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  • What it Means to be First – ResoLute: Spring 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/what-it-means-to-be-first/

    ?” Despite coming from parents who couldn’t afford to pursue higher education, Frey says it was never a question for her and her sister. “The active conversation in our family was ‘you girls will have more than what your father and I had.’” That included swimming and piano lessons, trips to museums, and anything they needed to thrive at school. “I was first in the family, but I was also free and reduced lunch — government cheese and peanut butter and the whole nine yards,” said Frey, now the dean of

  • Kari Plog ’11 – Resolute Online: Spring 2016 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2016/author/plogkr/

    we knew we were on to something,” Krause said of the early days. “I feel like we paid our dues. We worked very hard.” Music is Krause’s passion; it’s what brought him to PLU, where he earned a communication degree. He writes songs, sings and plays guitar for Fort Union, which just released a new album (fupdx.com). He also can play piano and played saxophone in the PLU Jazz Band as a student. Krause makes a different kind of music at Fried Egg I’m In Love when he’s donning an apron and juggling

  • Speakers https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-2016/speakers/

    roles from a variety of shows including “The Barber of Seville”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Orpheus in the Underworld”, and “Alcina”. Last January she was one of four participants in the Joyce DiDonato Masterclasses at Carnegie Hall, live streamed all over the world on Medici.tv. As a member of the PLU Choirs, she has toured all over the country and in Europe. In addition to her musical studies with Chair of Vocal Studies, James Brown, Miya enjoys playing piano, hiking, and traveling.Wednesday, October

  • Scholarships and Grants https://www.plu.edu/financial-services/students/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships-and-grants/

    Wise Monsen Memorial Piano Scholarship Erling O. Mork Scholarship for Excellence in Leadership and Diversity Lillian C. Morris Endowed Scholarship Brenda and Randy Morris Endowed Scholarship for Business Gladys Mortvedt Voluntary Service Award Scholarship Murray-Danielson Management Award Richard P. and Shirley P. Neils Memorial Scholarship George and Alma Nelson Scholarship Harold and Sylvia Nelson Endowed Scholarship Nerland Endowed Norwegian Scholarship Andreas and Ingrid Ness Endowed

  • In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/09/08/in-times-challenging-and-uncertain-plans-change-values-and-mission-endure/

    bachelor’s graduates and 100 percent of master’s degree graduates passed their state boards at first sitting. One more PLU graduate received a Fulbright Fellowship, bringing our 34 year total to 80. Our student Mathematics Modeling team won a meritorious award, the second-highest award possible, and the student MediaLab received a college division Emmy Award for their film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the US, and Crime.” At the end of the academic year,  the University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band

  • Kari Plog ’11 – ResoLute: Spring 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/author/plogkr/

    going to do but go to college?” Despite coming from parents who couldn’t afford to pursue higher education, Frey says it was never a question for her and her sister. “The active conversation in our family was ‘you girls will have more than what your father and I had.’” That included swimming and piano lessons, trips to museums, and anything they needed to thrive at school. “I was first in the family, but I was also free and reduced lunch — government cheese and peanut butter and the whole nine yards

  • In their own words https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/05/18/in-their-own-words-two/

    campus so beautiful and all the staff and faculty were welcoming and excited for my future! My PLU experience: At PLU I have been academically challenged and enriched in subjects from gender studies, environmental justice and jazz. I’ve learned to take risks and always found a community to fall back on. Because so much time is devoted to looking at issues and topics from a perspective other than my own, I have been challenged to discover my own capacity for compassion. What’s next? I’m hoping to get

  • In their own words https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/05/22/in-their-own-words-four/

    for me the moment I stepped onto campus. I have taken classes in jazz, choir, political science, math, engineering, environmental science, geoscience, and physics and had the opportunity to be part of two summer research teams: one in physics and one in computer science and computer engineering. I have friends in every building on campus and love saying hi to people everywhere I go. I will remember PLU for the awesome conversations with mentors, late night snacks at the Old Main Market, swing

  • LASR blog https://www.plu.edu/studentmedia/lasr/lasr-blog-by-duffy-anderson/

    the other way around, shuffle is one cruel individual. Heating up beside my rust bucket, the other arrived, and it was time to play with a piece of plastic. That day I learned to throw with and against the wind (to an extent) and how to throw across a table. All important skills that help me navigate today and tomorrow but something else clicked. It was the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia’s spacious lead lines, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart chasing each other, Bob Weir’s jazz centered rhythms