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being in awe of the advanced high school choir when I heard them sing for us. I also remember enjoying singing our collaborative performance of Bill Withers’s “Lean on Me.” Someone encouraged me to sing out and sway with them. When it comes to singing choral music, I love the feeling that what I contribute as a singer feeds into a collective sound and that what I sing influences other members of the choir just as much as they influence me. Why do you think choral music has stood the test of time and

considers just part of his role as a football coach: teaching his student-athletes how to win on the field while becoming better men off of it. “One of the premises we lean on as a football program is ‘Better People Make Better Competitors,’” McAdams said. “Just preparing them and equipping them with a perspective of what the entire campus brings and what they can bring to the entire campus kind of fits in line with going all the way back to ‘Better People.’” And while this year’s all-football-player

-house staff as well as a student workforce. Over a few days the room’s outdated equipment is dismantled, and replaced by state-of-the-art equipment which has become standard across campus. This equipment includes a wide-screen projector, screen, and media podium. Updated media podiums were installed in six rooms across campus this summer. This season of installations marks the start of a new era for Instructional Technologies. While three of the six rooms (Ramstad 202, 203, and 205) received our

April 26, 2010 REALLY?! Six PLU professors tackle common assumptions, age-old wisdom, folklore and controversies of the day. With a nod to the “Really?” column that frequently appears in the New York Times, we asked six faculty members from disparate disciplines to prove – or debunk – some common ideas of the day. You’ll be surprised what you think you know. A carbon tax will reduce pollution You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover The unexamined life is not worth living Nuclear weapons always

and wide. Her audiences included school board meetings, the Washington Education Association and classrooms of fourth-graders. PLU and Politics Chan chose PLU because she wanted a small, private institution that would allow her to know peers and students. She also fell in love with Stuen Residential Hall’s second floor, where students of color have their own living space and dorms. “It gave me a community to lean on,” she says. In her first year at PLU, Chan has contributed to and lead on matters

September 17, 2013 A group of six students from Taiwan University visited PLU as part of their country’s Young Ambassadors program. (Photo by John Froschauer) Classroom diplomacy By Chris Albert During a history class at PLU, six students from Taiwan University immersed themselves in discussion with PLU students, debating issues in the Eastern Pacific that continue to face world leaders and learning how diplomacy works. The class was broken into three groups, representing Japan, Taiwan and

will definitely be reading the novels with a different lens from now on. Although audiences do not need any familiarity with Pride and Prejudice to enjoy the show, I can only imagine that the deeper your background knowledge, the greater the enjoyment. The attention to detail in every aspect of the production is incredible. In one scene, the characters lean against a recycling bin that is labelled as taking (among other things) “the novels of Sir Walter Scott.” While Sir Walter Scott was a fan of

have their own living space and dorms. “It gave me a community to lean on,” she says. In her first year at PLU, Chan has contributed to and lead on matters of social justice within education while pursuing a major in political science. As an ASPLU senator, she helps to write bills and advocate for students. As a dCenter Rieke scholar, she volunteers in PLU’s diversity center and participates in social justice campus activities, and helps to tell high school students about PLU. This spring, she’ll

“I Like People, Places…and Things!” Posted by: Kendall Jeske / July 17, 2019 Image: Martin Luther Statue in Red Square at PLU on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. July 17, 2019 ``I like people, places...and things!``Greetings, Friends and Colleagues in Ministry, I bring you greetings in the midst of all the beautiful chaos that summer ministry can hold! As I near the six-month mark of being the Director of Congregational Engagement at Pacific Lutheran University, I have recently taken some time to reflect

Inaugural Angela Meade Vocal Competition at PLU Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019 By StaffMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 16, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University is proud to welcome back one of its own, internationally known soprano Angela Meade '00, to host a special operatic competition and performance to award cash prizes and a trip to a national destination among six student finalists. In 2014, Meade came home to PLU to sing a recital with the