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. Ask questions: talk to the students ahead of you in the program, learn from PLU alumni who’ve gone through grad school, reach out to your advisor, and know that your other professors are all happy to help and offer insight whenever you need it. If you start to feel anxious or stressed, check if your school’s wellness center offers counseling services. Carli did! And she says “it was the best decision I made this year.” Carli’s final words? “Hope things are going well over there in Parkland, Lutes
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call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me.Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance.You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a concentration in finance. What prompted that switch? Accounting just wasn’t for me. I
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foundation to this balance is a nuanced understanding of business ethics. A welcome emphasis for Melanie Brisbane ‘21, a working student who has been with Boeing for 15 years. “I feel like there has been a strong focus on ethics in all of my classes and a lot of learning about management styles,” Brisbane says. “As a student with a career within a large company I feel like what I learn at PLU is very aligned with the way business is run where I work and also a good example of how things should be run
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that they can do this themselves,” he says. “To see students develop confidence and curiosity and start to ask their own questions, and then apply that level of curiosity and skill to whatever they do next is the most rewarding.” Read Previous Despite a shaky past, April Reyes ’21 built a strong foundation for her future Read Next Matthew Conover ’19 explains how PLU helped prepare him for a career in software engineering LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning
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Blogger: Shaun Antrim, Admission Counselor Read Previous YouTube Short: PLU volleyball takes on cross-town rivals! Read Next Preparing you for your future career(s): how PLU helps LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life
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hostility that he and his peers encountered, but none individually come to mind — he’s more likely to remember homophobia that occurred later in his life and career, when he began to have the sense that this was not something he would “just have to accept,” but something he could actively challenge and move towards a world with zero tolerance for it. The social scene for queer students was flourishing, with “lots of parties, lots of communal living, and lots of debauchery of various sorts,” Brian said
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year also support the Innovation Studies program. PLU History majors and minors are encouraged to emphasize business and economic history in their History programs, and to structure significant research projects around these themes (for example, in History 301 or the capstone course). History majors are also encouraged to minor in Business, Innovation Studies, or Economics if the curriculum fits their career goals. Most History (Hist) courses satisfy the ES requirement within the PLU General
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concept of service leadership. The 100- and 200-level Military Science courses are open to all full-time students, and are an excellent source of leadership and ethics training for any career. They do not require a military commitment for non-contracted students. The 300- and 400-level military science courses are only open to Contracted Cadets. ROTC is traditionally a four-year program; however, a sophomore may complete the program in three years, and those with prior service including the National
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Next Chapter, an organization that helps women with children who are experiencing homelessness in Pierce County overcome their barriers to permanent housing. I am the lead on a $2.4M grant from the Department of Commerce to provide additional shelter for women and their families in Parkland/Spanaway. I serve on the board of the Rhetoric Society of America where I Chair the Career Development Committee.
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English Literature graduate from Pacific Lutheran University with minors in History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies whose interests are also firmly rooted in the long nineteenth century- especially Austen. She is compelled by the intersections of gender, trauma, and race endemic to these areas of research. She is currently completing a Masters in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling in Scotland with the intention of pursuing a career in the publishing sector. It is hard for her to
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