, and choral conducting with William Hatcher. Other degrees and awards include the Artist Diploma and the Master of Music

Training, Music History Accolades Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship from the Netherlands-America Commission for Educational Exchange Biography Paul Tegels retired in May 2023. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance and Pedagogy and his Master of Arts Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Iowa, where he studied organ with Delores Bruch, and choral conducting with William Hatcher. Other degrees and awards include the Artist Diploma and the Master of Music

Economic History Families and Children in American History American Society and the Vietnam War American Slavery Colonial America American Revolutionary Era Books Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption (University of Michigan Press 2014) : View Book Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 (University Press of Kansas 2004) : View Book Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives edited by E. Wayne Carp (University of Michigan Press 2002) : View Book Family Matters

cities in Africa, Europe, and America. She studied and taught at numerous institutions in the US such as the University of Oregon, Louisiana State University, Dartmouth College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Ekani’s “secret de polichinelle” is to become a novelist. So, she spends most of her spare time writing, rewriting, and editing manuscripts. In addition, she likes to travel, watch stand-up comedies, meditate, and talk to her family and friends. She applauds the freedom that comes

Antonios Finitsis Professor of Hebrew Bible Phone: 253-535-7319 Email: finitsak@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-G Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Executive Director for the Wild Hope Center for Vocation President, PNW Region American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Education Ph.D., Hebrew Bible, University of Chicago, 2007 M.A., Biblical Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1998 B.A., Religion, Univeristy of Athens

two of the seven continents (South America and Africa), including the highest peak outside of Asia (Aconcagua, 22, 896 ft), and has made two attempts on the highest peak in North America (Denali). His family tops all all of these summits, however. He and his wife have been married over 30 years and have two daughters. Service Councilor, American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Board Member, Phinney Ridge Community Council Climbing Instructor, Everett Mountaineers

Leavenworth, WA. Dr. Cho’s vocal and dramatic work is wide-ranging — from canonical works from the 18th through 20th centuries to contemporary music by living composers. Her performing career spans Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, with notable appearances at the Beaune International Baroque Festival in France, Forbidden City Concert Hall in China, and Ghent New Music Festival in Belgium, and has collaborated with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra

Doreen Splinter, MA Clinic Coordinator she/her Phone: 253-535-7337 Email: splintdk@plu.edu Office Location: Health Center Professional Biography Personal Education Certified Medical Assistant, Pierce County Community College, 1979 Responsibilities Administrative support for Health Services. Work with students as a navigator to establish health insurance under their own plan. Professional Memberships/Organizations Diabetic Association of America Biography I joined PLU and Health Services in 2003

David Allan Cates Fiction Biography Biography David Allan Cates is the author of five novels, most recently Tom Connor’s Gift, a gold medalist in the 2015 Independent Book Publishers Book awards.  His first collection of poetry, The Mysterious Location of Kyrgyzstan, was released in the spring, 2016.  His other novels include: Hunger in America, a New York Times Notable Book, X Out of Wonderland, and Freeman Walker, both Montana Book Award Honor Books, and Ben Armstrong’s Strange Trip Home, a

from the University of the Pacific.  In 2009, she received the NASPA Region IV Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Service as a Dean, and in 2006 she was named a Pacific Woman of Distinction.  She also received the Martin Luther King, Jr., Opening Doors award in 2005.