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definitely had a lasting impact on my ability to remain comfortable. Of course as with anywhere, we are in a constant state of growth and learning. Our focus is to listen to our students and ensure that we can seek to provide them with improvements and necessary changes to help them thrive and succeed. By joining an LGBTQI+ centered campus community, you’ll be able to connect with others, collaborate, learn, ask questions, and share your voice with PLU. If you’re interested in PLU’s Queer History, check

, Lutes gain new perspectives on critical global issues; advance their language and intercultural skills; participate in internship and service learning opportunities, forming valuable new contacts and lasting connections; advance their academic and career trajectories—and take some pretty awesome photos. Study Away Statistics Here’s the breakdown of the 394 undergraduates who participated in Study Away for the 2013-14 academic year: Summer 2013: 4 Full academic year: 6 Fall 2013: 31 J-Term 2014: 310

not too close. He double majored in global studies and Hispanic studies and minored in Holocaust and genocide studies. We recently met with the PLU senior to discuss his plans for improving health for all. What did you enjoy or learn from your Global Studies major? I enjoyed learning about the strengths and challenges experienced by countries worldwide. In my classes, we studied countries through the use of case studies. It’s important to me to learn what’s happening beyond the United States and

center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The programs, students and staff on campus put an emphasis on service and care,” she says. “That’s what drew me to PLU, what kept met at PLU and what has sustained me.” At PLU, she majored in both communications and Hispanic studies.  “I took my first Spanish language class in 10th grade, and I fell in love with the language from the start,” she says. Following graduation from PLU, she earned a master’s degree in translation from Kent State University

voluntary service without expectation of recognition or compensation ($400). It was awarded to Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ’17, who contributed 150 hours of service to Faith Community Lutheran Church, English Language Learning, Centro de Esperanza Infantil and Escuela Secondaria Technica No. 2 in Oaxaca, Mexico.The Learning is Forever (L.I.F.E.) Community Service Scholarship is awarded to a PLU student who has shown outstanding commitment to service and an awareness of how community engagement contributes to

Fort Lewis College in Colorado. The PLU Fixed Tuition Guarantee Program ensures tuition for the 2022-2023 incoming class of first-year and transfer students remains the same throughout their undergraduate years, eliminating the passage of the rising cost of tuition to returning students and their families. The PLUS Year supports students affected by the pandemic by allowing them to delay some of their courses, labs, and experiential learning opportunities by providing them with up to two additional

offerings is proving its popularity with students as well. “My favorite thing about a Theatre and Dance major is how multifaceted our program at PLU is,” Chuck Stern said. “Yes, I’m learning a diverse range of skills required of an actor and director, but I also have gotten to learn about playwriting, stage and theatre management, set construction, scenic painting, and so much more.” That hands-on program versatility is one of the things that sets PLU’s new Department of Theatre and Dance apart, Smith

learn. The show follows the journey of four men as they make an oath to swear off women of their past and to dedicate themselves to the world of academia. When those same women show up to their college reunion, no oath is safe as love takes over. Both the men and women have to redefine how they love one another and how loving and learning can be inherently connected. PLU’s Theatre Department brought in current students, a former student, professor and local director to help with the show. Local

learn. The show follows the journey of four men as they make an oath to swear off women of their past and to dedicate themselves to the world of academia. When those same women show up to their college reunion, no oath is safe as love takes over. Both the men and women have to redefine how they love one another and how loving and learning can be inherently connected. PLU’s Theatre Department brought in current students, a former student, professor and local director to help with the show. Local

, it’s lucky she did. In 2006, for example, Jones received a Most Innovative Foreign Language Teacher Award for starting a French immersion program at Tacoma’s Jason Lee Middle School. She currently works at Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the assistant director of student achievement and director of as director of the Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL), a program that provides resources for parents and schools. “I work with kids of color and kids