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Parental Guidance Embraced Stay-At-Home Parents p.16

A WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY EDUCATION is a proud tradition for many families. If college is in your family’s future, see how the WWU tradition of excellence can continue:

• Plan a campus visit. Schedule a campus visit for your student and receive up to $250 for travel expenses. Visit wallawalla.edu/visit, or call (800) 541-8900 to start the journey.

• Join us at the fall College Fair. This fall, WWU may be coming to a school near you to share the latest about our academic, spiritual and social programs, and to answer enrollment questions. Stop by and see us—find the schedule at wallawalla.edu/collegefair.

• Ask for more information. It’s easy to get information about scholarships, areas of study, spiritual and social programs, and more. Simply go to wallawalla.edu/info to make your request.

SEE FOR YOURSELF how the WWU experience can be part of your family’s tradition.

www.wallawalla.edu/visit • (800) 541-8900

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20 Alumni Currents Alumni of the Year, 22 Honor

Class Photos 26 AlumNotes, 28 In Memory, 30 Back to You

Westwind Summer 2014, Volume 33, Number 2 / Westwind is published three times a year for alumni and friends of Walla Walla University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution. It is produced by Marketing and Enrollment Services/University Relations. This issue was printed in July 2014. Third-class postage is paid at College Place, Wash. © 2014 by Walla Walla University. Westwind/University Relations 204 S. College Ave. College Place, WA 99324 Telephone (509) 527-2363 Toll-free (800) 541-8900 E-mail westwind@wallawalla.edu Online westwind.wallawalla.edu

About the Cover Peter McNabb is an engineering graduate living in Seattle. Photograph by Ben Blood

“It was a rare chance to be with the kids.”Brooke (Porter) Colburn, 2000 graduate

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Greyhound Hugs and Treasured ConnectionsSeveral years ago, I was in my office when a friend, Richard Dena, knocked at the door. His eyes fell on a picture of my father which triggered a story about one of life’s seemingly unimportant moments.

One fall, many years ago, Richard found himself on a Greyhound bus bound for his freshman year at Walla Walla University. Filled with all the anticipation and trepidation that such a momentous journey brings, he was alert to every detail of the trip. The bus stopped in Klamath Falls, Ore., and Richard observed as passengers said their goodbyes and boarded the bus.

One duo especially caught his eye. He watched as a father and son bid each other farewell. He watched the hugs and kisses, and claps on shoulders. He watched them share tender words of coun-sel and care. He watched as the two parted with firm handshakes, the hint of tears in their eyes and courageous waves. He found himself deeply impressed by the quality of the relationship told in these simple and unfeigned gestures of love and friendship.

The departing son boarded the bus and the journey continued. Richard was seated nearby and soon discovered that the young man was Bill McVay, my older brother, also bound for WWU.

At the time of the incident I was only a toddler. So Richard’s story gave me a glimpse of something about my family I had never witnessed, and yet which I have frequently experienced—the fare-wells, greetings, and reunions that are part and parcel of Christian college life.

It is a small world, isn’t it?Like me, you might marvel at the surprise associations revealed

through acquaintances and friendships developed throughout your life. Indeed, our community is a like a tapestry woven thick with the threads of treasured connections who intersect and impact one another in many ways.

In the pages of this Westwind we celebrate these connections. We reflect with Peter McNabb about the people and places that have impacted him. We meet stay-at-home parents planning for transitions and new connections as their children grow. We see faces in snapshots, representing the hundreds of alumni who came home for a grand reunion.

Every now and then, it is worthwhile to contemplate the bless-ings we’ve received through our connections.

Who helped you establish your pathway? And what treasured connections have you made along the way?Last month we said farewell to more than 400 of our own cher-

ished family members, the Class of 2014. However, as my brother experienced at that Greyhound bus station so many years ago, we

know that farewells precipitate new opportunities—new friends to meet, new places to explore, and treasured connections to make.

Because you’re an important part of our WWU tapestry, we entrust these new graduates to you. Seek them out! Mentor them in your workplace, invite them into your church, and care for them as they build pathways and develop their connections.

In just a few weeks, the college life cycle begins for a new group of students. Parents from near and far will stuff suitcases with clothing and shoes; load laundry baskets with towels and bedding; and gather the countless other items meant to somehow turn a room into a home. Then, the farewells will come. Tender words, firm handshakes, lingering embraces, and courageous waves will be followed by prayers for safety and success.

We are eager to welcome these students, and bestow upon them the cherished traditions you helped to establish here at WWU.

Thank you for making WWU what it is today, and for your contin-ued participation as, together, we nurture these treasured connec-tions well into the future.

Cordially,

John McVay President

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Ethics Bowl Event Challenges College TeamsStudents Address Ethical Issues Related to Science and Technology in the Workplace

G IVEN THE DIFFICULT nature of informed con-sent, is it ethical for the U.S. to run drug trials in

foreign countries?” What is the an-swer? Ten college teams answered this and other challenging questions during a statewide ethics bowl com-petition held in April.

Walla Walla University and nine other private colleges and universi-ties participated in the first-ever Independent Colleges of Washing-ton Ethics Bowl held April 4. For a full day, teams of up to five stu-dents discussed the topic of science and technology in the workplace, demonstrating their knowledge of applied ethics, speech communica-tion, and critical thinking.

Judges for the all-day competition included educators, state senators, business and community leaders, and former Chief Justice Gerry Alexander of the Washington Su-preme Court. In addition to serving as judges for the competition, lead-ers from statewide science, technol-ogy, and business communities also served as advisors and case writers for the event.  

