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playing piano—that is a lifelong gift. I am also interested in continuing research on my senior project, called “The Evolution of Piano Pedagogy and Culture in China.” What are your other plans and hopes for the future? Besides using piano and Chinese proficiently in a career, I don’t have many plans. I always hope to love God and people better with whatever I’m doing, though. How did a PLU education prepare you for the real world? Was anyone here particularly influential in your life or career plans

Washington, her young mind was a swirling sea of nerves, anticipation and excitement. She had never been to Washington, and “didn’t know a soul” at PLU (then Pacific Lutheran College). When the train stopped in downtown Tacoma, for a moment, so did her heart. She clutched the monogrammed luggage she received as a high school graduation gift, and departed. A senior from Knutson’s soon-to-be college was standing there with a warm smile and a cardboard sign with her name on it. She still remembers how

and joyful spirit is a perfect fit for college students, staff and faculty,” Vagts said. “She’s passionate about developing leaders, always looking to find the right way to engage someone and help them discover or deepen a gift or interest of theirs.” Rude also has served as a colleague in ministry at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston, Illinois, an associate pastor at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago, and as youth outreach minister for The Night Ministry in Chicago, where she provided

Molly Russell '18 and Visiting Assistant Professor Jessica Spring created keepsake notebooks at PLU'

Read the President's Investor LetterView the 2019 Endowment ReportDear PLU Investors, Now more than

Read the President's Investor LetterView the 2020 Endowment ReportDear PLU Investors, I am honored t

Click on the video above to watch a recording of the evening program.Thank you for your generous sup

of processing the juvenile delinquent by formal agencies of control. (4) SOCI 232 : Research Methods An overview of the methods to explore, describe, and analyze the social world. General issues in the design and implementation of research projects, as well as specific issues that arise in conducting interviews and field observations, constructing and administering surveys, analyzing existing data, and planning program evaluations. Required for sociology and social work majors. Prerequisite: SOCI

risk,” Wallace explained at the time. “And sometimes it doesn’t matter what you do.” Wallace believes his roommate took the new-found perspective to heart. He credits it to a practice that is often taken for granted — listening. “Listening and hearing are two totally different things,” Wallace said. “Hearing, you’re talking to me.” But listening, he said, is processing that information. And doing something with it. Conscious listening often means being uncomfortable. It means struggling to set

October 5, 2019 President’s Remarks: Allan Belton Student Spotlight: Kyle Siemers Return to Presid