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Elvis Dun-Dery at a community cleanup event. The question stuck with Johnson during his time in Europe, and when a volunteer recruiter role opened up at the Indiana Red Cross, despite being “slightly overqualified,” he jumped at the opportunity. Yet the transition wasn’t without its difficulties: right before Johnson and his family moved back to the U.S., the first case of COVID-19 was found in Germany, in a small town where Johnson had just coached a basketball game. Johnson’s first years at the

, Center for Student Success; member, the collective; founder and organizer, Interfaith Games; Women’s Action Commissioner, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Green River College Post-graduation plans: Working for a company owned by a fellow PLU student’s family; completing a JD or PhD to pursue youth advocacy and justice work in education Born in Nairobi, Kenya to a family of asylum-seekers from Mogadishu, Somalia, Aziza Ahmed moved to the US at five, and came to PLU from Auburn’s Mountainview

out of the dCenter.” Shayna graduated from PLU in 2009 with a degree in communications. The Rieke Scholar participated in Residence Hall Council, Pinnacle Society and the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society. She enjoys spending time with her family, hiking and volunteering for Aloha United Way. Shayna continues to work with the Diversity Center by visiting study away classes in Hawai’i and most recently, guest speaking at the 2020 Students of Color Retreat. Read Previous Nicole Jordan ‘15 Read Next Jazmyn

overcome them. Don’t allow yourself to stop being the artist you are. No matter what else, do your art.” Read Previous How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment Read Next Louis Hobson ’00 shares experience and advice at PLU workshop LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship

finds her wild hope at PLU Read Next Dance 2014 Features Student Choreography Alongside Faculty and Guest Compositions LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application January 18, 2021

help?’.” Tickets are $8 General Admission, $5 Senior Citizens and Alumni, $3 PLU Community, Students and 18 and under. Tickets are available at the Concierge Desk in the Anderson University Center, 253-535-7411 [credit/debit/cash), and can be purchased at the door before the show [cash only]. Read Previous Students take on the new Karen Hille Phillips Center Mainstage Read Next Dressed for Macbeth Success LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, directed by Rachel Winchester. Tickets will be available online at Eventbrite. Prices will be $10 general admission and $5 60+, military, alumni and students. Read Previous A one-of-a-kind production to open the 2017-18 theatre season: Aunt Raini Read Next Remembering Eric Nordholm LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in

dedication and desire to succeed. I also love the growth that I see in students throughout their PLU careers. Any fun facts about you? I love to go crabbing with my family. Read Previous University Choral Union presents Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle” Read Next Concert web streaming of PLU’s annual Christmas Concert, Gloria LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU

, representative from PROSA (Promotores de Salud en Defensa de la Vida del Pueblo), providing healthcare in remote areas of Oaxaca, Mexico Scott Jackson, vice president of the external relations team at the international nonprofit PATH Carol Koller, with 27 years of fund raising and development leadership experience, she is presently with Medical Teams International Lindsay Leeder, family nurse practitioner, Krista Colleague and former Jesuit Volunteer Corps member Connie McCloud, who has worked for the

, even serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania in the late 1990s. During his speech, Siburg realized people have an obligation to be involved in society. Siburg credits his family and Lutheran faith with instilling in him a desire to serve. One reason he chose to attend PLU was because he felt the university was a place he could develop his sense of calling – and that’s been the case, he said. “It’s ingrained in the PLU culture,” he said. Along with singing in the Choir of the West and serving as