Kristi Spurgeon Adventist Health Portland marketing and communications director By Kristi Spurgeon A Time in Thailand Social Work Sabbatical Studies Potential Program The bond between Walla Walla College and Thailand’s Mission College is growing closer with the possible addition of a social work program in the “Land of Smiles.”Marja McChesney, professor of social work and field practicum coordinator, returned i... Leer más Moving "Beyond WWC" New Program Connects Graduates with Church More than 300 students graduated from Walla Walla College (WWC) in June. Now those students are moving into cities all over the country ready to start graduate schools, new jobs and new lives.Will they become part of the approximately 50 percent o... Leer más A Hand of God The Wilma Hepker School of Social Work and Sociology It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy, road for the social work program at Walla Walla College (WWC), but God’s hand has been firmly steering it along the way. Just ask Wilma Hepker, School of Social Work and Sociology dean.“I had to do a lot of stand... Leer más Let's All Be Engineers! Robots Make Science Fun at WWC Ready. Set. LEGO! Five teams from Oregon and Alaska battled it out during the FIRST LEGO League Challenge hosted by the Edward F. Cross School of Engineering in partnership with the Adventist Robotics League.The April 10 event was a high-tech acad... Leer más New WWC President Announced John McVay Takes Office in September John McVay has accepted the invitation of the Walla Walla College (WWC) Board of Trustees to become the 23rd president, following Jon Dybdahl’s retirement in August. “We are delighted to accept the invitation to join the Walla Walla College family... Leer más Prospective Students Join Downtown Scavenger Hunt Ready. Set. Search! Attempting to beat the clock, 95 prospective students left the Walla Walla College (WWC) College Place campus to scour downtown Walla Walla for clues while playing a scavenger hunt-style game called “The Amazing Place,” a spin-... Leer más First Health-focused Mission Trip Leads to Online Nursing Class The Walla Walla College School of Nursing is offered an online nursing class last quarter, a first for the college. Professors Trudy Klein and Sallieann Brewer taught the elective missions nursing classes to nine students on both the College Place... Leer más Walla Walla College President Announces Retirement Completing 40 Years of Service Jon Dybdahl, Walla Walla College president, has announced plans to retire effective Aug. 31, 2006, after completing 40 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Seventeen of those years were spent at WWC.“My wife, Kathy, and I have dec... Leer más Chamber of Commerce Honors Pedrito Maynard-Reid for Years of Outstanding Community Service Pedrito Maynard-Reid, Walla Walla College vice president for spiritual life and mission, was recognized for his outstanding community service at the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet.Maynard-Reid is known for his enthusi... Leer más Distinguished Faculty Lecture Focuses on Women in Early Adventist History Beverly Beem, associate professor of English at Walla Walla College, presented the 2005 Distinguished Faculty Lecture in November. The presentation, entitled “My Soul Is on the Wing for Glory: Voices of Early Adventist Women,” focused on the role ... Leer más Paginación Página anterior ‹‹ Página 3 Siguiente página ››
A Time in Thailand Social Work Sabbatical Studies Potential Program The bond between Walla Walla College and Thailand’s Mission College is growing closer with the possible addition of a social work program in the “Land of Smiles.”Marja McChesney, professor of social work and field practicum coordinator, returned i... Leer más
Moving "Beyond WWC" New Program Connects Graduates with Church More than 300 students graduated from Walla Walla College (WWC) in June. Now those students are moving into cities all over the country ready to start graduate schools, new jobs and new lives.Will they become part of the approximately 50 percent o... Leer más
A Hand of God The Wilma Hepker School of Social Work and Sociology It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy, road for the social work program at Walla Walla College (WWC), but God’s hand has been firmly steering it along the way. Just ask Wilma Hepker, School of Social Work and Sociology dean.“I had to do a lot of stand... Leer más
Let's All Be Engineers! Robots Make Science Fun at WWC Ready. Set. LEGO! Five teams from Oregon and Alaska battled it out during the FIRST LEGO League Challenge hosted by the Edward F. Cross School of Engineering in partnership with the Adventist Robotics League.The April 10 event was a high-tech acad... Leer más
New WWC President Announced John McVay Takes Office in September John McVay has accepted the invitation of the Walla Walla College (WWC) Board of Trustees to become the 23rd president, following Jon Dybdahl’s retirement in August. “We are delighted to accept the invitation to join the Walla Walla College family... Leer más
Prospective Students Join Downtown Scavenger Hunt Ready. Set. Search! Attempting to beat the clock, 95 prospective students left the Walla Walla College (WWC) College Place campus to scour downtown Walla Walla for clues while playing a scavenger hunt-style game called “The Amazing Place,” a spin-... Leer más
First Health-focused Mission Trip Leads to Online Nursing Class The Walla Walla College School of Nursing is offered an online nursing class last quarter, a first for the college. Professors Trudy Klein and Sallieann Brewer taught the elective missions nursing classes to nine students on both the College Place... Leer más
Walla Walla College President Announces Retirement Completing 40 Years of Service Jon Dybdahl, Walla Walla College president, has announced plans to retire effective Aug. 31, 2006, after completing 40 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Seventeen of those years were spent at WWC.“My wife, Kathy, and I have dec... Leer más
Chamber of Commerce Honors Pedrito Maynard-Reid for Years of Outstanding Community Service Pedrito Maynard-Reid, Walla Walla College vice president for spiritual life and mission, was recognized for his outstanding community service at the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet.Maynard-Reid is known for his enthusi... Leer más
Distinguished Faculty Lecture Focuses on Women in Early Adventist History Beverly Beem, associate professor of English at Walla Walla College, presented the 2005 Distinguished Faculty Lecture in November. The presentation, entitled “My Soul Is on the Wing for Glory: Voices of Early Adventist Women,” focused on the role ... Leer más
