antee a four-year path to graduation for every first-year student beginning in 2012, as long as they take four sim- ple steps. Midland wants to reverse current trends, Sasse said, adding, “America’s colleges and universi- ties have a serious problem when it comes to graduating students on time. They come nowhere close to the four years we all plan for.” The four steps? Students must declare a major by the start of their sophomore year; enroll in classes to fulfill the requirements of their major; maintain a typical course load as a full-time student and earn passing credit; and remain in good academic, financial and disciplinary standing with the university. If for some reason it takes longer, Midland will cover 100 percent of tuition and fees for as long as it takes for students to complete their degrees. Learn more at
www.MidlandU.edu/Guarantee.
In Allentown, Pa., Muhlenberg Col- lege students in Gail Eisenberg’s “Marketing in Not-for-Profit Organi- zations” course get hands-on service learning opportunities. Students carry out marketing audits of local nonprof- its, benefiting both the organizations and student learning. They also help run Muhlenberg’s annual Ten Thou- sand Villages fair trade sale. Analyz- ing data from past festival sales, they create and carry out a new marketing plan, ending in a two-day festival sale. In 2001, its first year, the sale brought in nearly $12,000. Profits now exceed $28,000—the most successful col- lege Ten Thousand Villages sale in the country.
Eugene Chin Yu, a Newberry [S.C.] College trustee, was elected president of the Federation of the Korean Amer- ican Associations of the U.S. This
means Yu is a voting member of the Korean Congress, representing 3.5 million Korean-Americans living in the U.S. “Mr. Yu has played an active role as a trustee here at Newberry, and we’re ecstatic to see that he will be able to make a great impact represent- ing the U.S. in his home country of Korea,” said Newberry President V. Scott Koerwer. Yu, who emigrated to the U.S. at age 8, has served as a member of the National Unification Advisory Council for the Republic of Korea, and as president and CEO of the Korean Association for the South- eastern U.S.
In September, Alaska Gov. Sean Par- nell told students at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash., to be “gazelles” of business and think inde- pendently. Parnell, a 1984 PLU busi- ness graduate, spoke with 15 students
At Augustana, we believe certain individuals are called to “Go Viking.”
They understand that in order to create an even better tomorrow,
they must explore and discover bold concepts and important ideas today.
Are you ready to ... Go Viking. Explore. Discover. Create. Learn more at Sioux Falls
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