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Fall 2018 Vo1. 1, No. 1 BURMAN MAGAZINE

Exploring New Frontiers in Molecular Biology at Burman

The CFX384 DNA Cycler

Real-Time PCR instrument takes biology research to new levels

The Burman Legacy 4 | Alumnus Receives the OC 14 | Burman’s Connection with Terrace 18 with Parkview Adventist Academy News 22 1 & Parkview Adventist A night scene in the beautiful city of Terrace, Academy News BC where Burman alumni are practicing their health professions BURMANUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1 FALL 2018 EDITOR 2 President’s Message Renate Krause 6 Burman Student Completes WRITERS Internship at Canadian Shelley Agrey Denise Herr Embassy Merle Jacobson Nepal Paul & DonnaLee Lehmann 7 Burman Hosts Leadership Pekka Määttänen Conference for High School Patti Smedley Students PHOTOGRAPHER 18 Christian Lintan 8 Student Wins Provincial Voice Competition Kris (DDS) and Amanda DESIGNER AND PHOTO EDITOR (RN) Falk and their girls David J. Kinsey, Alexander & Sydney, UBA 9 ’s “Most are among families with a Distinguished Peacemaker” Burman connection serving

Fall 2018 Vo1. 1, No. 1 the healthcare needs of BURMANUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE to Speak at Lacombe Exploring Terrace, BC and surrounding New Frontiers Memorial Centre in Molecular communities. Biology at Burman 10 • Strategic Plan Sets Direction In Nepal, the Burman Outward Pursuits class forms a “rock brigade” • New Leadership for the to speed completion of a construction Committee of 100 The CFX384 DNA Cycler project at Scheer Memorial Professors Määttänen Real-Time PCR instrument takes near Kathmandu. 11 • 2018 Choral Reunion biology research and Delafield with to new levels • New Faces in Burman LCHS teacher Classrooms Steven Schultz The Burman Legacy 4 | Alumnus Receives the OC 14 | Burman’s Connection with Terrace 18 with Parkview Adventist Academy News 22 (centre) and two ABOUT THE COVER Feature Stories 12 The Impact of a Second of his students. The recently acquired Bio-Rad CX384 Real-Time Photo by Gerald Chance Whitehead polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection system 4 The Burman Legacy 16 Commitment to Service- will enhance current cell and molecular courses at Faith, determination and learning and Research 13 • 2018 Burman. A new course providing hands-on training in and Parkview Adventist molecular biology is planned for the fall of 2019. compassion all play a role in the Service-learning earns a whole 21 remarkable events and people new meaning as the Outward Academy Homecoming TO MAKE A GIFT • Kiš Publishes New Book Gifts in support of Burman University may be made notable in Burman’s . Pursuits class tackles rock piles in Nepal. at www.burmanu.ca or phone 403.782.3381 x 4161 20 Exploring New Molecular VISIT US ONLINE AT Biology Frontiers www.burmanu.ca A story about worn-out shoes 18 Terrace: The Burman Facebook: Burman University reveals a great deal about Connection 21 Legacy Gift Expands Biology New equipment in the biology department Instagram: @burmanuniversity the values of the man Burman alumni chose to practice Program’s Capacity opens the door to the exciting world Twitter: @burmanuniv memorialized in Burman their professions in the beautiful of molecular biology. University’s new name. 22 Parkview Adventist Academy © Copyright 2018 Burman University City of Terrace, the service hub of a News Burman University Magazine is published huge region of Western Canada. 20 two times yearly by the Burman University, 24 Alumni Profiles Office of the President, 6730 University Drive, 14 They Desired a Better Country Lacombe, T4L 2E5. In Memoriam PAA alumnus Dr. , At Parkview Letters to the editor are welcome and may be (inside back cover) AdventistAcademy considered for publication. They may be edited. known worldwide for innovations Email messages to [email protected] in , receives the muffins are in the Canada’s highest honor. 23 oven at the student-run Hilltop Bakery

