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Brian Sung ’24 talks business, econ majors, Oxford adventure, and his unique PLU journey as a first-gen Chinese immigrant Posted by: mhines / March 21, 2024 March 21, 2024 By By Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23 PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Meet Brian Sung, a business major from the class of ’24 at PLU. When he’s not taking international honors courses or diving deep into his double majors in business and economics, he’s all about data science and statistics through his double minors

places. Why did you decide to switch your major to math? I was in the music education program, but then I kind of just discovered that math was the better topic for me. Music was a hobby, really, and math was more of a passion. Once I took an actual college math class, I realized that’s the area I want to be in. Did you always want to pursue teaching? Since I was in elementary school, for whatever reason, I’ve always wanted to be a teacher. I just loved the classroom, and being able to help out 20

impact people’s lives in a positive way, but I also didn’t want to major in biology or chemistry, so I entered my freshman year as a computer science major,” he says. It was a choice that would radically change his chosen path.In his first computer science class at PLU, Gavidia learned how quickly software can scale and impact people around the world. “Just one person, or a small group, can accomplish so much,” Gavidia says. That moment was key for him: he realized he didn’t have to go to med school

Lutes on their confidence level and high school experiences in conducting research tasks. Like their upper class peers, the majority of New Lutes rated themselves as Confident or Very Confident in performing the various steps in the research process (e.g. choosing a topic, searching databases, evaluating sources). In spite of their high reports of confidence, few of the first year students we have seen during library sessions this fall know how to tell if a source is scholarly and have limited

class activities, including good for discussions and quizzes) Web Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom (Faculty Focus article providing simple suggestions for promoting academic integrity) Document: WCET Best Practices for Academic Integrity (Handout from WCET sharing best practices for promoting academic integrity, organized by different institutional categories) Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education (Collection of nine short essays on the topic of

something off-campus. I can tell them what are the good places and bad places. Why did you decide to switch your major to math?  I was in the music education program, but then I kind of just discovered that math was the better topic for me. Music was a hobby, really, and math was more of a passion. Once I took an actual college math class, I realized that’s the area I want to be in.Did you always want to pursue teaching? Since I was in elementary school, for whatever reason, I’ve always wanted to be a

impact people’s lives in a positive way, but I also didn’t want to major in biology or chemistry, so I entered my freshman year as a computer science major,” he says. It was a choice that would radically change his chosen path. In his first computer science class at PLU, Gavidia learned how quickly software can scale and impact people around the world. “Just one person, or a small group of people, can accomplish so much,” Gavidia says. That moment was key for him: he realized he didn’t have to go to

music, paired with a lot of nostalgia that spanned generations. More than 350 Choir of the West members, from the class of 1953 to the class of 2020, gathered Sunday afternoon to perform in a 90th anniversary celebration in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “You wouldn’t find that any other place besides PLU,” said Richard Nance, director of choral activities at PLU and conductor of Choir of the West since 2007. While onstage, Nance shared that the most “rewarding” part about this gathering was watching

the Seattle rendition of the concert at Benaroya Hall! Come listen to the beautiful sounds of Pacific Lutheran University’s The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra as they help us celebrate the glory, hope, and peace of the Christmas season. Tickets for the concert can be purchased through Benaroya Hall box office at 1-866-833-4747 or on the web. Dec. 5: Christmas Cookie Class Want to get into the festive spirit? Come decorate sugar cookies and pick up some

something off-campus. I can tell them what are the good places and bad places. Why did you decide to switch your major to math?  I was in the music education program, but then I kind of just discovered that math was the better topic for me. Music was a hobby, really, and math was more of a passion. Once I took an actual college math class, I realized that’s the area I want to be in.Did you always want to pursue teaching? Since I was in elementary school, for whatever reason, I’ve always wanted to be a