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High, with an associate’s degree in gender studies from Green River College already under her belt. A committed activist, Ahmed served as the founding Interfaith Coordinator at Campus Ministry, worked at the Center for Student Success, and was part of “the collective,” an unaffiliated, grassroots group of organizers. Her award-winning Capstone project, on black women’s transformative resistance in higher education, sought to diagnose “benevolent racism,” which “operates under the guise of being

excited to join your class, because transition times are unsettling.  We, like you, are feeing anxious and bit uncertain, wondering if they will like us, and wondering if we will make it out there in the real world beyond Pacific Avenue and 512.  Yes, at this important turning point in life, good friends and classmates are more important than ever! And MaryAnn and I are proud to claim membership in your class, because you are an accomplished and remarkable group.  There are some 680 of you graduating

those in the traditionally privileged white community—need to hear and understand stories about the experience of racism long before we can sit down and think effectively about what to do about it.I started one such race chat with a story from a conference I attended last winter.  I was sitting with a small group of college presidents, discussing these issues, when one woman told the story about being at a weekend workshop for college presidents.  Her seatmate was a black male college president, and

that there is a lively and vibrant group of students and faculty (including our President) who gather each week around the Word and Sacraments as University Congregation. Don’t judge us by the number of Lutheran students or faculty we have, although I can also tell you that while our numbers may be smaller than they once were, we are mighty! The fact that there are so many non-Lutherans at PLU is a testament to the power of Lutheran higher education. They want to what PLU has to offer! Judge us by

West, women are not expected to marry young, but social prescriptions of desirability affect people of every gender around the world. Since Mary’s lines are generally funny both in and out of context, her memes reach people who have not seen the film even though they are created by and for the in-group of Persuasion moviegoers and Austen fans. Sometimes, however, context makes her lines and attitude less humorous on closer inspection. When put in relation to the colorblind casting of the film, her

unaffiliated, grassroots group of organizers. Her award-winning Capstone project, on black women’s transformative resistance in higher education, sought to diagnose “benevolent racism,” which “operates under the guise of being empowering.” “Solidarity,” she emphasized, is at the heart of her advocacy for interfaith accommodations, accessibility, undocumented students and students of color, and institutional justice in general. Proudest achievement: “All of my accomplishments,” she said, “are an ode to the

Paczkowski ’84. “Their sense (that) they belong somewhere grounds them in being a learner. “They learn about life more than if they weren’t being a part of the group.” Parents are becoming very involved in their children’s education. For parent/student conferences this past year, 97 percent of parents attended. “They might be poor, but they get involved and are engaged,” Schroeder said of the parents. “They want the best for their kids.” As much as the staff and parents buy into what is being done at

and Life After PLU Michael: “Did this lead to a job or other learning experiences for you?” Matt: “During my senior year, I took an internship at a software company in Bellevue doing sales support—basically helping them with their research and presentations. Then I began interviewing with other software companies for an actual job after graduation. After a series of interviews, I have been hired at a software company in Boulder, Colorado called VictorOPS. This group provides incident management

with us into exploring opportunities,” Belton says. The board is comprised of up to 37 members of the PLU alumni and Lutheran communities who are leaders in fields like technology, financial services, law, manufacturing and medicine. Frechette describes the board as a group wide open to new ideas and that asks smart, tough questions. “When I talk to enrollment managers at other schools I get the feeling that their boards are more hesitant about questioning traditional financial models and thinking