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Pacific Union College students past and present are invited to attend this year’s alumni weekend activities beginning on April 18. Among other opportunities, Homecoming Weekend gives PUC alums the chance to re-acquaint themselves with the beautiful Angwin campus and greet old friends. Alumni Weekend begins with several activities on Thursday, April 18, including the Alumni Weekend Exhibition at Rasmussen Art Gallery, which features the work of current PUC student artists. An opening reception for the show will be held at 7 p.m. in the gallery. The second major event on Thursday evening is the annual Heubach Lecture, this year featuring Adventist theologian and educator, George Knight. The lecture will be held at 7:30 in Dauphinee Chapel and will be followed by a book signing. On Friday, April 19, Homecoming Weekend visitors are invited to the Pioneer Luncheon at 11 a.m. in the Dining Commons. Vespers will be held at 7 p.m. in the Pacific Union College church sanctuary. PUC graduate, world-renowned archeologist, and current president of La Sierra University, Lawrence Geraty, will present the sermon for both church services on Sabbath, April 20, at 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. Afternoon activities include Music for a Sabbath Afternoon presented by the music...

Pacific Union College recently hosted the 2002 Northern California Regional Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta. The gathering of members from the national honor society in history was sponsored by PUC’s local chapter, Alpha Zeta Theta and organizedby the chapter’s faculty advisor and professor of history, Keith Francis. PUC chapter president Justina Buller, vice-president June Oh, secretary-treasurer Andrew Caldwell, and history major C. Ross Mullin also contributed to the success of the two-day event.Adu Worku, director of library services at Pacific Union College, was the featured speaker for the conference. He lectured on the topic of “Ethiopia: The American Connection.”The conference featured student papers by both graduate and undergraduate historians from colleges and universities throughout Northern California. Presenters were divided into twelve catagories to share their work with peers and professors. Lorne Glaim, chair of PUC’s history department, was a judge for the regional conference along with professors from San Jose State University and CSU Stanislaus. Prizes were awarded for the best undergraduate and graduate papers as well as a grand prize for the best paper overall....

And like one’s best relatives, they only came to visit. By Sunday afternoon, scarcely a trace was left of them, save a few fifth-wheel trailers and Burma-shave signs along Howell Mountain Road into Angwin. Though it happens every year, each Homecoming Weekend is a unique experience. Of course, most students wouldn’t know because they’re gone. Maybe that’s not all bad—good for them and good for alumni. However, it’s possible, maybe even likely, that both groups would benefit from each other’s presence. Alumni might learn that, contrary to rumors, PUC is NOT a party school. (Whoever started that rumor has never been to a party school.) And PUC’s students might learn that there is life beyond Pomp and Circumstance. Perhaps the surprising guest to this year’s Alumni Homecoming Weekend, April 18-21, was something past Homecoming’s have gone without: warm sunshine. It’s doubtful the thousand-plus visitors could have asked for a more delightful Spring weekend. Though the weekend officially began on Thursday, April 18, with an evening of vintage films and the Heubach Lectureship with George Knight, the festivities kicked into gear starting Friday. One of PUC’s grandest traditions, Pioneers’ Luncheon, took place at 10 a.m. This is when the old, old...

Pacific Union College (PUC) athletics are still going strong after nearly 13 years. While PUC is in the process of selecting a new coach for the women’s basketball team, the department’s varsity program and college-sponsored academy tournaments will continue as usual. “PUC is committed to its athletic program, from the administration on down,” says Chuck Evans, chair of the exercise science, health, and nutrition department. The school has been part of California Pacific Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) since 1996. The NAIA’s strict academic eligibility requirement is one of the reasons why PUC chose to join. “It allows us to stay focused on education,” Evans says, referring to the grade point average (GPA) and minimum load unit requirement for PUC athletes. Student athletes must also sign a personal contract before joining the team. The varsity program at PUC currently includes men’s and women’s cross country teams, as well as women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball. The selection of sports is based on school demographics and reflects the student population. PUC’s varsity teams include a cross section of athletes, representing many departments on campus—not just exercise science majors. Evans says he is pleased with how well...

Having a wide variety of students at Pacific Union College means that they have some fairly unique interests. Isaac Hrimnak, from Placerville, California, is one of these students. Now a freshman, Hrimnak has what some would consider to be a split personality. Aside from being a normal Californian, he has also taken part in Civil War re-enacting for half of his life. As he says, his frock coat, forage cap, and red sash may be “140 years out of style,” but his uniform fits right in when he joins his friends for battles and tours of historic sites. Hrimnak’s interest in history began when he was young. While his classmates were out playing soccer and baseball, Hrimnak stayed inside, absorbed in history books. At nine years old, he became interested in joining a Civil War re-enactment group, but was required to have a parent join as well. However, since his mother was a single parent at the time, she was too busy home-schooling his younger sister. Hrimnak’s mother finally asked whether there was any way he could join the group and was told that the only position a child of his age could hold during the Civil War was that...

