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initiatives and opportunities to prospective students and their families. × “I’m passionate about working here because we value serving our regional community… (Our) commitment to provide an excellent education to local students who might not have imagined they would be able to attend a high-quality private university.” – Melody Ferguson, Associate Dean of Admission“The college admission and financial aid process already can seem almost like a foreign language to a lot of families,” she says. “Things like

Kim preferred it that way. “Because I didn’t want an added lens of when folks interacted with me, and that’s why I learned English so quickly and had as many leadership positions as possible,” Kim said. “I didn’t want anyone to doubt that I was an American.” When President Obama announced DACA in 2012, Kim remembered exactly how he felt. “It was exhilarating,” Kim said. “It gave me a new possibility that I could actually stay here, for a little while longer at least, without the fear of getting

the many benefits of my years at PLU, certainly my times studying abroad stand out as some of the greatest. I spent my entire sophomore year studying German language and culture in Freiburg, Germany. It was during that year that I first encountered significant works of Western Art, both in Germany and across Europe. This was, of course, a profound and formative experience, and one that nudged me- shoved me?!- in the direction I now travel. I credit PLU and professor emeritus Rodney Swenson with

Wang Center Photo Contest Winners 2023 Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / April 4, 2023 April 4, 2023 During the 2022-2023 academic year, 237 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. We are excited that students were able to travel more widely in the world following the

jewels. Esther’s poisoning and hysteria diagnosis and Edward’s cognizant abuse of the trope of the “hysterical woman” to silence her speaks to the centuries’ long tradition of devaluing female experience or perspective by dehumanizing them, and labeling them “hysterical,” or “crazy.” As detailed by the Oxford English Dictionary, while the original definition of “hysteria” from the 18th century pertained to a “physical disorder of women” stemming from the uterus, the cultural and “medical

Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) purchased. There was also a table at the game about the campaign, and everyone in SAAC signed a pledge card. “The language of the campaign seems like a no-brainer,” said Thomas. “It’s an important topic that doesn’t often get brought up.” The It’s On Us Campaign resonated with Thomas and many of PLU’s athletes. “[Intervening] is something everyone should do,” said Thomas. Pledge cards have been signed by most of PLU’s athletes. The Rev. Dennis Sepper, University

experience or language for those things, so the experience was revolutionary,” he says. “PLU is a great place to ask questions.” In Schwartz’s senior year, he faced new challenges and became deeply familiar with physical and emotional pain after herniating discs in his lower back. Bedridden for a month, the healing process was slow. He started spring quarter later than others, and at times, he’d have to lay down in class in the back row. Depressed and struggling, he managed with the assistance of

, families with language barriers, people with disabilities, and many others — face more obstacles and need more assistance navigating systems. “While we have some permanent supportive housing, we don’t have enough of it or the resources to both build and provide services,” Lloyd says. “Affordable housing should not be a luxury that some members of our society are able to obtain while others cannot and are forced to live in unsafe conditions or spaces that are uninhabitable. Everyone deserves to have a

translated into a single English word but represents a feeling of joyful contentment and well-being stemming from life’s simple pleasures. It’s a foundational part of Danish culture and, Dawson believes, a fundamentally different outlook on life than what you’d find in the United States. “Here, it’s very ‘the next big thing,’ like graduation and getting a better car and getting a better job and it’s all about ‘what can I do next?’” she said. “Whereas I feel like Danish culture is very much just finding

  uncertainty about the future, courage may seem a strange and elusive virtue.  And that is certainly true if we if we think of courage in the popular sense as a kind of  “fearless and even reckless bravery.” But, there is more, for a closer look reveals that the word courage is derived from the Latin root “cor,” meaning heart, and the English suffix “age,” meaning action.  In other words, courage can be properly understood as “an action that comes from the heart” and, as such, it is a nobel action