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  • had not spent much time in cities. But when she moved to Parkland to attend PLU, she suddenly had access not only to local cities like Tacoma and Seattle, but also to cities across the globe. A travel writing class sparked a love of travel, leading to a J-Term in Cuba and full semesters abroad in Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago. It was the first step in a 20-year journey to her current role as president and CEO of ECOnorthwest, a leading public policy and research firm in the western United States

  • major, Mariani loved his science courses, but he also found he was interested in a range of disciplines from economics to the humanities. He achieved his goal a few years later, earning a M.D. at the University of Washington. And while working with patients was just as rewarding as he’d hoped, his broad, multi-disciplinary interests remained, and ultimately led him into executive leadership.Mariani serves as the chief medical officer and vice president for retail health for MultiCare Health System

  • . “Technological changes have favored those with the highest technical skills,” he said. And some of the workers haven’t acquired those skills fast enough.” And their paychecks show it, he noted. As for what the United States should do about it? It was here that Lindert laughed. You’ll have to show up to his lecture for his thoughts on that. Lindert, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Davis, will be speaking on this very topic next week at the fourth annual Dale E. Benson

  • Tolerance and Morphometrics as a Metric for Adult Stock in M. Magister Populations in the Pacific Northwest Earth & Environmental Science3rdBella Beha12BellarmineExamining the Effect of Experimental Steaming on Cernuella Virgata’s Geographic Distribution at the Port Environmental Engineering1stAvani Kumar9TimberlineThe Enhancement of an Oil Spill Cleaning Tool using Borosilicate Fibers, and Centrifugal Filter for a Hybrid Solution Plant Sciences1stKatie Su12BellarmineTesting the Rate of Growth of

  • .) - Graduate Courses KINS 500 : Research Methods and Application in Kinesiology The course will introduce basic concepts in research methods and experimental design relevant to the area of Kinesiology. The course is designed to create a better understanding of the principles, concepts, terminology, and instruments used in measurement and analysis in the various sub-domains of Kinesiology. The course will focus on the scientific method, addressing both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies

  • International Honors Mission & GoalsAt PLU, four core foundations define the honors curriculum: multidisciplinary approaches historical and internationally focused study intentional intellectual formation and ethical reflection, and the establishment of a cohesive learning community. Multidisciplinary Approaches: In the modern university, the disciplines are usually compartmentalized:  you won’t find physics, for example, intersecting with economics or French.  PLU’s International Honors

  • definitions of innovation all center around one word: forward.  People who are innovative are forward-thinking and forward-moving, and innovative products or ideas are ones that take us forward.  Modern innovation is not confined to business or economics, though. It can be found in every aspect of life, from health care and ethical thought to politics, religion, food production, and the entertainment industry. PLU’s 20-credit minor is interdisciplinary, with courses from 11 different schools and

  • August 5, 2010 BUSA 201: Value Creation in the Global Environment Name: Steven Mattich Hometown: Olympia, Wash. Major: Undeclared, leaning Business or Economics Professor: Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence Steven’s advice to first-year students: “If you want to check out a class that you are thinking about taking in the next semester, I don’t think there’s a teacher at PLU who would mind if you sat in on their class for the day.” When Steven Mattich heard about the exams he would

  • ) – required both consummate research and hard, gutsy field work.  His dozens of articles in prestigious nature periodicals – Smithsonian, Audubon, Natural History, National Geographic, to name a few – appeared there not only due to the excellence of his writing, but also because of his willingness to go where and do what few others would.  It took more than just adventurousness; it also took innovation, creativity, and commitment.  When the need for a professional photographer for his nature writing