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Keven Drews’ doctor told him he was out of options in his longtime fight for his life. So, he launched a crowdfunding campaign to earn $500,000 for a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
nonfiction writing, and his work focuses a lot on his life and struggles with cancer. His current project — an essay about his life — is on pause due to his fundraising campaign for the clinical trial. Still, he uses Facebook posts as an outlet — to provide a window into his daily life. “I can’t just sit here and feel like I am doing nothing. I spent 20 years of my life writing in one form or another,” Drews said. “(Readers) might not make a donation but at least they can know what it is like to live
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Professor of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | stuartjl@plu.edu | 253-535-7403 | Professor Jeff Stuart teaches mathematics and statistics for the Mathematics Department.
, Teach ill-conditioning in a single lecture!, Special Session on Teaching Numerical Analysis, Portland, OR (August, 2009) Selected Articles Catral, M., Lebtahi, L. Stuart, J., Thome, N.. "Matrices A such that As+1R = RA⁎ with Rk = I." Linear Algebra and its Applications Vol. 552, 2018: 85-104. "Building generalized inverses of matrices using only row and column operations." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. iFirst, 2010: 1–12. Q. Li, B. Liu and J. Stuart
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High schoolers shine at business week Anyone who looked north of 30 years old in Olson Auditorium could expect one of two things to happen: Either an eager high school student, dressed in tie and slacks, would come up and shake their hand, or an…
culminating project was the June 27 trade show, where students pitched their products to judges. According to Mark Mulder, PLU’s director of auxiliary services, the point is not to create the next Donald Trump or Martha Stuart, but a business guru more along the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunus. Yunus is famous for a business model that makes micro-loans to people, specifically women, in developing countries under the Grameen Bank. Teresa Suprak, president of operations at Farrelli’s Wood
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Sludge from the grill to be recycled The gooey mess which sloughs from the grill at the UC may look like something that you’d rather just toss and forget about. But to Wendy Robins and Colin Clifford, it’s pure gold. Or more specifically, the yellow…
March 9, 2009 Sludge from the grill to be recycled The gooey mess which sloughs from the grill at the UC may look like something that you’d rather just toss and forget about. But to Wendy Robins and Colin Clifford, it’s pure gold. Or more specifically, the yellow smelly gunk means that PLU will be paid $100 a year to sell its grease to the Arlington-based Standard Biodiesel, rather than pay a rendering plant $300 a year to get rid of the mess, said Robins, day operations manager for dining
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Campus Safety responsible for keeping small city of 4,500 safe By Barbara Clements They will give you a ride home too. New students coming to Pacific Lutheran University this fall might be thinking about classes, their roommates, their majors or just how did mom say…
May 26, 2010 Campus Safety responsible for keeping small city of 4,500 safe By Barbara Clements They will give you a ride home too. New students coming to Pacific Lutheran University this fall might be thinking about classes, their roommates, their majors or just how did mom say to do the laundry again? Campus Safety Director Tony Berger and staff work 24-7 to keep the 4,500 students, faculty and staff on the PLU campus safe. Berger is standing by Jason Weaving, Operations Supervisor. But
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From Harstad Hall to the Morken Center, donors have built the academy In October 1891 the cornerstone of “Old Main” was laid on the rocky woodlands of Parkland. It was the first step in the construction of the first building at PLU. It’s now known…
nevertheless sprang from similar generous hearts. Both Harstad Hall and the Morken Center – and all of the academic buildings constructed on campus – were made possible only through the contributions of alumni and friends of the university. “At PLU, as at most independent colleges and universities, we are able to fund the construction of new and renovated academic facilities only through the generosity of donors,” said Sheri Tonn, vice president for finance and operations. Each year the university’s
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Despite the challenges of COVID-19, PLU student-athletes have returned to play. In December, the Northwest Conference Presidents’ Council announced competition could resume as long as federal, state, local and NCAA health directives permitted. Since then, PLU Athletics has initiated a COVID-19 testing strategy designed to…
reopening. A status dial is to ensure that our community members can quickly and easily see which stage we’re currently in, from fully remote learning and working to full capacity with in-person operations. As public-health conditions continue to evolve over the next several months, the PLU dial will be a regular part of our guidance for learning, living, and working on campus.“I really think the PLU athletes have done an exceptional job this year to take as many precautions as possible this year to be
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Pacific Lutheran University’s Master of Business Administration program was ranked the second best MBA program in Washington state , and tops in the state among programs at private universities in U.S. News and World Report ’s 2023 guide to the best graduate schools in the…
Prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Programs in Washington by Nursing Schools Almanac; and being ranked the sixth most “Military Friendly® School” in the country. /* operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health Read Next Research scientist Rihana Mason to visit PLU for presentation and book signing COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments
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April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan. A political science and communication double major who recently earned an MBA at PLU, Nguyen followed the advice of a career adviser into a series of contract jobs in human resources. Not because she has career aspirations…
her team! Lute Powered is a series highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations in the Puget Sound region. April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 is the last of three Lutes being featured from Amazon. The series also included profiles of Regan Zeebuyth ’01, senior manager at Amazon’s corporate affairs business operations, and Jon Grande ’92, Amazon Games franchise lead and head of product management for mobile. Read Previous Jon Grande ’92 embraces innovation, talent and fun at Amazon
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Jon Grande ’92 was an intern at Microsoft the summer before he enrolled at PLU. His supervisor was a young marketing manager named Melinda French. He remembers advice Melinda — now Melinda French Gates — gave him a few weeks before the fall semester began.…
three Lutes being featured from Amazon. The series also included profiles of Regan Zeebuyth ’01, senior manager at Amazon’s corporate affairs business operations, and April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21, applicant services lead for Amazon Technical Academy. × × Read Previous PLU’s youngest female graduate earns 2 degrees at age 16 Read Next Rising Amazon recruiter April Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker
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