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University mission and student success. The Constituent Engagement department includes the Gift Planning, Campaigns, Donor Communications, Fundraising Operations and Alumni and Student Connections teams.

research has been published in premier marketing journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Retailing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, and Review of Marketing Science.

Peterson completed his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and has been on the PLU faculty since 1980. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including the principles sequence, intermediate microeconomics, labor, game theory, mathematical economics, public finance, and MBA courses in theory and analytical methods. His research interests are the relationship between education level and income distribution, and economic education. He is the author of supplementary text and web

facility planning. Tom also has supervisory responsibility for the Director of Campus Safety. A transplanted Midwesterner, Tom is very happy to call PLU and Tacoma home. When away from the office he enjoys exploring and taking advantage of local opportunities with his family and friends.

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Joanna Gregson, Ph.D. leads the academic division and collaborates with, supports, and advises the President’s Council and President Allan Belton on strategic planning for the academic division, including advising on new academic initiatives, faculty affairs, and advancing the academic mission and intellectual positioning of PLU. Gregson joined the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at PLU in 1998. She earned her bachelor’s degree in

. Eleanor works as the Scan Center’s general intern and does work that includes hosting events, planning projects, and creating an open line of communication between PLU students and the larger Parkland/Tacoma community. She hopes to ensure that the Scan Center continues to be a community meeting place where important events are hosted and people from diverse backgrounds come together to learn from each other.

Sue Loiland Senior Gift Planner Phone: 253-535-8421 Email: loiland@plu.edu Professional Education B.A., University of Washington, Tacoma Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Fundraising Gift Planning Responsibilities Sue began her career at Pacific Lutheran University in 2015. With more than 15 years of fundraising experience, she is responsible for raising financial support for PLU in the form of current and deferred gifts in alignment with PLU’s mission. While Sue is happy to help donors support

undergraduate program in the PLU Education Department since 2003. With expertise in the areas of curriculum and instruction, Dr. Weiss works closely with students in the field. She also collaborates with the Clover Park School district planning, facilitating and teaching their Mentor College and beginning teacher program. Dr. Weiss also works with teachers in a local alternative high school as a facilitator for a Positive Behavior Support grant from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr

Lutheran University, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Greater Caribbean and Central American Studies Latinx Studies Spanish as a Heritage Language Selected Publications “Espectros y daños colaterales: memorias mediáticas de la Invasión norteamericana de Panamá.” A contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina (NC State University), Special Edition, The Performance of Archives: Re-imagining Memory and History in Latin America, Vol 12, No 1 Fall 2014: pages 30-53. Web

of Statistical Planning and Inference, V. 137, p. 462-472, 2007 (with E. Kulinskaya). A Welch-type test for homogeneity of contrasts under heteroscedasticity with application to meta-analysis, Statistics in Medicine, V.23, p. 3655-3670, 2004 (with E. Kulinskaya, E. Knight, and H. Gao). On the moments of a Stahel-Donoho robust multivariate estimator, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, V. 70(1), p. 89-106, 2001 (with K. Bjørkestøl). Asymptotics of guarded weights of evidence