2 1 This issue features the story of Charles Learning Opportunities and establishing new ones. Second, and Leona Burman, our inspiration Burman offers numerous learning I envision a wheelchair-accessible when we decided on a new name for opportunities. We have 11 degree campus where neither financial nor this university three years ago. They programs; 35 majors, specializations physical challenges present a deterrent clearly demonstrated that what can be or tracks; and 40 minors. Students can to academic, intellectual, emotional and Think imagined, can be built upon. We are the study biology or , English or spiritual growth. heirs of their legacy. education, or physics, religious studies or outward pursuits. Eighty Service-learning You will also find stories about percent of our faculty hold doctoral Finally, I imagine a campus that is students and alumni—stories that tell degrees. All that is good. I’m confident, committed to inspiring service in Believe of determination to imagine what the though, that we can imagine even better students. Yes, Service Day is part future could look like and to think in our quest for excellence. of the Academic Calendar already. of how dreams can become reality. And yes, two university tours offer They weighed ideas, believed in For instance, when recruiting new academic credit for service-learning. possibilities and acted with courage and faculty, we will identify the best But I challenge us to think about the Act determination. available in Canada. In addition, I want possibility of making service-learning a to give current faculty—committed as requirement for graduation, to become You will read about our faculty they are to teaching—more time and more intentional in creating—and and their passion for their various support for research and publication to funding—opportunities to serve locally disciplines. They, too, imagine new keep them on the cutting edge of their and globally. horizons and test their ideas with study disciplines and to share their knowledge and research. Then they act by sharing and passion with their students. their knowledge and wisdom with their I am pleased to introduce to you the first issue of Burman students and, through publications and Learning opportunities also include a University Magazine. As did Canadian Campus, this symposium presentations, with the campus that supports our vision. Let world. me tell you about the library. More than magazine will continue to serve our alumni and friends. 50 years ago, books and library services Stories about our donors and their were transferred from a room in the It will also serve wider audiences such as prospective willingness to sacrifice in an effort to Administration Building to the current students and faculty, Seventh-day Adventist support their belief in the future of this site—once the . At that time, university, and their vision of what their it provided the necessary space, but academies and churches throughout Canada, and all gifts can accomplish, will inspire you. can you imagine renovating the cold those within our communities that storage room into a vault for historical A Vision for Burman books? Well, librarian Reuben Buhler are interested in the academic, spiritual, economic As I consider my personal history as did just that and more. Since then, our first an alumnus, then a faculty member librarians have found creative ways to and cultural assets Burman brings to the region. and now president, I, too, dream of add the services that our twenty-first what my legacy might be. What will century technological world requires. Burman University be like in five years? Now, however, I imagine a future In 10 years? that will build on our past so that we t the core of the magazine is can meet today’s (and tomorrow’s) ABurman’s mission: To educate My imagination is focused on three needs with the excellence we expect of students to think with discernment, to goals: ourselves. Participation by students, alumni and believe with insight and commitment, friends as the university leadership and to act with confidence, compassion 1. Enhanced learning opportunities Increased Access seeks to preserve and build on the and competence. In short, our mission 2. Increased access to a Christian My second goal, increased access, is Burman legacy, is valued and strongly is three-fold: Think. Believe. Act. education for all students that also two-pronged. First, I imagine encouraged by the president. “Burman I believe it helpful to add the word desire it easing the financial barriers that is also committed,” says Agrey, “to keep “imagine” as we consider the past, 3. Greater commitment to service- exclude a student from studying at the focus on the spiritual foundation the present and the future of our learning Burman. I dream of growing current that defines the university’s purpose and institution. endowments for student aid funding mission.” 22 3 Canadian University College became Burman University in Immediately after the school term Burman’s leadership, bought land near The Burmans had no children. We 2015, after the Board of Trustees ended, Charles had 18 volunteers, Lacombe on February 2, 1909. Eighty- are their heirs—we have inherited the voted to make the change for 18 horses, three bobsleds, a sleigh one students began the ’09-’10 school imagination that flowed in their blood, h two reasons: First, to meet and permission from the Alberta year. Leona Burman taught English the mission that they lived even before provincial requirements and 1 government to log on nearby “Crown” and , but Charles reluctantly it was written down and adopted for second, to celebrate the legacy of land. Within 10 days after the term this institution. They thought, believed URMA Charles A. and Leona Burman. decided that he must devote more time at the Canvassers’ School ended, they to the needs of the Alberta Conference. and acted on their belief. Because they egcY all set out on their did, we are here today. expedition. Leona and a Man of the Hour Enthusiastically they accepted the 16-year-old student went Imagine the excitement and celebration mandate to lead their flock in taking with them to cook for the in the homes of pioneer families when the gospel message to everyone in the men. Three weeks later, the province of Alberta was born on fledgling province. they had 1,700 logs for a September 1, 1905, and was “Ma and Pa” Burman new school. named its capital. Now they belonged! The “colporteur ministry” had already Now they were part of the great proven itself a successful evangelism In their book, Changing Lives: That July Adventist The resolve to spread the gospel Dominion of Canada! They would have tool in both the and The Hilltop Story, Edith Fitch believers, invigorated a voice in the decision-making process Canada. So the Burmans advocated and fulfill the great commission and Denise Dick Herr write: by the Burmans’ vision, in Ottawa. opening a school where students could was not unique to Seventh- voted to establish an be trained in home-to-home sales of day Adventists. Baptists, The students addressed [Charles academic school. The Inspired by their new status as religious publications. By January 1, Charles A. Burman Leona Burman Conference purchased Methodists, Presbyterians, Albertans, Seventh-day Adventist 1907, the new Canvassers’ School began and Leona Burman] as “Ma a farm near Leduc for the new Alberta J. Irving Beardsley took over Charles’ Congregationalists and believers met in Red Deer the following teaching its first nine students. The and Pa Burman,” appropriate Industrial Academy (AIA), a school for responsibilities and served as the year. They determined to organize school’s five staff members included titles for the father and mother Lutherans among others both academic and vocational training. school’s principal from 1909-1914. themselves formally into a conference principal, teacher and Conference of Adventist higher education in had been engaged in During the summer of 1907, Charles When he returned to the United States, to have a voice in the decision-making president Charles Burman and teacher Alberta. travelled throughout Alberta, recruiting Burman filled in, again assuming unprecedented ways in process of the church. Leona Burman, who also held an students and soliciting funds for the two roles concurrently, Conference missionary work during the administrative position with the Elder Burman was especially school. Thirty-six students began president and principal of AIA, until a preceding century. Many Their first task was to appoint officers. Conference. When the term ended, the concerned for students who classes that November. The Burmans replacement could be found. They needed a president—someone enrolment stood at 27. The foundations societies and mission lacked necessities. Noticing and two other staff members taught and with dedication and administrative for Burman University and Parkview boards had been created for Willie McCready’s worn out cared for them. Charles A. and Leona Burman’s experience. He must be energetic, Adventist Academy had been laid. shoes, he asked, “Willie, are dreams gave birth to this institution, the purpose of evangelism. flexible, enthusiastic and creative. those the best shoes you have?” A Belief in the Future now bearing their name in honour of Religious tracts were printed He must be a visionary to turn the A Vision for Education In response to Willie’s nod, Alberta Industrial Academy was their vision, sacrifices, commitment, numerous challenges of pioneer life into During this brief but highly successful and were translated relocated after the Conference, under enthusiasm and just plain hard work. opportunities. He must have stamina. experience, the Burmans quickly saw he said, “Hitch up the horse to be distributed worldwide. So they invited Charles A. Burman. the need for a where and sleigh and take me to The 1800s were known as the town.” There, in spite of Willie’s They were confident he would meet students could continue to advance Great Century of missions in the their expectations. academically. They were confident protests, Burman bought him a Protestant world. that the constituency of the Alberta pair of shoes. A Heart for Evangelism Conference would support their vision. Charles was not only a visionary, So, although no vote had as yet been Another time Burman noticed he was a doer. Trained as a teacher taken, nor land obtained for the new that student Camille Armeneau and evangelist, he had been serving school, Charles organized a volunteer was canvassing in cold weather concurrently as president of the South logging expedition. A lot of lumber without a topcoat. Burman took Dakota Conference and the North would be needed for a building and off his own coat and said, “Try Pacific Union. When he and his wife, “-up” was imminent. this one. Does it fit?” When Once the ground thawed, roads would In 1907 the volunteer “Leduc Loggers” Leona, arrived at their new post, they Camille objected, “What will did not disappoint their constituents. become impassible. harvested 1700 logs that would you do?” Burman replied, “I become lumber for the new school. 1Adapted from Edith Fitch and Denise Dick Herr, Changing Lives: The Hilltop Story. Canadian can get another one.” University College: Lacombe, AB, 2007.

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After she completed a complex and lengthy on-line application, she was invited to a skype interview. The next step involved a phone interview with the internship manager at the Canadian Embassy. To finance her internship, she sought funding from the Alberta government and was granted a $10,000 scholarship. Burman Hosts Leadership Conference for

Beverly, having grown High School Students up in Haiti, is fluent in Burman University hosted 36 grade humanitarian volunteer, and Azalea French, English and 11 and 12 students on May 4–6 at Lehndorff, senior medical student at the Creole. Despite that, she did not have the ACT: Humanitarian Leaders of University of . She also manages much confidence in her conversational Tomorrow conference. The conference A Better World’s “100 Classrooms” Burman Student Completes Internship at skills. During her internship and in sponsors, the Centre for Peace and project that ensures increased class at the Center, she was Justice at Burman and A Better World accessibility to education for girls and Canadian Embassy strongly encouraged to participate and Canada, had invited central Alberta women in Afghanistan. Beverly Alfred’s learning experience during the first semester of her junior ask questions on assigned tasks. high school teachers and Seventh-day year took place not in Burman’s classrooms, but in Washington, DC at the Adventist academy administrators from On the last day of the conference, Canadian Embassy. She was surrounded with other students across Canada to select students with students participated in an expo where that were outgoing and confident in a passion for creating a better world they received advice from various During her internship at the embassy from August to December 2017, Beverly their abilities. “Now,” she says, “it’s through humanitarian efforts. humanitarian organizations. These improved her communication skills, grew confidence in herself and learned almost second nature for me to enter included Amnesty International, CARE, that aside from her goal as ambassador, a career in government diplomacy formal conversations, participate, ask These select 36 now came to connect CAUSE Canada and Big Brothers and offers numerous other career opportunities such as becoming a counselor questions and interact not only with my All 36 students were invited with others that share their passion, to Big Sisters. All 36 students were invited or consul or working as a project manager for development agencies. classmates, but with my professors and to be part of a network that learn from prominent philanthropic to be part of a network that continues to Beverly explains, “It is imperative that I am not focused on only one aspect others, including those with different continues to mentor and trailblazers and to network with local mentor and inform them of volunteer of the immense intersection that exists between intergovernmental affairs, cultural backgrounds.” inform them of volunteer non-profit organizations. opportunities. Most accepted. diplomacy, economic development and humanitarian assistance.” opportunities. Beverly writes, “I started Throughout the event, the students Dr. Glen Graham, director of When Burman Professor Marc Froese told his international studies students this program hoping for a were inspired by Gabrielle Scrimshaw, the Centre, points out that ACT: about The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, life-changing experience. well-known indigenous activist and Humanitarian Leaders of Tomorrow Beverly paid attention. As she researched The Washington Center, she When I left, I had learned speaker from Harvard University, and Burman University share the same learned that its mission is “leveraging all of what Washington, DC has to offer that there is much more and Andrew Kooman, author of the mission. It is to educate students to to provide dynamic, experiential learning opportunities to empower and to the world, to my future critically acclaimed play She Has a think with discernment; believe with motivate young people to become engaged global citizens.” Intrigued, she Name, now a feature film. They learned insight and commitment; and to act decided to apply. and to me than what I had about ethical concerns in humanitarian with confidence, compassion and dreamed.” work from Eric Rajah, co-founder of A competence. He adds, “I can think Beverly’s mission at the Washington Better World Canada, and Adam Kiš, of no better way to do that than to Beverly’s Favorite Quote: “The size of your dreams must always Center and the embassy was to succeed. Burman’s professor of anthropology. mentor and teach high school students exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not Her supervisors, especially Marilayne how to become the next generation of scare you, they are not big enough.” Froment, gave her the necessary They also discovered practical strategies humanitarian leaders for the cause of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf support to achieve that goal. for successful involvement in leadership peace and social justice.” roles with Rick Wiebe, long-time

