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, however, she considered dropping out, as she struggled to help a sister attend Green River while paying daycare expenses for her sons. “Then, my professor, Lisa Marcus, looked at me and said, ‘I’m going to fight for you and make sure that you are able to stay in school,” she said. “She’s always been there for me.” A favorite PLU memory: Like her professors, Nuunyango is determined to use her own opportunity to open doors for others. Going to the state legislature for Student Engagement Day was

stand on stage in front of hundreds of fellow graduates and send them off. While at PLU, Alshaibani has served as president of Active Minds — a club that advocates for mental health services on campus. She also has volunteered with America Reads through the Center for Community Engagement, where she met a Pierce County school social worker that sparked her interest in the field. “I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher and I liked the school social worker there,” Alshaibani said. “I loved what she was

school,” she said. “She’s always been there for me.” A favorite PLU memory: Like her professors, Nuunyango is determined to use her own opportunity to open doors for others. Going to the state legislature for Student Engagement Day was especially empowering. “I was able to use my voice,” she said, “and advocate for the State Need Grant”—a program that supported her, and that she considers particularly important for mothers returning to school while raising children. “I was proud to go to Olympia and

PLU above every school on my list. Matt Hubbard ’13 is from Olympia, Wash. The people at PLU were also the nicest and most welcoming you could ever imagine. Coming from high school, I wanted to be part of strong, larger community and once I visited PLU, I was hooked. Walking through the beautiful campus, meeting students in their halls and the UC, and seeing the level of engagement in the community I easily saw myself thriving at PLU. My PLU experience: PLU had countless, exciting doors waiting

that we aspire to be especially notable for our tradition of Lutheran higher education, for our commitment to our membership in NCAA Division III, for our ability to help students discover their vocation in life, for our engagement in very high quality international programs, and for our fostering of robust faculty-student collaborative research and creative projects. All of that is fabulous, and I heartily endorse all of it. But what I need as your chief spokesman, and what we all need whenever

. Development and University Relations The Development and University Relations Division, under the leadership Vice President Steve Olson, leads or coordinates all university fund raising programs. As mentioned above, 2009-2010 was good development year — certainly better than one might expect — a strong year as measured by both total donors and dollars. In addition, Alumni and Constituent Relations led the successful move of our Christmas Concerts to new venues: Benaroya Hall in Seattle and Lagerquist Hall

in that—as if I could find a straightforward, few-word answer to all the problems of the world. The IHON professors, as well as those of the English and German department, did a wonderful job of humbling me. Perhaps my favorite aspect of PLU was that although professors challenged me to look at issues from a fresh perspective on a daily basis, they did so in a way that encouraged my individual pursuit – and passionate engagement of – the issues at hand. The courses I took emphasized the process

than they did for Jill, suggesting that they view male gender identity as more resistant to outside influences. Teru Toyokawa, Ph.D., and Donyale Sanchez Department of Psychology Emerging Adults’ Goal Engagement in the Transition from School to Work Severtson Fellowship This study examined the relationship between barriers college students foresee as likely to occur and the control they believe they will have in overcoming the barriers, in the school-to-career transition. Although previous research

May 18, 2012 More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring C