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before coming to PLU. Luckily now, after completing my first one in 2015 during a University Chorale tour, staying in a stranger’s home didn’t seem as scary. Homestays are important because they allow us to get to know the community, and vice versa. My homestay partner and I enjoyed staying up a bit after the concert and just talking with our homestay family. We exchanged pictures of our animals, talked about our common likes and dislikes, and discussed the most important part of life — breakfast

think hearing how others are coping truly helps foster community, even if we can’t be in the presence of others. NEW: Michelle Bennett couldn’t hold her mother’s hand in those final moments, 10 days after Carolann Gann tested positive for #COVID19. But Gann's nurses connected mother and daughter one last time, and comforted the patient to the end. @KariPlog reports: https://t.co/2pmtInWji2 pic.twitter.com/FzbRHZZ3Nz— KNKX Public Radio (@knkxfm) April 1, 2020 PLU: How important is journalism right

professors.  “I’m really glad I went to PLU for computer science because of those connections I made,” Ronquillo said. “I feel like it was a lot more genuine and a lot easier to create those connections because of how small these classes were. I’m excited for the future.” Read more stories from the Fall 2022 issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous Rooted and Open: Rev. Jen Rude talks about centering community, spiritual diversity, and Campus Ministry Read Next WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie

hopes to found and lead a nonprofit that helps children of color discover secret talents through new opportunities. Lucas’s daughter dances at Sound Movement Arts Center—and joined the Franklin Pierce Junior Wrestling team. “She tried wrestling, did very well and ended up taking first at the state tournament,” Lucas says.  On top of being a full-time student, Lucas works full-time as a case manager at Comprehensive Life Resources, a community behavioral health clinic in Tacoma, helping those

patient care and monitoring under the direction of registered nurses (RNs). She immediately began employment at a nursing home and a correctional facility.She continued nursing studies at Tacoma Community College, then transferred to PLU for her RN degree. “I chose PLU because I worked with RNs who graduated from PLU at the Pierce County Jail, and I was blown away by their work ethic and compassionate and professional approach.” Surla’s capstone, “Moral Distress in Correctional Nursing,” focuses on

scholarship not only for its own sake (and we do that too) but also for the value we gain from having people hear about the work that our faculty and staff do so well here. We need to energize our natural constituencies such as our alumni, our retired faculty and staff, our supporting congregations and synods of our Region One of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, our partners in the community, in various groups and associations—and we need to give them narratives to tell.  For those of us who

missions—and a good marketer can help build good companies in terms of social responsibility, community, and the arts.” This connectedness to others is a central part of Ha’s life philosophy. “I’ve always thought that my knowledge wasn’t just for myself—it’s for everyone, and should benefit everyone,” she says. “It’s a vocational approach, I suppose, and it sounds like a lot for a marketing analyst! But I believe it.” In keeping with that concept, Ha appreciates the tailored approach to education that