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  • PLU Line Cook is Set to Sizzle at National Competition Jason Sipe, an MBA student and line cook at the Anderson University Center, has been selected to compete in the first-ever ment’or Young Chef Competition. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)  By Taylor Lunka ’15 and Sandy Deneau…

    William Bradley, Josiah Citrin, Timothy Hollingsworth, Roland Passot and Richard Rosendale. The Bouchon Beverly Hills competition is the second in the series of four Young Chef Competitions taking place across the country this fall. The first competition will be held at Emeril’s in New Orleans on Oct. 19, the third at Johnson & Wales in Miami on Nov. 8 and the fourth at the International Culinary Center in New York City on Nov. 15. For his application, Sipe submitted his resume, a letter about his

  • About two and a half hours east of Tacoma sits the farming community of Yakima, Washington. The Central Washington county has about 243,000 residents and is probably most notable for producing the majority of the nation’s apples and hops. But it’s also where Henry Temple…

    graduated from A.C. Davis High School in 2017 and is now a theatre major. He spends his time outside of the classroom typing away on his laptop writing scripts for PLU’s Late Knight show, a comedy show run completely by students. “I go to school for theatre, but I have a small part-time job working on Late Knight,” Temple said. “I’ll often be writing about five hours a week on top of the meetings that we do.” Growing up in Yakima, Temple enjoyed performing, but the thought of scripting, acting and

  • This week we sat down with Dr. Rønning to talk about everything from Rick Steves to Rachmaninoff. Read on! How did you first get started playing the violin? What drew you to the instrument? My mother tells me that she noticed that I loved to…

    Backstage with Violinist Svend Rønning Posted by: Kate Williams / February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By Tacoma Youth Chorus, December 2017 This week we sat down with Dr. Rønning to talk about everything from Rick Steves to Rachmaninoff. Read on! How did you first get started playing the violin? What drew you to the instrument? My mother tells me that she noticed that I loved to sing from a very early age. So, when I was five years old, she enrolled me at the Suzuki Institute in Seattle. I

  • The Department of Music is excited to announce some of our special lecturers and master class leaders who will work with music students in all areas including voice, instruments, and composition. This incredible group of professionals has been recruited by our dedicated faculty for the…

    music conservatoires and colleges. Since 2017, Mr. Myer has released four recordings on the Steinway & Sons label. Fall piano students will participate in a digital masterclass with Mr. Myer. www.spencermyer.com Patty DarlingComposer, arranger, educator, band and director Patty Darling does it all. Ms. Darling has composed music for a wide variety of mediums, including works for orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber groups, jazz ensembles, and numerous instrumental soloists. She directs the Lawrence

  • What are you reading this summer? Join the ‘Full Campus Read’ Patty and President Tom Krise are participating in the Common Reading Program. Are you? The PLU community will be reading ‘Into the Beautiful North’ this summer as part of the Common Reading Program By…

    , staff and returning students are also encouraged to pick up the book, as part of a “Full Campus Read.” The goal is to have as many people as possible read the novel by New Student Orientation, ensuring that nearly everyone has at least one shared experience with the incoming class of 2017. http://youtu.be/utHC6tgwmfA Seth Dufault ’16 read the book last year as part of the program. The second-year student from Yakima, Wash., said the arrival of the novel was an enjoyable, and interesting, way for him

  • As a child, Matt Bliss ’98 relished celebrating the holidays at his grandparents’ Broomfield, Colorado, home where the Christmas tree was anything but ordinary. Bliss’s grandfather, Lawrence Stoecker, designed his own tree, an artful cascade of concentric rings that hung from the ceiling. He crafted…

    credits his experience at Pacific Lutheran University, where he majored in communications with an emphasis on public relations, for preparing him to run a business. He’s garnered publicity by structuring messaging to pique the interest of various publications. In 2017, he successfully pitched Shark Tank, landing a $100,000 deal with Barbara Corcoran for a 15% stake in the company. Attending a small liberal arts college enabled Bliss to realize the academic success that eluded him in high school and

  • Originally Published in 2014 If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia , I thanked a particular class of students who…

    would like to thank all the students who have taken classes with me for contributing to this part of my job. Erin McKenna with Maeve and Kire Professor McKenna’s 2013 book, Pets, People, and Pragmatism Professor Sergia Hay’s Philosophy Class having a discussion in 2017 The Two DesksHealing Vocations: Studying Religion and Healing at PLU Read Previous The Two Desks Read Next Healing Vocations: Studying Religion and Healing at PLU LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making

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  • Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up…

    .” Read Previous “Empty Bowls” gives back to the community Read Next Juried Student Exhibition shows PLU talent LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022

  • At a liberal-arts college such as Pacific Lutheran University where open dialogue is not just encouraged but expected a healthy argument between students is a common occurrence. But no one crafts strategic arguments like the Lutes of PLU’s historic Speech and Debate team . You…

    , Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022