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us really loved the organization we were volunteering with. That was really a big spark for us to be able to grow off.” Baghirov married Farid just before the start of her third year in Azerbaijan. They moved to the U.S. after Baghirov finished her service in October 2010. Though she found her husband in Azerbaijan, Baghirov had a hard time being apart from friends and family. This adversity and her experiences in the three years she spent abroad had a significant effect on her. “I changed a lot

career—and take him further than ever.Holland planned to major in English but became fascinated by the varied projects offered by PLU’s computer science major. With family in the tech, interest in computer science runs in the family, he says. Through the PLU IHON-Oxford Program, he took a distributed systems course. “It had very interesting, hard problems that interested me.” Overall, this is what he enjoys most—finding efficient ways to solve problems. “Computers give you immediate feedback on

certainly a Lute. Kim graduated in 2015 with degrees in mathematical economics and psychology and a minor in statistics. Currently, he is in his third year at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law School at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. “PLU really set things well for me,” Kim said. But the college path was not easy for Kim. His family emigrated from South Korea in 2005 and entered the United States on a year-long visitor visa. His parents bought a dry cleaning business south of Portland

visual likenesses. The portrait paintings come from the theft of Johnson’s phone this summer when he realized he still has a very strong connection to these visual likenesses and tried to reclaim the stolen images on the phone as his. “I am trying to reconnect with family and friends on a more personal level again,” Johnson says. “This body of work has helped me to realize this need.” Johnson will showcase approximately 18 works.  The exhibition will combine drawing, painting and small sculpture

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Deane ’15, who helped plan the event, raised nearly $1,700. “Quite a few people have donated and that shows they find this cause worthy of their money,” Deane said. Deane mailed cards to family and friends, asking for donations. This brought in the bulk of her donations. “I reached a thousand and thought I could go for more,” Deane said. At that point, she raised her goal from $1,000 to $1,500. At the start of the relay, Karen Andrascik told her story of survival. “The diagnosis feels like the world

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