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Canada’s “Most Distinguished Peacemaker” Student Wins to Speak at Lacombe Memorial Centre Burman’s lecture series The Denise and Now in its fifth year since its inception Provincial Voice Larry Herr Lectures in the Humanities in 2014, the Herr Lecture Series, Competition will have another roster of distinguished according to co-founders Drs. On May 31, 2018 Deepa Johnny, presenters for the 2018/19 series. Glen Graham and John McDowell, senior music major at Burman The first lecturer is Douglas Roche. continues in its efforts to “create a University, won the Provincial/ His talk, entitled “Hope Not Fear: forum for community and university National Vocal competition in Building Peace in a Fractured World,” engagement to discuss and learn from Edmonton, Alberta. As the top is scheduled for October 10 at the noted speakers on a variety of topical, singer in Alberta, she qualified A Verse from Lacombe Memorial Centre. Everyone is relevant, and important global issues.” for the Nationals held in New “Grace” invited; there is no admission fee. They add that the series “creates an Brunswick this year. opportunity for members of different Thanks to whoever is there for Douglas James Roche, OC, Parliamentarian, professor, author of faith groups and political persuasions to KCSG Over the past four years since the sacred joy of music and 20 books and contributing author of learn from each other and to practice a she began studying voice, Deepa thank you fiddlers and flutists The many positions Dr. 13 more, including Creative Dissent: A politics of inclusion and openness.” has participated in local festivals and divas and rock and roll Roche has held include Politician’s Struggle for Peace (Novalis, that are held throughout the drummers. 2008), Roche has long been concerned The Herr Lecture Series is named after province. The adjudicator for Chairman of the United with nuclear disarmament. According Drs. Denise and Larry Herr because, in the Provincial/National Vocal Thanks to whoever has dared Nations Disarmament to the Vancouver Sun, he is Canada’s their many years of service to Burman competition, where three Alberta give us brave new sounds of Committee, the main UN “most distinguished peacemaker” University, they always modeled the finalists competed in May, was music. body dealing with political (February 4, 2011). values of intellectual inquiry and Professor Darryl Edwards from and security issues engagement with the community. the University of . Thank you composers, In 1995, Pope John Paul II presented  professors, and casual off-the- Officer of the Order of Douglas Roche with the Papal Deepa performed seven pieces in cuff hummers. Canada Medal for his service as Special Adviser on Disarmament and Security Matters. the competition: one opera aria, Now Deepa is applying to several Founding Chairman one oratoria aria and five Greek songs graduate schools, but hopes to get So commend singers down In 1998 he was named a Knight of the Middle Powers Commander of the Order of St. Gregory by Maurice Ravel. At the National, she accepted into Indiana University, Dr. through the centuries, cherished Initiative, co-sponsored by added two pieces: a second aria and the Great. Munroe’s alma mater, to pursue a friends Wolfgang, Gustav, eight international non- “Grace” (by Michael Tilson Thomas) in master’s degree in opera performance. George, dear Lenny. governmental organizations honor of Leonard Bernstein who was Joining the Burman University Choir In 2009 Roche received the specializing in nuclear Distinguished Service Award of the born 100 years ago. and taking singing lessons from Dr. It seems to me that we all feel disarmament Canadian Association of Former Munroe has “opened my mind to the so close to the truth in the notes Parliamentarians “for his years Deepa’s family immigrated to Canada impact music can have on people,” our souls declaring and the President of the United of Parliamentary service, for his from the Western Asia country of Oman Deepa says. She adds, “I feel completely Nations Association in truth is it feels good. Um um contribution to and respect for the in 2008. Like her dad, Deepa loves prepared for success if that is God’s will um. Canada singing. She was a member of a praise for m e .” institution of Parliament and for his team in her church. Founding  President continued interest and activity in the Professor Munroe attributes Deepa’s of Parliamentarians promotion of human welfare, human Each year, the Centre for Peace and rights and parliamentary democracy in Justice invites speakers of renown One of her pastors urged her to take success, at least in part, to her strong “Grace” was composed by Michael Tilson for Global Action, an Canada and abroad.” music lessons, so she started studying work ethic. Thomas in honor of Leonard Bernstein’s international network of to present at the Herr Lecture Series. with Dr. Wendolin Munroe, chair of 70th birthday, and was among the nine 1,300 parliamentarians in 99 Last March the Lacombe Memorial pieces presented by Deepa Johnny at the Centre was filled to capacity to the music program at Burman. She also Deepa Johnny is Dr. countries National Vocal Competition. listen to Lieutenant-General, the joined the choir. Not until then did she Munroe’s second student Honourable Roméo Dallaire speak on think of music as her vocation; she had Canada’s Ambassador for to qualify for the National “International Conflict Resolution in planned on a career in dental hygiene. Disarmament Competition. this New Era.”

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plans with strategies, tactics and targets After its incorporation, the group Strategic Plan Sets “A Festival of Praise” for each priority initiative to guide functioned continuously for more than Choral Reunion Direction and measure progress will be first on a decade. Then in 2007, a small group On April 27, 2018 the Board of Trustees his agenda. Second, he will work with of alumni and other friends of the examined, debated and approved departments and programs to develop university decided to revive it. Burman University’s Strategic Plan for work plans with actions and targets. 2018–2022. Under the leadership of These will provide direction to faculty Since then, the committee has taken a President Loren Agrey, Merle Jacobson and staff in their daily roles in support leading role in various other campus HS ’80 guided Burman University of student success. improvements and projects, such as the through a process to develop a plan that paving, curbing and lighting at the PE would set the university’s direction for Burman University will educate Centre. The committee also purchased the next five years. students to think with discernment, to a 15-passenger bus and spearheaded believe with insight and commitment, the renovation and refurbishing and to act with confidence, compassion of dormitory lobbies. Members and competence. contributed to creating the Alumni 40th Reunion of Singers: For the May 6 and 7 reunion, hundreds headed to Burman University to celebrate Plaza, raised funds for a 100-seat 40 years of choral music under the direction of Dr. Wendolin Munroe. (Photo by Keith Dubuc) Burman’s 2018 -2022 lecture hall and funded a university sign Strategic Plan is posted at (including landscaping and lighting). https://www.burmanu.ca/strategicplan New Faces in Burman Kevin Kiers, a Canadian outdoors man, he is engaged in pioneering research Price, the newly-elected chair, has held earned a Bachelor’s degree in education on developmental synesthesia and its membership on the Committee of 100 Classrooms with emphasis in impact on music learning. He holds a Delano Lewis Master’s degree in historical musicology New Leadership for for a number of years. He and his wife, received BSc and MPhil social and natural Larissa (also a member), believe in degrees in zoology from the University from and music theory from the University The Committee of 100 supporting Burman—not only because of the West Indies (UWI). He taught at Southern Adventist of Toronto, a BMus in baroque violin Jacobson recruited a group of more Last June, during the Homecoming the university helped prepare them Northern Caribbean University (NCU) University. He and historical than 50 alumni, students, staff, faculty 2018 weekend, Dr. Clifford Tym, chair for their careers, but also because its before enrolling at then continued performance and administrators. They implemented of the Committee of 100, passed the Christian emphasis aligned with and the University of at his alma mater Florida (UF) where to earn a Master’s Kevin Kiers, from the Royal surveys, assembled focus groups, held baton to Dr. Ned Price, owner of the strengthened their values. M.S.Ed Associate Conservatory of the workshops and set up project teams. Riverstone Dental clinic in Red Deer, he completed MSc degree in outdoor Professor, Outward Pursuits Netherlands, and This resulted in engagement from over AB. In addition to serving as vice chair from and PhD degrees in education. He has entomology. had 12 years of a BMus in violin Eduardo Sola, 30 percent of the student body, 30 2013 to 2018, Price has been active on PhD(c), Associate from the prestigious percent of employees and 50 percent of The Committee of 100 is committed to the committee for some time. He looks teaching experience and has co-led the Professor, Music Delano S. Lewis, After a postdoctoral Alberta Conference Outdoor School performance faculty. Alumni and the communities of the advancement of Burman University. forward to “creating greater awareness PhD, Associate program at the School of Music and central Alberta also participated. Incorporated in 1973, the committee of the benefits the committee provides Professor, Biology appointment and for 18 years. For three years he served Fine Arts of Paraná, Brazil. was the major contributor to funding for the university.” “Our current focus an appointment as Youth Ministries Director in the Elements of the Plan the construction of the new Physical for the campus” he says, “is to increase as an assistant scientist/curator at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference Sola has performed across the globe The completed plan identifies five Education Centre building. wheelchair accessibility.” Florida Museum of Natural History, he before serving in the same capacity at core values for excellence, service, returned to NCU where he served as the Alberta Conference of SDA. in concerts, recitals and recordings spirituality, integrity and community. director of research and, most recently, alongside renowned professional Its goals are focused on chair of the biology, chemistry and Kevin’s love of the outdoors was already musicians and groups as a soloist, 1. Student experience environmental science department. evident when he undertook multi-day leader and chamber musician. He 2. Employee experience solo river trips at the age of 11. He has has a substantial record of academic 3. Academics His specialty lies in insect systematics, participated in and led hundreds of publications and conference papers, 4. Finances and assets but he has training and experience back-country trips since then. He and appearing internationally as speaker 5. Community working on reptiles, mammals, birds, his wife Lynae have two daughters. in leading . In 2014, he and in conservation and phylogenetics. published his first book, addressing Eduardo Sola Chagas Lima Because the full value of a strategic plan He is originally from Mandeville, is a music and cognition. lies in its implementation, Jacobson will Jamaica and is married to Dadria (PhD Brazilian violinist born in Curitiba. Burman’s Centre is open to university and academy students and staff, as well as in counseling and counselor education); He is currently completing a PhD in now also guide that process. Divisional central Alberta residents. they have three children. education at , where

