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college students. First in the Family RAs will help residents explore their identity as first-generation college students, how it intersects with other identities, and how their identity affects their college experience. First in the Family RAs will work collaboratively with campus partners to enhance learning in this community. The Students of Color RAs establishes community and solidarity with residents who identify as a student of color. Students of Color RAs will help residents explore their

animal or plant, researched its unique qualities, and put the species in context with their own identity and life history.  Kinesiology major/Psychology minor Breeze Bartle introduces the hardy succulent Echeveria elegans. Link to Video Biology major/Environmental Studies minor Blake Clapp reflects on the resilience of the PNW’s coho salmon. Link to Video Business major/Dance minor Kei-Lynn Ono tells us about O‘ahu’s invasive coqui frog. Link to Video

Office defines “first generation” as: neither parent graduated from a four-year, degree-granting institution within the U.S. While students reside in the Community, they will develop their own definition of what it means to be a first-generation college student. Additionally, they will explore how their first-generation identity intersects with other identities, as well as how their identity affects their college experience.Great For Students Who ... are the first in their families to attend college

-lexicon-whats-the-significance-of-the-color-lavenderGreat For Students Who ... who are interested in gender equity and gender-spectrum inclusion who are interested in talking about gender and sexual identities for whom their sex assigned at birth does not match their gender identity Program + Learning OutcomesBy participating in the Lavender Community, students will: explore linkages across personal lived experiences and theoretical concepts of gender and sexuality increase their knowledge and

the Women’s and Gender Studies research guide. Research assistance is also available. PLU also offers a major and minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies. In the Women’s and Gender Studies minor students explore the role of gender and sexuality in society and culture. Students understand the complexities of gender, sexual identity, and feminism, and they apply these ideas in a variety of academic disciplines. In the major students also examine gender and sexuality alongside such factors as