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last two decades have been highly disruptive: rapid advances in technology have transformed how people and organizations operate. The result is that organizations in every industry and sector, private, public and nonprofit, are experiencing change as they work to improve their products and services, streamline the user experience and increase efficiency. Getting an MBA can give you the sought-after competitive advantage needed to help lead organizational change and development in an evolving

Danforth, nearly 300 scientists from more than 20 countries work in teams, studying plant biology in ways that lead to economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture. Laurie-Berry started teaching at PLU in the fall of 2008. In addition to Plant Physiology, Laurie-Berry’s other classes include Plant Development and Genetic Engineering and a first-year writing class focused on global agriculture, world hunger, genetic engineering and related topics. “Our central question for the course is how

organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world.  He has gone on to raise nearly $1,000,000 for charitable efforts. Before he was 30, Cheek has been lauded by U.S. presidents, spoke to Congress and notables such as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and hobnobbed with stars such as George Clooney, been featured on a Wheaties box and been vetted with national and international humanitarian awards. He has been awarded or

in peace building, and gaining a better understanding of how intractable conflicts can be resolved,” he said. Faculty Along with three PLU students receiving Fulbright Student Fellowships, three faculty members received Fulbright awards. Joanne Lisosky, associate professor of communication, received a Fulbright Award beginning in January 2011 in Azerbaijan to teach journalism at Baku University. Janet Weiss, assistant professor of instructional development and leadership, received a Fulbright

continues to see positives in PLU and is amazed by the institutional expansion. “Since coming back I’ve had a great interaction with the university,” he said. “The facilities are marvelous.” In addition to representing Key Bank in the South Puget Sound area, Maxwell serves on multiple non-profit community boards, including the University of Washington Tacoma, Junior Achievement, Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and the Pierce County Economic Development Board. He is an active member seeking to attract

October 17, 2013 Life of the Mind: Democracy & the American Dream – for DREAMers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Pk401CS6M About the DREAM Act – and DREAMers Named after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, a measure first proposed in 2001, DREAMers are undocumented immigrant high-school graduates who are willing and ready to pursue their educational and life goals, yet unable to do so. The DREAMers label is evocative of the familiar concept of The American Dream, and

parents are seeking a meaningful way to live the rest of their life with the hope of bettering the world.” As the four get to know their new surroundings, they’re also learning how eco-tourism is used as a tool for development in Latin American countries; how environmentally friendly technologies can be used in small countries and households; and, as Page put it, how to “free oneself from the agro-chemical corporate noose.” The “fantastic four” pose together in front of a new worksite at Finca Frucion