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earning credit toward their degree) in Namibia, Trinidad & Tobago, Budapest and more. Did you know? The estimated average salary of a PLU mathematics graduate is $79,250. DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non-Discrimination Policy Accessibility Emergency Procedures Mailing Policy & Procedures Consumer Information Flag Display Stay Connected 12180 Park Avenue S. Tacoma

- Niche Did you know? Want to study away? Political science students have spent semesters studying in Norway, Namibia, Trinidad & Tobago, France, South Korea, Greece, and there have even been Political Science classes in Washington D.C. and the Czech Republic and Poland during our January terms, taught by PLU professors! DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non

, Australia, New Zealand and more! Did you know? Want to get even more involved? Join Alpha Psi Omega (a national theatre honor society), Night of Musical Theatre, Dance Team, The Umbrella Organization (financial and PR advisory board for student theatre) and/or Clay Crows (PLU’s student-led improvisation group). DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non-Discrimination Policy

individualized experience. “I took every possible class you could take in the master’s program and created extra ones.” Christina Pepin, clinical assistant professor, studied at PLU for her undergraduate (2004) and graduate (2007) nursing degrees (she also earned undergraduate degrees in biology and English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2001). She never planned on being a nurse, but eventually realized she had the gift of connecting with patients on a deeper level. That disposition is common

enforcement agencies, probation offices, and victim advocacy organizations, among other agencies. Did you know? Want to study away? Criminal Justice students can earn credit toward their degree while spending a semester studying in Namibia, Trinidad & Tobago, Scotland, New Zealand and more! DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non-Discrimination Policy Accessibility Emergency

, language immersion, and cultural engagement. Students practice their language with other community members and form relationships with their professors. DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non-Discrimination Policy Accessibility Emergency Procedures Mailing Policy & Procedures Consumer Information Flag Display Stay Connected 12180 Park Avenue S. Tacoma, WA 98447 253-535

to get even more involved? Join PLU’s chapter of Psi Chi (the International Honor Society in Psychology), the Psychology Club, PLU Active Minds, and/or live in the Wellness House learning community on-campus. DISCOVER About Calendar Campus Map Land Acknowledgement Careers at PLU Lute Locker PLANNING Student Payments Textbooks Make a Gift Conference Planning RESOURCES Privacy Non-Discrimination Policy Accessibility Emergency Procedures Mailing Policy & Procedures Consumer Information Flag Display

piano—that is a lifelong gift. I am also interested in continuing research on my senior project, called “The Evolution of Piano Pedagogy and Culture in China.” What are your other plans and hopes for the future? Besides using piano and Chinese proficiently in a career, I don’t have many plans. I always hope to love God and people better with whatever I’m doing, though. How did a PLU education prepare you for the real world? Was anyone here particularly influential in your life or career plans? There

of nerves, anticipation and excitement. She had never been to Washington, and “didn’t know a soul” at PLU (then Pacific Lutheran College). When the train stopped in downtown Tacoma, for a moment, so did her heart. She clutched the monogrammed luggage she received as a high school graduation gift, and departed. A senior from Knutson’s soon-to-be college was standing there with a warm smile and a cardboard sign with her name on it. She still remembers how special and welcome she felt that momentous

fit for college students, staff and faculty,” Vagts said. “She’s passionate about developing leaders, always looking to find the right way to engage someone and help them discover or deepen a gift or interest of theirs.” Rude also has served as a colleague in ministry at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston, Illinois, an associate pastor at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago, and as youth outreach minister for The Night Ministry in Chicago, where she provided pastoral care, crisis response and