PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE JULY 2014 PIONEER HOMECOMING SPIRIT 2014 Students Helping Inspiring PUC to Wheelbarrows and Students 19 Think Big 20 Water Filters 35 PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE • JULY 2014 president’s message STAFF Editor Cambria Wheeler, ’08 [email protected] Layout and Design Haley Wesley Always Pioneers [email protected] Art Director Cliff Rusch, ’80 [email protected] One of the greatest blessings of being on an at our college—the highest enrollment in 24 years, Photographers Brian Kyle, ’04; Allison academically outstanding and spiritually vibrant an unprecedented increase in the freshman to Regan, ’15; Haley Wesley campus like Pacific Union College’s is watching sophomore retention rate from 71 to 85 percent in Contributors Walter Collins; Alexandra the incredible development—intellectual, spiri- just three years, as well as the receipt of the largest Dunbar, ’14; Emily Mathe, ’16; Madeline Miller ‘15; Julie Z. Lee, ’98; Karen Roth, tual, and social—that happens during the college single cash gift in the institution’s history. We are ’85; James Shim, ’14; Benjamin Speegle, years. I am confident that everyone at Pacific certain that your prayers and support have been ‘13; Jennifer Tyner; Darin West, ’11; Union College, from administration to faculty and crucial to achieving these important milestones. Midori Yoshimura, ‘12 staff, would agree with me that the students en- PUC ADMINISTRATION trusted to us are both a sacred charge and our most As mentioned above, we concluded a landmark President Heather J. Knight, Ph.D. treasured asset. While we celebrate having each year by receiving the largest single private gift “The 2013-2014 Vice President for Academic Administration one of these precious students on our campus, we in the college’s history, a $2.4 million testamen- Nancy Lecourt, Ph.D. school year was full know that each June we must face the bittersweet tary gift from the late Stephen Ball, a St. Helena Vice President for Financial Administration of historic successes task of saying goodbye to those who are graduat- resident who truly valued the role of PUC in the Dave C. Lawrence, MBA, Ed.D. ing and send them forth into the world to fulfill Napa Valley community. We are grateful for this Vice President for Asset Management at our college—the their calling as creative Christian problem-solvers transformational and historic gift, and know that John Collins, ’70, Ed.D. and light in the world. In fact, this year, we had when it is added to the giving of our graduates at Vice President for Student Services Lisa Bissell Paulson, Ed.D. highest enrollment in the privilege of graduating 382 seniors, the largest all amounts, it will allow current students to ex- 06 Pioneer Spirit: Homecoming 2014 Vice President for Advancement and Alumni 24 years, an unprece- graduating class in eight years! perience the same high-quality education that you Relations Walter E. Collins, B.A. Blazing a trail back home received during your time at PUC. (You can read Vice President for Enrollment Management and dented increase in the While we may feel that their time with us was more about this historic gift on page 27.) Public Relations Jennifer Tyner, M.A. freshman to sopho- all too short, I know from my conversations with alumni of this venerable institution that their As President of Pacific Union College, I am truly CONTACT US experiences at Pacific Union College taught them inspired to see how the mission and calling es- Features more retention rate Post ViewPoint Editor lasting lessons, not just as professionals but also as tablished by this institution’s Spirit-led founders Pacific Union College 04 A Name Known Worldwide 35 Wheelbarrows and from 71 to 85 percent Christ’s servants dedicated to meeting the needs back in 1882 continues to guide our college over One Angwin Avenue in just three years, as of our fellow man. As we all know, your role as 130 years after the first students attended what Angwin, CA 94508-9797 Lawrence D. Longo Water Filters a PUC Pioneer does not end when you shake the was then Healdsburg College. God has continually Spring break service well as the receipt of President’s hand and receive your diploma, but it guided Pacific Union College, and He has blessed E-mail [email protected] 16 Teeing Up for Scholarships continues throughout your lifetime as you blaze this institution richly. Phone (707) 965-6303 2014 Maxwell Cup 38 Musical Collaboration the largest single cash Fax (707) 965-7101 trails of service in your communities and make Orchestra Institute gift in the institution’s a true impact in the world, wherever God will As our school song, Our College on the Mountain, Alumni Office lead you. states so triumphantly, “May we always be, Dear (707) 965-7500 18 The Maxwell Scholars Fellows history.” old P.U.C., loyal to Thee!” I thank