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Information for Families of Study Away StudentsYour student is thinking of studying away – you may have concerns, questions, and would like to know more about what to expect. It’s normal for there to be excitement, anticipation and some stress or anxiety about the unknown. Study away is a unique opportunity for students, and if you haven’t experienced something similar or lived in a different cultural environment before yourself, it’s completely understandable if it feels challenging not

players’ blades cut through American Lake – especially for senior basketball player Bryce Miller. Miller proudly sported a 1980s PLU women’s crew jacket, the bottom of which grazed his bellybutton thanks to his 6-foot-6-inch frame. Inside the jacket was the name Connie Eliason, Miller’s mom. Miller had been by her side when she beat breast cancer when he was 5. Then, when he was 8, leukemia took his mother away. Connie was 37 when she died, a beloved elementary school principal, wife, daughter and

Reformation are grace and vocation. He believes these ideals are as relevant today as they were in Luther’s time, and there’s a lot to learn from the Reformation. “We live in a time of high anxiety,” he said. With news of economic turmoil, warfare and mass shootings, he said many people feel adrift. “I think a lot of people are yearning for some sense that their life means something.” That’s why he thinks the idea of vocation — a strong value within PLU’s educational mission — is particularly important

Professor at the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Who: Robin Jacobson Title: Associate Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound Bio: Robin Jacobson writes and speaks frequently on questions about immigration, race, and US Politics. Her publications include The New Nativism: Proposition 187 and the Debate over Immigration (2008, University of Minnesota Press) and Faith and Race in American Political Life (2012

Sirine Fodstad ’97 Sirine Fodstad ’97 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/sirine-fodstad-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg January 8, 2018 February 6, 2018 Photos by John Froschauer, PLU Sirine Fodstad ’97 spent years traveling around the world for work. But her story starts and ends in Norway. Sitting in the lobby of Oslo’s renowned