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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
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’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships LATEST POSTS Meet Cameron Emerson ’08 April 14, 2019 PLU Alum Visits Department of Economics April 15, 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 16, 2019 Economics Alum Receives Award June 24, 2019
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Services that will help me gain knowledge in international development and management. Within the next few years I plan to continue education by attending graduate school aboard to study International Relations or Development Economics. I would ultimately like to have a career working on Africa’s economic development policies. Brian Higginbotham, Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in political science Brain Higginbotham ’13 is from Woodinville, Wash. Why PLU? I chose to come to PLU because it
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able to meet a lot of different people. She graduated from Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale in 2005 and excelled in basketball there, netting a scholarship to play at PLU. Full Story Here Read Previous J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Italy Read Next A view-at-the-table with the Federal Reserve LATEST POSTS Meet Cameron Emerson ’08 April 14, 2019 PLU Alum Visits Department of Economics April 15, 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 16, 2019 Economics Alum Receives Award June
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the 100-meters, Forsyth pulled away from the field midway through the race in Saturday’s finals, clocking a time of 11.80 seconds to secure the national title. The Langley, Washington native and global studies and economics major was 0.15 seconds faster than runner-up Terrianna Black of Loras College and capped off the 2021 season undefeated in the 100-meters, winning all eight races she competed in. “I honestly don’t really have the words to put to this, I’m still a bit speechless! If you had
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Emily Peterson ’14 : Global policy, politics and partnerships Posted by: Zach Powers / September 8, 2023 Image: Emily Peterson ’14 majored in global studies and economics at PLU. She is now a senior program manager at Edelman Global Advisory. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 8, 2023 By Lora ShinnResoLute Guest WriterLike many students, Emily Peterson ’14 began her time at PLU unsure of what, exactly, she wanted to do. “I wanted to work for the United Nations,” she says. “Although at the time, I
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choices of majors, life partners and careers. “The idea came about because lots of schools do a Day of Service where the whole campus shuts down and does something in the community,” said Professor of Economics Lynn Hunnicutt, director of the Wild Hope Center. “That idea resonated with our steering committee, but we wanted to explore what we’re about, and vocation is a foundation of what we are.” Wild Hope Fellowships Applications are now open for up to five paid student fellowships with the Wild Hope
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October 15, 2012 Deirdre N. McCloskey – distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago – spoke about the value of the middle-class during the annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. (Photo by John Struzenberg ’15) The value of the bourgeoisie By Katie Scaff ’13 Don’t be ashamed of being bourgeois, said Deirdre N. McCloskey, distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the
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interdisciplinary global studies program. Her favorite courses included anthropology, economics, sociology and global development. “Margaret thought carefully about what she wanted to do with her interest in medicine,” said Ami Shah, associate professor of global studies. “Biology supported her trajectory toward medical school; contextualizing that interest in her global studies concentration of development and social justice helped to examine structural inequalities globally and locally, as well as to
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the Civil War. His argument focused on the profitability and viability of slavery on the eve of the Civil War. Despite the rising prices of slaves and the profitability to slaveholders, and to some degree, non-slaveholders and northern and European consumers, Coclanis argued that the economy was too dependent on slave labor. “Slavery hindered the long-term development of the southern economy,” Coclanis said. “The South, in a relative sense, had been rendered into an economic backwater.” With the
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