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January 25, 2010 Memoir chronicles the life of Nazi Germany refugee and successful Tacoma entrepreneur – Kurt Mayer Tacoma businessman, philanthropist and community leader, Kurt Mayer, has written a rags to riches story of his life and times. “My Personal Brush with History,” written with Joe Peterson, is a story of hardship, opportunity, triumphs, mistakes, family and faith.“My book is intended to give my grandchildren – ages 12, 10 and 8 – an opportunity to read, later in life, about what
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Two PLU students spend the summer reading the stars Physic professors Katrina Hay and Sean O’Neill and students Julian Kop ’24 and Jessica Ordaz ’24 observe and characterize variable stars and globular clusters at PLU’s W. M. Keck Observatory. Posted by: mhines / August 28, 2023 Image: As part of their summer research at PLU, physics professors Sean O’Neill and Katrina Hay, and student researchers Julian Kop (pictured) and Jessica Ordaz utilize the specialized telescope at the W. M. Keck
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categories in our survey — one explores taking a gap year vs. entering a graduate program straightaway, another would be changing careers vs. settling within a career, and the last would be marriage vs. divorce.PsychologyLearn more about the Psychology program at PLUWhat did you learn in your internship with the Dean of Students Office? I loved that internship mostly because Susan [Pavur, Student Care Network manager], Eva [Frey, dean of students], Austin [Beiermann, accessibility and accommodation
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Commencement 2017: Lutes prepare for life after college Posted by: Kari Plog / May 15, 2017 May 15, 2017 By Staff writersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2017)- Classes are over, tests are on the horizon and therapy dogs are waiting in the wings. It's the end of spring semester, and for several hundred Lutes that means life after college beckons. Pacific Lutheran University students are fast approaching Commencement 2017, a ceremony that will mark the culmination of their
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February 1, 2013 Jessica McGifford ’12 Jessica McGifford ’12 and Abi McLane ’08 at the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center. Jessica McGifford ’12 Major: Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies Employer: Our Sister’s House PLU Connection: Abi McLane ’08, victim services supervisor at Crystal Judson Family Justice Center As part of her senior year capstone project, Jessica McGifford was required to take an internship. Through a recommendation from the PLU Women’s Center, she wound up at Pierce
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some helpful information and recommendations as we all navigate the new FAFSA form and delays together.Why is the FAFSA so important?The FAFSA is the method the federal government uses to determine how much you and your family can afford to contribute to your education, and it’s how colleges (like PLU) determine what need-based scholarships and grants, as well as loans and work study, we can offer you. Completing the FAFSA is the best way colleges can build a comprehensive financial aid package for
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study the experiences of those touched by terminal illness. “Terminal illness has touched our own family members and friends,” Sarah stated, “and we feel it’s important to better understand the experiences of those touched by a terminal illness and to help provide resources in this important area.” Sarah Cornell-Maier is a Psychology major and Innovation Studies minor who has taken classes in PLU’s Business and History program. Cornell-Maier is working in collaboration with Dr. Mark Mulder, a
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June 29, 2011 Nursing program secures two grants By Barbara Clements The School of Nursing recently received a total of $800,000 in grants which will help the school continue its outreach to senior citizens in the South Puget Sound area. Broken out, the funds come from a$500,000 grant received from the Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation to the Comprehensive Gerontologic Education Partnership (CGEP), and an additional $300,000 from the Cornelsen Family Foundation. Pacific Lutheran University
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(a sequence of actions that guide expectations and behaviors) and how they are perceived within racial identities. We are including three categories in our survey — one explores taking a gap year vs. entering a graduate program straightaway, another would be changing careers vs. settling within a career, and the last would be marriage vs. divorce. What did you learn in your internship with the Dean of Students Office? I loved that internship mostly because Susan [Pavur, Student Care Network
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mojo. If you’re advertising rings and/or jewelry — this is your time to shine. Fifty percent of marriage proposals happen on Valentine’s Day, and on Bing.com, rings generated the most search traffic during the first seven days of February. In 2016, American consumers spent $4.5 billion on jewelry for Valentine’s Day. 10. Thirty-nine percent of people would love the gift of experience — particularly theater tickets or comedy shows. In 2016, 35 percent of American consumers — single and in a
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