The university was represented by six students from various areas of study: Acacia Chan, sophomore psychology and biblical languages major; Andres Diocares, senior biochemistry and pre-med major; Philip Duclos, senior history and religion major; Richard Roberts, senior history major; Cedric Thiel,

senior biology and pre-med major; and Logan Villarreal, senior bioen-gineering and pre-med major. They were coached by Linda Emmerson, assistant professor of philosophy, and Montgomery Buell, professor of history.

The debate winner, Whitworth University of Spokane, Wash., was announced at a reception the day after the competition. The recep-tion and the ethics bowl were part of the ICW’s 60th anniversary celebration.

Although WWU did not emerge as the overall winner of the Ethics Bowl, the event provided a valuable learning experience. “Respecting the rights of an individual as an autonomous and rational being while keeping the good of society in mind is a precarious balance,” team member Acacia Chan says. “I have gained an appreciation for how truly difficult it is to make those kinds of decisions.”

DeLona Lang Bell, member of the WWU Board of Trustees and former vice chair of ICW, sees value in the experience as well, saying, “It was a chance to showcase students who have paired intellectual prowess with finely tuned ethical and moral capabilities in the company of future employers and donors. Our university has a legacy of produc-ing these kinds of students, so it was no surprise to me that they performed so well and represented their university so ably.”

Six students and two faculty coaches represented WWU at

the Seattle, Wash., event.

EEvery high school student dreams of receiving a full-ride college scholarship, and for Joseph Englehart that dream has become a reality. Through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, Englehart was chosen as one of 1,000 recipients to receive a “good-through-graduation” scholarship to use at a school of his choice. And the one he chose is Walla Walla University, making him the university’s first Gates Millennium Scholar.

The youngest of three children, Englehart grew up in Federal Way, Wash., and attended Auburn Adventist Academy. Toward the end of his junior year, Englehart discovered the schol-arship offered by the Gates program, and began the application process his senior year.

While attending Auburn, Englehart partici-pated in dozens of community service opportuni-ties, from going on mission trips to feeding the homeless and volunteering at school. These com-munity service hours, coupled with a nomination from Tom Allen, who teaches mathematics, phys-ics, and engineering at Auburn, helped Englehart attract the program’s attention.

When asked why he nominated Englehart, Allen said, “I believe that he represents the right direction this nation should be going if it wishes to make a positive difference in the future. Joe has the ability to inspire others to accept the difficult and leave the complaining with those that stay behind… Instead of holding up a sign that says ‘give to me,’ his life sign says, ‘challenge me.’”

In April of 2013, a Gates representative told Englehart that he was chosen as a recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship.

Englehart has just completed his freshman year at WWU as a student in the Department of Technology, studying both aviation technology and automotive service. After finishing his undergraduate degree, he plans to attend Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to obtain a master of science in aeronautics, as well as his airframe and powerplant certification. Aside from planning to use his flight experience for mission work at some time, Englehart is still open to options for his future. “I’m letting God lead my path and open doors,” says Englehart. “He got me this huge blessing of a scholarship and now I’m waiting on where He leads me next.”

The Gates Millennium Scholars Program is part of the Gates Foundation, and provides extraordi-nary minority students with the financial means to receive a higher education and realize their potential. Since the program’s inception in 2000, it has sponsored 1,000 students each year, out of approximately 54,000 applicants.

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THE WILMA HEPKER School of Social Work and Sociology recently lost one of its longtime faculty. Nancy Peters, a Walla Wal-la University social work professor, died on April 5 following a heart attack.

Peters, who taught for the school since 1998, was the program coordinator for WWU’s master of social work program in Missoula, Mont.

“Nancy was a much-loved social worker, teacher, friend, mentor, and colleague,” says Pam

Cress, dean of the School of Social Work. “It is difficult to imagine life without her.”

“What do you say about someone who lived and breathed the essence of social work, who is gone from us too soon?” says Doreena Drury, master’s of social work program assistant. “We were not done with her professional wisdom, her advocacy for her students, her friendship. She will be missed by all who knew and loved the beautiful person she was.”

Throughout her career, Peters special-ized in grief therapy, including writing resource material, conducting therapy groups, advising grief outreach agencies, and presenting lectures and workshops on separa-tion and loss issues.

Prior to teaching at WWU, Peters had taught at New Mexico Highlands University as a visiting professor. She held a doctoral degree from Ca-pella University, a master’s

degree from New Mexico Highlands University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska.

Social Work Professor Passes Away

W ALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY’S Edward F. Cross School of Engineering will offer a global humanitarian engi-neering emphasis program beginning fall 2014.

Students in the program will complete core engi-neering classes as well as courses in religion, business, culture, and ethics. Also required will be an international service or work experi-ence, such as participation in Engineers Without Borders, student missions, or Peace Corps, or work with a non-governmental organiza-tion or company.

WWU first Engineers Without Borders projects in Honduras sparked a move to offer more students the chance to experience global service, as well as earn academic credit for their involvement. The first project saw the completion of two school structures and related infrastructure improvements in Honduras in 2010 and 2012. The chapter’s current project is working with the community of Pucutuni, Peru, to design and install a new water system for the town.

“Engineers should have an understanding of global development issues and build cultural awareness,” says Curt Nelson, professor of engineering and founder of the WWU chapter. “We hope students will learn to recognize humanitarian needs and build a team to meet those needs, and perhaps most importantly, reflect on their place in society.”

Along with developing such understanding and awareness, Nelson says, this program will help students be better prepared for careers in international development work, and to work with multinational companies. Doug Logan, dean of the School of En-gineering, observes that there is a trend in engineering education toward providing student training for working effectively in a global setting. “The new program will enhance our students’ competitive-ness in the global economy.”

