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make higher education accessible to students from all financial backgrounds.  Kaila grew up an hour and a half from Tacoma in Castle Rock, Washington and attended Castle Rock High School. An education major, with an emphasis in special education, and a music minor, PLU was always her first choice. “I was really lucky because my high school band director, Mrs. Dietz was a PLU alum,” Harris explained. “We even had the opportunity to come up to PLU and attend music workshops with PLU educators while I

. During her junior year at Tacoma’s Stadium High School, Brown served as an intern with the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association only to realize that law wasn’t a great fit and decided to go to college without declaring a major. As an undergraduate student at University of Washington, Brown served as a tutor and was moved by the need for teachers that represented the students they were teaching. Realizing that she enjoyed tutoring, Brooke enrolled in PLU’s Master of Arts in Education program where she

honoring faculty emeritus Ernie Ankrim.   Craig and Carrie Cammock. “I think the world would be better off with more PLU graduates out there in the world,” Cammock said. “PLU turns out some good citizens.” The Cammocks enjoy PLU activities like the Christmas Concert, which has become a holiday tradition, but being able to give the opportunity of a valued education is why the Cammock’s keep PLU close to their hearts. In today’s world, a person’s education can’t stop at high school, he said. It’s just

,” said Larson, a graduate of Lincoln High School. “We have been to libraries reading to children, spending time with the elderly, as well as eating dinner with politicians.” The court is part of the Daffodil Festival, which has been a Pierce County tradition for more than eight decades. The festival’s mission is to better communities through leadership training and education opportunities, and its legendary parades travel through four communities each year. “It’s a huge honor to be the queen,” said

about Palmer Scholars from my career counselor and my teacher when I was a sophomore in Foss High School. 2. What prompted you to apply to the program? I applied to this program because I saw the opportunity in Palmer Scholars that many other programs lacked in or did not have altogether. I applied specifically because of the support they were providing to high school students pursuing higher education with backgrounds that did not consist of support, like (first-generation) students or immigrants

paradigm that rewards institutions that prioritize high-paying professional fields such as engineering, computer science, and the health sciences. The study also suggests that colleges who are able to recruit students with extraordinarily high school test scores and grade point averages often receive more credit than they deserve for their contributions to the professional success of their graduates. As the column points out, high test scores and grade point averages reflect high intelligence and a

September 17, 2008 Exchange program enriches campus living and learning Six years ago, Candice Hughes ’08 realized that, despite her ambition, college just wasn’t in the cards. As consolation, the Trinidad and Tobago native dreamed of figuring out a way to go back to school part-time in a few years. Her opportunity emerged just two years later with the advent of a unique exchange program, forged between PLU and the Trinidadian government. For more than a decade, PLU has been sending students

,” said Greg Youtz, primary author of the grant and a member of the Chinese Studies Committee. “We are enormously pleased to have been funded for the second round and are excited to continue our work begun six years ago.” With a match from the university, the grant will provide $300,000 over three years for Chinese studies education for PLU faculty and local-area high school teachers, continue the enhancement of China-based curriculum in classrooms, and support China workshops here and travel tours to

discern their vocations in life. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers, PLU continues the distinctive tradition of Lutheran higher education through its commitment to the advancement of knowledge, thoughtful inquiry and questioning, the preparation of citizens in service to the world and to its ongoing reform. Read Previous PLU students work to get out the vote, register students to boost civic engagement in local community Read Next Commencement 2016: Students will carry PLU’s mission into their post

about their political interests and issues the student body should advocate. The task force—Dan Stell ’15, Carly Brook ’15, Katerina Volosevych ’17, Caitlin Dawes ’16, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15 and Naomi Bess ’15—then selected one area of interest popular among the 308 students who responded to the survey and found corroborating bills that might be of interest to students. The popular areas of interest include environmental legislation, healthcare, wellness/community health, tax reform, higher