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important social impact. Social innovation At PLU, we’ve been studying social innovation all year in our new Innovation Studies program. As part of our work, we invited Alice Steinglass to share her organization’s strategy during this year’s Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Steinglass participated in a workshop on teaching computer science in local schools (with Heavenly Cole and Laurie Murphy), and she delivered an exciting evening talk for about 180-students, faculty, and alumni

, Economics, and History. I will be the moderator and M.C. Mr. Tilden emphasized how excited he was for the open conversation format, a style that he often uses with industry analysts, shareholders, and employees. During the event, we will discuss Alaska’s environmental policies, marketing strategy, business ethics, and labor practices—plus anything else that the students want to ask. It should be a great deal of fun. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, and is free and open to the

Innovation Studies Student Launches Business During Pandemic Posted by: vcraker / May 28, 2021 May 28, 2021 In less than six months, Mariken Lund '22 built a website for her sustainable clothing business, received a crush of orders, and started averaging 60,000+ views on TikTok and other social media platforms. And she did it all during a pandemic. Lund is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects at PLU. However, during the pandemic, she returned to Oslo, Norway

New History Course Examines Innovation and Ethics Posted by: halvormj / September 7, 2018 September 7, 2018 By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new history class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program. Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It lays a framework for the study of innovation and creativity, and also provides a common experience

Jon Grande ’92 embraces innovation, talent and fun at Amazon Games Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsJon Grande ’92 was an intern at Microsoft the summer before he enrolled at PLU. His supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began.“Don’t bother majoring in business,” he can still hear her telling him