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) and one daughter (Terri Catherine) deceased; five grandsons and more than ten great grandchildren. I have always been interested in acquiring as much education as I could.  I love to read and am particularly a lover of poetry and dance history.  I am a graduate of Tacoma Community College and the University of Puget Sound, from which I received my undergraduate and graduate degrees in Public Administration. I have spent most of my adult work and home life involved in social and community services

world, from Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood to Tanzania. And every year, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education holds a student photo contest to showcase evocative images from the students’ travels and experiences. The 12 winning photos were framed and displayed in PLU’s Mortvedt Library through mid-May, then moved to the Anderson University Center, where they will be on display through early June. For the first time, we’ve compiled all the winning images in an interactive feature below, where you can

average of 12:1, affords lasting academic mentor relationships. Within six months of graduating, 90% of recent graduates were either employed or accepted to graduate school. Over 50% of students study away to increase their global perspective.

courses demand. The Wang Center and my advisors were very helpful to helping me make studying away work despite a rigid four-year plan so that I could graduate on time, take all the classes I needed, take classes I wanted, and feel confident doing so. In the end, studying away helped me be a better student and global citizen, for which I am so thankful and I’m exceedingly happy it all worked out so well! A piece of advice to future study away students: Find something you like to do on your own

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writing and photographs have been published in The Peninsula Gateway and on The News Tribune 's website. Valery plans to pursue a career in the news industry after graduating from PLU in 2014. Service in Between Schooling Biology Graduate Spends a Year with Lutheran Volunteer Corps Between PLU and Med School Anthony... April 21, 2014 Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy began juggling during his freshman... April 21, 2014

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