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field in which you expect to study. (Schools/employers may have even more specific requirements.) In an academic setting, choose a professor from whom you earned a good grade in one or more classes, that you have impressed by your academic performance, creativity, work ethic, and sparkling personality. A seminar or upper-level class should give the instructor the opportunity to know you and to write a detailed, substantive letter addressing qualities such as professionalism, leadership potential

a tough job with the PLU nurses he works with. Shaping Health CarePLU’s first doctoral program trains nurse practitioners for lives of leadership. “They are all bright,” Larsen said. “They are eager, they are willing, they’re gung-ho. I’ve never had a student who was questionable. I’m sure it has to do with the incredibly competitive selection process.” The nurses in training bring that passion to partner providers in surrounding communities, where they often help underserved patients in areas

- McChord in Tillicum and graduated from Clover Park High School in 2008. He was one of the first group of Act Six Scholars – a national group providing scholarships and social justice leadership training for students – on PLU’s campus. The program had profound impacts on his world view. “For somebody in my situation, getting a full ride scholarship to attend PLU made it a financial reality,” he said. “If not for Act Six, I would not have been able to attend PLU.” Part of the appeal of PLU was that it

communications. This strategy aims to raise the visibility of PLU and inspire connection with prospective students and their families, current students, alumni, donors, influencers/thought leaders, and community members. Smith joined Student Involvement & Leadership at PLU in 2005. Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in studio art from the University of Puget Sound and a MBA from PLU. Smith most recently served as the Executive Director of Content Development at PLU and was directly responsible for curating

work, especially on this issue and especially in this state that I love, is what I wanted to do,” he says. Austin’s leadership at Transportation Choices landed him on the radar of the national transportation advocacy community. In 2012, he was recruited to serve as the Executive Director of a national nonprofit called Americans for Transit. The opportunity meant moving from one Washington to the other, a transition Austin had always hoped might be possible. “D.C. is its own realm, much different

writer and photographer witnessed some PLU graduates in action and documented a slice of their lives of leadership, care and inquiry. Thu Nguyen '05 Political officer at U.S. Department of State I serve as a foreign service officer, what you’d call a diplomat in the old days. I’ve served three overseas tours in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Myanmar with tours in Washington, D.C., in between. I’m now working on the Vietnam desk, which means I cover U.S.-Vietnamese relations. In the past nine years, I’ve done