International Assignment Gives Student Hands-on Experience Walla Walla University junior mass communications major Eric Ashley went to Chile for Insight magazine in July for about a month. Hired as a photographer/reporter, Ashley attended Maranatha's 2008 Ultimate Workout 18, a mission trip designed to gi... Read more
WWU Appoints Wagner as Marketing Vice President A Walla Walla University graduate has been named vice president for marketing and enrollment services.In July, Jodeene (Jodi) Wagner began her role of leading the university's strategic marketing initiatives in recruiting, enrollment, public relat... Read more
World News Briefs - September 2008 GhanaAdventist University President Receives National HonorSeth Abang Laryea, president of Ghana’s Valley View University, recently received the Order of Volta, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. Ghana’s president, John Agyekum Kuffor, p... Read more
Northwest Missionaries of the Blind Reach Beyond the Printed Page Ruth Edwards is 84 and just joined the Missionaries of the Blind. In fact, she is one of 11 people in the North Pacific Union Conference who belong to the MOB organization.MOB is an outreach initiative of Christian Record Services for the Blind, t... Read more
Alaska Constituents Re-elect Officers And Recognize a New Church Alaska constituents voted unanimously to re-elect incumbent officers to new four-year terms on Sunday, July 20, in Palmer, Alaska, at the conference's 15th regular constituency session and considered new methods to "Share the Light."The 214 delega... Read more
Pastors Ordained At Idaho Camp Meeting On June 14, two Idaho pastors were ordained to the gospel ministry. Tomm Lemon, with his wife Michelle, pastor the Payette, Cambridge and Weiser congregations. He has also worked at Cloverdale and McCall. Lemon is a third-generation Adventist past... Read more
Gem State Adventist Academy Welcomes New Principal Peter McPherson, a 1991 graduate of Gem State Adventist Academy, has accepted the invitation of the Operating Board and K–12 Board of Education to become the next GSAA principal. He assumed his responsibilities on July 1.McPherson has a degree in ... Read more
Mount Ellis Academy Hosts Summer Homeless Program Mount Ellis Academy is home to many academy students during the school year, but during one month in the summer, the school decided to open their doors to another group of people—homeless families.The academy works in conjunction with Family Promi... Read more
Oasis Improv Brings in the Unchurched It's another Saturday night with the True!mprov Troupe. A woman on stage says, "Give me the name of an unlikely charity." Her attentive audience throws back a flurry of responses, "IRS, Microsoft, Superman..." A few moments later, two people act o... Read more