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More photos from the 2018 homecoming weekend can The Impact of a Second Chance 2018 Homecoming be viewed at www.burmanu.ca/alumni/alumnievents. The storm damage was irreparable. Elmar recalls, “In 1960, I arrived on North Hall, one of the oldest buildings campus an insecure adolescent; in 1963, on campus, had served the school I left campus a confident young man. well. Over time it housed the laundry, However, the transition was a rocky the maintenance shop and the music one.” He states that if there had been a department. Decades later, it was home Success Centre on the hilltop almost 60 to the physics department. Then it years ago, he would certainly have been became the Student Success Centre. The a client. He acknowledges that when he student association had also found a was a student, he made some foolish space there. Now the time had come to and unwise choices that led him to be tear it down. asked to leave school. After receiving a blessing from the Sabbath During the PAA Class of ‘98 event held Friends and former classmates who haven’t Parkview Adventist Academy teacher Michelle morning services, nearly 900 people enjoyed in the Chan Shun Science Centre, Lalitha seen each other for years enjoy a hug and take (Reyes) Lintan ’12 takes time at the Friday Administrators struggled with the Elmar was aware that some people food, fellowship, laughs, handshakes and (Ramalingam) Taylor enjoys a fun photo time to reconnect. Picnic to blow bubbles with a young friend. hugs during the Sabbath Potluck held in the moment using a unique prop provided by Both were enyoying the various activities, space issue created by the loss of North looked at his expulsion from CUC, Physical Education Centre gym. event coordinators. food and fun the picnic had to offer. Hall. Temporarily the Student Success and all they saw was a problem. They Centre was set up in the basement of categorized him as a loser, saying, “That the cafeteria—a not very satisfactory young Sakala will never amount to solution. Then Dr. Elmar and Darilee much!” He spent the next year living A renowned physician, Dr. Sakala HS ’63 will (Allen) Sakala caught the vision of and working in Calgary with lots of never forget the impact of a second chance. converting part of the lower level of time to reflect on his future. He realized the Administration Building into a how important it was to live a life of that he had not. But he gave his word space for students to find emotional, integrity and honesty and decided to to follow every rule to the letter. Much academic and physical support in times return to CUC the next fall to start to Elmar’s surprise and relief, David of crisis. anew. So he applied for readmission. decided to give him a second chance. He says, “Where others saw me as a For the past 40 years, Dr. Sakala has Elmar is so grateful there were faculty failure, David saw me as a potential taught gynecology and obstetrics and staff that saw him not just as a success. And that has made all the at School problem, but as a potential success. difference.” The PAA 40-year class is all smiles as they pose for their official class photo. Brent Bechthold (att. ’02-04) appears to have just “hit one out of the park!” at the Sunday ball of . Darilee HS ’64 holds When David Igler, the men’s residence tournament, coordinated by Marisa (Nischuk) Jackson HS ’95. a bachelor’s degree in business dean, interviewed him and asked Elmar went on to complete degrees in administration. They understand from whether he had “turned over a new business, education, public health and personal experience that students can leaf,” Elmar knew he was being asked medicine. Now a renowned physician, Congratulations, Professor Kiš! be viewed as “problems,” or they can whether he had had a conversion Dr. Sakala will never forget the impact A recent addition to the discourse on world poverty is When asked what he wants his audience to of a second chance. And so the Sakala be viewed as potential “successes.” That experience. Since Elmar had made a Adam D. Kiš’s book The Development Trap: How Thinking Big take away from The Development Trap, he difference can be life changing. decision to be honest, he had to admit Success Centre was conceived. Fails the Poor (Routledge, 2018). Kiš is Associate Professor writes: of Anthropology in the International Studies program at I am truly advocating nothing less than Burman University. He holds a PhD in anthropology from Now a multi-room facility, the complete abandonment of thinking At its recent grand the University of Florida. opening, President consisting of a reception too big so that development assistance Agrey unveils a room, offices and counseling/ Having experienced 10 years of living in developing can really have a positive impact where plaque honoring countries, six of those directly engaged in international it is best poised to do so: at the level of the role of Dr. and testing rooms, the Sakala development practice, Kiš offers his book as “one voice individuals and communities. It may not Mrs. Sakala in Success Centre is central to from the field, enriching the debate with a largely be sexy to support a couple dozen people establishing the the Burman experience. It is neglected perspective.” in their own goals instead of aiming to Sakala Success transform an entire society. But it’s sensible. Centre. a special space dedicated to Kiš’s position lies somewhere between those that argue that poverty can be overcome through development And it is within reach of most development acceptance, encouragement assistance and those that believe that all development agencies. and guidance. intervention is doomed to failure.

