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to the Pacific Northwest. Thompsen had been finishing a two-year program at a business college in Norway and was ready to go on to a university. First, he made his way to a university in New Orleans. A semester later, he was ready to move on. Classes where hundreds of students packed a lecture hall to be taught by teaching assistants, not professors, was disappointing to say the least, Thompsen recalled. By chance, he had a friend attending PLU. It became apparent to him early on  that it might

department, choir, and my classes. Kelvin Adams ’12 is from Portland, Ore. I also am incredibly blessed and grateful for my four years in PLU choirs, which have taken me on a journey I could never have dreamed of, including a tour to Germany and France last summer with the Choir of the West. And, of course, no engineering education is complete without the construction of a trebuchet. All of these experiences are integral to who I am today and I would not trade them for the world. What’s next? I will be

, she believes it wouldn’t be a PLU education if didn’t have all this – the classes, the study away experiences, the music. And when she walked across the graduation stage last May, she knew these essential experiences won’t just help her in her career – they will be with her forever. “It’s about the experience, but it’s also about what comes after,” Johnston said. “Now, these things will always be a part of me.” To see what study away opportunities might be there for you, visit the Wang Center for

unjust. “Know that you have a right and a responsibility to make a difference,” Rose-Avila said. Wendy Martinez, PLU senior on the panel, strongly emphasized how everyone may know and even be friends with an undocumented immigrant. “There are undocumented students on campus and they may be sitting next to you in one of your classes,” Martinez said. “Just think how immigration affects everyone.” This lecture connected to the anniversary of the Constitution by explaining how laws and amendments are

player Joe Rayburn—a 2013 Second-Team Academic All-American—offered a glimpse into a day in the life of a PLU student-athlete. He echoed Hibbard’s praise of PLU’s support systems for students, and student-athletes in particular, as he compared his experience to those of athletes at the Div. I level. His main point was the value and preparation for classes and life beyond college he has received through successes and failures on the field. Junior volleyball player Amy Wooten, the 2013-14 Student

place and Envious Girls in third. Samuel Collier, Rise to Power creator and actor, said he enjoyed his violent role because it allowed him “to be outside of myself.” Flanagan said, “I think it’s impressive that students can pull this project off on top of all the other classes they do. I think celebrating Hebrew Idol honors the work the students do.” This story contains information from Shunying Wang ’15. Read Previous Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU Read Next Gregoire: We have met the

that working on this research project pushed her intellectually. “I really liked how much it challenged everything I know about everything,” Olafson said of the process. “It was such an intellectual stretch to think about these things that only like two people had published papers on before. It was a hard transition going back to normal undergrad classes after studying something so advanced.” Now the three researches are working to get their research published in a mathematics journal. Olafson and

-Term course in London. Others were brought by classes. “I’m here because my teacher cancelled class and made us come,” Kerri Selk ’16 said, “but I’m super excited. I’m looking at the Uruguay trip because I want to get back into Spanish.” Some students had finished their Study Away experiences and were at the fair to encourage others to do the same. Aubrey Frimoth ’15 studied in Trinidad and Tobago in Spring 2014 and “woman-ed” (as opposed to “manned”) the display for Spring 2016. She hopes future

heard from since we pivoted to distance learning, starting a conversation with a faculty peer you miss seeing around campus.” Beginning that dialogue, especially with someone you don’t know particularly well, might seem a little intimidating or awkward at first. But checking your five in these unprecedented times is a vital act of community care — a core component of PLU’s mission. “Since we aren’t running into each other at OMM or in Red Square on our way to classes or meetings, we need to more

with and stand with our Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander community members during this deeply painful time. Accordingly, many of our community members may be feeling particularly vulnerable and distressed. Please check in with them. Faculty and staff, please provide space in your classes, co-curricular activities, or places of employment — regardless of your subject matter or the focus of your normal activities — for students and colleagues alike to share how they are feeling and what they