you for your loyal www.puc.edu/alumni/viewpoint Five exceptional freshmen In this issue’s Homecoming feature, you will support of our college, for joining us in celebration Departments read about the journeys of our Honored Alumni as we reach the next level of excellence, and for Vision Statement: ViewPoint, the journal of 19 Students Helping Students Pacific Union College, connects PUC’s and the ways that Pacific Union College made a your prayers for God’s continued guidance. While alumni and friends in a community that REVO 2014 02 President’s Message significant impact on their lives. Their contribu- your time at our college may have been brief, celebrates the college’s activities and tions are truly representative of the excellence you will always be a treasured member of the stories, and supports the continuation 39 College News of its mission into the future. ViewPoint 20 Thinking Big found in the PUC family. And so it is with all of our Pioneer family. aims to provide quality features about 42 PUC in Pictures alums. We are grateful for the example you set as topics relevant to our community; news Ben Carson at PUC about the college and alumni; and means you pursue your calling; we are also thankful for Sincerely, to unite, motivate and inspire. 48 Alumni News your acknowledgement of how PUC guided your 22 Grant Ordelheide path as shown by your generous support of our 52 Leave a Legacy Produced quarterly by the Pacific Union Nature’s story institution. Your donations to the college are an College Office of Public Relations for 53 Back in the Day incredible validation of our mission. By sacrificing the alumni and friends of the college. 24 The Cycle of Caring part of your income, you benefit the almost 1,700 Heather J. Knight, Ph.D. 54 The Interview students currently receiving an excellent, Christ- President Gifts to PUC centered education at your beloved college. The 55 My ViewPoint 2013-2014 school year was full of historic successes ©2014, Pacific Union College Printed in U.S.A. Volume 37 no. 3 and 4 2 ViewPoint | July 2014 ViewPoint | July 2014 3 A Name Known Worldwide Pioneering researcher & writer Lawrence D. Longo Midori Yoshimura “I’m one of these idealists who hroughout a medical career that has on smoking and health. In Congress, Longo has spanned over 50 years, Lawrence D. Lon- testified on different aspects of maternal and think that the goals of higher T go, M.D., ’49, has signed his name thou- child health and smoking. He also authored sands of times. He’s authorized prescriptions, studies on maternal exercise in pregnancy that education are for learning and written or edited 18 books and has indicated led to guidelines by the American College of understanding the world better, his acceptance of numerous grants and awards Obstetricians and Gynecologists. by signing on the dotted line. And his name— At Loma Linda University, Longo estab- and gaining a broad view written or typed—is known worldwide as that lished the Center for Perinatal Biology, the first of a pioneering investigator in the field of de- time in the university’s history that it received on life.” velopmental physiology. a major program project grant with multimil- “My crusade is working to improve mater- lion-dollar funding from the National Insti- nal and child health throughout the world,” tutes of Health. The center developed slowly, 2014 Honored Alumnus says Longo, professor of physiology, obstetrics beginning with just a few researchers, then a and gynecology at Loma Linda University few more, until Longo and his colleagues real- and where we are going,” Longo said. “As phy- M.D., the dean of the LLU School of Medicine, the Frank and Florine Longo Lecture Series, “In recognition of academic leadership School of Medicine. “We need to look beyond ized that “A center that was interdisciplinary, sicians and healers, we need to know how our provided several highlights. Dr. Longo, Hadley has brought to campus. Guests over the past 20 and pioneering insights to the intricacies profession developed.” said, “trained more than 100 post-doctoral stu- years include acclaimed writer Chaim Potok; of human life.” having a nice, normal delivery, a healthy all focused on the development of fetus and baby, and take a broader view … of our respon- unborn infant, was not a bad thing to do,” says The text, Longo reflects, is one of the accom- dents from 20 different countries, published Robert Alter, professor and biblical scholar; Though health challenges kept him sibilities.” Longo, the center’s emeritus director. His own plishments most meaningful to him, defined more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed sci- and Anne Lamott, best-selling author. Longo from attending the Homecoming Weekend Three years in West Africa, including time research program has been continuously fund- as contributing to the world’s greater good.