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among our faculty and staff, and the programs we offer that encourage our students to be active in community service during their four years here. Over the past year, nearly 58% of students volunteered 64,710 hours to community service projects. In fact, 71% of our students volunteer in the community at some point during their time at PLU. Because of this we were named to President Obama’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, and we rank third in the nation among small universities in the

during times of hardship. Another enjoyable aspect of medical school is being surrounded by other equally passionate medical students always looking to engage the community in meaningful ways through various clubs, organizations or volunteer groups. How did studying Biology at PLU help prepare you for medical school? Sitting among other medical students from Ivy League schools or “big name” universities was at first a little intimidating, but I soon realized that my undergraduate education was in

travel opportunities, which included Alaska, Oregon, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia.  PLU has prepared me to be a great musician and person as I step out into the world, and I’m sure the years I spent here will be among the most cherished of my life.” — Kimberly Stone, Music Education, Class of 2014.  Currently teaches dance at Ketchikan Theater Ballet and is a ramp trainer for Alaska Airlines and works as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.“My PLU experience was one in which I was challenged to

said he signed on as a Palmer volunteer mentor because he knows that high school “is a critical time in a person’s life, when you have got to make a lot of big decisions.” “When I struggled in high school, he helped me,” Nagi-Mosa said of his mentor. “When I was about to stop thinking about college, he pushed me.” Jackson said Palmer Scholars wants mentors who want to make an impact on the life of a young person by building a culture of trust, one-on-one, that will support a scholar throughout

we can keep generating a new generation of artists every year. (buzzer blares) Meet the Professors More Stories Visit About Dedicated and approachable faculty, a close-knit and diverse student community, and a commitment to helping you reach your professional goals sets PLU Theatre apart from other programs. As a Theatre major, you’ll have opportunities in acting, musical theatre, directing, design, technology, stage management, playwriting, improvisation, and more! We have a student-centered and

). But the one technology I can’t live without, the one that I always come back to is WordPress. This name should be familiar to the PLU community, as we’ve just transitioned to the WordPress platform. This example demonstrates the flexibility that WordPress offers. It can serve as a large-scale site management tool or it can facilitate small-scale course projects. My favorite thing about WordPress is that it creates a context for other work. Whether we are making electronic portfolios, personal