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August 5, 2010 BUSA 201: Value Creation in the Global Environment Name: Steven Mattich Hometown: Olympia, Wash. Major: Undeclared, leaning Business or Economics Professor: Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence Steven’s advice to first-year students: “If you want to check out a class that you are thinking about taking in the next semester, I don’t think there’s a teacher at PLU who would mind if you sat in on their class for the day.” When Steven Mattich heard about the exams he would
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October 21, 2011 PLU’s first solar panel system arrives in 2012 By: Katie Scaff ’13 PLU is that much closer to being carbon neutral by 2020 thanks to a $50,000 Solar 4R Schools grant from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The grant will pay for a 20-ft solar panel system, which will be installed on the Facilities Building in March 2012.Designs are currently underway. Chrissy Cooley, sustainability manager through facilities management, worked with students to write the grant, and
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May 18, 2012 PLU recognized as Green College in Princeton Review PLU has been recognized as one of 322 green college leaders in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The guide, which highlights campuses that demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability, commended PLU for a variety of efforts, including goals for waste diversion, the reduction of water and electricity consumption, LEED certified buildings, and carbon neutrality (by 2020). To read the full
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September 4, 2014 Ringing in PLU’s 125th year Watch live coverage of PLU’s 2014 Convocation, the official kickoff to the university’s 125th academic year. We are excited for the start of PLU’s 125th academic year! President Thomas W. Krise invites new and continuing students, as well as family members, faculty and staff to join the entire university community at Convocation. This annual tradition opens the academic year by welcoming our new students and faculty. Please note that during
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Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified sports in high school. Although his former high… March 19, 2023 Alumni, Internships, Career
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number of advanced classes in mathematics and statistics. It is also useful to take economics (micro and macro) as well as finance. The Web site www.BeAnActuary.org contains a wealth of information on actuarial careers and preparation for them. You can also get more information by contacting the Society of Actuaries www.soa.org.Careers for Actuarial Science MinorsIn a recent national survey of 250 different careers, actuary was rated number one. The survey addressed job satisfaction, salary, stress
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. Outstanding accomplishments from the Class of 2015 A few of the outstanding accomplishments of this year’s graduates: The PLU School of Nursing was ranked among the best 100 graduate schools in the nation, and since its inception in 1991, nearly every graduate of the MSN program has passed his or her certification exam on the first try. The Women’s Center turned 25 years old this year. Since its founding, PLU’s Women’s Center has empowered women and men to become advocates for gender equity and social
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General Education Learning Outcomes (updated May 2023) (pdf) view download
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Melanie Helle ’97 applies lessons learned at PLU to her work at Chief Leschi Schools Posted by: Zach Powers / March 13, 2023 Image: “We genuinely care about every single kid,”says Melanie Helle ’97, director of special services at Chief Leschi Schools. “All students are embraced.” (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) March 13, 2023 By Debbie CafazzoPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterMelanie Helle ’97 walked into a new job in 2020, during the first year of the Covid pandemic. “That was my first year
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others have to listen. And they are seriously funny, she added. “I often left the market with my cheeks hurting from laughing,” she said, Living among these women just after college, as the 9/11 attacks gave way to US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, transformed Wiley’s understanding of the world and of US power. When she returned as a graduate student, and again as a professor, she’d changed a lot. These days, she directs Peace Corps Prep, an undergraduate certificate program. In 2019, PLU made the
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