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  • February 1, 2013 Real-World Mentors For decades, Pacific Lutheran University has built a reputation for sending talented, proficient students into the workplace. Their success is proof that challenging academics – hours spent in the classroom and laboratory, the practice room and concert hall, the playing field and court – all while working closely with professors, will indeed produce results. By the time PLU students receive a diploma, they are fully equipped for success in the world. A PLU

  • American Perspective of ``Time``You may wonder why Americans are always looking to see what time it is. They look at their watches, and check the clocks on their phones and computers. “What time is it?” “Am I late?” “When’s the project due?” “How long do we have?” “How much time is left?” These questions are repeated over and over. Americans seem obsessed with being on time, with their schedules, deadlines and project-due dates. People view time as something that can be saved, spent, used

  • about first finding an internship, and then a job, at State Farm. “I just opened the door and he walked through it, fully prepared,” said Cunningham, PLU’s director of multicultural recruitment. The conversation goes on like this for some time, but in the end, they both agree that the strong connections that PLU has with its local business community was key in both getting Bull his first internship and getting his career launched. He recently moved back to the San Francisco Bay area for another

  • something bigger and part of a community. In Gannon, Jones sees someone who is doing what PLU instilled in her. “I think what excites me about Maura, and why I’m eager to mentor her, is that before we even talked about mentoring she was already asking for help and doing more to learn more,” Jones said. “For someone that is eager to learn, I will make the time. She’s already doing great things.” The pair is just implementing the skills they were both taught at PLU, Gannon said. “So much of what we

  • fat lady with the horns, but there’s such a magnificent beauty to an operatic voice.” And when it came time to choose a college? “For me, there was no other choice,” she laughed. “It was PLU or bust.” Part of her focus on PLU stemmed from the reputation of its music department, as well as the connections and reputations of the professors. It’s those connections with the local arts scene that has served many graduates well. “In this job market, or really any job market, it never hurts,” Brown said

  • , Manso has noticed that, among the new employees that join his lab, it is the PLU students who seem to be significantly more self-reliant than graduates from other schools. “Lutes always seem to be a few steps ahead of others,” he said. He chalks that up to the preparation he and his colleagues received at PLU. “The professors always prepared us for how things would be in the ‘real world,’” Manso said. “They kept saying, ‘You’ll use [these skills] for the next 50 years of your life.’ “And so far,” he

  • An undergraduate student’s degree requirements are valid for seven years. The seven-year period be

  • Revised August 2013 Only state and local government employers may offer “Comp Time.” As Pacific Lutheran University is a private employer, regulations state we are not eligible to offer “Comp Time.”

  • Staff must complete a time sheet for each pay period. Exempt employees are required to report leaves and holidays only. Nonexempt employees are required to report all hours worked in addition to their leaves and holidays. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that time sheets are completely accurate, and that they are submitted to Payroll by the due date. Time sheets not completed by the employee until after the due date are held and will be processed in the following payroll.