For more information on the global humanitarian engineering emphasis program, visit engr.wallawalla.edu/ghee

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Choir Receives Gift for New

Music The Ann Stookey Fund for New Music program

awarded $36,400 to underwrite the commis-sioning of new music by five choral organizations,

one of which is Walla Walla University’s I Cantori choir.

Composer Paul Ayres is currently writing the

sponsored choral piece. It is a choral setting of “The Lord’s Prayer” in Aramaic. The song’s world premiere will be on May 16, 2015, at the Spring Choral Concert at the University Church.

Into All the WorldNew Engineering Program Brings Together Global Service and Professional Experience

Walls go up on one of the two schools built in Honduras.

Jaren Koot and Diego Camacho

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Sunday, Nov. 9. She is currently developing her lecture and will

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humanities and a minor in religion. In 2009, she received her master’s degree

from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and WhyBy Amanda Ripley (Crown Publishers, 2008)What would you do in the face of a disaster? Through the detailed sur-vivor stories of 9/11, fires, tsunamis, airplane crashes, and other crisis situations, you’ll have a better un-derstanding of what you might do or think. Amanda Ripley employs anecdotal stories to illustrate three stages of crisis reaction: disbelief, deliberation, and action.

Ripley also unpacks scientific studies of how the body and mind react to crisis. This in-depth approach, and Ripley’s dramatic storytelling, make the lessons stick. Whenever I hear a fire alarm, I think about this book, and I leave the building immediately.—Rosa Jimenez, Senior Manager, University Relations

A Thorn In My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family StoryBy Eustacia Cutler(Future Horizons, 2004)Born in a world where autis-tic children were routinely banished to institutions, Temple Grandin would become a remarkable success. Today, she is a noted animal science expert, a best-selling author, and an ad-vocate for autistic populations. However, Grandin’s story begins with the story of her mother, Eustacia Cutler. This book relays the journey of Grandin’s childhood years, where in the face of the unknown, and against the advice of doctors and the wishes of her husband, Cutler fights to keep her daughter and then determines to figure out for herself what is best for Grandin. Cutler’s story relays the fears, hopes, and challenges of having a child with autism. —Sue Huett, Assistant Director for Teaching Learning Center

Reading and browsing recommendations from our experts

books sites

americansouthwest.netThis comprehensive guide to the national parks, national monuments, and natural landscapes of the 10 American West states is rife with photos, detailed descriptions, lodging options, and maps to the best destinations. The website also contains hiking trail maps and itineraries for various regions. My personal favorite is the slot canyon page (american-southwest.net/slot_canyons/map.html) because I think that hiking slot canyons is about the coolest thing you can do outdoors.—Richard Scott, Assistant Librarian

Humanities Graduates ExcelSeveral graduates from the humanities department have been accepted to notable graduate school programs. Elizabeth Jones, a business and English major, will enroll at the University of Michigan Law School this fall. The median LSAT score for the 2013 entering class at the University of Michigan Law School is 168 (96th per-centile). A 2011 graduate, David Gustavsen, currently has a full-ride scholarship to Syracuse University’s M.F.A. program in creative writing, one of the top five programs in the nation.

Microsoft Volunteers Lead Campus HackathonBrainpower from both sides of the state came together in May when six Microsoft

employees traveled to Walla Walla University for HACK@WWU, the university’s first hackathon event with the Seattle-based software giant. Israel Hilerio, a representative from Microsoft, and Jonathan Duncan, chair of the Computer Science Department, coordinated the event. The Microsoft volunteers included Israel Hilerio, Vikram Rajasekaran, Eeshan Shah, and four WWU alumni—Abel Cruz, Bernard Pham, Alwin Vyhmeister, and Ted Swinyar, who is also WWU’s alumni president. The volunteers served as presenters, coaches, and judges for the day-long event in which pairs of students competed to create websites. Travis Crumley, computer engineering major, and Chris Kolson, computer science major, won first place at the hackathon.

Oldest WWU Student Gets Honorary DegreeAt age 104, Effie Pampaian received a honorary bachelor of arts degree with a major in history at June’s commence-ment ceremony. Since her retirement in 1999, Pampaian has completed more than 60 credit hours of history courses, as well as taken many religion classes. In 1939, Pamapain achieved another first when she became Walla Walla University’s first female theology graduate. “The students love her and she is a real inspiration to me,” says Greg Dodds, history professor. “Her love of learning is contagious. All of them hope to be like her.”

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Hall of MemoriesStudents are caught on candid camera as they settle in before the start of a Lyceum Series concert. Meanwhile, soloist Mary Costa takes center stage in Columbia Auditorium, a mere eight years before a tragic fire burned the building to the ground.

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Brown Bag / Faculty in first person

Montgomery Buell

IN 1975 MY FATHER believed I was old enough to be of some help on his commercial fishing boat in Bristol Bay, Alaska. I don’t remember much about that first summer except that I always seemed to be cold, wet, tired, and hungry. I couldn’t wait to go back the next year. I learned quickly, and, when my uncle died in a fishing accident, I took over as captain at the age of 14.

Partly due to my uncle’s death, I committed to ending my commercial fishing career when my first child was born. Selling out of the fishery helped pay for my graduate education. In my fourth year of graduate school, most of my colleagues had settled on a dissertation topic while I was still struggling to find something that would hold my interest for the next 30 years or so. Luckily, I had a professor who kept asking me about my experiences as a commercial fisherman. In an economic history research seminar, he finally said, “Monty, why don’t you research what you think you know? You have a built-in advantage having participated in the fishery. Use that to begin to really learn about what you grew up doing.” It was perfect advice. I soon discovered how little I knew about the North Pacific salmon fisheries’ complex history and the turbulent issues that required international negotiations and treaties to resolve.

