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  • . Students who join this program gain access to a network of accomplished mentors who are eager to share their expertise and guide students on their academic and professional journeys. Register here! College of Liberal Studies Mentoring ProgramThis enriching program is tailored for undergraduate students in a diverse range of majors within the College of Liberal Studies. Whether you are studying anthropology, economics, English, gender, sexuality, & race studies, global & cultural studies, history

  • Family Chair as providing the opportunities for students in history, economics and business to understand the political, social and philosophical contexts of current economic history,” Dale Benson said. The PLU program in business and economic history features a curriculum of three courses, an annual lecture, a summer research fellowship for students and faculty, and support for the Innovation Studies minor. In addition, the Benson Family Chair receives financial and administrative support to pursue

  • problems. Different academic disciplines, such as economics, or sociology, chemistry, sometimes study the same problems. But they use different tools to do so. And any particular intellectual tool doesn’t just enlighten us, but also blinds us. In IHON, we try to overcome some of these academic blindnesses by studying problems or themes through multiple academic perspectives. Put the achievements of past societies – and their shortcomings — into context, and then turn that same skill on yourself and on

  • the war, crudely put, seems to be whether it’s a direct government subsidy” or not. Menzel said he would try to push aside the political debate – which generally has Democrats calling for more government intervention and Republicans countering that tax credits and free market economics is the fix – and look at the moral implications of the health care debate. “In the end, there are conflicting moral views underneath these political wars,” Menzel said, who added that he does plan to look carefully

  • conference of the Fund for Theological Education, an organization dedicated to support young people as they explore and respond to God’s calling in their lives. Siburg graduated in May with a double major in religion and economics. He plans to attend graduate school and continue his research on the effectiveness of the service that religious, nongovernmental organizations provide in less-developed regions of the world. “The overall spirituality of the PLU campus comes out of our focus on vocation

  • -management firm that specializes in enhanced passive strategies and the recipient of several National Science Foundation grants on financial modeling of seismic mitigation investments. His scholarship focuses on financial risk management, real options and valuation of seismic retrofit investments, and his recent publications appeared in Managerial Finance, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds, and Corporate Finance Review. Launched in 2011, the Master of Science in

  • the ability to read and discern meaning from complex texts. “We have courses from political science, business, history, philosophy, English, economics, communication, publishing and printing arts, religion and mathematics,” Artime said. “We think that is demonstrative of the fact that a liberal arts education is ideally suited to help students develop the requisite skills for the law school application process and success in law school”  The pre-law minor is an addition to the PLU’s pre-law

  • Public Ports Association, most recently as the executive director. Johnson now combines his interest in public policy, the environment and economics as the executive director of the Port of Tacoma – the fourth largest trade gateway in North America. Read our Q&A with Eric Johnson ’83. John Wolfe ’87: Northwest Seaport Alliance CEO Shortly after John Wolfe ’87 graduated from PLU he went to work for a Seattle-based company called SeaLand Shipping Line. In the years that followed he worked in sales

  • StudiesAnthropology, Chinese Studies, Economics, English, Gender, Sexuality & Race Studies, Global Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Languages & Literatures, Native American & Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Pre-Law, Publishing & Printing Arts, Religion, Sociology, Criminal Justice STEMBiology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Math, Physics, Psychology Health ProfessionsKinesiology, Nursing, Social Work Helpful Links Math Placement

  • , who opposes the proposition (in favor of meat consumption). These experts will be paired with two PLU debate students to help craft arguments. Dr. Karen S. Emmerman, has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Washington with a specialization in ecofeminist animal theory. Karen is also a co-organizer of the University of Washington Critical Animal Studies Working Group, which aims to expand, enrich, and create new spaces for the public discussion over the place of non-human animals in