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November 29, 2011 Annika Carow ’12 says her internship at the Puyallup Fair is “absolutely a great portfolio builder.” (Photo by John Froschauer) Annika Carow’s cool internship: The Puyallup Fair By Steve Hansen Annika Carow ’12 is a busy person. She has a full class load of 17 credits, and is the assistant general manager of MediaLab, PLU’s student-run media organization. But when she locked-down a coveted 40-hour-a-week internship in the public relations department of the Puyallup Fair – the

Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort Posted by: Todd / November 19, 2012 November 19, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an impressive set of credentials, with a bachelor’s of general studies from American University in Washington

, participants will enjoy admission to the game, a hotdog, soda, chips and viewing of fireworks after the game. Perhaps more exciting than the fireworks, is the total renovation of Cheney Stadium.“The fact that 250 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends all came out for the game in 2010 was a big hint to us,” said Sumerlin Larsen ’01, associate director for Alumni and Constituent Relations. “There’s opportunity to get even more of our PLU community involved.” In preparation for this event, a

. “Economics is fundamentally a discipline in which we study how and why we make decisions,” says Associate Professor of Economics Karen Travis. “It is the wide range of applications that tends to draw a very broad pool of students, including those interested in finance or developing economies.” “Students who are drawn to Economics ask questions for which the answers aren’t easy—poverty, health care, education, unemployment, development, environmental degradation, international relations—but for which they

Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up and killed young Sikh men and orchestrated military operations on Sikh holy places. In class, she wrestled with the history of international relations—and why the global system allowed this to happen.“I try to bring the Punjabi Sikh topic into the classroom, as it’s under-studied,” she says. “I want to make a difference and have an academic understanding of these issues.” Sikhs can face discrimination in the U.S. due to appearances. They

November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an

.” Previously, PLU was one of the few colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest without some sort of formal film or media studies curriculum. Implementation of the new Film and Media Studies concentration builds on the success of MediaLab, PLU’s award-winning, student-faculty applied research program housed within the School of Arts and Communication’s Center for Media Studies. Since its establishment in 2006, MediaLab has received dozens of regional, national and international recognitions for its

UN and studied Chinese abroad on a one-year exchange program as part of his double major in Chinese Studies and International Relations (now Global Studies). The time abroad was integral to forming his future path. “After spending time in Southeast Asia, I realized I wanted to find a career that would allow me to travel internationally,” Lander said. “I realized I was  well-suited to that kind of life, and the experience triggered a deeper appreciation of international politics.” After graduating

years that followed he worked in sales, marketing, and operations for a variety of marine cargo companies and agencies. Eventually, he was appointed executive director of the Port of Olympia and later served as CEO of the Port of Tacoma. Since 2015, Wolfe has been the CEO of the Northwest Seaport Alliance, a marine cargo operating partnership of the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma.We met with him recently to discuss his career in the maritime sector, his approach to international relations, and

Relations Comprehensive Planning / Sustainability Drafting – Mechanical / Electrical / Instrumentation Engineering-Civil Engineering-Energy Engineering-Mechanical / Chemical / Operations Engineering – Modeling Environmental Planning & Community Services Finance / Document Management and Analysis Geographic Information System / GIS Human Resources Inventory-Warehouse Management Project Management-Capital Infrastructure The job posting is currently active and will close on February 5, 2017 at 11:59 pm