Since the early years of the Pacific commercial salmon fisheries in the late 19th century, the great challenge has been how to manage the fisheries in a sustainable way. Little was known about salmon, so scientists began to study their life-cycle. This lack of knowledge resulted in interesting conclusions by managers of the fisheries.

The Bureau of Fisheries, with the regu-lar interference of Congress, simply tried to make fishermen less efficient in their pursuit of salmon. One piece of legislation, the White Act (1924), made fishing boats with engines illegal in the Alaska Territory. The lack of power made boats fishing in volatile conditions an incredibly dangerous profession. In any given season between the White Act and its repeal in 1952, one in 10 fishermen in the territory could expect to die. The repeal finally came after a particularly deadly storm that killed almost one-third of the fleet in the Naknek-Kvichak District of Bristol Bay. The shoals where many died are labeled on the charts today as “Dead Man’s Sands.”

The lack of scientific understanding made for interesting treaties as well. The Japanese Far Seas Fleet began exploiting salmon fisheries off the North Ameri-can coast, prompting Congress to expand America’s territorial waters from three miles to 12 miles, and in 1936 Secretary of State Cordell Hull banned Japanese

fishermen even further from shore in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.

After World War II, the United States, Canada, and Japan negotiated a treaty to pro-tect each nation’s salmon on the high seas. Not knowing what salmon do when they move from river to ocean, they established an “Abstention Line” in the North Pacific that allowed Japanese fishermen to fish to the west of the line and the U.S. and Canada to fish to the east. Part of the treaty required

further scientific research. Scien-tific studies showed that salmon tend not to care about national borders or abstention lines, min-gling freely and not segregating themselves by nationality.

Further developments in America’s attempts to protect its fisheries, then, pushed the ter-ritorial seas from 12 miles to 200 miles, and in cases where the con-tinental shelves extend, beyond. In 1992, with support from changes in the United Nations’ Law of the Sea, the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, (and later, South Korea) formed a treaty organiza-tion to protect salmon on the high seas. I served on the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission from 2000 to 2007 as an expert and adviser to the United States delegation, a role where I could

draw on both my Alaska fishing experience and my exhaustive history studies.

From starting as a cold, miserable kid picking fish on a small boat in Bristol Bay to advising the government on a fisheries treaty, it has been an intriguing road of discovery.

Montgomery Buell teaches classes in U.S. history and other courses related to his pro-fessional specialty of 20th-century American economic, labor, and environmental history. Buell is a 1990 WWU graduate and a 1995 graduate of Purdue University.

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You probably know someone like Peter McNabb.

Peter is a Walla Walla University graduate who is making his life

in Bellevue, Wash. He’s creating a home with his wife Kimberly, building an engineering career, and on the weekends, playing

music for his church. We’d like to take all the credit for his success, but the truth is,

throughout Peter’s life, a variety of people and places

have shaped his growth. Although we wish we could

tell the life story of every one of our graduates, the story

of Peter’s journey reveals again how vital the people

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A Family Friend“I was influenced to go to Guatemala by Sharon Fleck,” says Peter. “Our families have been friends since before I was born.” Fleck is director of children’s services for International Children’s Care, based in Vancouver, Wash. “Sharon coordinates the volunteers that ICC gets each year, so I talked to her about going. She recom-mended that I go to Guatemala, as it was a good fit for me and them.”

Fleck’s advice set Peter on a path where his experiences taught him the value of perseverance and a strong work ethic.

A Guatemala FamilyWhen Peter arrived in Poptún, Guatemala, as a vol-unteer, he expected to put his high school Spanish to work teaching English. Instead of a piece of chalk, his boss handed him a shovel and gave him the difficult

task of planting a grove of citrus trees in less than ideal soil. It was hard work, but in time Peter realized bene-fits and blessings of bringing the project to its fruition. Peter’s Spanish-speaking skills flourished as he worked with his partner in the field, 15-year-old Eliel Sarceño. With Eliel, Peter honed his Spanish skills.

In Guatemala, Peter lived at Hogar Campestre Los Pi-nos (the ICC site in Guatemala) and the home of Oscar and Irma Hernandez. By taking part in daily house-hold routines and accompanying his newfound family (including 12 orphans) to church services four days a week, Peter’s Spanish improved exponentially. Three months later, when he taught his first class, his Spanish language skills had reached the level that he needed to teach successfully in Guatemala.

A Professional MentorIn his youth, Peter knew he wanted to be a future volunteer, but it was a different story when it came to deciding his career. He did academically well in high school, but by gradu-ation he found himself unsure of what kind of career he would be interested in. He took the Johnson O’Connor aptitudes test, and the results indicated that a career in engineering matched his interests and aptitudes. The results surprised Peter because most of his family were teachers or nurses.

In 2002, Peter went to WWU to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. “My engineering professor, Don Riley, influenced me the most at Walla Walla,” he says.

n college, Peter began to think about following the steps of hundreds of WWU student missionaries who made a decision to take a year away from the comforts of college and the United States to volunteer their skills in faraway places. Before college, Peter had learned about the value of community service from a family friend.

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working simulation models for ship defense systems. These experiences gave him the ideal qualifications

for the work he is doing now at TerraPower in Bel-levue, Wash. Bill Gates and other visionaries created TerraPower to “develop a scalable, sustainable, low-carbon, and cost-competitive energy source.” Peter is in charge of the safety system that uses sodium potas-sium to cool a nuclear reactor in case of emergency.

