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professional/academic world. Naturally, majors such as Business, Art, Economics, History, and Communications are some of the core populations that will benefit from the major, and courses in those programs form the backbone of the minor. But I would encourage anyone to look at the list of courses available to meet program requirements if you have not already done so, just to see the diverse array of courses and faculty involved (over 20 PLU professors). I started in Innovation Studies as it was emerging as

. Peace building can sometimes be as simple as sharing coffee, or an ice cream cone at a corner café, notes Andrew Larsen ’15 in this blog post from Norway. Larsen is one of two Peace Scholars representing PLU at the Peace Scholars program in Oslo, Norway this summer. In the spring, Larsen, along with Amy Delo ’15, attended the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minnesota. This forum is the only affiliation of the Nobel Institute in Oslo with colleges and universities in the U.S. After attending the

want to acquire the skills to help tackle them,” says Peterson, who also serves as Department Chair of Economics.PLU Department of EconomicsLearn More Here Economics Major Presents at National ConferenceNellie Moran's capstone research project examines how political candidates’ expenditures affect the outcome of their campaigns. “A common quality among those drawn to Economics that I’ve seen is their immediate interest in connecting what they’ve learned in the classroom to other situations,” says

Paid Internship: Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters Posted by: Craig Fryhle / March 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 Paid student internship opportunity with the City of Tacoma Environmental Services Laboratory at the Center for Urban Waters in Tacoma.  Candidates with a strong interest in gaining some laboratory knowledge, skills and experience.  This position starts as summer internship, where the candidate can work part to full time, and then scales back to a part

a romanticized notion. I never thought I’d be working for the government.” Carrato worked with a Guatemala-based NGO before finding the U.S. Foreign Service through a friend. “It was a happy accident,” he says of the discovery. Carrato landed a Washington D.C.-based civil service job with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), but wanted to work internationally as one of the agency’s foreign service officers. “All of a sudden, lightning hit,” he recalls of his realization that

Gilbertson ‘10 and Rod Nash ‘96.Conversation Highlights: 2:00- Origins of O’Brien’s interest in religion and environmental studies. 8:35- The unique value of mentorship relationships. 11:20- Communicating the relevance of the humanities to prospective students. 14:55- What the humanities can offer students in an increasingly digital and networked culture and economy. 18:15- Dynamic writing as a highly valuable skill in an increasingly automated economy. 21:20- Studying languages at PLU. 24:50- Preparing