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campus for both his passion for student learning and also his knack for teaching design principles to all students, including those lucky enough to be Design majors in the B.F.A. program. Avila’s influence on PLU’s Innovation Studies program is significant. Because of his guidance, all students working toward the Innovation Studies minor must develop essential skills in either Communications or Design, in addition to the essential coursework that they take in business, economics, history, and ethics

also co-founder and program director of PLU’s Innovation Studies program, an interdisciplinary minor that draws faculty and curriculum from eleven academic units on campus, including computer science, business, economics, and history. As part of his work, Halvorson directs the Dale E. Benson academic fellowship program, a generous endowment designed to support student-faculty research in innovation across the University. At home with Alexa. Read Previous Benson Student Research Fellows to Present

. The 20-credit minor is designed as a companion program to strengthen each major on campus and make it outward-facing. Innovation Studies is currently among the fastest-growing programs at PLU, with students enrolling with core interests in Business, Art & Design, Computer Science, History, Economics, Communication, and more. Keep reading Lund’s incredible story on the Innovation Studies Blog.  Lund designs and sews all the products at ELSK the Studio (for now) Innovation StudiesCourses in the

second option, at PLU we offer an engineering and industry minor. Through this minor, students learn the basics of engineering design and team problem solving, gain familiarity with industry, and obtain valuable skills ensuring their success in the workplace or in graduate studies. This minor is ideal for all students who would benefit from in-depth exposure to engineering and industry. Typically, students in Natural Sciences, Business, Economics or any students who have completed the introductory

majoring in journalism at PLU has helped him in unexpected ways. He said because there were few required courses to qualify for the major, he was able to take courses in art, history and economics. “A good reporter needs to know a little bit about everything,” Thiel said. “My PLU education served me well in that way, giving me a breadth of experience to cover stories that are different, unusual or beyond my field of endeavor.” Glasgow, who reports for KOMO Radio and is a Mariners’ pre- and post-game

-engaged tradition of Lutheran higher education. It was a wonderful success, as many representatives from the 26 ELCA colleges gathered here in exploration. Hosted by PLU and Lutheran Studies, participants heard presentations by Associate Professor Marit Trelstad (PLU Religion), the Rev. Dennis Sepper (PLU University Congregation), Bobbi Hughes (then with PLU Career Connections) and Professor Lynn Hunnicutt (PLU Economics and Wild Hope Center for Vocation). And afterward, they asked the most satisfying

-management firm that specializes in enhanced passive strategies and the recipient of several National Science Foundation grants on financial modeling of seismic mitigation investments. His scholarship focuses on financial risk management, real options and valuation of seismic retrofit investments, and his recent publications appeared in Managerial Finance, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds, and Corporate Finance Review. Launched in 2011, the Master of Science in

the 100-meters, Forsyth pulled away from the field midway through the race in Saturday’s finals, clocking a time of 11.80 seconds to secure the national title. The Langley, Washington native and global studies and economics major was 0.15 seconds faster than runner-up Terrianna Black of Loras College and capped off the 2021 season undefeated in the 100-meters, winning all eight races she competed in. “I honestly don’t really have the words to put to this, I’m still a bit speechless! If you had

Geosciences with a minor in Innovation Studies. He also played on the PLU football team, and was recently inducted into the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society for a high level of achievement in academics and athletics. Hannah McAllister graduated with a B.A. in Economics and minors in Innovation Studies and Statistics. She writes: “I liked the Innovation Studies minor because it allowed me to learn about the design process. This will benefit my future career in marketing research

the war, crudely put, seems to be whether it’s a direct government subsidy” or not. Menzel said he would try to push aside the political debate – which generally has Democrats calling for more government intervention and Republicans countering that tax credits and free market economics is the fix – and look at the moral implications of the health care debate. “In the end, there are conflicting moral views underneath these political wars,” Menzel said, who added that he does plan to look carefully