A Childhood FriendWhile Peter’s career is flourishing, he often recalls the people who influenced his journey at WWU. Dur-ing his first two years, he roomed with his longtime friend, Brandon Moor. Brandon and Peter first became friends in second grade at Meadowglade Adventist Elementary School, and developed a strong bond with each other even before WWU. Peter admired the way Brandon connected with other people. “He’d get only three to four hours of sleep per night,” Peter says, “because he’d be up talking with someone about their life or God.”

Brandon still did well in school and, according to Peter, never set an alarm because he believed God would wake him up to spend worship time with Him, sometimes at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. Peter relates that friends and strangers felt comfortable talking with Brandon about any problem and that many people leaned on him for spiritual support.

Peter would attend Heubach Chapel on Tuesday nights where Brandon would play and sing with other guitarists up front. “They would turn off all the lights and just light a few candles,” Peter remembers. I always felt so connected with God at those moments. Brandon’s singing and guitar impacted so many people because you could tell he was singing from his heart.”

The year Peter volunteered in Guatemala, Brandon was serving as a chaplain at Georgia-Cumberland Acad-emy. Sadly, Peter learned through a telephone call that his longtime friend had passed away after a fatal colli-sion with a semi-truck driving back to his home from a prayer conference. Peter immediately boarded a bus for a 12-hour bus ride bound for the nearest international airport in Guatemala City. “I was trying to do the travel thing. I didn’t even think about it when I was traveling, so I broke down at home. That’s when it really hit me and all of my friends and family came together.”

Family TiesBefore friends, there is family. For Peter, one family member who has been there for him is his cousin Jesse, who went through the engineering pro-gram with him. Peter remembers admiring Jesse for having, “a million ideas for projects.” When Jesse took manufacturing class a year before him, Peter remembers, “the teacher had to retire the project that he had been using for years, to create a mini-factory that cut wooden blocks into a 3D puzzle, because he couldn’t imagine anyone solving it better than Jesse’s group had.”

At the top of his list of people who have influenced Peter the most are his parents. “My parents are very close, and they shaped me the most to be who I am today,” Peter says.

Other mentors, friends, and family have touched Peter’s life in myriad ways. Peter is giving back as both he and his wife Kimberly contribute their musical talents at the 24-Seven Church in Bellevue. Peter plays the keyboard, and Kimberly plays the guitar. “It gives you a sense of fulfillment, and building community,” says Peter. “It gives you a feeling of belonging and contributing to something bigger than yourself.”C

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LEARNING TO SPEAKFor three months, Eliel Sarceno and Peter McNabb worked side-by-side planting a grove of citrus trees in Guatemala, where Peter volunteered for one year. Eliel’s conversations with Peter helped Peter become a proficient Spanish speaker.

BEST OF FRIENDSPeter’s childhood friend, Brandon Moor, was like a brother to Peter. Inseparable since the second grade, they roomed together their first two years at WWU where Peter, like many other stu-dents, were blessed by Brandon’s love for God and others.

FAMILY FIRSTIn 2010, Peter married Kimberly Coggins, who he met at Big Lake Youth Camp. Family comes first for Peter, and he says the people who have influenced his life the most are his parents.

“His classes were always the most difficult, especially projects,” says Peter. One time I was working late at night and he popped his head into the computer lab and saw what I was working on. He stayed for a while, around midnight, helping me and looking over what I had done. Meeting his high expectations made you feel very special.”

Capping his undergraduate studies, Peter’s senior project at the university resulted in a robot to fit into pipes at a nuclear reactor that could later expand to help to clean up nuclear waste.

Despite the difficult economic conditions of the 2008 financial crisis, Peter’s rigorous education and internship paid off when the U.S. Navy hired him to be an engineer. He found a good fit with the RAM group,

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Brooke (Porter) Colburn, a 2000 me-chanical engineering graduate, always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. It was a desire fostered long ago by her mother. “She stayed home with us. She always told me it was some of the best years of her life,” Brooke recalled. “I didn’t want to miss that.” Conversely, Brooke wanted to be an engineer too, and she never gave much thought to her life’s ambitions con-flicting—that is, until she and her pediatric ophthalmologist husband, Jeffrey, a 2001 biology graduate, had their first child Elise in 2006. Brooke quit her job as an aerospace engineer at Northrop Grum-man (a passing of the baton as she likes to put it, seeing as Jeffrey was just finish-ing medical school at the time) to raise their daughter, now 8. Two more children soon followed: Zion, 7, and Wyatt, 4.

Brooke is happy to be home with her children yet well aware of what some people think about her decision to quit a prestigious job to parent full-time.

“I think most of the comments are when I’m not around,” Brooke said good-naturedly. “My friends will say their hus-bands says, ‘I don’t get it. From aerospace engineer to diapers.’”

Yet, for Brooke, the decision to devote herself full-time to raising her kids was an easy one.

“I think that just those choices I’ve made kind of shout out how important I think it is to be with my kids,” she said. “It’s not that I didn’t have any good options and just happened to end up at home with them. I did have good options, and I really liked what I was doing. It was just a rare chance to be with my kids. I like to be able to be the one to shape

their characters. Other people can be engineers.”

Which isn’t to say there haven’t been trials. For a driven woman like Brooke, who in addition to her degree from WWU earned a master’s in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in 2001, parenting can sometimes lack the straightforward goals and close-ended assignments of the workforce.

“One of the things that’s challenging for me is that it’s so undefined. Being a stay-at-home parent—it’s never done,” Brooke explained. “You’re doing the same thing every day, you just don’t get the same sense of accomplishment, and you don’t have the same clear goals.”

With her youngest headed to school soon, Brooke’s now in the process of figuring out her next step—perhaps one that will bring her closer toward those clearer goals. Having been out of the industry for eight years and wanting to work part-time to spend as much time as possible with her kids, Brooke is assess-ing new options.

