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demanding student-faculty research projects,  and all of you receiving Bachelors degrees have survived your capstone projects. You have brought distinction to the University, and yourselves, as award winning musicians, accomplished thespians, outstanding student athletes,  dedicated social advocates, and remarkable leaders. You have worked with us in building bridges with Tacoma and our greater South Sound community by serving in our schools, working in Boys and Girls Clubs, reaching out to our Lakewood

violence and what lessons might be drawn for us, here at PLU. The example that came to mind was Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in south central France, which during the days of World War II sheltered approximately 5,000 Jews and other refugees from the Nazis in what one of these sheltered children, film maker Pierre Sauvage, called “a conspiracy of Goodness.”2 During a time when many people found their consciences challenged to respond to the violence in their midst, one community led by two

Krise, from South Carolina, my sister, Pat Kane, from Maryland, my wife Patty’s family—the Loves and the Bateses from Indiana, friends and high school classmates from the Virgin Islands, and friends and colleagues from places Patty and I have lived and loved over the years. I’m so pleased to have all these friends and supporters here today as we reflect on our university’s mission, values and vision; a reflection on our great, collective accomplishments to date; and a reflection on the

ever made It is like…instant community! Ian McMichael ’13 is from Hermiston, Ore. I have played tennis at the varsity level, been an RA for two years, been involved in Campus Ministry and University Congregation, the Academic Assistance Center and had access to jobs off campus. I studied away last year in Santiago, Chile and I took a J-term to Berlin this year. Looking back these have all made a significant impact on my life in one way or another. What’s next? I will be going to South Dakota to

College Moorhead, Augsburg College, St. Olaf College, and Augustana College in South Dakota. We are also one of 26 colleges affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, some of the other prominent members of which include Gustavus Adolphus College, Carthage College, Wagner College, and Gettysburg College. We are also one of 44 colleges that are members of LECNA, the Lutheran Education Conference of North America, which includes colleges affiliated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

offer students. Tiffany Brown’11 – Bachelor of Business Administration (concentration in marketing) What’s next? Currently I am pursuing a career in the medical industry within marketing and business development. Timothy Hekili Guy – Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and political science Why PLU? The Library. I mean, aside from having grown up in the community south of the Lutedome, specifically the Spanaway and Graham area, I have been a frequent visitor to PLU since before NPCC had a stage. Yes