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The following policy has been established in recognition of federal law and Washington State law, and out of a desire to create a living/learning environment consistent with the university goals and mission. Community members participating in PLU sponsored study away programs are expected to respect the drug laws of their host country while upholding the university policy outlined below. The unauthorized possession, use, distribution, in any way assisting anyone to use, possess or distribute

Sonja RuudGraduation year: 2012 Majors: Global Studies and French Studied away in Fort-de-France, Martinque (PLU J-Term), Yaoundé, Cameroon (SIT semester) and Elverum, Norway (PLU Gateway semester at the time) Throughout the course of my studies at PLU, I had the opportunity to study away three times: first for a J-Term in Martinique, then a semester in Cameroon and finally a semester in Norway. As you can imagine, these experiences were all very different from one another – the locations

General Test InformationWhat is HSK?Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kaushi  汉语水平考试 (HSK) is China’s official Chinese language proficiency test for non-native speakers. It is a standardized exam to measure the test taker’s Chinese language proficiency. HSK assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities in using the Chinese language in their daily, academic and professional lives. The test is administered worldwide with over 1,147 HSK exam centers in 137 countries and regions.What is HSKK?Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Koushi

Jessa De Los ReyesJessa is a 4th-year music education major with a focus in instrumental and general music. She has been playing trumpet for 13 years, is co-section leader for Wind Ensemble, a percussionist in Concert Band, and is joining Steel Pan for her first year! She currently works as an instructor with Puget Sound Arts Academy teaching elementary to middle school music students. Jessa enjoys every minute of her very busy schedule because she gets to be “music-ing” every day! Chris

campus. But as the Rev. Jen Rude, university pastor, says, that feeling doesn’t materialize out of nowhere. It isn’t what everyone gets from their experience at another university—it’s at PLU, by design. “Lutheran higher education is the foundation for all the other values that we live,” says Pastor Rude. “Lutheran higher education is the wisdom and the nourishment that supports those values and those ways of living together.” Understanding the framework of Lutheran higher education helps us

Photo by Dr. Rose McKenney Dear Pierce County, Over the last semester in my Environmental Studies 350 course at PLU, I began to truly appreciate the importance and impact of community. In a time of social distancing and virtual classes, the class’ rare physical sessions were a literal and metaphorical breath of fresh air. As we conducted our data collections at the Parkland Prairie, I could not stop thinking about the negative impact that our communities have had on other communities, both

Antonio Ruiz-CamachoAntonio Ruiz-Camacho’s debut collection Barefoot Dogs won the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction and was a Kirkus Reviews and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015, and a best Texas book of the decade by Texas Observer. It was published and adapted for radio in German, and in Spanish translation made by himself. Ruiz-Camacho’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Texas Monthly, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Toluca, Mexico, he