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with his internship at internet company Metronet, headquartered in Indiana. The internship was Ronquillo’s first exposure to working as a software engineer. It’s where he says he realized he enjoyed the creativity that comes with user interface and user experience development. At Metronet, he created a feature that allowed users to pay their bills without logging into the website. “The fact that I was able to create that feature for Metronet and see the results — for example, it reduced customers

position with his internship at internet company Metronet, headquartered in Indiana. The internship was Ronquillo’s first exposure to working as a software engineer. It’s where he says he realized he enjoyed the creativity that comes with user interface and user experience development. At Metronet, he created a feature that allowed users to pay their bills without logging into the website.  “The fact that I was able to create that feature for Metronet and see the results — for example, it reduced

year, Gavidia gained his first experience in technology at Pierce County as a Software Development Intern. “I worked as part of the I.T. department, and I got to work with a lot of front-end and back-end technologies.”During the summer following his sophomore year, Gavidia interned at Amazon on the Alexa Notifications team. He contributed to a project involving cutting-edge facial recognition technologies. “It was a complicated project but it was very rewarding, too.” Gavidia says. During the fall

objective is to engage and equip faculty members and staff for meaningful conversations with students and peers related to vocational reflection and discernment. Funded activities will include curriculum and content development focusing on introductory, student success, and capstone courses; research and finalization of delivery modalities; and pilot and assessment of the institute’s initial programming.  How will the creation of the Wild Hope Institute support and/or create advantages for the PLU

revenue. This is accomplished with responsible water planning and analysis, regional coordination and analysis, wholesale energy trading and the supporting analysis, the associated accounting and reporting, and the systems engineering to support the works for specific business activities. The wholesale energy trading activities directly impact Tacoma Power’s ability to maintain low and stable rates to our customers. Primary role responsibilities may include: Assisting software development of newly

I took up for the fellowship was about the early personal computer software community, and especially the business software that PC programmers produced in the 1970s and 1980s.” Michael: “What interested you about this, Matt?” Matt: “We don’t think too much about those early days now, but with the first Apple II computers coming out in the late 1970s, followed by the IBM PCs and clones in the early 1980s, there was an entirely new industry emerging that really produced a lot of interesting

. That proved to be true. Parsons would graduate PLU with a degree in finance, taking a position at Weider Nutrition, the maker of sports drinks and nutrition bars. Health and fitness was one of his two passions (the other being gaming and software). Parsons worked his way up the ladder, rising to VP of marketing and product development. By any measure, a good gig. But after a while, it was time to follow his other passion. So he left his post and looked for a job in the gaming industry. Which raises

April 18, 2008 Lutes find trip to New Orleans inspiring, shocking At first, the neighborhoods seemed like any other to the PLU students traveling around New Orleans over spring break. But then they began to notice that many of the houses were empty, as hollow-eyed windows stared blankly back at passerby, with no furniture, no families, and sometimes no interior walls. The strange cross hatched markings on the buildings – on closer inspection – revealed themselves to be a grim haiku that search

sister, who graduated in 2022 with a degree in biology. At first, Ambachew thought she’d go into computer programming and user experience design by majoring in computer science. In her first year at PLU, a Microsoft internship taught her about software engineering and product management. Ambachew dove into the field, working part-time during the school year and full-time one summer with Geeking Out Kids of Color (GOKiC). GOKiC is a Seattle-area after-school and summer program offering multicultural

Collective Action Rooted in Reciprocity The Uukumwe Project continues to inspire teacher development Posted by: oharasm / October 23, 2024 Image: The PLU Uukumwe team at Sosusvlei October 23, 2024 By by Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterAt a summer 2023 banquet launching the Uukumwe Project, Sanet Steenkamp, executive director of Namibia’s Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, advised a group of Namibian and American teachers not to hold back. “The children