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and media. In 2012, she was named UW’s Female Athlete of the Year and awarded the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal – for the student athlete who displays performance and achievement in leadership, academics and athleticism. But she didn’t stop there. “I always wanted to play professionally,” she said. After graduating from UW, Deines found herself with nowhere to play because the United States Women’s Professional Soccer League disbanded. “It was a sad time for women’s soccer,” she said. So
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, PLU’s Classics program is a flagship for the liberal arts side of PLU’s mission and identity. When I talk to prospective students, I use the Classics as a key example of how we achieve our mission. PLU believes that we can best prepare students for thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service, and care by giving them a sense of the historical foundations from which our current world has come, by teaching them long-tested tools of critical thinking that will help them no matter what work they do and where
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narratives are constructed by and for these groups. Since graduating, Janet has had the opportunity to work at the Northwest Leadership Foundation as a coordinator for their mentoring initiative. In this role Janet recruited, trained, and supervised mentors and mentees, as well as built connections with other youth-serving programs in order to provide students and their families with holistic support. Most recently, she began working at UW Tacoma as an Admissions Advisor. As an advisor, she works with
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praxis. As a Women’s & Gender Studies major at PLU, I was very excited to be a part of the Women’s Center and help with their day-to-day activities as well as their larger events, including Love Your Body Day and Woman Up! Being a part of a supportive and activist-centered space, I realized that I wanted to pursue a career similar to Jen Smith and Jennifer Warwick. Because of their leadership and example, I am now in my second year at San Diego State University getting my master’s degree in Women’s
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college tour, turning to my mom and saying, “This is where I’m supposed to be. I don’t care what it takes, I want to go here.” After I was accepted through early admission, I never applied anywhere else because I knew this was where I was supposed to be, and I have never questioned that. My PLU experience: My PLU experience has been a whirlwind, how I got to graduation this fast is beyond me. It has been a beautiful journey, full of leadership opportunities, friendships, challenges, growth, and a
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Leadership or significant contribution to collaborative success in recognized curricular or co-curricular organizations 2017 Recipients Cara Gillespie: BA in Communication, minor in Religion Cara produced several noteworthy accomplishments over her time at PLU – contributing her enormous skills and energy to MediaLab, Student Media, and most recently, the independent research and student/faculty documentary project focused on sex trafficking in the Philippines. This documentary, funded by a grant from
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academic status and could potentially complete your PLU degree in just two years. There are two distinct advantages to being a First-Year Student with Advanced Standing: You will be able to transfer your college-level credits to PLU and may start at PLU with a higher academic status. You’ll be considered for higher-level freshmen academic scholarships, which are awarded for four years (including our top academic and leadership Presidential Scholarships). You will also be considered a freshman for
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