“I think I’ll probably do something that’s a little bit different,” she said. “I might go into education or tutoring. Or teach some science after-school classes to kids. I could get into some kind of computer work. I’m thinking of shifting a little bit. Because what I did I just can’t do part-time. So instead I’ll be using those skills in a little different way.”

No matter which path her job as a mother and engineer takes her, she’ll always cherish those years she spent at home with her kids.

“They’re hilarious. They’re so funny and so loving.”

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6:45 Wake up, read my Bible

7:00 Shower and get dressed

7:30 Eat breakfast. Help Elise pack lunch.

8:05 Carpool picks up Elise

8:10 Unload dish-washer, clean kitchen, start a load of laundry

10:00 Varies. Meet friends at the park, grocery shop, lead Bible study, or clean

12:00 Lunch 1:00 Quiet time 2:30 Fold and put

away laundry 3:20 Pick up Elise

and other kids from our carpool

3:30 Varies. Ride bikes, play a game, or read.

4:30 Kids color or do crafts while I make supper

6:00 Jeffrey arrives home

6:30 Supper time 7:00 We all clean up

from supper 7:15 Go for a walk,

play catch, or read books aloud. Some-times Jeffrey takes charge of kitchen clean- up and then plays with the kids while I go for a walk to recharge.

8:30 Bedtime: tucks, snuggles, prayers, songs, and one more exchange of “I love you”

8:45 Alone at last, Jeffrey and I crash and get some time together.

10:30 Sleep

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“I think my wife likes working better than I do,” Matt Bryant says with a laugh when discussing his decision to quit teaching and stay home with children, Jackson, 5, and Reagan, 3. He and wife Holley (Leen) Bryant, a 2003 graduate and director for marketing and university relations at Walla Walla University, agreed even before marrying that one of them would parent full-time. So when their son arrived in 2009 and finances were thoroughly examined, it made the most sense for Matt to take on the challenge of Pampers and play dates. Though he’s now enrolled in business classes at WWU to update his teaching credentials, for four years, Matt was part of a growing demographic in the U.S: stay-at-home dads.

The percentage of male stay-at-home parents has increased from 10 percent in 1989 to 16 percent in 2012, according to a study from Pew Research Center. Yet, even in the liberal land of Portland, Ore., (where the Bryant family lived before relocating to Walla Walla recently), Matt discovered outmoded perceptions persist.

“I would take [the kids] to the store, and the cashier would say, ‘Oh, you’re having a day home with Dad.’ And I would say, ‘Well, this is my job every day.’ And a lot of people were taken aback by that.”

Another growing pain Matt faced was a lack of male peers who were also raising

kids full-time, leaving him to socialize with stay-at-home moms—a group he never felt fully accepted into.

“I wouldn’t say I was ostracized from the moms, but I never really fit in,” Matt recalled. “I was a stay-at-home dad, and I didn’t have the same exact experiences that the moms did. I did have a small group that would occasionally do things, but it wasn’t as often as they got together without me. Which was fine.”

Despite a few struggles along the way, Matt found being a stay-at-home parent incredibly rewarding—sometimes in very unexpected ways.

“My son memorized all the countries of the world by the time he was three. I didn’t know all the countries until we learned them together!” Matt mused. It will be little moments like these with his son and daughter that he’ll miss most when he returns to teaching full-time at Milton-Stateline Adventist School in the fall.

“It’s a little bit of a hard change for me because I’ve come to the realiza-tion that I won’t be at home to play with them anymore or just read them stories,” he said. “They’ve grown up to be such sweet kids…most of the time. The biggest reward is definitely seeing them change and interact with each other and learn. I love watching them learn different things.”

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MATT’S SCHEDULEChildren: Jackson, 5; Reagan, 3

5:45 Wake up and work out

7:00 Kids wake up 7:15 Breakfast 7:45 Kids play, I do

housework 9:00 Coffee and play-

ground 10:00 Snack at park 11:00 Errands 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Kids play outside,

I do yard work 1:30 Nap time for Rea-

gan, reading time for Jackson and Daddy

3:00 Reagan wakes up 3:05 Read stories 3:15 Snack 3:30 Play outside 4:30 Mommy comes

home, kids are distracted for 30 min., I do classwork

5:30 Dinner 6:00 More classwork 7:00 Kids get 30 min-

utes iPad time 7:45 Bath time 8:00 Stories 8:15 Kids in bed 10:00 I’m out

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“Transformation. One Kid at a Time.” It’s the phrase on Bernadine Irwin’s business card. And it’s the es-sence of her mission to transform the lives of kids at the crossroads.

Helping at-risk kids has always been important to Irwin, even during her professional career as a nurse educator. In addition to her master’s degree in psychiatric and mental health nursing, she also holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. However, for many years while teaching nursing at Loma Linda University, she also counseled teens who were on probation.

In 2000, Irwin says she had a wake-up call when Jessica Salzar, a teen she knew through her counseling work, was murdered. Impressed to build awareness of the desperate needs of kids like Jessie, she wrote a book about the young girl. She also founded “Operation Jessica,” a program of-fering teens spiritual and personal transformation primarily through experiences in nature. When Ir-win retired in 2009, she started a foundation called “Freedom to Be: The George Irwin Foundation,” to continue this work. Named after her father, Berna-dine has seen the foundation serve 400 teens.

During her career, Irwin’s sense of compassion for teens has also extended to her fellow nurses. For 18 years, Irwin worked part-time for the Cali-fornia Board of Nursing in counseling nurses with addictions.

