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It’s a Tonka aficionado’s dream come true as tons of earthmoving trucks and vehicles clear space in between the Physical Plant and the farm for the new cogeneration plant. PUC received an $11 million dollar loan to build the plant that will hopefully save the college money. The plant will allow PUC to produce its own electricity and avoid paying the ever-increasing California electricity bills. ...

Kristy Nakamitsu, sophomore setter for Pacific Union College, was announced the NAIA Region II Setter of the Week, September 14. Nakamitsu, a 5’4” athlete who hails from Mililani, Hawaii, is a 2003 graduate of Mililani High School. In 3 matches last week (all wins), Nakamitsu averaged 10.58 assists, 1.08 digs and 0.50 aces per game as PUC jumped out to a 3-0 start. In a 4-game win over Walla Walla College (Wash.), she had 41 assists, 3 kills and 3 digs. In a sweep of West Coast Baptist, she had 44 assists, 4 digs, 2 kills and 2 aces. She closed the week with 42 assists, 3 kills, 4 aces and 6 digs in a 5-game win over La Sierra University. ...

With dreams of wider horizons pushed aside, many licensed vocational nurses work hard to support themselves and their families. Though filling positions with limited breadth and little expansion opportunity, these LVNs can’t spare the time or money to return to school in pursuit of the opportunities and recognition that come with licensure as a registered nurse. For several groups of such LVNs, the Pacific Union College nursing department has committed to fulfilling dreams. At the request of Hanford Community Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, and Ukiah Valley Medical Center, PUC has established extended-campus LVN-to-RN programs specifically for the working adult. “ The program is a huge commitment for students,” says nursing instructor Debbie Winkle, who oversees the extended-campus programs. “The students are all very motivated and focused. This is something they want so badly. For many, it’s the only opportunity to increase their nursing education.” The program at the Travis Air Force Base has provided new experiences for the nursing department, with some of their students being deployed to Iraq. “They have life-changing experiences, no matter what their political views,” Winkle says. But always the highlight of these programs is dream fulfillment. “Many have waited and worked for 15...

Del Case, professor of music at Pacific Union College, performs on the Rieger organ on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. in the college’s church sanctuary. The recital marks the 23rd year of the Rieger organ in the sanctuary since its installation in 1981. Professor Del Case earned a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California. An active recitalist, Case was a third place winner in the Prague International Organ Competition in the Czech Republic. His numerous performances in West Coast churches include: the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Grace Cathedral and St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, St. Mark’s Cathedral, and St. Joseph’s Cathedral in San Diego. He also performs in many colleges and universities, including Pacific Union College, where he plays the organ as part of church worship programs. ...

San Francisco artist Frank Born’s exhibit, Portraits, will have an opening reception on November 6 at Pacific Union College’s Rasmussen Art Gallery, from 7 to 9 p.m. The show, running through December 5, will consist of 24 portraits in oil on canvas and watercolor on paper. “ I have always felt that by looking at a face and painting what I saw,” says Born, “I could capture a portion of the interior life we each possess.” In recent years Born’s paintings have been exhibited in Japan, Chicago, and San Francisco, and he has been included in group exhibitions in North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Iowa, California, and Japan....