Engineering Professor Honored for Leadership

May 25, 2013 6:05 am

Curtis Nelson is the recipient of the 2013 Peter J. Bosscher Faculty Advisor for Outstanding Leadership awarded by the national organization Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). Nelson, engineering professor, founded the Walla Walla University chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-WWU) in 2006. Nelson has led chapter trips to Honduras, helping assess, design and construct schools [...]

Three Sisters Celebrates Reading Day

May 24, 2013 6:00 am

The students of Three Sisters Adventist Christian School in Bend celebrated Reading Day on Jan. 16. Students came to school in their pajamas and brought blankets and pillows to build reading “forts.” The entire day was devoted to reading, sharing and experiencing the joy of books. Special guests from the community came throughout the day [...]

Rogers Hosts Reading Day

May 23, 2013 6:05 am

What’s better than a party? How about a Party-in-a-Box Reading Day? The fifth- and sixth-graders at Rogers Adventist School in College Place, Wash., participated in an all-day reading event on Feb. 6 inspired by the Party-in-a-Box program from Pacific Press. The teachers set aside the other curriculum for the day to allow students to enjoy [...]

Oregon Disaster Response Leaders Respond to Hurricane Sandy

May 22, 2013 6:05 am

Sam Pellecer and Dale Ziegele, Oregon Conference Adventist Community Service Disaster Response (ACS DR) leadership team members, carried the flag of compassion from Oregon to some of those suffering from Hurricane Sandy’s devastation by serving in multi-agency warehouses: Pellecer in Islip County, N.Y., and Ziegele in Robbinsville, N.J. Ziegele, an Oregon Conference ACS DR area [...]

Teen Pathfinders Serve Others During Spring Break Mission Adventure

May 21, 2013 6:05 am

The first Sunday of spring break, more than 100 teen Pathfinders and their adult sponsors convened at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash., to begin a week of service to the Cheney, Airway Heights and Spokane, Wash., communities. Monday morning found eight teams, each comprised of 12 teens, traveling to many locations. They set out [...]