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at PLU.” Tjiramba began his journey at PLU in 1990. To get here, he competed with more than 800 of his fellow high-school graduates in a study-abroad program put together by Namibian Lutheran churches in collaboration with their American and German counterparts. Tjiramba majored in Communication at PLU, went on to earn a Master’s Degree from California State University-Fullerton and just this year graduated from the University of Namibia with a degree in law. Tjiramba’s Namibian PLU colleagues

lot. The study away program was one of the main things that drew me to PLU. I studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico and completed an internship at a rural development organization that was working in conflict resolution and on programs empowering women in rural communities. Speaking of internships, your resume is jam-packed with them. Is there a first internship that stands out to you as representing the beginning of your professional journey? It wasn’t exactly an internship, but actually a really cool

class that really changed the way I look at the world, and even myself.” PLU’s GSRS program presented Ash an opportunity to study abroad in Tobago for a month, allowing her to gain hands-on social work experience. Ash partnered with a program for adolescent mothers that combined daycare and school and taught classes like first aid, reproductive health and basic science lessons. Recalling when the group made baking soda and vinegar volcanoes, Ash says, “Just seeing the joy on their faces as they saw

University with Assistant Professor of Psychology Heidi McLaughlin. We discussed her experiences in the field of Psychology, and she offered some interesting commentary on the role that innovation plays in the study of the human mind. Sarah Cornell-Maier ’19 One of the topics that kept coming up in our conversation was the expanding roles that technology and psychology play in our society, and how the two areas intersect.  As someone with an impressive background in psychological research, McLaughlin had

was doing. I was in the IHON (international honors) program, and that had a big impact. Eventually, I came around to double majoring in political science and global studies, plus a minor in Hispanic studies. I really connected with global studies at PLU. I had a great IHON experience and I was in the Wang Center a lot. The study away program was one of the main things that drew me to PLU. I studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico and completed an internship at a rural development organization that was

September 3, 2009 A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture hall raised her hand and put forth to our professor: “What happened in New York and Washington, D.C., is horrible, but didn’t the United States kind of have it coming?” In hindsight, I chuckle at how stunned and offended I was to hear such