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Remembering Gordon Gilbertson Posted by: Kate Williams / November 14, 2017 November 14, 2017 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerGordon Gilbertson will forever remain a legacy in the PLU music department. David Robbins, Senior Advancement Officer and former chair of the department recounts Gordon’s impact at PLU. “Gordon was hired at PLU in 1954 to serve as band director and teach music education courses. Over the course of a 30 year career at PLU, he led all the major ensembles of the

Military Friendly Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey scores with the assessment of the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for Student Retention, Graduation, Job Placement, Loan Repayment, Persistence (Degree Advancement or Transfer) and Loan Default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans. The 2023-2024 Military Friendly® Schools list will be

huge when you get into life,” she says, “you need to know how to manage your life  without your parents telling you what to do.” Tachibana is the keynote speaker at the “Meant to Live” program during PLU’s Homecoming 2011, which begins on Tuesday and runs through Sunday, Oct 16. When she graduated with her nursing degree at PLU, Tachibana then started as a nurse at Virginia Mason – a hospital where she would spend her entire career. “I was blessed in finding an organization with a value system that

Rolison at the University of Utah, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the American Chemical Society (ACS). She received the ACS Award in Chemistry of Materials in 2011 (and was the first woman to do so) and will be the recipient of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC) Charles N. Reilley Award in 2012. Rolison’s research at the NRL focuses on multifunctional nanoarchitectures, with emphases on new

Foundation. Grogan lives in Gig Harbor with his partner, Anna-sara Home, and their six children. About Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement through distinctive international programs and close student-faculty research opportunities for its 3,100 students. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers, PLU continues the distinctive tradition of Lutheran higher education through its commitment to the advancement

will take part in scholarly, professional development and community building activities over the course of the summer program. Amgen Scholars will regularly interact with the internationally recognized faculty; UT Southwestern faculty members realize that the most successful researchers have more than just excellent lab techniques. The UT Southwestern Amgen Scholars Program will bolster the Scholars’ future success with activities designed to: 1) promote scholarly advancement; 2) support

will take part in scholarly, professional development and community building activities over the course of the summer program. Amgen Scholars will regularly interact with the internationally recognized faculty; UT Southwestern faculty members realize that the most successful researchers have more than just excellent lab techniques. The UT Southwestern Amgen Scholars Program will bolster the Scholars’ future success with activities designed to: 1) promote scholarly advancement; 2) support

adhere to LEED standards, Kaniss said. The residence hall projects simply aren’t extensive enough to apply for certification. In the UC, improvements to the kitchen, the lighting system and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit were factors in earning the silver rating, Kaniss said. Enhancements to all three significantly cut energy costs. In the kitchen, all appliances were replaced with Energy Star rated-models. Garbage disposals were removed, since Dining and Culinary Services

the earth. Unfortunately, the law can also be used to stymie those efforts.”  “That’s why we are proud of how our students lean into the uncomfortable to seek justice. The legal system is a better place with PLU students navigating it.” According to Artime, PLU’s pre-law minor will offer courses from several disciplines to develop skills in understanding the law, developing a sense of professional ethics, practicing analytical reasoning, growing in their written and oral communication skills, and

challenges. Bellah’s topic was that of his next book, the namesake of the lecture, in which he explores the advancement of modern society in relation to the rises and falls of past societies. Those societies have experienced a hard ceiling, said Bellah, produced by “the paradox of development – the very success of pre-modern societies leads to overpopulation, famine, plague and war.” Bellah explained the tendencies for societies to rise and fall using the social development index developed by historian