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Jillian graduated with a BA in Economics and a BBA in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. She is starting work at Ann Clark Ltd as their Digital Marketing Analyst.
switch to an economics major with mathematics and statistics minors. My economics degree has instilled in me critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills. These skills allow me to make meaningful contributions to my current job as a Financial Analyst II at MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, WA where I work with patient-level and hospital cost data. I am grateful for my undergraduate training in economics at PLU, and truly believe that I wouldn’t be working at my dream job had it not been
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For any questions or concerns regarding traveling for international students (F-1 and other visa types), please contact Heather Jacobson, Associate Director of Int'l Enrollment & Student
, endorsed for travel by DSO: Your I-20 needs to be authorized for travel by the signature on the back page by a Designated School Official. You must plan ahead to get your I-20 signed before leaving the U.S. Each signature authorizes travel for one year following the signature date. For students on Optional Practical Training (OPT), it is valid for 6 months. To receive a signature, please complete “Travel Authorization Signature” request form and turn your current I-20 in to the International Student
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If you need to report an incident that is not an immediate emergency, call Campus Safety at 7441 from a campus phone, or 253-535-7441 from a mobile phone.
outdoor hazardous materials release: Choose a room above ground level. If possible, turn off air conditioners, heaters, and fans. Close vents to the ventilation system as you are able. Follow the Instructions for shelter in place listed above. Check for PLU Alert! updates. Blood and Body Fluid Spills NEVER clean up a blood or body fluid spill unless you have undertaken the required training. In the event of a blood or body fluid spill: Isolate the spill, and prevent others from entering the area. Call
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A campus-wide Lock Down drill will be conducted on Wednesday, February 16th. The drill will begin at 10:00 AM and will end by 10:10 AM. The drill’s start and end will be announced via the PLU Alert messaging system and by word of mouth from Emergency Building Coordinators (EBCs). This drill will involve all campus...
A campus-wide Lock Down drill will be conducted on Wednesday, February 16th. The drill will begin at
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Staying connected with the university you graduated from isn’t exactly new. But for Zac Thorpe ‘01, that alum connection has blossomed into a working partnership with PLU — and it’s been a labor of love. Today, Thorpe is a Vice President and Senior Sales Executive…
hopes that they too realize that discovering your vocation isn’t always a linear process — there are setbacks, false starts and plenty of learning opportunities along the way. His hopes set on running a business, Thorpe’s first job after graduating was with Enterprise Rent-A-Car as part of its management training program. Not his dream job by any means, it nevertheless paved the way for his eventual transition to SuperGraphics. “I’m definitely not passionate about renting cars,” Thorpe said. “But I
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Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…
interested in. I knew that I would have a chance at getting an associate’s degree while I was in the military through the language training program. That was definitely one of the motivating factors, as a first-generation college student. Do you feel that language acquisition has helped you in the transition to becoming an undergrad student? Absolutely. The military language school is no joke, so that honed my work ethic. Also, I am able to use my language skills in my research as a history major — it
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Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this…
not have that luxury. When she left, Ford felt like a failure abandoning the group. Years later, she heard from the leader of the group that the Kenyan community was doing well. She thinks her brief time with the group, and the training and support she provided, were just what they needed to stick together long enough for them take the next step. “You just never know what your impact is going to be,” Ford explained. “Maybe it was small … but maybe my work with the youth group helped them get to
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Swimmer Jay Jones rewrites the record books. And he’s only a sophomore. When PLU swimming head coach Jim Johnson recruited Jay Jones out of Mt. View High School in Vancouver, Wash., during the 2006-07 school year, he knew that the young man with an ordinary…
progressed and, in the end, at conference, I felt I had a good chance.” “Jay came in this year after a strong first season, and continued training in the off season,” said Allison Kolp, who served as PLU’s interim head coach while Johnson took a year off because of illness. “We were able to push Jay in practice further than we did last year and increased his distance in the pool significantly. Jay knew what he needed to do this year, and he was able to swim smarter races, which comes from experience
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9U3jPRdE This past year a group of PLU students, as part of the award-winning MediaLab, dove into the topic of anti-Islamic sentiment in America. This is a first account shared by one of the project leaders JuliAnne Rose ’13. The topic took them across America…
personal stories that made this problem so important and personal for me. Read Previous Composing for the cannery: of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes Read Next First Aid/CPR/AED/BBP training 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 18, 2015)- PLU Economics students past and present have selected their major with a seemingly endless list of vocational sectors in mind. However, most seem to share many of the same core qualities and passions: a penchant for research, a love of…
interest in advanced training in Economics, we steer them toward acquiring the mathematics they will need to be successful in a graduate economics program,” adds Peterson. “For those interested in law school, we encourage our students to work closely with the pre-law advisor and to take a wide variety of applied courses in economics, philosophy, history, and politics. The wide exposure to theory and application in our courses is excellent preparation for the kinds of analyses they will be expected to
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