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to PLU, I thought I should already be much better at piano than I was if it was going to be my career, so I decided it was more practical for me to major in different things. I absolutely loved my Chinese class freshman year, and translation work interested me. I also wanted to study the Bible more, so I chose a second major in religion. My junior year, I went on the PLU exchange program to Chengdu and loved my time there, but really missed piano. When I came back to PLU, I still wasn’t able to

cheerleaders and the basketball team were invited to a home on Wheeler Street after a big on-court victory. The school’s attorney and his wife had built the home. Knutson and her late husband, David ’58, who was a PLU religion professor, bought that same home in 1985. It was convenient for the family to live next to campus where they were raising two kids, Kari and Kris. David, a diabetic, was blind and eventually lost both his legs. There were times students came to the house to turn in an assignment

first came to PLU, I thought I should already be much better at piano than I was if it was going to be my career, so I decided it was more practical for me to major in different things. I absolutely loved my Chinese class freshman year, and translation work interested me. I also wanted to study the Bible more, so I chose a second major in religion. My junior year, I went on the PLU exchange program to Chengdu and loved my time there, but really missed piano. When I came back to PLU, I still wasn’t

recalls a time when she and the other cheerleaders and the basketball team were invited to a home on Wheeler Street after a big on-court victory. The school’s attorney and his wife had built the home. Knutson and her late husband, David ’58, who was a PLU religion professor, bought that same home in 1985. It was convenient for the family to live next to campus where they were raising two kids, Kari and Kris. David, a diabetic, was blind and eventually lost both his legs. There were times students came

fields – philosophy, religion, English, geosciences, psychology, history, anthropology, music, accounting and nursing, among others. Like the students they will mentor and teach, our new faculty members were selected from a competitive pool of candidates. We look forward to the momentum and energy each of you will add to this community. Welcome to you all! Convocation is intended in many ways to be the culmination of the Welcome Weekend and the orientation sessions that occurred earlier in the summer

Cara Gillespie ’17: BA in Communication, Minor in Religion “Since graduation I’ve been in a period of transition. I’ve officially been invited to serve with the Peace Corps in Peru as a Business Advising Volunteer. I leave for Lima in March 2018. In the meantime, I am spending time with my family and working as a bartender saving money to prepare for my two years of volunteer service, as well as, brushing up on my Spanish in my free time. I am so grateful for my time at PLU and know that my

for NATO, he had the chance to attend boarding school in Rome for three years before heading to college. He majored in economics at PLU, as well as concentrating on religion and biology. Involved in many activities around campus, including philosophy club, student radio and yearbook, Sean was most passionate about ASPLU and the crew team. Since graduation, Sean has enjoyed several finance-related jobs, including working for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. He currently serves as a financial