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, Marketing Strategy, in Fall 2016 was my favorite. We worked closely with a nonprofit organization to evaluate their current marketing situation and develop new ideas for how to achieve certain business objectives. I’m more interested in the strategy side of things myself, and being able to work with a real client was awesome. So for me, this project covered a lot of things I was already interested in gaining more experience and expertise. What are you up to now?  Right now I work in Digital Strategy and

and responsive to the unique contextual and developmental aspects of college counseling. By using ongoing evaluation in UCCs to assess clinical and implementation outcomes, the project will establish pathways for scaling up its implementation across UCCs in the United States. PLU’s funding award has been approved pending the completion of a business and programmatic review by PCORI staff and issuance of a formal award contract. PCORI is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress

Baltimore thanks to Lutheran Volunteer Corps, a national volunteer service program that someone recommended to Markuson as a way to help him understand service and figure out the next step of his life. (PLU has seven alumni serving in this year’s Lutheran Volunteer Corps class—the third-largest group from any college or university.) In Baltimore, Markuson was connected to AIRS, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income and homeless people and families living with or at risk of HIV

people make all the sacrifices worth it.” They both hope to use their degrees to continue helping people worldwide after graduating, and they both said they came back from Haiti with a renewed appreciation for the education they receive at PLU. “I gained a new perspective on the privileged life I live,” Gatterman said. The trip was organized through an organization called NEHLM, Nord Est Haiti Lutheran Mission. The nonprofit organization is co-sponsored by the students’ church, Lamb of God Lutheran

for Education Abroad as established by the Forum on Education Abroad, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, membership association recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the field of education abroad.The Forum provides training and resources to education abroad professionals and its Standards of Good Practice are recognized as the definitive means by which the quality of education abroad programs may be judged. For PLU

scholars who attend PLU have a graduation rate of 87 percent, and 67 percent of students are first-generation college students. Founded and run by a Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change, the Act Six program identifies and rewards scholars who are passionate about learning, eager to foster intercultural relationships, willing to step out of their comfort zones, committed to serving those around them, and want to use their college education to make a difference on campus and in their communities at

monumental task that lies ahead. I want to be able to educate my community, make steps in creating a change, and be a part of it instead of doing the easy thing like dreading the continual destruction.” The Tacoma Tree Foundation is a nonprofit with a community-based approach to growing the urban forest. Their mission is to “educate, empower, and support community members in neighborhood-based greening.”  “I enjoy going door to door asking if people want free trees. It’s really sweet to see someone’s

counseling. By using ongoing evaluation in UCCs to assess clinical and implementation outcomes, the project will establish pathways for scaling up its implementation across UCCs in the United States. PLU’s funding award has been approved pending the completion of a business and programmatic review by PCORI staff and issuance of a formal award contract. PCORI is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress with a mission to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research

culture with the Makah Tribe, work at an environmental nonprofit in Trinidad and Tobago or debate the issues of social justice at Oxford University. PLU ranks in the top 10 of master’s universities nationwide for the number of undergraduates who study away, with nearly 50 percent participating, as compared to 10 percent nationally. Aside from the transformative experience, Study Away also helps graduates in the job market. A recent study by the Institute for International Education for Students found

his business education to work in an international government setting that makes a huge difference in the world. Mark decided to take his business background into the governmental organization called USAID. He worked on the Power Africa project, a collaborative project that integrates local governments and towns with the support of nonprofit organizations, for profit businesses, and international governments to help deliver over 60 million electrical connections in different countries comprising