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and Economics double major with no programming background?” Matt: “I know, right? But throughout the interview process, I was consistently told that my background in history and economics was considered an asset to the company. They thought that the skills I learned along the way provided a pathway to do the job well. Essentially, what needed to happen is for me to connect the skills that I learned in college to what they were looking for in their business. I know that this fellowship helped me

. It is an identity molded from without. If transposed to the educational front, one might construe professional education in a parallel fashion, as the imbuing of factual knowledge and skills requisite for a career within a particular professional group. In this sense, an English course that might be based upon learning and using the bibliographic guidelines of the Modern Language Association would have a professional orientation. And a language course designed primarily to prepare students for

left with, I still talk with and hang out with on a regular basis.Tell me about your recent internship at Russell Investments.  My job involved making data accessible. I used my skills to code user-friendly applications that allow people to access sales data and understand financial concepts. I made a lot of friends and connections that I didn’t have walking into Russell.How did PLU prepare you for the internship? My classes and the mentorship from my professors pushed me and helped me ace my

engineering school such as Columbia University or Washington University in St. Louis. The total length of study is usually five years: three years at PLU and two years at the engineering school. Hence, the program is often referred to as “3-2 Engineering.” “At PLU, students are getting an education that includes communication skills, justice, diversity, and the mission to care for the planet and for people,” Hay said. “That’s a really, really strong job candidate and a student who is mission-driven in

authoritative new book that offers the first comprehensive history of American forensics, “Forensics in America: A History.” Building upon this tradition, PLU Speech & Debate has had a very successful season. With a largely new team and a new coach, the team’s success is not so surprising considering the amount of work members put into honing their craft. Tinker, for example, is not only working on old skills; he is working on something new. He and his teammates developed a never-before-seen strategy of

of what helped the production be strong was the limited scope of actors’ focus: not on memorization, blocking, or facial expressions, but on the soundscape of intonation, voice intensity, and diction. Nate Lovitt '22An English Writing major in a radio play? You bet! Nate has studied poetry with Professor Rick Barot and put those skills to work as The Poet reading “The Raven” for Twisted Tales of Poe. Nate noted that an interesting aspect of the show was learning to speak in meter. He said, “‘The