12 13 of clear vision without corrective lenses. His procedures became world standards, and more than 200,000 eye surgeries have been completed at the The Gimbels and Burman clinic. University Howard and Judy Gimbel have Gimbel Eye Foundation been involved with Burman But that wasn’t enough for Howard University, contributing Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam Gimbel. Patients, enthusiastic about to the Chan Shun Science their care, sometimes gave gifts Centre and creating a student that encouraged him to share his scholarship. Burman’s mission They Desired a Better Country techniques. In 1984 Judy Gimbel, statement pledges that it “will Howard’s wife, founded the Gimbel educate students to think with “Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam” Eye Foundation that supports discernment, to believe with is the motto for the Order of research and educational and service insight and commitment, and to Canada—and it accurately act with confidence, compassion projects, some of which focus on describes Howard Gimbel, and competence.” Howard and preventing blindness. In the role of alumnus and recent appointee to Judy Gimbel’s lives exemplify this teacher and mentor, Howard has this award. He is a Canadian who mission. As they researched and broadcast live surgery, co-authored “desires a better country.” innovated, they were “thinking textbooks, contributed to medical with discernment.” As they journals and spoken at conferences. advocated a healthy life, they He holds academic appointments Alberta Roots were “believing with insight and at the and at commitment.” And as they shared Like Governor General Roland Loma Linda University. their discoveries with others, Michener, first inductee into the providing patient-centered care, Order of Canada, Gimbel was born in Judy Gimbel serves not only as they were “acting with confidence, the province of Alberta. He grew up The Order of Canada the president of the Gimbel Eye compassion, and competence.” in Beiseker, and, like both his parents, Foundation, but she also has recognizes outstanding Think. Believe. Act. he traveled to Lacombe to attend personally contributed to eye achievement, dedication school. He graduated in 1952 from care. Realizing that more skilled In the words of the Order of the high school division of what was to the community and technicians were needed, Judy Canada, Howard and Judy Gimbel then Canadian (now oversaw the development of an service to the nation. have “desired a better country.” Burman University). Further Education Burman University knows that decade career as an ophthalmologist in-house training program and Since its creation in 1967, they are accomplishing this goal. After graduation, Gimbel attended and surgeon. published it in the Ophthalmic As the senior class president, Gimbel about 7,000 people— Walla Walla College (now Walla Assisting Guide. The Guide has been encouraged his fellow graduates to be Walla University) in Washington, He was fascinated by new translated into three languages and scientists, musicians, committed to excellence and service. completing a degree in physics. Later, technologies, and soon became has helped launch the careers of politicians, artists, athletes, He wrote in the school newspaper: he studied medicine and public known as “Gadget Gimbel.” Early many ophthalmic technicians. business people, film stars, health at Loma Linda University in his career, this interest ensured Judy inspires the team at the Gimbel We look to graduation, not as in , and completed a that patients received the most Eye Centre as they create a caring benefactors and others— an end to preparation, but as residency in ophthalmology at the sophisticated care available. In 1964 environment of open, cooperative the commencement: it is but a have received the highest White Memorial Medical Center in he founded the Gimbel Eye Centre communication. Her interest in foundation upon which we must . in Calgary, and in 1974 he became commitment to educate patients level of distinction in the continue to build character and the first Canadian surgeon to use an about the relationship of healthy Canadian Honours system. wisdom…. Let us use the wisdom “Gadget Gimbel” ultrasonic probe to remove cataracts. diet and eye health resulted in the we have acquired, as the wise use All the recipients of the Order of He developed new techniques that video An Eye on Wellness. The centre Howard and Judy Gimbel their watches—not for personal Canada have enriched the lives of improved the safety and results of also offers health education classes, display, but rather that we may be others and made a difference to and became active in assessments and materials. more efficient as we serve others. this country. And Howard Gimbel that allowed tens of certainly has done that in his four- thousands of patients to enjoy a world

14 15 Bhutan, the “happiness country” Dehydration due to the dry air posed The value of ‘paying it forward’ was next to Tibet, has high exposed roads more of a challenge. They drank obvious. Burman University does an and lovely farmed terraces. Legally copious amounts of water to keep important work, and DonnaLee and I touring the country requires a hired their blood thinner. Headaches and want to continue being a part of it— guide and driver. Paul and DonnaLee loss of appetite all depleted their even in retirement.” decided to visit the popular Tigress energy as oxygen pressure dropped. Nest Temple to test the effects of Paul’s most startling experience 10,000+ ft. elevations while exercising occurred one night toward the end vigorously. Several hundred feet of their research when they were at Nepal above the temple lies the Tigress about 13,500 feet. He describes it Nest Monastery. Reaching it meant as “astonishingly real and surreal at climbing up a series of steps cut into the same time.” Still partially awake, Commitment to Service-learning and logs set at steep angles and then he seemed attached to a downward Paul Lehmann writes, “Our ancient up more steps leading to tenuous spiralling vortex. Though he Research jeep jolted around twists and turns ladders. Their guide claimed they are struggled, full consciousness eluded Shortly after graduation exercises for the Class of 2018, Professors Paul and on highly exposed mountain roads the oldest clients he had ever guided him for several minutes. DonnaLee Lehmann took a group of eight students to Nepal to meet the that had no guard rails and numerous to the top. Breaking rocks for retaining wall service-learning component of their Outward Pursuits class. The purpose wash outs. Monsoon rains obscured Revisiting an Earlier Service- was to teach students best practices in providing services in under-developed our vision for the first three hours, As expected, the Lehmanns found learning Site countries. From May 9–30, the class members worked at Scheer Memorial and hairpin corners that left inches that oxygen saturation, tested in In 1999 Paul was in Nepal on Hospital, a Seventh-day Adventist institution near Kathmandu. between the rear wheels and cliffs’ part with an oximeter, decreases another Outward Pursuits service- edges ending thousands of feet below with altitude. It dropped at times by learning project at a leper colony. Under the direction of local maintenance tested even my considerable tolerance He, a colleague and directors, work supervisors and engineers, for heights.” 10 students spent five the group converted an ancient structure weeks building two brick into a maintenance building. They first Most of their time in Tibet was spent homes for residents. emptied it of stuff that had collected there at 14,500 feet altitude or higher. Their They built the footings over the years. Then, in preparation for a lowest point was about 13,500; the and put up walls and new concrete floor, they removed the old highest was 18,200. DonnaLee says, windows. The rest was to bricks of the original floor. After levelling “Everest Base camp is at 17,200 feet. be completed later. and preparing the base, they mixed Sleep was almost impossible. It was concrete and poured a new floor. They cold. Thick Yak blankets gave us some Following this year’s The Lehmanns take a hard-earned rest after Students mastered a range of skills to smashed large rocks for building retaining protection from the thin, frosty air. research, Paul and the punishing high-altitude climb to the build a maintenance building at Scheer DonnaLee travelled to Tigress Nest Temple and Monastery. Memorial Hospital near Kathmandu. walls. Once the walls were completed, they But their weight seemed to compress levelled the ground in front of the building our lungs, making breathing even the colony in Khohana. to create an area for a roofed pad. This will provide parking for hospital vehicles, more challenging.” Burman Outward Pursuits students, the Lehmanns and local One house had been including the ambulances. workers “conquered” the massive rockpile to build retaining completed with a second walls and complete the project. Well aware that elevations story. The other had The Chief Operating Officer of the hospital is Dr. Jonathon Thorp. (After of 10 to 11,000 feet can kill 15 percent. Their heart rates, even wonderful gardens and steps leading graduating from Burman University [then CUC], he earned degrees in medicine those negatively affected at rest, were rarely below 100 beats to the rooftop. The Lehmanns met from Loma Linda and Johns Hopkins universities.) The “new” building, by altitude, they carefully per minute. Neither suffered any the first recipient from 19 years ago. according to Dr. Thorp, had originally been estimated to be a two- to three-year noted the effects of air life-threatening issues such as high Her husband had died, but her own project. The class completed it in a few record-setting weeks. pressure on them as they altitude cerebral edema (HACE), high leprosy is now under control. She, her travelled. Neither took any altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) daughter-in- and adult grandson High-Altitude Research in Tibet and in Bhutan altitude medications or used or acute mountain sickness (AMS). live together. Following the work at the hospital, Paul and DonnaLee Lehmann extended their supplemental oxygen. Paul tested himself for ataxia, loss of visit to engage in high-altitude research. Their seven-day stay in Tibet began balance, but found no ill effects unless Friendship blossomed instantly. with an eight-hour drive from Kathmandu to the Tibetan border. It took them he rose too quickly. Paul says, “It was a blessing to go After many years, the original owner of the through 14 police and military check points. On-location photos by Paul Lehmann back to see the result of our work. home built by the Outward Pursuits team has a joyful reunion with Paul Lehmann.

