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major; to sophomores and juniors who need to connect to experiences outside the classroom; to juniors and seniors who need to polish their job search skills including resume writing, interviewing, and networking skills, Career Connections will be there to guide them along the way. This is a new initiative, and yet it focuses existing programs on campus around the single goal to guide students through their years here at PLU and help them refine their passion and career goals. Career Connections will

Tollefson, her service at Peace Community Center turned into a job. She’s now the elementary programs and public relations director for the center. Looking back, she recognizes how her experiences at PLU prepared her. “When I was a student here I was really really involved in student leadership and I think that is what helped me feel confident enough to go off and do service in a different community,” Tollefson said. Read Previous Lives of Service: It’s what neighbors do Read Next PLU MFA Program

, PLU’s team earned $500 for its first-place finish. Gupta said the chapter will use that money to educate Accounting and Finance students about the BAP chapter, and its role in shaping their careers, in hopes of enhancing membership. BAP’s annual Best Practices Competition challenges teams to present a proven method of efficacy that organizations can implement. Each year, the boards of directors of Beta Alpha Psi and Deloitte LLP select topics that encourage students to create and execute programs in

-benefits programs, dedicated orientation and on-boarding for new military students and two VetCorps liaisons. Farnum said his first task in building on PLU’s status as “an outstanding veteran-supportive campus” is “meeting everybody—faculty, staff, administration—everyone I’ll be interacting with and supporting,” on-campus and in the local military community. “I’m an alumnus and I love PLU, and I’m very excited about it,” Farnum said. Among Farnum’s accomplishments, he has:• brought together PLU and

four students worked at KOMO-TV. Each year since 2008, Communication students have worked with local media outlets to cover election night—one of the only programs in the country where students work Election Night alongside the professionals.) PLU Communication students Michael Diambri ’18 and Matthew Salzano ’18 at the Yes on I-591 rally on Election Night 2014. (Photo: Carolyn Adolph/KUOW) I signed up with my best friend, Michael Diambri, a fellow journalism major (and my employee at PLU’s college

.” Psi Chi has more than 1,150 chapters in the United States and abroad primarily serving undergraduates, but the society has programs for undergraduates, graduates and alumni members. “Psi Chi uplifts and celebrates diversity where and when possible, and this includes the commitment to include international chapters in 2009,” Grahe said. “Though there are only a relatively few international chapters, we are deeply committed to reaching out to institutions across the globe. In addition, the

happened. “Drive to 125 has continued to be relevant for all of the teams throughout the year,” Thomas said. “Just as Spring sport teams were supporting and tracking the Fall teams’ wins during their season, Fall teams are now supporting the Spring teams and making note of where we are in the count. Every PLU student-athlete can take pride in being part of the success in the Drive to 125.” All team victories—for all of PLU’s 19 varsity athletic programs—counted toward the goal, and the whole campus

the 16th best nursing school in the west by Nursing Schools Almanac and Forbes ranked the university one of its “300 Schools Worth the Investment.”PLU named the leading distributor of creative arts scholarships among West Coast collegesPLU Included on Best-of Lists for Value and Business Schools About PLUPacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement. With distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research

university’s profile for academic excellence, raised the endowment to a record level, and expanded support for student access and diversity through significantly enhanced alumni fundraising activity,” Krise said. About Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement through distinctive international programs and faculty-mentored research opportunities for its 3,100 students. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers

part of the Murdock College Science Research Program, is to support and recognize undergraduate research in the natural sciences at four-year institutions across the Pacific Northwest. The award is given to exemplary senior faculty members who run established, productive and nationally recognized research programs, and comes with $15,000 in funding. “To be recognized by your peers and in a large setting like this, you know, the whole Northwest, it really made me feel humble,” Waldow said. “There