PUC Life Now
Graham Calls Students to Put God First
Pastor Paul Graham spoke for PUC’s Winter Revival, January 25–28. The theme of the four-day series was “Grounded in Love,” and Graham emphasized the importance of building a foundation in Christ.
Service Day: Putting Inspiration into Action
Pacific Union College held its first annual Service Day on January 20, 2012, by organizing a fair featuring service opportunities for students from local and international non-profits. The day aimed to inspire students to serve their world and showcased opportunities to put that inspiration into action.
At Career Day, Former Yahoo! Director Urges Students to "Be Invested"
Peter Thornburgh, recently creative director at Yahoo!, was the speaker for Pacific Union College’s Colloquy Speaker Series on December 1.
Student Blogs | Janna Vassantachart
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 1:29 pm
As a senior, I assert that the ten and a half weeks of winter quarter are the busiest—with the possible exception being my upcoming spring quarter. Not only does winter quarter seem to offer all the academic courses I need or want, but there are also SA activities, campus clubs, and intramurals ready to chase away the winter blues.
This past week, my 16-plus hour days were filled with analysis of Brontë’s romantic hero Heathcliff in Great Books, Howship’s lacunae (don’t you just love those scientific names?) in histology, and practice phone interviews in senior seminar. Beyond classes for my major and the pre-medicine sciences, I spent time dabbling in my Spanish and stained glass classes and enjoyed every minute of it. Singing Spanish hymnals and soldering lead were only a few of the highlights.
Outside of classes, I work as the assistant editor of the Campus Chronicle. This week we passionately devoted energy to producing our bimonthly issue and launching our new website (shameless advertisement). In my snippets of spare time, I brave the cold night air to visit the gym. The participation in intramurals has risen, and hundreds of students race up and down the courts shooting hoops or scoring goals. A total of 19 girls wanted to join the Blossoms, a girls’ basketball team I have played on for the past three years, so we decided it was time to blossom into Blossoms and Blossoms II.
With the arrival of the Sabbath, a day of rest was never more welcomed. As soon as the clock flickered 5:17 p.m., I slammed my books shut. Sabbath morning was a mix of church services in English and La Capilla—a campus Sabbath School—in Spanish. Then, it was napping time before the SA event of the night. This week, SA and the Biology Club transported students in the “new to PUC,” 30-seater bus to Sky High, a child’s and college student’s glimpse of heaven. With wall-to-wall trampolines, foam pits, and dodge ball arenas, I bounced and flipped away the stresses of the week.
Returning to school, the cycle of learning, munching, and dozing begins anew.
Janna Vassantachart
Senior, Public Relations/Journalism, Pre-medicine