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average salary for MBA-holders is $82,721. Most MBA programs include class projects and case studies that allow students to take a deep-dive into different sectors and industries, which can help you narrow down your career interests. As you learn about and prepare to transition into a new industry, you’ll also gain important leadership skills that can prepare you for management positions to lead organizational change. The MBA program at PLU is designed for business and non-business majors alike

echoed her frustration. Audrey Knutson ’07, a political science and global studies major, said 10-year-old Marimaua Muya can verbally comprehend what is said but has difficulty understanding what she reads. The Bantu children are still trying to adjust to life in the United States. During one tutoring session, Knutson asked Muya to locate Tacoma on a map of the United States posted in a corner of the classroom. Standing on a chair, Muya’s focus was on the Midwest. She needed prodding from Knutson to

and Latino Studies Tamara Williams, Ph.D., has served as the executive director of the Wang Center for 10 years and was tasked with overseeing the merger process.  “First and foremost”, she says, “It should be noted that this merger occurred during the pandemic and that, during this two-year period, not only has the landscape of community engaged learning changed, it also will continue to evolve. Moreover, the pandemic prompted a renewed commitment by PLU to the local community going forward

study away for Fall 2020 are now registering for on-campus courses and housing to ensure that their studies will continue uninterrupted, should our programs be cancelled due to the pandemic. Remote-health resources. Just prior to the emergence of COVID-19, PLU launched a new service called Lute Telehealth, which provides students with access to no-cost, on-demand physical and mental healthcare by phone or video chat, regardless of their location. Our on-the-ground Counseling and Health Centers also

tiger’s tongue. Having a tongue any larger doesn’t get a thirsty cat any more water. Animals then have to find other ways to hydrate, like sucking or drinking through a trunk. Hubbard estimated he put in 400 hours over two summers on his own, and then another 250 hours over this last year to produce a report and capstone presentation. Their presentation was standing room only. Hubbard and Lee credit the project with helping them both continue their studies in graduate school. As for Granlund, at the

fastidiously studies her form, even without the presence of a chaperone. Sanditon S1E3 still of Georgiana's sketch from The Pemberley Podcast's publication of the image Clarke originally posted to Twitter. ("Episode One-hundred fifty: An Interview with Crystal Clarke of Sanditon", The Pemberley Podcast, 7 April 2020 ) To be clear, it is not the act of painting Georgiana that is concerning. The portrait itself contradicts white European renderings of Black people in the early nineteenth century. In

national security interests of the United States. The region includes China, which is rapidly assuming prominence on the global stage. Rare are the days that go by without at least one news story on China. Given PLU’s Chinese language studies, its China summer Service Learning program, as well as other international programs sponsored by the Wang center, I thought I would devote a few minutes to this most fascinating country. For the past 20 years, China’s GDP has grown by an average of 9.0% per year

substance-abuse diagnosis. My time is split between helping clients work on their symptoms and connecting them to resources to help aid in their recovery. How did studying Psychology at PLU help prepare you for your graduate studies and your current career? Studying Psychology helped form my clinical background prior to going to social-work school, which was helpful because social work largely focused on systems and policies, rather than the individual. I have to say that my ethics came largely from my

be drawing for an archaeological project, students not only have to do research and preliminary studies; they also have to communicate with someone else at stages of its development to show the progress and get feedback and make changes based upon that feedback. I saw it as a great opportunity for students to experience. Instead of having one student doing something for him, I tried to give students the opportunity to build something over time. Andrews: My specialty is stone-tool analysis, so I

all my design choices.Lianne Tjoelker BIO Lianne Tjoelker is a senior at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She is will be graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design and a minor in Chinese Studies in the spring of 2017. She plans to pursue her passion for video games by making a career in the video game industry. Lianne has done work and commissions for Pacific Lutheran University’s student run advertising agency, Impact, as well as PLU’s School of Art and Design