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issues affecting the global economy, business management, strategic and innovation issues facing the corporate environmental landscape.  He is passionate about Business, health, education and social issues affecting our communities and has previously volunteered at The Northwest Leadership Foundation through their Mentor253, CHI Franciscan Health and The Ronald McDonald House at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Mr. Akuien is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, WA with a BA in

Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Give Benson Lecture On October 9, 2019, the PLU community welc

education, infused with the core elements of Lutheran higher education. The faculty explored the demand for existing and new majors and minors, as well as graduate programs, and evaluated support needs. Through this collaborative and difficult process, and in coordination with other excellent work across the academic division,  some programs will be reduced in size or eliminated, while others will be added or expanded. I invite you to learn more about the strategic plan and vision at plu.edu/strategic

the PLU Wrestling Club $1,999 to support tournament travel and participation for PLU Reign Women’s+ Ultimate Frisbee Team $5,775 to Men’s+ Ultimate Frisbee to support USAU Memberships and purchase Jerseys $1,063.96 for collaborative programming by Outdoor Rec and BSU (Black Student Union) $500 to support a Spring Arts Festival put on by The Collective and LASR $400 for registration costs for teams of students to participate in the northwest regional of the International Collegiate Programming

potential! Get Started Related Programs: Data Science Dual Degree Engineering Innovation Studies Mathematics Physics STEM Education @PLUNaturalSciences/ @plu.natsci I feel like PLU is giving me a wide variety of both hard and soft skills that will all be necessary after graduating. The technical skills required to be a good programmer will make me hirable and will look great on my resume, but just as important are the skills of collaboration, leadership, teamwork, and communication that are practiced

) – 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

concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology could not tell professors in English how to go

began supporting schools through taxes, a concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology