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up the world to how these students learn the art of finance. It’s a foundation, they hope to build on through opportunities like the G.A.M.E Forum. During the portfolio challenge of the forum, the group presented in front of professional fund managers – people who work on Wall Street. “We had to present why and how we picked our current stocks, and what was our underlying strategy. Also we presented our portfolio against benchmarks to showcase our historical performance,” Willumsen said. Along

PLU. Like most other members of the team, Rystrom had never rowed before, but now he can’t imagine his life without crew. Rowing is a unique sport in many ways. Most rowers have to travel to practice because their school doesn’t have a boathouse on-campus. Rowers also work with a lot of equipment. But perhaps what makes rowers particularly different, is the fact that many of them didn’t start until they came to college. “Usually in collegiate athletics, you don’t have the option to jump into a

still compared, even 90 years later,” Ryan said. The work of Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Egyptologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the world’s foremost expert on King Tut, has shed some light on the many mysteries that surround this famous royal tomb. Named king at the young age of 10, the elaborately decorated tomb of this 18th Dynasty (c.1550-1300 B.C.) ruler holds more mysteries than answers. “It’s a lot of connecting the dots,” explained Reeves. He compared the study to “trying to write modern

children. “We can’t waste early curiosity,” Kuhl said. “The fact that the infants can learn the vowels in utero means they are putting some pretty sophisticated brain centers to work, even before birth.” Read Previous Follow your dreams and say “yes” to opportunities, Patricia Krise advises Read Next Snow much fun COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS A family with a

opportunity to work at the Pentagon, but chose to serve as an Army Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and as an Army Senior College Fellow with the National Security Program in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. It was a risk, he said, but worth it. “I mention that because each of you are going to be faced with those opportunities,” Dahl told the students. The world needs those who take risks, he said. And knowing what risks are worth taking is

.“The programming we decided PLU’s Mortar Board chapter would work on was a combination of things we currently see PLU students doing as well as holes we saw in the co-curricular experience,” Steelquist said. “We all brainstormed what a Mortar Board chapter would look like at PLU and gave Amber a student perspective as she worked through the application.” The group worked to ensure proposed service programs were unique and widely beneficial. “Students are already very active in volunteer projects

, Constantine, who was selected MESA’s 2013-14 Teacher of the Year, shares a little more of his backstory: Denner and his family lived in a garage for several months when they first came to Tacoma. From there, they moved to a trailer with no running water. Just two weeks ago the family moved into an apartment. “Denner’s very responsible,” Constantine says. “He takes care of his sister in the mornings and does homework with her in the afternoons while Mom’s at work. “These kids—the resiliency is amazing

force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education to study the issue (including prevention strategies) and make recommendations to the legislature. 2SSB 5851: Implements several of the recommendations proposed by last year’s college bound scholarship program work group. SSB 5534: Creates and provides funding for a new scholarship program for students working toward becoming a certified public accountant. SB 5638: Makes part time students (3 semester credits or more) who are otherwise

most intimate moments of a selection.” This year’s Christmas Concerts will be the exclusive world premiere of prolific Hollywood film composer J.A.C. Redford’s A Christmas Invitation, a three-movement work composed especially for PLU’s world-renowned Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra. Redford has written scores for nearly 100 feature films, TV movies and television programs. His film compositions include Disney’s Oliver and Company (1988), Newsies (1992) and

MBA students get their hands dirty, help brand Skagit Valley Posted by: Kari Plog / February 8, 2017 Image: PLU master’s students studying Marketing Management work in a potato field in Skagit Valley, about 60 miles north of Seattle. (Photo by Jason Borean) February 8, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 8, 2017)- Last semester, master’s students in Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business got their hands dirty and counted craft breweries, farms and