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  • The Lyric Brass Quintet will perform “Luther, Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet” composed by PLU music professor emeritus Jerry Kracht, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “The piece is highly programmatic—that…

    case the story of Martin Luther and his journey from young law student to monk, to pilgrim, to theology professor, to critic of the Roman Church, to heretic and fugitive, and finally to founder of the Lutheran Reformation, which we celebrate around the world this year on its 500th anniversary,” Kracht says. “The music is descriptive of that narrative, using both music from Luther’s own time as well as music of my own composition, in a blend that ranges from Renaissance sounds to modern.” The piece

  • Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is…

    in Africa and the conditions faced by captive chimpanzees in the United States. Lindsey reports on her experience last summer in the following way: “As a student of philosophy, I’ve read many of the influential sources of historical and contemporary human arrogance. According to many ancient and modern thinkers, humans are different in kind from all other animals on earth. Along the way we have distinguished ourselves in many ways, not the least of which is the ability to use language. These

  • As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology  Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…

    the U.S., I knew it was coming,” said Grahe. He had three other research projects in mind but when COVID hit, but the decision to shift his research priorities was an easy one. “It was clear that this was more important,” he said.Grahe reached out to a colleague in Australia and learned of a researcher who was conducting a survey to measure health attitudes in response to the virus just before it became a pandemic. Both Grahe and Cook used that survey as their starting points. Grahe and his

  • As the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic. PLU Department of Psychology Chair Jon Grahe and his Statistics 232 students conducted a U.S.…

    the U.S., I knew it was coming,” said Grahe. He had three other research projects in mind but when COVID hit, but the decision to shift his research priorities was an easy one. “It was clear that this was more important,” he said.Grahe reached out to a colleague in Australia and learned of a researcher who was conducting a survey to measure health attitudes in response to the virus just before it became a pandemic. Both Grahe and Cook used that survey as their starting points. Grahe and his

  • As Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the Class of 2028, the university celebrates not just a new academic year but a new generation of students defined by the spirit of innovation, resilience, and transformation. The Admission staff has dubbed this cohort “Trailblazers” due to their distinctive…

    PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers Posted by: mhines / September 19, 2024 Image: The class of 2028 gathers on Foss Field during New Student Orientation. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 19, 2024 As Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the Class of 2028, the university celebrates not just a new academic year but a new generation of students defined by the spirit of innovation, resilience, and transformation. The Admission staff has dubbed this cohort

  • A blast of reality from the desert By Chris Albert As the rear doors of the airplane dropped, the white light of Iraq’s desert sun blinded Ed Hrivnak ’96. The wave of heat over took his senses and focusing took a minute. Ed Hrivnak ’96…

    September 15, 2011 A blast of reality from the desert By Chris Albert As the rear doors of the airplane dropped, the white light of Iraq’s desert sun blinded Ed Hrivnak ’96. The wave of heat over took his senses and focusing took a minute. Ed Hrivnak ’96 was a panelist for a discussion on nursing for the School of Nursing’s 60th Anniversary during Homecoming this October. When the fog cleared, he saw it. A line of vehicles carrying injured United States military personnel. It was April 2003

  • As Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the Class of 2028, the university celebrates not just a new academic year but a new generation of students defined by the spirit of innovation, resilience, and transformation. The Admission staff has dubbed this cohort “Trailblazers” due to their distinctive…

    PLU Welcomes the Class of 2028: Trailblazers Posted by: mhines / September 11, 2024 Image: The class of 2028 gathers on Foss Field during New Student Orientation. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 11, 2024 By Marketing and Communication As Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the Class of 2028, the university celebrates not just a new academic year but a new generation of students defined by the spirit of innovation, resilience, and transformation. The Admission

  • Save the date for Tacoma Passion Week, March 13-23 PLU’s Choral Union, Choir of the West and University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present the United States premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion) on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23 at…

    PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 14, 2016 Image: PLU Christmas 2015, “A Christmas Invitation” at Benaroya Hall, Home of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) January 14, 2016 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerSave the date for Tacoma Passion Week, March 13-23PLU’s Choral Union, Choir of the West and University Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at…

    explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at PLU.“We’re going to specifically focus on how women’s experiences, because of their gender, were different from that of men,” said conference organizer and PLU history professor Beth Griech-Polelle. “If we really want to capture the historical moment and time of the holocaust, it’s not enough to leave women out of the story.” Griech-Polelle, who serves as the Kurt Mayer chair in Holocaust studies at PLU, says that only recently did the field of Holocaust

  • The Port of Tacoma is seeking an Executive Leadership Intern. Job Summary This internship will assist the Port’s Executive Leadership team with the Port’s 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan and Special Projects. Tasks may include developing and delivering executive level presentations to well informed audiences,…

    qualitative and quantitative strategy data, and learning the intricacies of public sector work. The intended outcome of the intern’s work would be an updated strategic plan action tracker, refreshed goals and targets across the enterprise, integration of updates on strategic goals as the Port’s way of working with a regular reporting frequency and format, and Department Heads have a process and deadline on providing plan implementation updates. Intern will be afforded the opportunity to work closely with