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  • weeks in a remote Alaskan town, teaching in a summer school. The time will be culturally rich as I learn and experience the culture of Native Alaskans. After these three weeks, I will travel back to Colorado to prepare for my next adventure: 16 months in Malaysia. I will be in Malaysia from August 2012 till November 2013 traveling, teaching English, and engaging in community development. I am extremely excited for this opportunity I am being afforded and I expect it will continue to shape my future

  • classes. Keeping in mind PLU’s mission statement which aims to produce “culturally competent individuals” each professor pushes their students out of their comfort zone to examine their own norms, values, and belief systems and to place themselves in the shoes of another individual. As a result of the efforts by the PLU faculty, I believed each student that leaves PLU is positively impacted by the self-exploration that takes place on campus. If I could give on piece of advice to future undergraduates