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session “The Power of Two” focused on collaborative rehearsal techniques to develop between conductor and pianist. Presented at the 2024 Northwest American Choral Directors Association regional convention, she received rave reviews and requests for repeated presentations. As a church musician, she has been a long-time voice in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. She has been contributing editor for both the keyboard and choral divisions of the Sundays and Seasons resource published by Augsburg

Daniel Pass, MBA Email: passda@plu.edu Biography Biography Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr. Pass served for twenty years as an Army Intelligence Officer with multiple assignments in the United States plus tours overseas to Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East.  His has combat tours in Iraq for Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Southwest Asia, and in Somalia.  Specific assignments included multiple Commands

Daniel Pass, MBA Email: passda@plu.edu Biography Biography Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr. Pass served for twenty years as an Army Intelligence Officer with multiple assignments in the United States plus tours overseas to Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East.  His has combat tours in Iraq for Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Southwest Asia, and in Somalia.  Specific assignments included multiple Commands

to enable colleagues and students to claim or reclaim their roles as public agents and citizens.  She is a member of the National Communication Association and the Rhetoric Society of America. Dr. Young’s work explores questions of style and public engagement. Her most recent book, Prophets, Gurus & Pundits: Rhetorical Styles & Public Engagement (Southern Illinois University Press) is available on Amazon. Her work appears in a variety of journals and books including the Quarterly Journal of

. (August 2022). Applicability of fitness trackers in the physical education of school-aged children. Journal of Physical Recreation, Recreation and Dance, 93(6), 29-34. Martin, N. (2020). Fostering motivation: Understanding the role coaches play in youth sport. Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 33(1), 20-27. Schmick, A., & Martin, N. (2018). Assessing student knowledge and incorporation of smart technology into daily physical activity, The Physical Educator, 75(30), 327-340

., Dillhoff, T.A., Nares, F., Schiller, C.M., Rember, W.C., Strömberg, C.A.E.), The terrestrial manifestation of Miocene climatic change in the Pacific Northwest (USA): Insights from the paleobotanical record: AGU, San Francisco, CA. (December 2023) GSA (Geologic Society of America) Connects (Schiller, C.M., Lowe A.J., Strömberg, C.A.E., Schmitz, M.D., Dillhoff, T.A.,), Significance of short-term variability in Middle Miocene palynofloras of Oregon and Idaho, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2023) Selected

the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Artist Trust of Washington, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace E. Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer in Poetry. In 2020 he received the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. He lives in Tacoma, WA and is a professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University and the director of The Rainier Writing Workshop. His fourth book, The Galleons, was

Presentations Pacific Northwest Mathematics Association of America meeting, Straightedge and Compass Constructions in Spherical Geometry (April 11, 2015) MathFest, Euclidean & non-Euclidean Origametry (August 7, 2014) Guest lecture, The Mathematics of Kirigami, University of Washington, Tacoma (May 21, 2013) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Geometry Playground v. 1.4 (January 9, 2013) PLU Mathematics Seminar, In a Bind about Knot Theory, Pacific Lutheran University (October 22, 2010) Selected Articles

Raymond W. Brock Memorial Composition Commission - American Choral Directors Association Biography After a successful 30 year tenure at PLU, Richard Nance retired in May 2022. He served as the sixth conductor of the Choir of the West, and also conducted University Singers and Choral Union. He taught the choral conducting sequence and supervised student teachers. Prior to coming to Pacific Lutheran, Dr. Nance taught at Amarillo College and in public schools in Texas and New Mexico. Nance holds

capitals of Nairobi and London down. His most recent publication in this region is “The Formation of Ethnic Identity in South Omo: The Dassanech” in The Journal of Eastern African Studies, Vol 5 (1) 2011: 195-210. Other recent publications include entries in the Encyclopedia of National Dress, (Vol. 1, Greenwood Press, 2013); the Dictionary of African Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2011); the New Encyclopedia of Africa, (2nd Edition, Gale Group, 2008), and Cultures and Customs of Africa