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PLU President Loren J . A n d e rs o n greets students d u r i n g o p e n i n g c o nvocation. H e bel i eves the next few years will be critical as PLU plans for its future.
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cam paign success will hel p transform
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monrh of rhe u niversity'S new
the universi ty. My response is always
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the same. I don ' t k now, because the
At PLU we l i ke who we are and what we do. Said more formally, there is
Wo rld: The Campaign for PLU," sets
long-range plan will be shaped and
broad s u p port both on and off campus,
out one o f twO critical initiatives that
II'r,irren by the PLU commu nity. And
the campus com m u n i ty will be u n der taking over the next two years. The
o u r donors will p l ay a determining role
for our c u rren t mission and our aca demic program.
in the nature and pace of our campaign successes.
You know o u r mission statement well: "To educate studenrs for l ives of
orher is work on rhe long-range plan PLU 2020. Together they will set the
stage for the u n i versity'S progress In the
Bur I have been listening to the cam pus community on the topic of long
though tfu l inquiry, service, leaders h i p and care, for orhers, for their communi
range planning and I have been listening
ties, and for the earth." It was formally
In recen[ months, I have been asked
to donors on their vital interests in the
accepted by our Board of Regents when
many times for my views on new direc
university'S future. Here are some of the key perspectives that I have heard
decade ahead.
tions thar will arise out of our long range planning process and how o u r
emerging fro m these conversations.
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