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out of the dCenter.” Shayna graduated from PLU in 2009 with a degree in communications. The Rieke Scholar participated in Residence Hall Council, Pinnacle Society and the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society. She enjoys spending time with her family, hiking and volunteering for Aloha United Way. Shayna continues to work with the Diversity Center by visiting study away classes in Hawai’i and most recently, guest speaking at the 2020 Students of Color Retreat. Read Previous Nicole Jordan ‘15 Read Next Jazmyn

in some way.” Corbitt also described the experience as a balancing act, saying that “my theatrical side wants to only focus on the production and not worry about my other classes, but its all part of the process.” As for her future, Corbitt knows that she wants to be involved with theater, but is not sure which aspect. “I am interested in directing, but I really feel that I need more experience to perform adequately,” she said. “I am also looking at directing an improv or comedy group.” “The Skin

professors Joanne Lisosky and Robert Marshall Wells, who had worked at The News Tribune before coming to PLU. Patterson was a single mom while attending PLU and worked while enrolled. She credits her professors for helping her get where she is today. “The community understands the value of a PLU education,” Patterson said. Patterson still keeps in contact with professors, visits classes and shares her experiences with current students. “Journalism is such a small, small world,” Patterson said. The summer

Poincare polynomial and the Mobius function.” “It was a lot of looking at papers that had been written on similar topics, playing around with this ordering and finding other branches of math it connected to,” Ball said. “It was really hard but really fun.” The project educated Ball further in a subject he first became interested in during fourth grade. “It was a friendly competition with my friends to see who would get the furthest in math classes,” Ball said. In high school, Ball’s interest in math

and French, began her initial research in 2013 with a paper she wrote in one of her classes. This blossomed into Moran’s final Capstone, PLU’s senior research project, which looks at how candidates’ expenditures affect the outcome of their campaign. “There is a lot of controversy about the money spent in politics,” said Moran. “I really wanted to look at an issue that is highly debated. It’s hard because you want your causes to succeed, and you know the only way to do that is with money.” Moran

the classroom and more importantly, to give back to the environment and instead of just talking green, do something green.” Most recently, Farnum partnered with some environmental studies classes at PLU to bring students in, collect data and document the species on the land. The Clover Creek Reserve plot of land is owned by Forterra, which is a Tacoma-based nonprofit that purchases land to preserve regionally. Farnum first got involved as a volunteer land steward with Forterra. He’s in charge of

PLU’s mission is built to tackle challenging issues like those all people face moving past this divisive election cycle. “The word ‘care’ in our mission statement is especially important today: PLU is and will remain a place that honors, respects and protects people of all kinds: of all races and ethnicities, all religions, all classes, all sexual identities, all nationalities,” he said. “We Lutes will work together to do what we can, in our institution and in our communities, to build a model for

develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. These problems include but are not limited to: climate change, food and water insecurity, immigration, poverty, and income inequality, as well as ongoing large and small-scale conflicts resulting from strained relations among those of different races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations and social classes. “A recent Gallup survey suggests that polarization negatively affects American’s community attachment and trust in others

international experience (trips to Germany and Peru in spring 2022, for example), projects in the community, the availability of evening classes and more. AACSB-accredited schools undergo an intense peer-reviewed evaluation process and must demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching, research, curricula development and student learning. Once initial accreditation is achieved, each institution participates in a five-year continuous improvement review that is designed to ensure it maintains the

diversity. She hopes to use her degree and the skills she is learning at PLU to help people in need.“I always knew I wanted to help people,” said Marquez about why she chose to study social work. She originally intended to be a French major at PLU, as she had taken French courses in high school. She found social work was a better fit after being introduced to the career field in a few classes. “I love community work and community outreach, and I have learned a lot about myself too.” Marquez currently