Checking e-mail just became a little easier at Pacific Union College. The school is pleased to announce the recent completion of a campus-wide wireless network. The free wireless service, which is available in classrooms and buildings across campus, allows students and employees with wireless equipped notebooks to connect to the network quickly and conveniently. PUC is the first Adventist college to go wireless. In residence hall lobbies and the cafeteria, in the gym and from each classroom, PUC students can connect to the network’s vast resources. Wireless service was first brought to campus last summer as part of a general system upgrade. To make their bid for the project more competitive, the company whom PUC eventually hired agreed to provide wireless service at no additional cost. Because PUC paid only for the student labor required to install the system, the school was able to provide students with the luxury of wireless transmission without spending several hundred thousand dollars. In addition to the free wireless network, Pacific Union College upgraded hardware across campus and added bandwidth to increase internet connection to the residence halls....

Pacific Union College is proud to announce the 1st annual Napa Valley Tennis Tournament occurring in conjunction with the 10th annual Napa Valley Golf Tournament—newly renamed the Malcolm Maxwell Golf Classic in honor of the college’s former president. Both events will be held at the Napa Valley Country Club on Monday, May 20, 2002. Dust off your racquet or drag out your clubs and reserve a spot to participate in this year’s scholarship fundraiser. Proceeds from both tournaments benefit students supported by the Pacific Union College Malcolm Maxwell Scholarship Fund. Last year, ten scholarships were awarded to worthy students as a result of money raised at the tournament. Format for the tennis tournament is doubles round robin. The golf tournament features 18 holes of golf in a two best ball foursome play, with an individual low gross and low net division. Prizes will be awarded to participants in each category. A 2002 Chevy Blazer 4x4, courtesy of Epps Chevrolet, is this year’s featured hole in-one car....

Three students from Pacific Union College will serve as interns for Adventist Health System’s 2002 Leadership Development Program this summer. Magally Arevalo, Chris Jones, and Timothy Ko will have the opportunity to do special projects and assignments, shadow key executives, and participate in leadership events. The interns chosen for this program were amongst many candidates in the finance and management areas. The three candidates from PUC are business administration majors, Jones has an emphasis in accounting, and Ko has an emphasis in finance. All three are in their junior year at PUC. “The program continues to attract high-quality candidates each year, with more students competing for a limited number of internship spots,” says Christine To, assistant director of communications and leadership development at Adventist Health System. “These are the best students from across the nation with high grade point averages, successful and proven campus leadership experience, and a strong desire to work in the mission field of healthcare.” The 29 interns selected to serve at Adventist Health System were chosen from a variety of Seventh-day Adventist higher education institutions. An orientation for all interns took place on May 14-15 in Winter Park, Florida, to emphasize the mission and values in...

Pacific Union College professor of biblical studies, Dr. Greg A. King, recently authored a book called Kings and Chronicles: A History of Divided Monarchy, published by Pacific Press. The book is intended to be a Sabbath school lesson study help. It analyzes and explains 13 different stories from the books of Kings and Chronicles. This was the time in Israel’s history when the region was ruled by a series of kings. The stories in King’s book include events from the lives of famous Old Testament characters such as Solomon, Elijah, Jeroboam, Ahab, and Hezekiah. These stories give in-depth historical information on the people and the times, and they provide devotional studies for personal spiritual growth. In all of the stories, God’s mercy and compassion toward his people show through. “It’s my hope that readers of this book gain insights into an often overlooked portion of the Bible. Many of the challenges that God’s people faced in that time are still here today,” says King. Greg King has been a professor in the religion department at PUC since 1987, and he is now chair of the department. He teaches courses in Old Testament theology and Hebrew. He has a Master of...

Pacific Union College’s department of business administration has received accreditation by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), an organization primarily responsible for accrediting non-doctoral business programs in four-year institutions. It is the only Seventh-day Adventist institution to receive this accreditation. Pacific Union College (PUC) is currently accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, but the additional IACBE accreditation brings special recognition to the school’s popular business department. There are currently 253 business majors enrolled at PUC with a large percentage of graduates heading to medical, dental, law, or business schools after receiving their bachelors degrees. “We’ve been fortunate to have good students who work hard and do well when they graduate,” says Richard Voth, professor of business administration and chair of the department. PUC graduates have studied at Yale, UCLA, Berkeley, and Georgetown and found employment in a broad spectrum of jobs, from Price Waterhouse, Hewlett Packard, and the San Francisco 49ers, to family-run businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. Pacific Union College was founded in 1882 and currently offers more than 60 majors. The school has about 1,600 students and a faculty-to-student ratio of 12-to-1. For eight straight years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked PUC...