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.”   Student feedback was the driving force behind the name change, citing the importance of continuing growth in the program’s relationships with industry partners. Additionally, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that the job outlook for market research analysts is growing fast, with a projected percent change in employment from 2016 to 2026 of 23 percent. “The change will (make us) better able to serve students by making the program more relevant to industry practices and more effective for them

after their PLU MBA in business, nonprofit and governmental leadership.” PLU’s AACSB-accredited MBA program is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility. It is led by a dynamic team of faculty members who combine industry experience and educational expertise in the classroom and incorporate real-world examples and service learning experiences.The program offers optional emphasis areas in healthcare management, technology and

, or reason? The question Tertullian poses is easy to ask, but has proven quite difficult to answer suitably. In recent years, some have suggested that important parallels between scientific and religious theorizing make it possible for us to look to science for help in thinking more clearly about religion. One of the most intriguing of the approaches argues that “inferences to the best explanation” are used in both areas; theists, for example, might claim confirmation for their beliefs by pointing

recalls her fathers’ morals commitment to these ideas, as well as his time as an active participant in the WTO protests of 1999 in Seattle. Yet, even if she wanted to emulate this, she says that, at the time, her generation didn’t have the confidence to speak up or spark change for society. Katie believes her generation was unaware of the power they wielded. But, after her time in college, Katie grew more confident in her convictions and became the leader of the MLK Labor Group, an organization that

from other universities advertising teaching positions. One such invitation was from PLU.Doctor of Nursing PracticeInterested in earning a DNP degree?The PLU Doctor of Nursing Practice degree prepares graduates in one of two advanced practice specialty areas: -Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) -Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)“Typically, I would just delete (those emails),” Moller said. “Then I got one (from PLU) in the fall of 2013. I thought, oh sure, it’s a Washington school

says. He quotes another favorite saying: “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Doing research is kind of like “playing a treasure hunting game,” he says. “Everyone knows that it is more fun with more eyes and minds working together.” Right now, he’s particularly jazzed about a research project on protein structure prediction using electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) data with a group of PLU undergrads, two master’s students from China, two high school students from Seattle

fed his passion by shaping future journalists, creating the award-winning MediaLab, and contributing to efforts to create a media studies center at PLU. The MediaLab idea was born in 2004. The best and brightest media students in journalism, video, photography, public relations, and other disciplines have since scored over a dozen awards as well as one Emmy. MediaLab students have traveled into areas ravaged by tornados and oil spills, gone up the Alaskan Highway in search of unsung war heroes

focusing on those areas we can get first-years to create a sustainable lifestyle and get in that habit right away,” she said. “I’m looking forward to meeting with former student leaders at Homecoming to learn about the issues that were important then, in particular how long sustainability has been a student concern at PLU,” Power-Drutis said. “I’d also like to challenge them to see what we are doing on campus in environmental sustainability and then join us in incorporating those practices into their

‘In Flux’ shows snapshot of art students in transition Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016 Like with most things senior year, Jasper Sortun’s capstone project came to her all at once, in a moment of inspiration, after her original plan fell through. Sortun, along with 24 other seniors will be spending many hours in the coming weeks prepping for the 2016 Senior Exhibition, In Flux. Everyone is invited to see the fruits of their labor at an opening reception on Wednesday

jewelry design, to rapid prototyping and graphic design. At PLU, an obvious use of the software is in sculpture classes. Artists typically construct a scaled-down, 3-D model of their sculpture first in cardboard or clay, but editing the model is labor-intensive, Ebbinga said. In Rhino, artists can create the model and easily make adjustments. The software can also be used in math courses. Ebbinga is currently collaborating with associate math professor Daniel Heath, who studies complex knots. The