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November 29, 2011 Andrew Whitney ’12 says the things he learned in his business classes that have been backed-up by his time at Bank of New York Mellon. “Everything has popped up once or twice while I’ve been here.” Andrew Whitney’s cool internship: Bank of New York Mellon By Steve Hansen Of the many numbers Andrew Whitney recalls from his finance class, this one stuck out to him: 70. “I remember my prof telling us that 70 percent of interns get offered a position,” Whitney recalls. “He always

Busick ’99, MBA ’09, was Adams’s business professor at PLU. Busick, who also serves as Tacoma’s MultiCare Health System chief technology officer and vice president, was at a conference dinner when a colleague — a hiring manager at Nike — asked him to recommend someone for an open position. The person he recommended was Adams. And, so, they decided to call her up right there during dinner. Today, Adams lives in Beaverton, Oregon and works at the Nike World Headquarters as the Direct Strategy

Lutheran University. But while he loved his time playing forward and center for the Lutes, he was far less certain about his initial choice of major.“Business school wasn’t a great fit,” Duncan recalled. “I had some awesome professors and I had some classes that I really loved, but then there were some that I just couldn’t get through. I wasn’t loving it, so I ended up switching to graphic design after my sophomore year.” And yet, Duncan has generated quite a buzz over the last year as a business owner

March in an effort to slow the spread. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival was canceled, and Tulip Town’s new owners suddenly faced the possibility of going out of business in their first year. “We’d been tracking COVID-19 since January, thinking that it might be a disruption,” Miller recalled. “We knew we were going to have to flip the switch and do some things differently. So, in about 72 hours, we completely rewrote our business plan for 2020.” Miller drew heavily on lessons he had learned while

May 18, 2009 The finish line The call came from Japan as Masahide Nishimura was finishing up his degree in Chinese Studies at Pacific Lutheran University a decade ago. His grandfather, Jisaburo Nishimura, 92, had had a stroke. Masahide felt he needed to come home and support his grandfather, who had raised him, and help with the family business – Kobe Toyopet Corp. – which distributes Lexus, Toyota and Volkswagen cars. This was a company started by his grandfather some 50 years earlier. “I

course (Innovation Seminar), in addition to supporting coursework in design thinking, ethics, business principles, and the history of technology. Now in its third year, Innovation Studies currently has 45 students enrolled in the program. Congratulations to all 2021 graduates! Sage Allen Sage Allen majored in Strategic Communication with two supporting minors in Innovation Studies and Specialized Marketing. His next step is commissioning as an officer into the Army Reserves and pursuing a career in

February 21, 2008 Dealing in historical coins is rare gift Todd Imhof ’86 wasn’t planning a career in rare coin dealing when he left PLU with a degree in political science. In fact, he was leaving for New York to work in the banking business at Chase. Then a friend from high school pulled him aside and told him about a business idea to sell rare coins. Imhof jumped in, begging off Wall Street and opening Hertzberg Rare Coins in Tacoma. “I found myself intrigued by both the coins and the

November 3, 2008 Kids invade Garfield Street, PLU for Halloween treats Hundreds of children brought their best frightening figures, glamorous costumes and laughable looks for trick or treating on Halloween in the Garfield Business District and PLU residence halls.“Most of them really enjoy having the little kids come,” said Rebecca Rumpza, of the Office of Residential Life, about trick or treaters coming to campus. For almost a dozen years the two have provided a safe haven for kids to enjoy

something completely unique that I’d never seen before.” Inspired to share his grandfather’s tree design with the world, Bliss founded Modern Christmas Trees in 2011. At the time of this interview in early October, Bliss had just received 28 pallets of goods at his Denver home where he and a few seasonal workers will assemble and package orders for delivery. “There have been a lot of ups and downs with this business,” said Bliss. “Sometimes I have to remind myself how far we’ve come.”In recent years

Fast Track setting PLU graduate students on right path Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / January 9, 2018 Image: The School of Business is located in the Morken Center for Learning and Technology, PLU’s newest academic building. January 9, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 8, 2018)- Graduate school can be a daunting prospect for anyone. Students fresh off their undergraduate sprint are faced with a complicated application process and daunting