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off-campus. We recommend that new international students choose to live on campus for their first year if they do not already know someone or have family in the area. This provides the opportunity to adjust to life in the USA, meet friends, and research locations to live off-campus.  If you choose to live on-campus: submit your online housing form and housing deposit. Most graduate students prefer to live in South hall. Do this early, as housing tends to fill up, especially the apartment-style

failure, hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes. In addition, he has been an active financial supporter of PLU and a volunteer for the university, serving as Alumni Board president in the early 1980s and member of the Board of Regents from 1981 – 1990. Heritage Award David Johnson ’74 Johnson has demonstrated consistent and outstanding service to PLU and its mission throughout the past 42 years. Johnson has served as the 1974 class representative since 1995. In 1998, he set up the Listserv

is in person: While pursuing all her passions—with great success—this delightfully authentic superstar-in-the-making has stayed true to herself. In addition to a unique voice that’s a rich mix of Nina Simone, Fiona Apple and Amy Winehouse, Johnson also has a heart of gold and a steady dedication to service—which started early. As a Girl Scout Daisy and Brownie, Johnson found a place with other girls without “some of the judgment you get at school,” she says. “We did a lot of talking about how to

Highlights Local Peacebuilding in Practice Alumni experience in Northern Ireland to be led by Professor Ann Kelleher Imagine exploring within the historic walls of Derry, Ireland — structures that have stood in the small city, also known as Londonderry, since the early 1600s. If those walls could talk, they’d tell a story of conflict and a longstanding struggle for peace. Professor Emeritus Ann Kelleher is leading an experience that will bring alumni to the beautiful “peace city” in Northern Ireland, to

that continues to inform her approach to education — for herself and her students. But Oshiro didn’t always wear her status as first in the family like a badge of honor. Early in her undergraduate years at Pacific Lutheran University, she kept quiet about it, paralyzed with anxious thoughts nagging in the back of her mind: I don’t deserve to be here. That person is more qualified. Are they going to recognize that I’m here because of my achievements? “It was almost a shame thing. I didn’t want to

. presidential election. The Center’s genesis stemmed from PLU’s former provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the late Dr. Rae Linda Brown. A fierce advocate for student access, Brown envisioned a central location within the library because she wanted the library’s resources and study space combined with the academic success tools of Academic Assistance and Academic Advising — a natural hybrid that’s bearing early fruit. (Dedication of the Nate Schoening Student Success Center in the

High School in Tacoma. His dad, Mark Miller, played basketball and football at PLU from 1984-1988 and his mom graduated from PLU in 1986. Getting up early in the morning for crew perked Connie up more than the strongest cup of coffee ever could, said Bryce’s grandmother, Camille Eliason, who’s also now reading The Boys in the Boat. “She was just tickled, even though her hands looked like hamburger, she would still be up at 4:30 at American Lake and loved every minute of it,” Eliason said. It takes

Fluctuations in weight Eating Disorder Online Screening PLU now offers a free, on-line screening for Eating Disorders for PLU students.  Through this screening, students can learn to understand their own risks and how and where to access health and counseling services at PLU.  The goal is to educate and to promote prevention, early detection, and treatment referral. TAKE SCREENING After you complete the screening, you may choose to contact your primary care provider or the PLU Health Center for further

debate different candidates for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The Center’s genesis stemmed from PLU’s former provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the late Dr. Rae Linda Brown. A fierce advocate for student access, Brown envisioned a central location within the library because she wanted the library’s resources and study space combined with the academic success tools of Academic Assistance and Academic Advising — a natural hybrid that’s bearing early fruit. (Dedication of the

” as well as 3instructional videos, “Play Sax From Day One”, “Modern Sax” and “Tricks Of The Trade”, all published by Warner Bros. Publications which is now Alfred Publishing/Belwin Jazz. For the past 25 years Eric has put on an annual fundraising concert for High Hopes. High Hopes is a non-profit organization in Orange County, California that works with people who have suffered traumatic head injuries. With the help of many guest artists who have donated their time to perform, these concerts to