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  • is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm that provides investment-research services to institutional asset managers. Since its inception in 1979, the firm’s research has focused on the interconnecting macroeconomic, political and demographic changes affecting global financial markets. One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy was his involvement in Proposition 13, the groundbreaking California initiative that drastically cut property

  • speaker Paul B. Thompson, Ph.D., of Michigan State University. Thompson, who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University and published several works on the environmental and social significance of agriculture, will discuss three key problems in food ethics: the ethics of global hunger; the ethics of food consumption as it relates to personal and public health; and the ethical underpinnings of “the food movement” and its attraction to local and

  • to fostering a global learning environment not only through our study away programs, but also through welcoming international students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars to learn, teach and thrive on our campus.  We are grateful to the leaders at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who filed the lawsuit that led to this rescission. PLU was proud to sign onto an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit that would have been delivered to Congress later this week. Thank

  • Languages (TESOL) certification. This internationally recognized program prepares individuals for English teaching, particularly for overseas opportunities. “For those aspiring to teach abroad, TESOL certification is invaluable in securing international employment,” said Angenette Pickett Call, Program Manager for Continuing Education. “Aligned with PLU’s commitment to global education, this certification expands knowledge and enhances the ability to teach English domestically and internationally.” The

  • Credits Year 2 SummerGNUR 706 Biostats, Analytical Methods, & Epidemiology (3) 3 Credits FallGNUR 707 Quality Improvement & Research Methods (3) BMBA 515 Organizational, Leadership, Change Management (4) BMBA 522 Quant. Decision and Analytics (4)3 Credits 4 Credits 4 Credits J-TermBMBA 509 Global Business Perspectives (4)4 Credits SpringGNUR 795 DNP Project Proposal (1) GNUR 796 DNP Project Proposal Seminar (2) GNUR 798 DNP Project Hours (1) (60 hours) BMBA 521 Supply Chain/Information Management (4

  • Credits Year 2 Summer GNUR 706 Biostats, Analytical Methods, & Epidemiology (3) 3 Credits FallGNUR 707 Quality Improvement & Research Methods (3) BMBA 515 Organizational, Leadership, Change Management (4) BMBA 522 Quant. Decision and Analytics (4)3 Credits 4 Credits 4 Credits J-Term BMBA 509 Global Business Perspectives (4)4 Credits SpringGNUR 795 DNP Project Proposal (1) GNUR 796 DNP Project Proposal Seminar (2) GNUR 798 DNP Project Hours (1) (60 hours) BMBA 521 Supply Chain/Information Management (4

  • Special Academic Programs, Office of the Provost Cyndi Ris, Event Services Manager, Conferences and Events Amy Robbins, Coordinator, Multimedia Services Simon Sung, Art Director, University Communications Vicky Winters, Director of Administration, President’s Office Susan Young, Director, Scandinavian Culture Center WANG CENTER FOR GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED EDUCATION Neal Sobania, Executive Director Patricia Bieber, Business and Records Coordinator Pam Deacon-Joyner, India Consultant Carmen

  • Sarah Caitlin Slinker ’13(served in Togo from 2014 – 2015) At PLU, Sarah majored in Global Studies (responses to violence concentration) and French and minored in Anthropology and Political Science. She lived in Hong International Hall for two and a half years and was an RA for one semester in “La Maison Française” (the French Wing). She joined the US Peace Corps predominately because of her love of travel, languages, culture, and cultural exchange; she also wanted to learn more about the

  • Biography Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals. He has taught in PLU’s International Honors Program and has led student and regent study tours in Rome and central Italy. Since 2005, he has led faculty, staff, and student workshops on the liberal arts and higher education, published

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  • Sonja RuudGraduation year: 2012 Majors: Global Studies and French Studied away in Fort-de-France, Martinque (PLU J-Term), Yaoundé, Cameroon (SIT semester) and Elverum, Norway (PLU Gateway semester at the time) Throughout the course of my studies at PLU, I had the opportunity to study away three times: first for a J-Term in Martinique, then a semester in Cameroon and finally a semester in Norway. As you can imagine, these experiences were all very different from one another – the locations