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  • Two Anniversaries, One World Premiere Music Professor Emeritus Jerry Kracht (conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1967-2001) was ready and waiting to celebrate two significant anniversaries in the Department of Music at PLU: ready since 2013 when he composed Fanfare, Fantasia and Finale (On a locally familiar tune) , and waiting until… October 5, 2022 CompositionUniversity Symphony Orchestra

  • Anthropology Program Learning Outcomes Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity over time and across space. (ILOs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) Illustrate the importance of studying cultures with the holistic, comparative, and biocultural approaches to studying humans over time and across space. (ILOs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) Explain the importance of the concepts/issues associated with the terms cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, and racism with reference to a variety of cultural

  • By Matthew Salzano ’18 Professor Oksana Ezhokina, Chair of Piano Studies, will spend her time in concert halls and recording studios. What are you doing for your sabbatical in Spring 2018? I have a twofold kind of project. One of the parts is recording all works by Rachmaninoff on two piano with my dear colleague, Christina Dahl. It’s three very large scale works for two pianos; first suite, second suite and symphonic dances. It is about 70 to 80 minutes of music; lush, gorgeous, rich and

  • Placement and RegistrationInstrumental AuditionsChoral AuditionsPlacement and Registration Music Ensemble Placement Auditions Fall 2024 Auditions August 31-September 4, 2024 Membership in a music ensemble is based on the results of ensemble placement auditions held in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center during move-in weekend and the first week of classes. The Audition Process Click on the INSTRUMENTAL or CHORAL audition tabs above and carefully read the information regarding auditions

  • Greetings from your 50th Reunion Committee! As you may know, our 50th class reunion was nearly 100 people strong, and more than a few stories and tall tales were shared on the evening of October 7. Classmates from as far as New York celebrated in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center in the heart of the beautiful PLU campus. Though much has changed, there is even more that remains the same. PLU is filled with caring and intelligent young men and women who care

  • Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: nicolacs / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON

  • December 1, 2008 Americans Abroad By Steve Hansen When Jennifer Henrichsen came to PLU, she had every intention of majoring in biology and psychology, and then moving on to medical school. Ambitious – and admirable – plans. But halfway into her sophomore year, she had something of an epiphany: Med school was more of her mom’s dream than her own. Jenn Henrichsen ’07 found a passion for world politics and journalism. So she decided to switch directions. Radical directions. “One of PLU’s strengths

  • Saving the Lives of Refugee Women ‹ Resolute Online: Winter 2016 Home Features What Was/Is It Like To Be… The Call Design School Open to Interpretation Attaway Lutes Welcome Note Setting The Course On Campus Discovery Research Grants Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2016 Connection Events Lute Recruit Alumni Profiles Class Notes Family and Friends Mike Benson Submit a Class Note Calendar Highlights Home Features What Was/Is It Like To Be… The Call Design School Open to

  • Hannah Jeske ’16 Where are you working now? Shannon & Wilson, Inc., a geotechnical engineering design firm. I am the Marketing Assistant. What were you involved in while at PLU?  I was involved in MediaLab, theatre, swing club, and Intervarsity. What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced since graduation? The hardest challenges I have faced have been navigating through changing relationships, crises of loved ones, and keeping my head above the water of all that life has thrown at me

  • Giovanna Urdangarain Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7240 Email: urdangga@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 111 Professional Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008 M.A., Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, 2001 B.A., Secondary Education Literature, Artigas Teacher Training Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Contemporary Latin American Narrative Southern Cone Dictatorial and Post-Dictatorial Narrative by Women Writers Memory