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season of “Storm Chasers.” Since then, Timmer has taken it one step further and developed the “TVN Dominator,” an armored radar vehicle that measures the vertical wind speeds of strong tornadoes. He is currently working towards a PhD in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, and plans to continue storm chasing: “I’ll be storm chasing until the day that I die!” Timmer’s keynote address will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 22 in the University Center, Chris Knutzen Hall. Other highlights of Meant to Live 2010

Lagerquist Concert Hall and Eastvold Auditorium are streamed on our website. (Some exceptions apply.)Tune in March 23 Read Previous A Christmas Invitation – Photo Recap Read Next PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024

family! Read Previous Snapshot of the recent Honolulu trip Read Next Wind Ensemble’s World Premiere of Echo Chambers LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere

deserving people,” Schaps said. The event also served as the kick-off for the Women’s Center spring campaign, titled “Why a Women’s Center?” A video depicted how 12 PLU students answered the question, and it also highlighted the center’s main causes: to spotlight issues of global women’s health, women’s history and pay equity. For more information, visit the Women Center’s Web site. Read Previous Civil War love letter inspires wind ensemble Read Next Fighting violence with kindness COMMENTS*Note: All

snow-tinged wind outside, they’d survive on their own, Swanson notes proudly. All told, about 100 of these chicks will be carefully nurtured through the summer and fall. Then, they will grace holiday tables of Seattle and Bellevue gourmands willing to pay $70 for about 15 pounds of meat. The chicks are among the many animals raised at Thundering Hooves Ranch. The children of Lois ’59 and Gordon Huesby ’56 – Joel and Cynthia Huesby, Clarice ’89 and Keith Swanson ’89, and Brian and Jenny Huesby

my parents for the first time over the weekend as well, so the plan was to run as fast as possible to minimize the time she had to spend alone with my parents. At least one of the two things went well. The constant barrage of rain along with the wind and cold turned my original goal upside down. Sub-3 turned into 3:10, then 3:20. Finally, freezing and drenched, I stumbled across the finish line in 3:29. My girlfriend and parents patiently waited the extra half hour, cheering me on as I belatedly

shoots are strong. We know that if our garden is flourishing, it will not only provide nourishment for the plants in our stead, but also grow seeds that will ride the wind near and far, and germinate into plants that anchor new gardens. It’s our hope that PLU community members can flourish individually and also serve as catalysts for flourishing in the lives of others. In this issue of Resolute, we highlight recent graduates who flourished at PLU. Lutes like innovation studies major Heven Ambachew

burnt out and unfulfilled. But perhaps it was inevitable that Hall, the daughter of a teacher, would wind up putting her communications skills to work in the service of education. She remembers learning at PLU about the concept of vocation. “That’s not a word I had heard or used a lot before attending PLU,” she says. “I learned that it is not just a career, but a set of values — things that are intrinsically important to you in the work you do, no matter how that work is funneled.”Considering a

of today’s outstanding vocalists, specializing in Mozart, Verdi, and bel canto opera. As the New Yorker put it, “Meade is astounding. … She has exceptional dynamic control, able to move from floating pianissimos to sudden dramatic swells. The coloratura effects … are handled with uncommon ease. She is a very musical singer, naturally and intelligently riding the phrase.”Learn More Read Previous PLU Wind Ensemble tours eastern Washington and Portland, Oregon Read Next Metropolitan Opera singer

think PLUSO has ever done much Bruckner, so this year I thought we MUST do some of his music!” Tickets are available on Eventbrite. $10 – general admission, $5 – seniors (60+), military, alumni, PLU community (faculty, staff, families) and free – PLU students and 18 and younger. Read Previous PLU’s Wind Ensemble upcoming CBDNA performance Read Next A Slice of Paradise LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending