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predictive techniques in data mining. The core topics to be covered in this course include classification, clustering, association analysis, and forecasting with an emphasis on the use of software tools for making evidenced-based decisions. Legal and ethical restrictions on use of customer information will be discussed. Prerequisites: BMMA 502. (4) BMMA 577 : Project Management Study of project management principles and techniques including planning, network building, project control, reporting, and

University graduate Nick Sears took the technology world by storm when he teamed up with inventors Andy Rubin and Chris White to market and launch Android, one of the world’s top operating systems for smartphones. Now, he hopes to team up with students across the country and help market their skills when entering the job force for the first time. Sears (’87, ’95) worked at AT&T after graduating from PLU, eventually moving to T-Mobile where he became vice president of product marketing and management

product marketing and management until 2005. Then he shifted to Android, where he took on the role as co-founder and chief strategy officer before Google purchased the operating system in July 2005. Sears remained involved at Google, working on Android product development and marketing. By every account, Sears spent more than seven years creating and perfecting the modern-day smartphone. He credits PLU with helping him get there. “I came to PLU to study business,” Sears said, “but I left with a lot

American Research Review, the Latin American advisory board of Human Rights Watch, the Global Affairs Board at Occidental College, the board of the General Service Foundation, and the Governing Board of the Institute of Lifelong Learning at UNESCO. She served on the Citizens’ Committee in charge of investigating Mexico’s dirty war and was on the board of the Human Rights Commission for Mexico City for 8 years. In 2015, she was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government for her work on

of Science in Nursing (MSN). Read More. 3 Reasons to Get an MBAThere 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. Read More. 5 Graduate Degrees to Address the Negative Impacts of COVID-19While going back to school for a master’s degree amidst a global pandemic might seem like a daunting task, we’re here to

of Religion (RL) (4): Students will engage in critical and empathetic analysis of religious traditions. Fitness and Wellness (FT) (2): Students will develop skills for lifelong physical and mental wellness. Global Engagement (GE) (4): Students will learn about the factors that shape human experience in transnational, cross-cultural, or non-US contexts. Study away and world language courses with these emphases will also meet this requirement. Global Engagement is the second course in the PLU

Why Study Earth Science?Global society is based on geology. Our energy resources, construction and manufacturing materials, food and agricultural products, and building sites all depend on the geologic environment. Dramatic geological processes such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or floods impact many areas of the world. Less dramatic but ongoing processes such as rivers, wind, soil erosion and glacial movement sculpt the landscape and change how humans use the Earth’s surface. Geology

Dinner Break7 - 8:30 p.m. | The Importance of Migrant Voices and Perspectives The 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture Speaker: Fredy González, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Colorado – Boulder Introduced by Timothy O’Neill, Visiting Assistant Professor of History Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center Friday, March 99:05 - 10:20 a.m. | Homo Itinerans: An Anthropological Perspective on Global Mobility Speaker: Alessandro Monsutti, Head of