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May 13, 2014 Preparing to Pitch for PLU Incoming first-year student-athlete Marissa Miller was a star on her high-school softball team. (Photo courtesy Marissa Miller) Incoming Softball Star Looks Ahead to Lute Team—and Education By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Puyallup High School senior and softball star Marissa Miller is eager to make the transition to college and begin her latest athletic career. In high school, she lettered in basketball and softball during her four years. Miller and her

Forensics Education; coaching baseball for 15 years; serving on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Forensics Committee for 14 years; and more than 30 years of high school and college football officiating. Earlier, Burton was inducted into the University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions Hall of Fame and the Washington Officials Association Hall of Fame, and he was the first person from the Northwest elected to the National Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, the highest honor for any

. To honor Brian, his father, Paul, and mother Mary Bradshaw, started an endowed scholarship at PLU for ROTC cadets and veterans. An ROTC scholarship brought Brian to PLU, Mary said. He always believed that an education was the key to opportunity, she said.”PLU turned out to be a very good fit for him,” Mary said. “Especially in the ROTC program, he really connected with a  lot of folks there.” Brian was an active force at PLU, not only as an ROTC cadet, but as a photographer for the school

Sarah Saavedra ’22 shares her experience as a first-gen college student Posted by: vcraker / June 8, 2022 Image: Sarah Saavedra ’22, poses for a photo, Friday, March 18, 2022, at PLU. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) June 8, 2022 Sarah Saavedra ’22 is a social work major with a minor in psychology and a certificate in Peace Corps Prep. The Auburn resident is the first in her family to go to college. She credits her many scholarships for navigating college as a first-year student. While at PLU

Political Science Dept. Chair Maria Chávez speaks out on ‘college scandal’ Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019 By By Stephen Nuño-Pérez and Gwen AvilesNBC NewsTACOMA, Wash. - Can college scandal make Latino students rethink 'impostor syndrome' guilt?“Most of us never thought to question whether other people who are in these classrooms deserve admissions — we just assume they deserved admissions more than we do.” More Read Previous Legislative Days Read Next Governor and