16 17 A satellite image of the Pacific Northwest of would show dense forests covering the rugged Coast Mountains. The City of Terrace may be a small dot (if visible at all) in this huge area. Five Visions of Service hundred and fifty “as-the-crow-flies” miles northwest of Vancouver, While lifestyle and affordability are factors in attracting these professionals, so are Terrace is the service, educational, medical and transportation hub of the service opportunities. Desperate poverty is the norm in the numerous communities region. According to many, it has the best hiking, rafting, skiing, fishing, that are part of this northwest region. Vincent Terrace canoeing, kayaking, snow-shoeing and mountain biking in Canada. It is The Burman Connection says, “We provide care for a very large, diverse also BC’s northern-most point where fruit trees thrive. Its proximity to the demographic. Many of our patients travel six ocean, low altitude and protection from surrounding mountains create to eight hours for dental care at our clinic.” a natural greenhouse effect. Peaches, cherries, apples, strawberries and more grow here in abundance. The Terrace Farmers Market rivals those Vincent recruited his brother Olivier and held in many other, much larger, southern cities. sister-in-law Leah, who is a nutritionist. Dr. Olivier Drouin practices internal medicine. He explains that he sees a wide The City of Terrace is becoming a vital variety of interesting cases, often presenting regional resource for the provision in advanced stages due to difficulties in Nathan ’13 and Brooke Densmore of healthcare services. Burman access to healthcare. Because there are University alumni are among the Kenny and Michelle Basit with baby Aveline healthcare professionals that are fewer subspecialist physicians, he has the making that possible. opportunity to manage a range of diseases that would be referred to a subspecialist in a larger center.

Kris ’03 and Amanda HS ’99 Falk take the family’s ocean boat out regularly to remote communities to provide dental care to the underserved, honoring the clinic’s motto, “Caring for Communities.” Kris’s past experiences have taught him the compassion needed to work with vulnerable, fearful patients. The city is currently planning on building a new hospital to serve its large catchment area. Burman graduates are a visible presence here and make a strong contribution to the city’s extensive efforts. Kris Falk on his boat that also serves as a Matt and Jen Brucks graduated from PAA in 2002 and from CUC in 2006. Matt’s mobile clinic for serving remote communities. specialty is ophthalmology. He is one of three such specialists practicing in Terrace, Jen and Matt Brucks and their girls enjoy Hometown Loyalties and, at times, his patients travel for days to his office. Jen is a speech pathologist outings in Terrace’s beautiful parks. In 2002 Vincent Drouin left Terrace with a vision for the future. He returned to working for the Terrace Child Development Center. She also volunteers with the Terrace after an absence of seven years. During that time, he had earned a BA in community garden project and helps with the soup kitchen in town. biology ’05 from CUC (now Burman) and a DDS from Loma Linda University, a sister university that specializes in health education. He was now ready to Kenny ’05 and Michelle Basit write, “It is rare to go out in public and not encounter set up a dental practice in his hometown. at least a few of our patients. This speaks to the closeness of the community and allows us to get to know our patients just a little bit better.” Dr. Basit has one patient, First Vincent bought an older existing dental practice owned by a dentist who had an ocean fishing guide, who does not have dental insurance. So Kenny goes fishing employed one dental assistant. Since then, Vincent and his wife Melinda HS ’04, a on the ocean with him in exchange for dental work. dental hygienist, have expanded the Cedar Coast Dental Clinic to six dentists and six hygienists. He explains, “Our clinic offers quality care in a caring environment, Terrace, with 12,000 residents, has developed numerous resources to serve the more and people have responded.” than 100,000 people living in Nass villages, Hazelton, Prince Rupert, Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek, Kitimat, Smithers, Haida Gwaii and other smaller communities The Drouins, Olivier ’06 and Leah ’06, with Finley and Ellie Not only have patients responded, but other professionals have, as well. In addition throughout this vast region. The city is currently planning on building a new to the five dentists and six hygienists for his own clinic, Vincent recruited three hospital to serve its large catchment area. Burman graduates are a visible presence Vince and Melinda Drouin, pictured with Caleb physicians, a speech pathologist and others to establish their practices here. Most are here and make a strong contribution to the city’s extensive efforts. and Kai, are active leaders in their church. graduates of Burman University. Family photos by Michelle Basit

18 19 Program Highlights: Focus on Biology

Legacy Gift Expands Biology Program’s Capacity Another new lab for students and faculty is the Plant Sciences Laboratory for Alberta’s northern climate will Exploring New Molecular Frontiers general biology, plant physiology, human ecology, microbiology, and senior require some heat input during the Biology students will have a new independent research projects in related disciplines of biological sciences. coldest months (December, January, research laboratory this fall. In May, the “It’s exciting to have lab equipment and February), but it will also allow program acquired a BioRad CFX384 that will allow me to do experiments The biology faculty had long dreamed of a greenhouse lab on campus. Now students and faculty to explore further Real-Time polymerase chain reaction that I could do only at much larger their dream has been realized thanks to a legacy gift for Edward ’56 and Wanda heat sources such as composting. (PCR) instrument as well as BioRad research institutions during graduate (Leaming) Chipeur. Their children Gerald HS ’79 and Barbara T100 thermal cycler as part of the school,” explained Pekka, who is Fowler HS ’78 Chipeur donated the funds on the occasion establishment of a molecular biology planning, among other things, to of Edward’s 85th birthday. research lab. use the detection system to look More on the CFX384 “It will be amazing to Polymerase chain reaction The Plant Sciences Laboratory will stand as a at shifts in specific microbes in see what grows from This equipment was purchased in part individuals undergoing health lifestyle (PCR), developed in 1983 by symbol of the care and service that Edward through generous donations of an interventions in different locations Kary Mullis (winner of the Nobel embodied as he inspired high school students to here, and we trust this anonymous alumnus and in part by around the world. Prize in Chemistry in 1993), will careers in science. It will also capture his passion greenhouse will be allocated departmental funds. “The repeatedly replicate a focused for farming and Wanda’s commitment to health a tangible example equipment will allow faculty to quantify The CFX384 instrument, which segment of DNA. This concept as a nurse and administrator. of how seeds of good gene expression levels in biological normally retails for close to $52,000, is used in biomedical research, will can grow to bless samples. It will also provide senior was acquired for a fraction of this cost criminal forensics and molecular One exciting aspect of this project is the undergraduate students access to state- through deep discounts from BioRad, biology. collaboration it will foster with The Lacombe many. This lesson of-the-art equipment normally reserved a company that also provided onsite A Bio-Rad CFX384 Real-Time Composite High School (LCHS). Under the will surely be learned for graduate level work,” says Pekka training and has clearly indicated PCR instrument is modular and guidance and vision of Steven Schultz, LCHS’s 33-foot and relearned as students goes beyond simple replication diameter geodesic dome greenhouse has won numerous Määttänen, PhD, Assistant Professor of commitment to and support of smaller experience the power in Biology, who spearheaded the initiative. teaching and research institutions. and amplification of DNA. It community awards for their EcoVision program that emphasizes allows the researcher to quantify the environment, education and the community. a seed with each cycle of Pekka’s enthusiasm is obvious accurately specific genes or their Collaboration with Mr. Schultz and his students will planting and harvest.” as he points out that “even gene products and to test many enhance both his EcoVision program and the courses Professor David Delafield though we may not get samples at once to avoid plate- and labs on campus. multimillion dollar grants at to-plate variability. Burman, it’s exciting to see Its fluorescence capabilities The new plant greenhouse will be a state-of-the-art that when we come together measure the expression levels hands-on example of sustainability and stewardship of in our commitment to higher of specific genes using targeted our world—a living lab to educate and promote both education, some of our primers. The instrument can be personal and planetary health. Its geodesic dome design dreams can become reality. applied to a variety of research maximizes on solar capture during the cold months, but Research is about ideas, not questions, including profiling also contains automated systems to cool and maintain just fancy equipment. So when microbial communities. It growth in the summer. Electronics in the greenhouse determines how much PCR Limes growing in Alberta? It may are run by solar panels, and solar tubes are used to heat students, faculty and alumni be winter outside, but for the limes put their heads together and product is made by detecting the inside the dome it’s summer! a large water reservoir that will act as a temperature are let loose, great things can fluorescence of the product after buffer and also house fish. An undersoil heating/ each PCR cycle. cooling system also allows for temperature stabilization, and the insulated concrete Professor Määttänen introduces the new Real-Time PCR happen!” instrument to students James Southcott and Victoria Soto. fitting (ICF) foundation will further insulate the lower portion of the greenhouse to maintain growing space during the cold Alberta winters. These tools will not only enhance labs in current cell Edward and Wanda Chipeur, in whose honor their children have made the gift of a research- and molecular biology courses, there are also plans to Designed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado by a family interested in creating off- focused geodesic greenhouse roll out a new course in the fall of 2019 that specifically the-grid greenhouses for climates that have short growing seasons, the greenhouse provides hands-on training in molecular biology. has been proven to be successful over the last 30 years.

