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respected liberal arts music programs in the nation. He received both his Masters and Doctorate degrees in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. He also holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Bennett has served in a diversified range of academic and artistic institutions, including large public universities, renowned conservatories, national liberal arts institutions, non-profit arts organizations and chamber music

more progressive form of Confucianism that offers a compelling alternative to Western-style liberal democracy. In American media, the story of today’s China is only half told, Youtz said. There are rightful criticisms, but there are also untold successes, such as economic expansion and even environmental advances that think of the world in the long term, rather than in the immediate. There are even examinations of what a Chinese free press should look like. It may stem from the Confucian traditions

and collective engagement,” said Royce Davis.  Curiel Morelos graduated from Western Oregon University where he majored in criminal justice and minored in Spanish. He has also completed numerous safety and emergency management certifications and trainings from organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. He will begin his service at PLU next month.PLU Campus SafetyCampus Safety’s goal is to serve the

Year” by the Society of Professional Journalists of Western Washington. Now, Kari returns home to PLU as the Senior Editor for Content Development for Marketing and Communications where she uses her writing skills to lift up stories of her fellow Lutes. Plog with her press pass at Super Bowl XLVIII What is the most exciting part of returning to PLU? The most exciting part about returning is seeing how the campus has changed and, more importantly, how it hasn’t. The community is just as thoughtful

Chinese contemporary composer Tan Dun. Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of J.S. Bach, the work features soloists, chorus, and water percussion:  bowls and basins filled with water, manipulated by hand and amplified by contact microphones. Tan Dun’s music is a fascinating, refreshing blend of Western classical music and traditional Chinese ritual. PLU’s School of Arts and Communication is an associate level sponsor of the concert.TicketsTuesday, March 22 & Wednesday, March 23, 8 pm | Lagerquist

April 4, 2008 State association recognizes student When she started her undergraduate degree at Western Washington University, Amanda Montgomery decided to major in physics. However, she quickly realized that while she liked studying electrons, fission and atomic numbers, it wasn’t what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She discovered she liked people and changed her major to psychology. After graduating, Montgomery enrolled in PLU’s Marriage and Family Therapy master’s program, from

receive a degree from either. During the 1980s, she taught at Case Western Reserve University, and moved to Bucknell University in 1986. Her partner, Molly Malone Cook, served as Oliver’s literary agent until Cook’s death in 2005. Oliver now lives in Provincetown, Mass. Whitman and Thoreau have influenced her poems, and she has been compared to Emily Dickinson. Although well known for her observations of nature, Oliver’s poems of late also include imagery of dead soldiers and the foibles of

people in the industry and wrote for SPJ’s member magazine on the topic. “It was a really good opportunity to write about something that has two components I like: journalism and law,” she said. Coats is headed back to western Washington to this fall to look for a job in communications, preferably in journalism. The Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award is named in memory of Julie Galvan, a former president of the SPJ San Jose State University Campus Chapter, who was killed in a car

.   The symposium is open to music and horn lovers of all levels of musicianship in the northwest region, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Western Canada and Washington. Many participants are college and high school students from the Northwest as well as horn aficionados and vocational horn players who love playing and teaching. Many come to participate in the chance to share knowledge, perform and hear great performances. “When I attended this symposium in 2003, as a student, the

, this shrew-opossum did not well match the descriptions of the known species. The new species of shrew-opossum, Caenolestes sangay, looks like a large mouse with small ears and a long snout. According to Ojala-Barbour, “There were some morphological clues that indicated this marsupial could be different from its known relatives. The most similar species lives on the western slopes of the Andes, so our first guess was that we found a geographic variant. We concluded, however, from the morphology of