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  • PLU Presents Service Awards to Students, Staff and Community https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/04/24/service-awards/

    TACOMA, Wash. (April 24, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University awarded six student scholarships and other awards on April 22 for outstanding contributions to service at PLU and the surrounding community . Individual scholarships ranged from $250 to $1,000. “The scholarships here don’t come close monetarily to justify…

    for at-risk kids.     Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham received the administrator award for her relentless advocacy for higher education and commitment to helping young people access college. Other nominees were Nicole Jordan, Jonathan Adams, Joanne Lisosky, Ginger Peck, JoDee Keller and Marianne Taylor.The Ron Pierre Vignec Community Partner Award, named in honor of “Pastor Ron,” a campus pastor in the 1980s who also ministered in the Salishan community on Tacoma’s

  • Sarah Saavedra ’22 shares her experience as a first-gen college student https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/sarah-saavedra-22-shares-her-experience-as-a-first-gen-college-student/

    Sarah Saavedra ’22 is a social work major with a minor in psychology and a certificate in Peace Corps Prep. The Auburn resident is the first in her family to go to college. She credits her many scholarships for navigating college as a first-year student.…

    , Saavedra received an academic scholarship, College Bound scholarship, Anderson-Van Beek Service Scholarship, Keller, Joseph & Guycelle Scholarship and a residential assistant stipend. Saavedra spoke with us about why she chose PLU and how she believes her vocation can support marginalized groups. 1. How did you hear about PLU, and why did you choose to go here? I heard about PLU from a previous teacher/mentor that graduated from PLU in the early or late 2000s. I also was part of a program in high

  • Student-Faculty Research Celebration https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/05/05/student-faculty-research-celebration/

    Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…

    discussion on this topic in military ethics, by providing sustained philosophical reflection and discussion of the moral ramifications based on epistemic limitations. This project is also designed to reflect the progression of scholarship from question-asking to research and written scholarship submitted to the academic community for discussion and critique, and finally to publication of findings. Division of Social Sciences JoDee Keller, Ph.D., and Ashely Hill Department of Social Work Ten Years After