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running for office. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your

ethic.” And they approach their education with eyes wide open. “First-gen students have an eagerness, they have an appreciation, they have an openness to not just the content, but the mentoring that is readily available here,” Winer said. “There’s such a hunger for mentoring.” ‘Part of the fabric’ Eva Frey ’95 was always the smart girl. “The most salient identity up to that point in my life was that of a student,” she said of her teenage self. “So what else was I going to do but go to college

, 2015 I chose to study at PLU because I felt like it was not too big and that I would disappear in the crowd. I wanted smaller classes where I would be able to meet with my professor and they would know who I was. The school’s familiarity with the Norwegian school systems also helped a great deal during the application process and throughout my time at PLU. Guro Ihler2015 I chose to study at PLU because it seemed like a small school, with a great social environment. My best experience was with the