Campus Life

We’ve said that at PLU learning in class is nothing like you’ve ever experienced before. That’s true. But at PLU you’ll also be challenged to learn and grow outside the classroom.

We’re are a close-knit community where students do much more than just go to class together. The campus is a hub of activity where anything can happen – a small group late-night study session, a concert in the student-run Cave or an impromptu mud football game.

There’s a hometown feel to the place. Everyone is in it together, in the residence hall; on athletic fields, courts and in the stands; on the stage and in the audience for performing arts; and in scores of campus clubs. And what a setting: the mountains, the woodlands and the beaches of the Great Northwest, right on the Pacific Rim!

Yes, it’s a special place. It’s a place where students learn, live and laugh. And there will be no end to the things you can do and the friendships you’ll make. We think you’re going to be proud to call PLU home.

Cousins

Whenever admission counselors were preparing to visit Brett Monson while he was in high school, they'd look at his application and then, inevitably, do a double take.

The five lines under "Who else do you know at PLU" were filled with his parents, his aunts, his uncles and his grandparents. He'd finally start scribbling on the back.

"Yeah, I have pretty broad roots at PLU," junior Brett said while discussing how six students - cousins, brothers and sisters of the Olson-Monson-Gedde-clan - all came to be at PLU at the same time.

The first to arrive was Aaron Olson, a business major, who graduated last year. He was followed by his cousin Michael Monson, also an '09 grad, who was then followed by Michael's cousin, Brett Monson (senior). Then there are Aaron's sister, Kari Olson (junior), cousin Linnea Olson (sophomore), and another cousin, Rondi Gedde (senior).

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