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PLU School of Business renews a mark of distinction with AACSB accreditation Posted by: Zach Powers / February 24, 2022 February 24, 2022 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterPacific Lutheran University’s School of Business continues a half-century of excellence by extending its accreditation from AACSB International for its undergraduate and graduate programs.“This is a major accomplishment and signifies academic excellence at PLU,” said Mark Mulder, Ph.D., dean of the

for them to enter graduate programs that build on their quality undergraduate foundations.” The agreement will streamline the process for PLU alumni applying for admission to Puget Sound’s Master in Public Health and Master of Education in counseling programs. Likewise, the agreement will streamline the process for Puget Sound alumni applying to PLU’s Master in Business Administration, Master of Science in Marketing Analytics, and Master of Science in Kinesiology programs. “For more than 100 years

Officer. Prior to joining Milgard, Gessel gained extensive experience in financial leadership in consumer–packaged goods as Vice President, CFO of Nalley’s Fine Foods, Assistant Vice President of Seafirst Corporation/Bank of America, and as a member of the corporate finance team and leadership development program at Ford Motor Company. Gessel holds a Master of Science in Industrial Administration (MSIA) from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Brigham Young University

, PLU economics professor Priscilla St. Clair will host a panel discussion featuring PLU alumni who have served in the Peace Corps. The event will spotlight PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, an undergraduate certificate program that prepares students for Peace Corps service and other international and domestic service-oriented programs.  Panelists will include Shella Biallas ’04, who worked on ecotourism in Belize; Haley Ehlers ’16, who worked on personal finance programs in Timor-Leste

New J-Term job shadow program connects PLU students and alumni Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 10, 2020 Image: Kelsey Horne ’10 and Natalie Nabass ’20 at the Korean Women’s Association in Tacoma. (Photo: Molly Ivey ’20/PLU) February 10, 2020 By Ernest JasminGuest Writer for Marketing and CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 10, 2020)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Office of Alumni and Student Connections recently launched the J-Term Job Shadow Program, aimed at exposing students to

.    Kristi Bruner ’09 graduated with a degree in International Business and a minor in Spanish and is now a Marketing Project Manager for Inviso Corporation, working closely with its main client, Microsoft. 3.    Chelsea Gorrow ’08, a journalism major, works for The Daily Astorian. 4.    Nike employee Bre’ Greenman ’09 earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree focusing on marketing while minoring in communication. 5.    Graham Johnson ’05, a communication major, is an on-air reporter for KIRO 7

Diversity Center Alumni: Performative Allyship Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 14, 2019 Image: From left: Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications Lace Smith, Dean of Inclusive Excellence Jennifer Smith and Boo Dodson ’12 sit down with host Angie Hambrick, PLU’s Associate Vice President of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, to discuss Performative Allyship — what it looks like, how it hurts minoritized communities and how to be better allies. November 14, 2019 By

PLU students apply their communication knowledge to a campaign to help relieve medical debt Posted by: Zach Powers / November 14, 2023 Image: PLU students in Professor Amy Young’s ‘COMA 361: Introduction to Strategic Communication’ course. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) November 14, 2023 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications PLU students in Professor Amy Young’s strategic communication class have spent the fall semester working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that competes with

loyal to the industry don’t necessarily become bitter or lose passion for their profession. The editor in chief of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, Knight Kiplinger, gave us a quick and informative session. We received tours of the House of Representatives and Senate buildings, which both specifically focused on the rooms that journalists sit in or want to know about. Every speaker and event was useful to us as young journalists. By the time I left, I even felt like I was beginning to master

banker dealing with accounts totaling in billions of dollars. Boeh (pronounced “Bay”) would fly wherever the deal needed to be done. “As the saying goes,” he said, “‘Everyday’s a Wednesday, I worked the last two and I’m going to work the next two.’” So why would a high-flying financial whiz become a professor? It’s not because he’s slowing down. Boeh remains very active in the world of finance. He remains active because he knows his involvement will benefit his students. By staying involved in