20 21 Parkview Adventist Academy News

Parkview Adventist Academy: Distinctly The Hilltop Bakery PAA: Established in 1907; on the hilltop since 1909 Academic, Decidedly Christian Since PAA’s Hilltop Bakery opened last year, it has provided Parkview Adventist Academy sponsored two distinct on-campus student and hands-on business opportunities involving 25 students over spring break. One experience. The Marketing for Small Business class and trip took the Political Thinking class across the country to practicum prepare students before they join the bakery staff. Milton’s Story When Opportunity Knocks, Oleksii Answers visit Ottawa for “Canada 150,” while the second trip provided They learn about marketing strategies and successful business As one of Canada’s only two Adventist boarding academies, From the Ukraine to Canada to Malaysia to Brazil, Parkview a hands-on mission experience with Maranatha in Panama. planning, applying these principles to running the bakery. Parkview Adventist Academy has the opportunity to attract a Adventist Academy 2018 graduate Oleksii Zahreba (recently diverse student population. Milton Wong is one such student. from Ukraine) is following where God leads. Oleksii explains: Distinctly Academic—Ottawa Originally from Jinan in Shandon Province, , Milton “I am a chaser of valuable opportunities that The guide from Education First (EF) tours said that he has has made a quick transition to life in Canada. When you ask provide me with life-changing learning experiences. faith in the next generation after meeting PAA’s “Canada 150” Milton about his new life at PAA he says, “This is Heaven.” When I found an opportunity to participate in the students. “Through trips like these we are able to experience Milton came to PAA from Global Goals Model United Nations conference the political systems we learn about so extensively in an a traditional in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I immediately applied academic setting and explore all the nuances of government in China with over 10,000 for it. Being chosen out of thousands of applicants in conjunction with our rich history,” explains recent PAA students. “There were eight was exciting. But seeing so many people help me graduate Miles Schaffrick. For Nathaniel Hyde experiences people to a room; 200 people with fundraising for such as the Ottawa trip help make memories and encourage used one bathroom. There the trip was totally diversity. “These trips can also help us learn about our past,” were no showers or toilets. It breathtaking. he adds. was very dirty,” he said. “The When I went to bullying was bad and it was not Malaysia, I met many “Fitting in is easier,” says Milton, Decidedly Christian—Panama uncommon for students to end talented and clever “by participating in team sports.” Aine Schmidt, PAA student participant, reports: their lives by jumping from the young people, who “From working on the school building with old top of the five-story dormitory.” care about the future and new friends to swimming in the ocean, I enjoyed Milton has quickly become an active participant in life of the world. Together every moment of this trip. If I had to choose one at PAA. He is on the team, is learning to play we learned more about thing I enjoyed the most, it was being bilingual in international relations Panama. When I got to work in the medical/dental and the work of the clinic and the children's ministry, I spoke enough United Nations. This for three or four people in one day! But although my opportunity enhanced throat was sore and my feet were tired, my heart was my worldview and Oleksii will begin his freshman year at full of God's peace and happiness.” gave me the unique Burman this fall term. Every year, PAA students have opportunities to learn experience of more about themselves while growing academically and intercultural communication. spiritually. The staff is committed to continuing to offer these I also like to share my faith with others, and serve opportunities for growth. God in the ways I can do it best. Going on a trip to Milton (third from left) says the “Dauntless” spring tour brought many Brazil with pastor Don McLafferty, the founder of In opportunities for language-learning and forming new friendships. Discipleship, was a new and fascinating experience. I and recently joined the “Dauntless” spring tour. “I met young people in Brazil to share with them what New PAA Principal met many good people on my trip, and that gives me hope,” discipleship is all about. After 37 years Mr. Dallas Weis Parkview Adventist Academy says Milton. “Sometimes, my lack of English causes me a My freshman year at Burman University will be returns to PAA as principal. A grades 10-12 Christian boarding and day academy challenge, but I know I can pray as I learn to fit in. I have busy, as I plan to take all the opportunities I can. As Since teaching at PAA from located on the campus of Burman University made friends who are helping me to do this.” a fully committed Christian student, I will be seeking 1974–81, Mr. Weis served in administrative positions at PAA’s mission is to encourage students to For students like Milton, his new life in Canada is opening leadership roles while striving to be academically a number of Seventh-day many doors. “I have learned to do things by myself as I am successful.” Adventist academies. From achieve academic excellence, to accept personal far from home. I am focusing on language and hope to be a Oleksii participated in many of the outreach and service 1995–2018, he was Director for responsibility for mind, body and spirit and to * * Admissions and International farmer some day; every day brings new experiences.” options available at PAA. Student Adviser at Walla Walla experience spiritual growth as they learn to University (WA). serve God and their communities. * More information about PAA’s English as a Second Language, “Dauntless” and service programs is available at 403-782-3381, ext. 4112.

