When our business practices treat our students with respect, this is community. Activities for, and by, students like Songfest, Health Fair, concerts, Diversity Week, Career Fair, Foss Fest, intramurals, and Involvement Fair engage students in the community. Our symbolic events such as Commencement, Santa Lucia, ringing the centennial bell, and Convocation incorporate our faith and reason, service and hope, differences and similarities into one. Connecting is an opportunity. PLU provides opportunities for engagement.
Students make choices to be a part of the community.
At the most basic level, students pursue a degree. This is our reason for being - our core. Beyond this, students are given opportunities for participating in activities outside the classroom. At another level, students can be a part of the learning process. They can be involved in groups and participate in those processes.