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long before Bill’s passing, but upon hearing about his death, I discovered this play now has a double meaning for me,” Clapp says. “I’m planning on stealing as much from his production that I can remember.” You can see Becvar’s name around campus – he was a donor in support of both the script library and the William J. Becvar Studio Theater Stage in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and established a scholarship for theater students. Theatre alumni who worked with the late
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opportunity for people of color to finally have their chance in the limelight and to share the story of their people. For the first time in the history of Vpstart Crow, Fences was produced with an all black cast. Student director, Josh Wallace made this decision “to level the playing field and show that inequality is something that can be defeated with the right amount of hard work, dedication, and patience.” Vpstart Crow is a student-created organization that provides support to Theatre majors interested
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-trained ballerinas, while some members adapted from non-traditional training methods. “We hope that this opens up the gates for people to reach out and explore the different arts that our community offers and support the local art that our PLU community offers.” Tickets for this event can be purchased on Eventbrite. Read Previous Theatre & Dance take on the famous Greek tragedy, Medea Read Next A Christmas Carol – PLU’s one-act musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale LATEST POSTS Theatre
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support of gay issues were invited to draw on the dress with their choice of colored markers. “We just thought that it was a very stark image,” Mikheyev said. “Also we felt it was a very strong and unusual activism piece to get participation in the event.” But club members weren’t beyond giving those that disagree with them a chance to express themselves. A white board was placed near the wedding dress display to give those that oppose supporting gay issues a voice. A few students signed. “We wanted
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are going out there and doing it.” While the program has grown, Dorner hopes to see it continue as its value becomes apparent. Through the support of PLU and a generous grant from Intel, the program has been funded this year. The funds help provide transportation and pay for entry fees for the Math Olympiad. The grants are a great help in supporting the program as the area schools in the program have a high number of reduced and free lunch programs. “A lot of these kids couldn’t afford the entry
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perform.” It’s so amazing seeing how many people can sing and what they can sing, Anderson said of her experience. “I love to sing,” she said. “It’s kind of fun to sing outside of choir and voice lessons.” There is a ton of variety, Anderson said. “As fun as it may be to watch people who can’t sing, I can’t do it,” she said. “It is kind of nice to find out that your friends can sing and get them up there and support them.” All three contestants had the same advice for those on the fence about
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Stuen, former German, Norwegian, math and science professor, as well as the school’s first basketball and tennis coach. Ole Stuen built PLU’s first tennis courts, right where Red Square is today. Call it educating the entire student. It has been something PLU has been doing since its inception. And it is something both Olbertz and Stuen believe is worth supporting. “There are academics here, and they are the most important,” Olbertz said. “But there are also athletic programs here that need support
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point. The D Center, in the words of Director Angie Hambrick, is “what you need it to be. It’s always that safe, inclusive and welcoming community.” Hambrick’s role at PLU serves to support students who are learning about identity, culture and equity. And that includes social justice issues – defined as a series of actions that promote betterment of the world and society. As part of that, the D Center has four students who serve as diversity advocates, students who take leadership roles on campus
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, Dean of Natural Sciences. “We won’t be getting rid of the best part of the room,” Alexander said. The renovations to the lab began on Dec. 13. The work is set to be completed by the start of spring semester. The Sheffels Lab is the first of several significant projects that are part of the overall Rieke Science Center upgrade. To date, more than $1.4 million has been raised to the overall $6 million goal in Rieke renovations. Future work includes: Reconfigure interior laboratory space to support
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starting out: Be persistent, be passionate. That, and always show up mentally and physically to do your best. These traits have stood Bowman ‘87, in good stead as he’s developed his business, mynetworkcompany.com, a tech support firm for companies, over the last decade. Bowman recently travelled to Washington D.C. to accept the national SBA Veteran Small Business Champion Award for 2011 in May. This award followed the Veteran Small Business Champion for Washington State and Region 10 earlier in the
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