22 23 Congratulations, Alumni Profiles Scottish Fiction was shortlisted Dale McCreery ’07 is one of five In Memoriam Caleb Link (att) for the G. Ross Roy Medal for Nuxalk language teachers at a June 19, 2017 Levina Patzer Stewart, Burman University notes with sorrow 200-student band school in Bella on Your 100th Birthday! Excellence in Postgraduate Study. the passing of the following alumni Marlene Graham Littman HS ‘54 1960s Linda has presented research at Coola, British Columbia. (based on information received September 12, 2017 various symposia and conferences Currently, the band’s language between June 2017 and June 2018) Clifford Tym HS ’61, ’62 in Canada, the UK, and the USA. program’s primary objective is Gladys Siemens Markin (att) graduated from the School of Her research and writing have to keep the Nuxalk language Bill (Buck or Buster) Anderson August 15, 2017 , Loma Linda University been published in the Edinburgh alive. Eventually, the goal is to HS ‘73 Phyllis Spangler Martell (att) in ’68. The Alberta Dental Review, The Journal of the Short deliver other subjects in the March 12, 2018 December 25, 2017 Association and Story in English, and Gender: Time, language, including provincial core requirements. Dale has written and Karen Larson Bottomley, faculty Reuben Matiko HS ’37, C ‘39 College honored Loretta (Spangler) and Larry Knopp a Macmillan Interdisciplinary Ned and Larissa Price with Piper and revised various resources, always March 2, 2018 July 29, 2017 him in May for 50 (both HS ’86) Handbook. years of dedicated Hudson. searching for best practices and Charles John Brushett (att) Elsie Kielbauch Neumann (att) service in Central and writes plays for her drama new methods. His main work as a December 7, 2017 Ned ‘03 and Larissa ‘05 Price August 2, 2017 Alberta. classes. She also organizes biennial 2000s linguist has been interviewing and own Riverstone Dental office Mary (Marie) Romanuk Burak In addition to international service trips for her documenting languages. Blaine Neumann HS ’81, C ‘95 in Red Deer, Alberta. Ned was serving his patients in his Innisfail students to places such as Mexico, Jennifer Michel Niswonger ’03 (att) December 24, 2017 recently elected chair of the dental practice, Clifford volunteers the Dominican Republic and writes from Paradise, California, September 2, 2017 Committee of 100 (see article on Henry Neumann HS ‘78 at the Dental Outreach for Red Navajo Nation. She has helped her where she works for Adventist Levina Patzer (att. ’35-’37, ’40- page 10). After he graduated from 2010s Trudi Aaserude Charles HS ’47, January 6, 2018 Deer (DOoR) clinic. The DOoR church Pathfinder group serve in Health (AH) Feather River as ’41) came from southern Alberta Loma Linda University School of C ‘87 Linda Mabley Niblow HS ‘65 program was started by Alberta Peru with ADRA. the Administrative Director Colleen Connors ’13 was recently to Canadian (CJC) Dentistry, he worked in Calgary November 27, 2017 July 29, 2017 Health Services in 2008 to provide Larry started the first touring of Outpatient promoted to Manager of Media during the . briefly before purchasing the Red treatment for children from 5 to PR musical ensemble for Burman Operations. She and Communications at the United Myrn O’Brien Corban (att) Marion Burch Patzer HS ‘54 Having grown up with much older Deer practice. A sponsor of the 18 years of age. (then CUC), singing bass and is experienced Nations Global Compact. After October 19, 2017 August 27, 2017 sisters, she had been lonesome city’s Festival of Trees, he is also Clifford is also a charter playing trumpet. Loretta soon in project graduating from CUC, she worked on the farm. Now she was part of a member of 100 Men Red Deer, a Alma Hoff DeBoer, staff Eleanor Sims Polgar (att) member of CUC’s (now Burman’s) joined him as a soprano and flutist. management, briefly for the Alex Community a group of girls for the first time. group of men that supports local January 17, 2018 February 1, 2018 Committee of 100 and served as Their son, Alexander, following clinic operations, Health Centre in Calgary. Then Life in the dorm was wonderful! charities and organizations. both the first chair and the third the family tradition, is a violinist. strategy, change she applied for a one-year United Don Donesky HS ’48, C ‘54 Selma Schafer Potschka HS ‘44 She studied, played and prayed Larissa, a substitute teacher at chair, turning leadership over to Upon high school graduation management, compliance, privacy, Nations internship in New York October 20, 2017 July 25, 2017 with her new friends. Although College Heights Ned Price in June. (Read more on last June, he was awarded several and performance excellence. City. Later she was hired to she worked hard in CJC’s laundry (CHCS), is a member of the Home Benjamin Donkor HS ‘08 Don (Quering) Quiring (att) page 10.) music scholarships (one from Deer Jennifer also volunteers coordinate the department she is to help earn her tuition, times and School organization at CHCS. February 10, 2018 April 24, 2018 Lake Academy, one from the BC hundreds of hours each year for now managing. While still in CUC’s were difficult. Too soon, she had For the past three years she has Ministry of Education and one the elite Baldrige Performance international studies program, she Allen Ellison HS ‘77 Eugene Radomsky HS ‘69 to leave. As she remembers CJC, worked to raise funds to build a 1980s from UBC School of Music). Excellence Program as a lead served an internship in Washington, August 17, 2017 January 4, 2018 her thoughts turn to the friends new kitchen for the school. She senior and trainer/facilitator. She D.C. with the Johns Hopkins she made, and she looks forward continues to support and help give Larry W. E. Frape HS ‘73 Siegfried Roeske C ‘65 Larry Knopp HS ’84, ’86 plays works with CEOs, Fortune 500 Protection Project. to meeting them again when Jesus direction to the various programs December 28, 2017 December 11, 2017 principal trumpet with the 1990s companies, doctors and nurses returns. She often claims God’s CHCS’s Home and School Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. from Mayo and Cleveland clinics Peter Fritz H ’55, C ‘58 Burton Schaber HS ’62, C ‘64 promise, “But those who hope in provides. Theresa Donkor HS ’11, ‘15 He has recorded with the New Jayson Lovell ’94 holds a and others. “The networking is January 17, 2018 July 21, 2017 the Lord will renew their strength. graduated from the University of York Philharmonic and artists Master of Education with focus in unreal, and the people I meet are Toronto Faculty of Law with a Juris Lothar (Ben) Ganz HS ‘54 They will soar on wings like eagles; Susan Curtis Russell ’06 Eleanor Peterson St. John (att) such as Ray Charles and the and instruction from amazing,” she writes. Doctorate degree June 1, 2017 they will run and not grow weary, was elected Council member in September 26, 2017 Three Tenors. Having completed the University of in June 2018. She they will walk and not be faint” the Village of Clive in October Vernon Gimbel, staff a master’s degree at Northwestern Alberta. He has Chanda Nunes ‘03 was ordained will be articling at Joseph Sule C ‘66 (Isaiah 40:31). 2017. Prior to the election, she February 27, 2018 University, and most of his been employed on June 2018, to serve as minister Osler, Hoskin, & November 7, 2017 had already been doctorate at the Eastman School with the Wolf of the gospel. Over 600 guests Harcourt, a full- James Graham Glover (att) actively involved in Charles von Henner HS ‘44 Alumni: We’d like to of Music, Larry went on to teach Creek Public were in attendance to celebrate service business law January 26, 2018 the community in September 4, 2017 hear from you! at both universities. He is an School district this historic occasion. Currently, firm in Toronto. municipal politics Bertha Will Grabo (att) active clinician throughout North for 26 years as she pastors in While pursuing her Bachelor of Sandra Janet Washington HS ‘79 by volunteering May 30, 2017 Online: America and Asia, attracting teacher, principal, the district’s the Northern Business Administration degree December 28, 2016 California with a number [email protected] numerous students as an adjunct first school resource leader, and at Burman University, she was a Jason Kindopp HS ‘87 Lenna McCarty White (staff) Conference at of organizations professor at the University assistant superintendent. For member of the women’s soccer July 13, 2017 March 10, 2018 By Mail: of British Columbia. He is a the past two years, he served as the Capitol City and serving on committees. One Alumni Association team, the Campus Ministries team, sponsored Yamaha artist. Superintendent of Schools and Seventh-day of her committees was responsible Sharon Fisher King HS ‘65 Mildred Konschuh White HS ‘47 Burman University and was a Student Association for the purchase and renovations December 30, 2017 September 27, 2017 6730 University Drive Chief Executive Officer for WCPS. Adventist Church senator. She also worked at A Loretta Spangler Knopp of a building to house Clive’s new Lacombe, AB Canada T4L 2E5 in Sacramento, California. Better World Canada as a Project Larry “Digger” Krivoshein HS ‘54 Joan McKeith Fleming Young (att) HS ’82, ’86 Linda Tym HS ’99, ’03 library. holds an MA in was Following her graduation Management Assistant. July 11, 2017 March 16, 2018 • Send digital photos by email in the English Literature from Western recently promoted to Associate from Burman, Chanda began her She says, “After spending many jpg, tif or eps file format. File sizes of University. She taught at PAA, Professor of English at Southern pastoral ministry in 2003 at the months training and learning Joan LeMarquand Lawson John Yuros C ‘52 one megabyte or more are best. , and is now Adventist University where she College Heights Church as youth everything necessary for elected HS ’60, C ‘61 April 23, 2017 officials, I know I’ll serve Clive well May 17, 2017 • Because space is limited, your teaching at Deer Lake School has taught since 2015. Graduating pastor and Parkview Adventist Arthur Zaft C ‘64 during my term in office.” message may be edited. in , BC. She authored a from the University of Edinburgh Academy and College Heights For more news and information Bryan Lee C ’68, staff December 6, 2017 Bible study for The Record Keeper, Christian School as . She about Burman alumni, go to • Be sure to include your date of in 2011, Linda’s Doctoral Thesis July 14, 2017 has published articles in the SDA Forms of Memory in Late earned her Master of Divinity www.burmanu.ca/alumni graduation or dates of attendance. church publication The Messenger Twentieth and Twenty-first Century degree at Andrews University.

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Parkview Adventist Homecoming2019 Academy

hat makes a university Weekend Events Include W great? For certain, pioneers • Family Fun Picnic that built a strong foundation • Alumni Banquet Pioneers with vision and fortitude. And • Sabbath Potluck innovation, too. Through the years, • Sports Events and there have been others whose • Pancake Breakfast ideas, persistence and devotion • and much more! to the original values and goals Innovators brought greatness into excellence. Honour Classes giving their best That’s what we are celebrating this 2014 1989 1964 homecoming weekend. Come and 2009 1984 1959 June 7-9, 2019 share the stories of those whose 2004 1979 1954 dreams and effort made Burman 1999 1974 1949 the outstanding place for learning 1994 1969 1944 that it is today. and all classes prior to 1944

Homecoming is a time to renew Be inspired by the music and Both faculty and alumni are committed old friendships and also to make spoken word that are always to excellence, and the homecoming many new ones. highlights of this special weekend. weekend is an occasion to celebrate their remarkable achievements.

26 For more information: visit ALUMNI at www.burmanu.ca | Call us at (800) 661-8129 ext. 8 Send email to [email protected]