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soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions.While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience?  I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in Manchester. The education half I would describe as interesting and the abroad part I would describe as amazing.   I also think studying abroad

think more deeply about the meaning and purpose behind innovation, read Start with Why by Simon Sinek. If you’re interested in design thinking and supercharging your teamwork, read Change by Design, by Tim Brown, or Creative Confidence, by Tom and David Kelley.Innovation Studies at PLUCourses in the Innovation Studies minor teach fundamental skills like design thinking, collaboration, and building an entrepreneurial mindset. You then form teams and develop your own solutions to contemporary problems

, and she’s an email away. We had a meeting with her and the rest of the executive team and just talked about the internship, and they gave us advice. That’s part of what I love about Russell Investments. There’s no feeling of elitism or discrimination because you haven’t been there very long. It’s a very healthy working environment. More practically, though, I get to use the skills I’ve built over my time in school in an atmosphere surrounded by finance, which is close to what I major in and love

your bachelor’s degree at PLU. You’ll have some great knowledge and skills to offer, but you should still be focused on growth. Early in your career, especially, look for jobs that will support that. It will set you up to have lots of options and opportunities down the road. Lute Powered is a project highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations across the Puget Sound region. Mark Miller is the first of three Lutes being featured from the Port of Tacoma and Northwest Seaport

collection, allowing graduates to blend analytics with active research.The program truly takes on a unique approach to marketing analytics: the program’s rigorous and relevant curriculum prepares graduates to be highly-skilled marketing analytics professionals. Students gain a solid foundation in marketing strategies, consumer behavior and market analysis, and acquire state-of-the-art skills and tools for analysis, synthesis, interpretation and decision-making. The program also builds expertise by

led to – well, who knows? That part of Henrichsen’s life hasn’t been written yet. There certainly is no shortage of opportunity ahead. For the time being, Henrichsen will continue to immerse herself in her masters program, while continuing to work on her French and German language skills, as well. To do that in Geneva invigorates her. “When I’m in a press conference [at the U.N.] I feel like the world is literally at my fingertips,” she said. “That kind of information is exhilarating. I find it is

most respectable form, it promotes a “World of Understanding” that students can use to learn about cultures and cultural diversity in the United States and abroad, develop intercultural skills and become involved citizens, both locally and globally. However, during my semester in Oaxaca and as part of my Kelmer Roe Fellowship research project on emigration, I found myself wondering who was included in the definition of global citizen and how the migrants impacted by globalization defined themselves

population. It is a trend consistent with universities across the country. As China grows in prosperity, this will undoubtedly continue to be so. Some of that has to do with having Embassy Center for English Studies, a international firm that places non-native English speaking students in universities worldwide. The students come to Embassy’s classrooms in Eastvold, work on their English skills and, in some cases, matriculate into the PLU program. It is another way PLU ensures a lively and diverse

have basic business skills, but the real keys, according to Brown, are self-motivation, discipline and the ability to collaborate with teammates. All told, each student will spend 300-500 hours preparing for and participating in the competition. This year, six students are participating in the event. They are Zach Grah, Arne-Morten Willumsen, Karrie Spencer, Jordan Dahms, Iren Atemad and Cameron Holcomb. “This is just an outstanding opportunity for our students to experience business from the top

. She’s learned to record Zoom lessons, sharpened her Google Docs skills, and misses the real-life campus interactions. She’s also had to pass on accepting the prestigious Fulbright scholarship she was offered because coronavirus-related travel restrictions would delay her service as an English as a Second Language Assistant in Mexico, where she also planned a secondary study of the water quality. But Cheney-Irgens, who was raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and chose PLU for its beauty and