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Ramstad Scholarship a fitting tribute to a PLU leader By Greg Brewis Gifts in memory of a loved one are a cherished part of the close relationship with the university that are often built by PLU families. There is surely no more poignant example of…
engineering from the University of Washington, taking time off to pay for school by working in a gold mine northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, near the Arctic Circle. He served as a naval officer in World War II, met and married Della Mae Fode and eventually settled in North Dakota. Employed in his father-in-law’s automobile and machinery business, Ramstad rose through the ranks to retire as president and CEO of Midwest Motors. The Marvin J. Ramstad Endowed Scholarship, totaling $25,000, was funded 50 percent
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Leannna Davis, President of the Student Veterans Association, and who served in the US Air Force, talks about the importance of duty and integrity. (Photo by PLU Photographer, John Froschauer). Honoring those who serve and protect Leanna Davis doesn’t see anything extraordinary about signing up…
“excellence in all that we do,” a specific core value of the U.S. Air Force. The core values of all branches of the service are integrity, honor and duty. The military, she said, brings all races, political persuasions, and demographics together to strive for a single goal of protecting our country. The Master of Ceremonies during the event was SFC (Ret) Robert Rahal, US Army, PLU ROTC. President Thomas W. Krise was away from campus on business, but televised his thoughts to those assembled and talked
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iPhoneography By Jesse Major ’15 IPhoneography, photography on the iPhone, is an art form that is getting more popular . Beatrice “Bea” Geller, associate professor of art and design, taught a class on this emerging medium during J-Term. She taught iPhoneography based on her first…
for past students to critique their work. The pictures from iPhoneography are currently on display in the Wekell Gallery in Ingram Hall. Geller and her students are learning this art form together. “It is nice when the professor puts you on an even playing field,” said Bradford Lum ’15, a business major and photography minor. “If the professor is on the same level, we both learn.” In the class the professor and students shared with each other what they knew about this emerging practice. “No matter
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Professor Christine Moon gained national and international attention for her work on how babies learn in the womb by listening to sounds. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Researcher Gains National Attention on ‘Today’ Show Talking About Babies Learning in the Womb By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing…
had worked on this study earlier, but wants to reproduce the research in a more controlled environment. “We found that if Mom was talking to toddlers, her newborn was better at identifying speech sounds,” she said. “We think that Mom using slow, methodical and repetitive speech makes it easier for infants to pick up those sounds.” Read Previous In the Business of Making Connections Read Next A Flutist’s Unplanned Future COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you
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PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission PLU Resident Artist Jessica Spring works in studio. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Spring) Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker…
Month Opening Party, which also will feature exhibits of her work. The event is Thursday, Oct. 2, from 6-9 p.m. at the Tacoma Post Office Building, 1102 A St. in Tacoma; Mayor Marilyn Strickland will present the awards starting at 7:45 p.m. Read Previous PLU Welcomes New Nursing Dean Read Next Business Alum’s Startup Gets Huge Boost From Salesforce.com COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a
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New York Times best-selling author Tami Charles will deliver Pacific Lutheran University’s 14th Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture on April 15 at 7 p.m. Charles’ lecture will be titled “The Beautiful Mind: A Journey from Thought to Page.” A book signing will follow her…
lecture. 7:00-8:00 p.m. | April 15, 2024 | AUC CK Hall Room 214 Read Previous Brian Sung ’24 discusses his business and econ majors, Oxford trip, and PLU experience as a first generation Chinese immigrant Read Next President Belton joins discussion about college-employer partnerships at economic development event COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock
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If you are looking to kickstart a career in healthcare while also having an impact in your community, you should consider joining Providence St Joseph Health (Providence) and our Providence Ready Internship Program (PRIP). Providence is a $25 billion health care company with 51 hospitals and over 1000…
Ready Internship Program consists of one six-month assignment across many different Shared Services teams within Providence, with the possibility of extending into a second 6-month assignment. Each unique assignment will build business acumen, provide exposure to core skills, and give participants the ability to add value and have impact for one of the leading healthcare systems in the United States. This remote, paid internship program starts with a short on-boarding session where participants
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Studying the laws behind international adoption Trained as an historian of the American Revolution and blessed with an abundance of sources, I saw no scholarly reason to travel abroad, although I had wanted to see England, the mother country from which America was born. My…
biography of Jean Paton, a middle-aged, twice-adopted, ex-social worker who pioneered the adoption reform movement, both here and abroad. After I finish that project, I plan to write a history of adoption records in global perspective. In 2009, I am looking forward to attending a business history conference in Milan, in anticipation of adding a comparative history component to my American Business and Economic History course. As I look to the future, I can be sure of one thing: having gone global, there
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Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons By Chris Albert, Barbara Clements, Loren Liden ’11 The silence of the ghetto in 1940s Holland is broken by whistling, shouting and the thud of doors being kicked in by the S.S. The teenage Philip Wagenaar, lays in his…
gates of the death camp, Browning told of packed room of over 200 people who listened to his presentation last Thursday night. Browning had to rely heavily on witness testimony of these survivors, “since while bureaucratic Germany was not very good at destroying documents, the business Germany was.” Starachowice was run and operated by private businesses who had contracts with Nazi Germany. This camp was created when the nearby Jewish town of Wierzbnik was emptied. Because of a series of unique
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 15, 2016)- Kate Deines ’16 is a natural on the soccer field and has a long résumé to prove it. She played at the local, college, national and international level, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines…
background in and knew nothing about.” Deines seems to have started on the right foot with her new identity. She earned her first badge of honor in April when the Puget Sound Business Journal and the Seattle Foundation presented her with the Women of Influence Award. The program “shines the spotlight on local businesswomen, community leaders and philanthropists who are a force in the region,” according to the publication’s website. “I am honored and so humbled to receive this award,” Deines said. “I
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