Irwin established her 38-year teaching career at Walla Walla University, after Wilma Leazer, the dean of the School of Nursing, convinced her to become a teacher. She also taught at Southern Adventist University before settling in at Loma Linda University.

In addition to nursing and counseling, Irwin has also written several books. One of her books, “Ellen White: We Never Knew You,” is based on her dissertation about the role of Ellen White.

BY ROSA JIMENEZ // PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS DRAKE

Alumni of the Year Honoring Our Outstanding Graduates

CLASS OF 1969

Bernadine Irwin

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CLASS OF 1964 & 1972

Roman Hintz

As the son of a minister and a nurse, George Fearing says the spirit of public service was in-stilled at an early age. His parents, as well as the grandfather for who he is named, also instilled in George a love of reading and learning. Today, Fearing draws upon his vast knowledge and spirit of service serving as judge on the State Court of Appeals Division III. Based in Spokane, Wash., Fearing’s role is to hear appeals from county superior courts throughout Eastern Washington. He was appointed to this post in May 2013 by Washington Governor Jay Inslee.

Fearing brings to the judicial bench more than 30 years of experience as an attorney based in Kennewick, Wash., where he is known as a profes-sional of impeccable skill, wisdom, integrity, and thoughtfulness. Fearing has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer, specializing in representing municipalities and law enforcement officers in civil litigation.

Fearing joined the law firm in 1982 after gradu-ating from law school at University of Washington.

Fearing’s foray into law and politics began during the summers of his college years when he worked for U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson and then for congressman Tom Foley.

Beyond his professional work, Fearing has been an active volunteer for his home church in Pasco, Wash., and has long championed the cause of religious liberty for the Adventist church. Fearing’s spirit of public service has led to his involvement with the Washington state Democratic Party, and membership in Amnesty International, the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union, and the NAACP. Fearing has served his alma mater as president of the Walla Walla University Alumni Association.

Although Linda de Romanett spent most of her career as an in-

ternal medicine physician, she is now blazing trails in media evangelism. De Romanett saw a great need for evangelism in large cities and founded the nonprofit corporation Family First Radio Network. Since the 1990s, de Romanett has worked indepen-dently or with churches to launch radio stations. She began in the Southeast, and has now expanded to other areas of the country.

Family First uses talk radio programming to reach listeners. The first station began broadcast-ing in Columbia, S.C., in the late 1990s. More than 500 people have been baptized from their con-nection to the network’s broadcasts.

De Romanett first stepped into the field of media evangelism when she volunteered for a year in a New York City van ministry as the anchor for the Good News Network, a television satel-

lite network. She volunteered for several other ministries, including Quiet Hour, Amazing Facts, and Global Mission. She also traveled to India, Russia, Ethiopia, and other countries, working with churches and schools to conduct health clinics, health expos, and evangelistic meetings.

De Romanett’s evangelistic work eventually inspired her aunt, the late Mary Harris, to establish a nonprofit foundation to support the ministries De Romanett was involved with. With support from her aunt’s foundation and her parents, and her own funds, de Romanett says she followed God’s leading and started applying for radio station licenses with the Federal Communications Commission.

With grit and determination, de Romanett has learned about the media field on her own. She has become an expert in establishing nonprofit chari-ties and has helped many Adventists establish charitable organizations.

CLASS OF 1974

CLASS OF 1979

Linda de Romanett

George Fearing

The world needs more people like Roman Hintz. As a teacher, missionary, volunteer, admin-istrator, and world traveler, Roman has dedicated his life to serving others.

For most of his 41-year career Hintz worked in Adventist education as a teacher or principal. Hintz distinguished himself as a mathemat-ics and science teacher at Walla Walla Valley Academy for 19 years. Roman’s earlier education career included teaching at Upper Columbia Academy grade school, Rogers Adventist School, and Emerald Junior Academy. In all his class-rooms, Hintz not only made learning fun, but did so with a measure of responsibility and fairness to all students.

In 1976, Hintz accepted his most challenging and rewarding post. He served as principal and busi-ness manager of Maxwell Adventist Academy in Nairobi, Kenya. When Hintz and his family arrived in Africa, the school was a seven-grade day school

based on the British educational system. Church leaders asked Hintz to expand and convert the school to a twelve-grade boarding academy based on the American system of education to serve the needs of missionaries in that part of the world. This goal was accomplished in two years due to Hintz’s hard work and dedication.

Although officially retired since 2005, Hintz is involved in Gospel Outreach, a ministry based in Walla Walla. As a television broadcast volunteer, Hintz works on both sides of the camera, helping to produce 50 to 60 programs each year. The programs are aired on 3ABN, Hope Channel, Blue Mountain Television, Loma Linda Television, and other networks. He also employs his broadcast production skills at Walla Walla University Church, where he started the church’s television ministries 10 years ago.

Hintz’s mission work has taken him to more than 50 different countries.

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Homecoming Class Photos

ROW 1: Albert Will ’52, Gracie (Cafferky) Will ’47, Elaine (Skinner) Derby ’47, Marvin Gottschall ’49, Pat (Saxby) Reynolds ’49, Louise Bowman att., Gene Bowman att., Ken Spady ’51, Eldon Stratton ’49, Orletta Dealy ’68, Harold Harvey ’58, Norman Skeels ’49,

ROW 2: Bill Oakes ’58, Gloria D. Oakes ’58, James Stirling ’44, Walter Emery ’49, Floyd Bresee ’49, Clarence Chinn ’51, Elwood Mabley ’48, Virginia (Miller) Mabley ’48, Ethel (Clary) Ferguson ’48, Lois (Coleman) Hall ’49,

