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brings an intimacy to the production. The audience is immersed in the story, where they can see subtleties and moments that would go unseen on the mainstage in Eastvold Auditorium. One of Wallace’s favorite lines in the play is when Truvy states, “laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.” This line describes one of the reasons Wallace thinks the play is worth seeing. “See it to be reminded of life’s special moments; to learn how to find joy through sorrow; and to support a cast and crew who

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

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

-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

Summer Fellowship Program in Business and Economic History is funded through the generous financial support of Dale E. Benson and the Benson Family Foundation. The fellowship program was inaugurated in 2016 and has now funded 10 student-faculty research projects at PLU. The program is directed by Dr. Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair of Business and Economic History and the Chair of Innovation Studies. For more information and a list of completed projects, see Benson Summer Fellowships.   Read

University during the 2021 summer that provide research interns full-time financial support.  Students need not have prior research experience to be considered for these summer research opportunities. A detailed description of our Summer 2021 program offerings, as well as information about our application and deadlines, can be found below: Bionetworks REU: Hosted by the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB), students in this REU will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge research needed

system, no job security, and I was running into people who had been done a lot of damage by that. We were exploiting faculty members and wrecking their lives. I was running into people who had no health care who had something major happen to them, a problem pregnancy, a broken leg or arm and no health care coverage. Their lives were really getting messed up. That is a reason to be angry and to get the profession to wake up and listen to us. Anger for me often involves a certain amount of satiric wit

the child-welfare system. The topic is a natural fit for PLU—even beyond the Spring Spotlight Series theme. PLU Benson Family Chair in History and Professor of History E. Wayne Carp is a noted historian of adoption and residents in the area whose lives were affected by post-WWII adoption practices pertinent to indigenous children, and Jacobs’ lecture also ties in with the 2015 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, held on campus March 4-6, whose topic is “Children’s Voices.” “Up until

significant role model. I have always tried to transfer the lessons I learned from him and the program to the working world and in my life.Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. John Wolfe and previously Mark Miller ’88 are the first two Lutes we’ve featured from the Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport Alliance. Previous Lute Powered series highlighted PLU alumni at Amazon,  MultiCare Health System, and the City of

students hover around their teachers like they are the sun of the classroom solar system – giving all they can to nurture the curiosity of their students. “As long as they love coming to school and they know how education can open doors, that’s my main objective,” Serr said. “If I can at least help them love to learn and come back everyday, it will set a path.” “It absolutely is a calling,” she said. The elementary school is part of the Franklin Pierce School District and is just blocks from Pacific