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Nomination Committee of the Alumni Board met in the spring to select this year’s award recipients. Know a great alum who should be considered for an award? Nominate them today! Jen (Smith) Cohen '94 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD Jen (Smith) Cohen ’94 puts students first in her role as University of Washington Athletic Director – a job she has held since 2016. “There is nothing more rewarding than helping people become better versions of themselves through education, leadership and sports,” she said. As a

current assignment had it not been for the complete music education experience I received at PLU.  If the program had been any less, I’m not sure I’d still be teaching.  After I graduated, I have kept in touch with my private instructor and my band director.  They both have served as sources of information and advice.  I transformed from being their student to their colleague in the profession and, looking back, I feel that this was their goal the whole time.” — Joe Boertmann, Music Education, Class

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Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing is dedicated to… – Preparing nursing professionals to deliver safe and effective client-centered, family-centered, and community-based care, grounded in population health improvement and a global mindset – Empowering students to become skilled leaders, educators, and scholars who are committed to planning for and addressing current and future healthcare needs – Advancing the vision and mission of the university through interprofessional education

AccreditationAccreditation: The baccalaureate social work program at PLU has been continuously accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, since 1975. Graduating from an accredited program offers several advantages to students, including: a curriculum which is approved and up-to-date advanced standing at many graduate schools of social work, allowing students to complete the Master of Social Work in less time a recognized baccalaureate degree which focuses on the liberal arts as well as

1997. “It doesn’t mean they didn’t want what was best for me.” Still, she remembers her mother’s reaction: “You have ideas above your station, young lady.” As Ellard-Ivey would discover, it’s not easy being first. Students whose parents or siblings have not attended college face significant hurdles when they choose higher education. Many not only lack cash, but they also may be deficient in the kind of social and cultural capital that their peers with college-educated parents gain as a birthright

taught at PLU since 1997. “It doesn’t mean they didn’t want what was best for me.” Still, she remembers her mother’s reaction: “You have ideas above your station, young lady.” As Ellard-Ivey would discover, it’s not easy being first. Students whose parents or siblings have not attended college face significant hurdles when they choose higher education. Many not only lack cash, but they also may be deficient in the kind of social and cultural capital that their peers with college-educated parents gain

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By:Allan Belton May 1, 2018 0 Opening Note https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/05/allan-belton-wall-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Allan Belton Allan Belton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/76a768b8aa05dcdf70d2157dda602469?s=96&d=mm&r=g May 1, 2018 June 7, 2019 Opening Note PLU is deeply committed to the purposeful work of preparing students for success in a rapidly changing, globalized economy. Rooted in the transformative power of Lutheran education, we are

— Northwest Leadership Foundation, a faith-based leadership and scholarship program. Coria-Islas was born and raised in Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Guerrero, Mexico, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Federal Way. “PLU is an institution that allowed me to fulfill my dream of obtaining a tertiary school education, despite my legal status,” he said. All three first impressions of PLU are as unique as the individuals themselves, but each story contains a common theme: hospitality. It’s the seed