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-PLU plans: From her home base of Helena, Mont., Barry plans to work on finishing her mediation training while visiting schools this summer—“I’m thinking about the East Coast,” she said. “Conflict is everywhere, and as a result there are always opportunities for reconciliation and peace-building,” Barry said. “I have realized that wherever I head educationally and professionally, I will be able to apply what I have learned through my classes at PLU.” LAUREN CORBOY Hometown: Dallas. Major

important to help them understand that the idea of the liberal arts is rooted in ancient Greek and Roman culture and the term describes those skills and subjects that were deemed necessary for the education of free people—libera being the Latin root for liberty. In the medieval period, those arts were identified with seven subjects—grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. I like to refer to these by name to emphasize that the liberal arts have always included the sciences

in Classics, and then continue on to graduate school in Egyptology. I had an opportunity to visit Cairo and Luxor for J-Term in 2009. Visiting the tombs and pyramids, I realized that while I loved learning about ancient civilizations, I knew excavating in the dirt just wasn’t for me. That same year, my sophomore year, I had also taken my first political science class: political thought with Dr. Peter Grosvenor. After reading many of the classical political philosophers, I saw another path to

been recruited to run track and field here which I did do for two years before I discovered my infatuation with the arts. My PLU experience: To “sum up” my PLU experience is nearly impossible. I can talk for hours about it considering all the opportunities I have been blessed with and the people that I have met along the way. Chelsea Putnam ’12 is from East Wenatchee, Wash. From working in the Diversity Center for four years as a Rieke Scholar and a diversity advocate, being the president of the

. Kathryn Perkins ’13 is from Portland, Ore. My PLU experience has only strengthened my passion for history – continually discovering that history is more than just learning about past events, it is a about engaging with the people of the past and the legacies that why have left behind for us, both the good and the bad. Additionally, PLU has provided me with multiple opportunities to travel to numerous countries. Reflecting back on all the places I have been – from visiting ancient palaces in downtown

will continue to grow. We will never be a fully online university, and we may not, at least in the short term, offer completely online classes or programs. But I believe that we MUST continue to stay near the cutting edge in classroom-based technology use if we expect to compete for next generation of the best and brightest. They will expect nothing less. As David Warren challenged us one year ago, we must figure out how to use technology in a way that serves the “high and noble cause” of a PLU