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Midday is always a high-traffic time in the PUC cafeteria. But for three hours on Friday, March 7, there was an increased hubbub as PUC students, faculty, and PUC Prep students circulated through the building, visiting the 38 booths of the “Celebrate Health” fair. For nearly 10 years, the PUC Nursing Department has provided annual health fairs for high schools in the Napa Valley. This year, the nursing department set out on a new venture and, working with the PUC health services office, organized and implemented a health fair on their own campus. Distribution of health-care information was the basic goal of the fair. “We wanted to show the resources for health care that we have within the structure of the campus itself, as well as those we can access by networking with other services,” said Sandy Sargent, director of health services. More specifically, the BSN program and health services hoped to emphasize the importance of choices. “Our goal,” said nursing professor Carol Williams, “was to better serve the health care needs of the PUC student body while highlighting healthy choices, emphasizing that the decisions they make every day while they are young will have a major impact on future...

Angwin received an unexpected visit from NFL Pro-Bowlers Warren Moon and Tony Gonzalez on May 30. These football greats came to help guide the clients of the New Horizons group homes for children that are located here in Angwin. Besides sharing inspirational testimonies, Moon and Gonzalez provided a football clinic for the boys. Students of PUC and the community of Angwin were able to watch but not participate. A memorabilia tent displayed a great collection of autographs for sale, with the profits benefiting the homes. To see great athletes take time out of their schedules to help the kids, demonstrates the importance of community service and the gratifying benefits to all involved....

A chemist who plays the violin, is kind to cats, ties messages of God’s love onto balloons, fixes cars, and preaches practical sermons. That is only a partial picture of the professor selected as PUC’s 2002-2003 Educator of the Year: Richard E. Clark. Richard received a B.A. in chemistry (cum laude) from Union College and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Kansas State University. He joined the PUC chemistry department in 2000, following eight years of teaching at the Adventist University of the Philippines. Not only did he and his family enjoy living in the Philippines and riding the infamous jitneys, but Richard also distinguished himself at AUP by receiving the “Reward for Excellence,” for outstanding teaching performance, exemplifying the Master Teacher, and upholding the ideals of the school and the church. The Educator of the Year is selected jointly by the students and the Faculty Development, Research, and Honors Committee. The selection is based on excellence in teaching, spiritual leadership, scholarly credibility, relationships with students, and support of the college. Along with the honor comes a beautiful plaque and a $1,500 gift from the college. “Working with students, watching them grasp a little of the make-up of God’s creation,...

Not everyone who graduates from PUC is a young, energetic senior ready to take on the world. Some of those graduates have already taken on the world, working real jobs, raising kids and supporting a family. That’s where PUC’s Center for Continuing and Professional Education comes in. It allows people to continue living their lives, yet go to school at the same time. The CAPE program was founded in 1996 to reach those “nontraditional students,” generally working parents who want to finish their education. Classes usually meet one night a week from 6–10 p.m. in three different locations: Clearlake, Santa Rosa and Napa. This year, an all-time record of 47 CAPE students completed their graduation requirements and received their bachelor’s degrees from PUC. Twenty-one Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM) students, 24 Early Childhood Education (ECE) students, and two students from the former Criminal Justice Administration program all received their diplomas; a grand total that beats the previous record by a margin of 10 people. Among the graduates are some who deserve special recognition. One is Carol Johnson, who has worked as a CAPE program representative for the last eight years, helping others through the program while she worked to...

As renovations change the face of many areas on campus, another change occurs behind the scenes, one that makes an institution like Pacific Union College really great: new faces. The new “arrivees” bring with them a wide array of personalities, talents, and experiences. Here’s the scoop: Tim Mitchell has filled the long-awaited senior pastor position for the PUC Church. Pastor Mitchell is no stranger to Angwin, having graduated from PUC in 1976 with a B.A. in theology. He went on to Andrews University to get his master of divinity in 1979. Coming to PUC from the Sunnyvale Adventist Church, where he pastored for 15 years, his warmth and enthusiasm are truly appreciated by the students and college community. Tim was born in Fresno and pastored in Sonora, Turlock and Orosi. Tim’s family includes his wife, Carleen, and two sons, Brent and Tyler. Carleen works as a medical administrator. Brent is a sophomore at PUC, while younger brother Tyler attends high school at PUC Preparatory School. Truly part of an international family, reference librarian Gilbert Abella, has attended 16 schools on four continents and is fluent in three languages, thanks to his Portuguese family who served as missionaries in Europe, Africa,...