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The Pruett Gerontology Center (PGC) at Abilene Christian University was established in order to meet the changing needs of our community as the population ages. The PGC supports the mission of Abilene Christian University to educate its’ students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world by providing an <\/span>multidisciplinary undergraduate minor in Aging Studies<\/span><\/a>. The minor is designed to enhance a student’s major area of study and giving the student confidence to enter career fields where they will work with people at all stages of the life course. Through the generous gifts of alumni and friends of the PGC, students pursuing the minor or graduate certificate are eligible for academic scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to educating students for careers with older adults, the PGC is also committed to serving the ACU community and the broader community through workshops, consulting, and connecting them to resources provided by agencies like the local <\/span>Area Agency on Aging<\/span><\/a> and the <\/span>Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/span><\/a>. Some of the <\/span>events<\/span><\/a> sponsored by the PGC are a town hall that takes place every other year and brings seniors from the Big Country together with ACU students to discuss issues facing older adults. Those concerns are taken by the <\/span>Texas Silver-Haired Legislature<\/span><\/a> to Austin where they lobby on behalf of older adults in Texas. The PGC also runs an annual Images of Aging Photo Contest and a Careers in Aging fair.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2016\/06\/C-2016-Geronimo-Mandy-Rama.jpg” alt=”Geronimo by Mandy Rama” title_text=”C-2016-Geronimo-Mandy-Rama” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Pruett Gerontology Center The Pruett Gerontology Center (PGC) at Abilene Christian University was established in order to meet the changing needs of our community as the population ages. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18066,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" The world\u2019s population is aging\u00a0 - dramatically. In the last 100 years or so, the percentage of people 60 years old and older have increased from 4% to 13% of the total US population. Actual numbers are expected to increase from 35 million to 70 million between the years 2009 and 2030. Life expectancy over the last 100 years has gone from 47 years of age to about 77 and is expected to go higher. More people in the \u2018over 60\u2019 age group are alive today than have ever lived before.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006398,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2853\/revisions\/1006398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h2>\n
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