UCA and LCA Form Much-Needed Partnership Over the past three years, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA), a 220-student boarding school south of Spokane, Wash., and Lake City Academy (LCA), a 150-student junior academy in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have been in discussions regarding a concerning tren... Read more
Education Professor Conducts Research on Small Schools Maria Bastien, Walla Walla University assistant professor of education, is conducting research in order to establish best practices for teaching in schools that have three or fewer teachers. Read more
Lamberton Recognized for Commitment to Service Dan Lamberton, Walla Walla University professor of English and humanities program director, was awarded the 2018 WWU Community Service Award at the 136th annual Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. Read more
Team 'R.I.P. Opportunity' Wins Annual ASME Egg Drop The most-talked-about event of National Engineers Week at Walla Walla University, Feb. 17–23, 2019, was the 39th annual Egg Drop competition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) club. The yearly event features contestan... Read more
Semotiuk Dissertation Focuses on Time and Space for Women to Write Nancy Semotiuk, Walla Walla University associate professor of communication, has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Women Writers: Safekeeping Time and Space to Write.” Read more
NW Schools Awarded Versacare Grants Fourteen Northwest Adventist schools are among the recipients of nearly $1.2 million in grants from the Versacare Foundation, including $920,000 to 118 primary and secondary schools across the North America Division (NAD). Read more
Roseburg Junior Academy Gets Blue Zone Approval On Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at 2:45 p.m., students at Roseburg Junior Academy (RJA) were joined by parents, church members and community members for an amazing blue ribbon-cutting and ceremony as the school celebrated its Blue Zone Approval. Roseb... Read more
The Field Trip That Just Kept Giving It was an ordinary fall day for the students of Central Valley Christian School in Tangent, Ore. The Rich Room students (grades three through five) headed out with promotional postcards inviting the surrounding neighborhoods to the school's upcomi... Read more
Dodds Presents Plenary Lecture at International Conference Greg Dodds, professor of history and chair of the Walla Walla University Department of History and Philosophy, gave the Roland Bainton Plenary Lecture at the 2018 annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, which met in Albuque... Read more