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Transmission & Distribution (T&D) departments. The hours for these positions are 40 hours per week. The term of each position is expected to coincide with the typical summer break for college students. $30.27 – $36.79 Hourly, applications due January 8, 2024. We have engineering internships in the following areas: Generation Automation Engineering Substation Engineering Protection & Controls Engineering T&D Asset Management & Innovation New Services Engineering (NSE) Energy Management System Tacoma Power

. Ralph Flick from PLU’s School of Business. Their research project investigated the use of artificial intelligence in human resource management, with an emphasis on new business practices within the Pacific Northwest region. A summary of their findings can be found in this research abstract. Ben Merrill (left) and Prof. Ralph Flick are the Summer 2020 Benson Research Fellows Dr. Michael Halvorson announced the fellowship and spoke on behalf of the Innovation Studies steering committee, which

3 Reasons to Get an MBA Posted by: Catherine Chan / May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021 There are many types of graduate business degrees — finance, accounting, human resource management, organizational leadership, to name a few — but the traditional MBA has recently seen an uptick in interest from professionals in diverse fields.Let’s get right to it: here are several reasons you should consider getting an MBA now.More and more mid-career professionals are going back to school for an MBAIn 2020, MBA

to a wide range of careers in social service and mental health agencies, as well as on preparing graduates to become certified as school counselors. The public health program prepares graduates to respond to contemporary challenges in public health at the local, regional, national, and global levels. PLU’s AACSB-accredited MBA program focuses on strategy and innovation, and offers optional concentrations in healthcare management, technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship and closely

without the privilege to serve or travel abroad. Wiley, Urdangarain and Shah explore how service impacts indigenous communities, the need to exercise care in the context of service, and the ways in which the White Savior Complex manifests itself through service.Katherine Wiley traveled to semi-rural Mauritania, first as a Peace Corp volunteer and then again to conduct research analyzing how ex-slaves and slave descendants are understanding their identities and reworking social hierarchy in a country

September 7, 2009 Making an art out of giving of oneself Melinda Cox ’71, has never been shy about volunteering her time to help others. As an art professor at Tacoma Community College and Pierce College, Cox regularly juggles teaching and volunteer work. “I have always volunteered my time,” said Cox, who graduated from PLU with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. “I spent many years with the Washington State University/Pierce County Clothing and Textile advisors teaching kids to sew, among other

long awaited and much anticipated event,” President Loren J. Anderson told the assembled crowd. The 60 year-old Eastvold had been identified as a building in dire need of revitalizing as far back as 1995, he said. It took a series of steps to get to this occasion. First was a fundraising effort ran purely by volunteers that raised $10 million. “It was, I think, by any stretch the most successful volunteer fundraising in the university’s history,” Anderson said. The next was a generous gift left to

April 1, 2013 Six business students participated in the 2013 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition this spring. From left to right: Zach Grah, Jordan Dahms, Cameron Holcomb, Arne-Morten Willumsen, Iren Atemad and Karrie Spencer. Photo by John Froschauer. The Real World (with a Safety Net) By Steve Hansen and Chris Albert Assistant Professor of Management Kory Brown has a plaque on his office wall commemorating his participation nearly 20 years ago in a business simulation

summed up somewhat in this quote, “It’s not quite love and it’s not quite community; it’s just this feeling that there are people, an abundance of people, who are in this together. Who are on your team. When the check is paid and you stay at the table. When it’s four a.m. and no one goes to bed. That night with the guitar. That night we can’t remember…” Marian Keegan. What Next? After graduation I plan to take a year or two off to work, volunteer and intern in several organizations and Financial

?” Brass’ post-graduation plans are a bit unorthodox: he’ll spend a year at a temple in China studying wing-chun and shaolin style Kung Fu. “I am mainly going for my mind, body and spirit,” Brass said. “I know I’ll have to push myself, exactly like I pushed myself at PLU.” One of Brass’ highlights from his time at PLU was his internship — and now volunteer service — at the Puyallup Activity Center. He teaches a functional mobility class for seniors, helping them with movements that make everyday