ROW 3: Doyle Saxby ’49, Lorelei (Pierce) Saxby ’49, Helen Evans Zolber ’49, Nadene Bork ’51, Vera (Wolcott) Young ‘53, Thelma Meier ’43, Donald Dealy ’48, Wilton Bunch ’56, Marvin Robertson ’58, Jeanie Robertson att., Verona (Montanye) Schnibbe ’48,

ROW 4: Clayton Jepson ’49, Herb Bork ’51, Robert Graham ‘53, Bernie Meier ‘39, Grover Rose ’51, Fred Schnibbe ‘50, Harold Ochs ’50

Vanguards

Class of 1954 ROW 1: Clinton Shankel, Doris Syme, June (Brooks) Dorner,

Carolyn (Boyer) McHan, Marilee (Hayes) Thomas, Wade Wolfe,

ROW 2: Leroy Moore, Ralph Jones, Jim McHan,

Stew Shankel, Jim A. Brown, Jack Griswold

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Homecoming Weekend, honor class members reconnected with fellow graduates

PHOTOGRAPHS BY TAYLOR SARRAFIAN

Class of 1964 ROW 1: Donald Murray, Robert Joseph Forsyth, Clarence Arnold Renschler, Winifred Jackson Whitsett, Nikki (Meidell) Gonzalez, Gwen (Fry) Smith, ROW 2: Richard L. Salsbery, Caroline (Rasmussen) Salsbery, Beverly (Paladeni) Riter, Patricia (Scyphers) Winn, Bob Brody, Jewell (Rasmussen) Putz, Louise (Parmele) Schaffer, Donna (Monks) Worley, Sharon (Beck) Ammon, Don Ammon, Dale Von Bergen, ROW 3: Edna Race, Jodi (Miller) Straw, Jeanne (Dutro) Peters, Marilyn (Banek) Nelson,

Betty (Downs) Greene, Virginia (Vliet) Whitehead, Rosemary (Grove) Dressler, Sherrie (Brooks) Azrak, Nathalie (Ladner) Bischoff, J. W. Richman, ROW 4: Muriel (Wilbur) Zaugg, Barbara (Thomsen) Specht, Myrna (Shultz) Long, Wallace Mandigo, Barbara (Vaughan) Lonnstrom, Loren Starr, Beryl (Alderson) Johnson, Ron Johnson, John Griffin, J. B. Rupert, Henry Kee-Heng Yeo, ROW 5: Ted Winn, Jack Lamberton, Florence (Johnstone) Schaffer, Sue Powell-Barrett, John Fackenthall, David Miller, Bob Watt, Roman Hintz, Gerald Whitehead, George Norby, David Claridge

Class of 1969ROW 1: Jim Robertson, Merlin Schreiner, Bernadine Irwin, Merlene Olmstead, Jim Severance, Vivian (Byers) Robertson, Steve Canaday, Arsenio Hernandez, Dean Sanders, Bill Cowan, ROW 2: Judy Farnsworth, Meredith (Dammrose) Grubbs, Dorothy (Root) Epperly, Helen (Lingscheit) Heavirland, Marilyn (Timothy) Maxwell, Abbie (Lam Yuen) Watt, Darlene (Letniak) Karmy, Consuelo (Schoepflin) Weitz, Sonja (Rennings) Gourley, Janet (Lundeen) Neuman, Don Lonnstrom,

ROW 3: Floyd Petersen, Joyce (Johnson) Drake, Marilyn (Monroe) Gantz, Jan (Gaunt) Sifford, Kathie (Schultz) Bartholomew, Loretta (LiDrazzah) Patrick, Lou (Kinzer) Blanchfield, Kathy (Kinzer) Grosse, Naomi (Chappell) Matteson, Bob Van Stee, Bill Cowin, ROW 4: Steve Chinn, Claudia (Loeffler) Chinn, Jon Watt, Judy (Olcott) Schoepflin, Gayle Schoepflin, Dale Eugene Taylor, Mike Tohivsky, Bill Rouse, Ernest Ford, Brent Gardner, Kurt Berg, Steven Packard

Class of 1959ROW 1: Elsworth Hetke, Eleanor (Brady) Hetke, Ila (Burlingame) Baltrusch, Glenda (Gimbel) Schafer, Betty (McGinnis) Wood, ROW 2: Jerry Dawes, John Sproed, Roger Baltrusch, Hal Harden, Ralph Anderson

Alumni CurrentsStaying in touch with our family of graduates

Class of 1974ROW 1: Linda de Romanett, Carolyn (Prall) Dinkmeier, Linda (Wolcott) Torretta, Terry (McFee) Waterbrook, Nadine (Hayes) Messer, Antoinette (Hamamjy) LaRondelle, Carol Unterseher,

ROW 2: Troy Epperly, Chuck Vliet, Janice (Hall) Schirmer, Amy (Sapp) Cafferky, Daina (Cummings) Winslow-Rogers, Art Klym, Dallas Weis, Reiner Kuppers, ROW 3: Scott Parmele, Myrna (Klopfenstein) Neff, Maretta (Haynes) Kandoll, Elayne (Schreckengast) Lofthouse, Gerald Lofthouse, Cassie

Ragenovich, Stephen Bork, Donald Bais, Larry Unterseher, Mark Worley, ROW 4: Roger Johnson, David Jewkes, Wayne Johnson, Doug Logan, Dennis Vories, David Drake, Bill Poole, Richard Flaiz, Bill McCool, Jim Kincaid, Dave Dressler, Lee Malott

Class of 1979 ROW 1: Tammy (Dimke) Poole, Sylvia ( Green) Matterand, Patty (McIntyre) Knittel, Diane (LeMaster) Liston, Fonny M. Oei, Melinda Schulze,

Class of 1989 FRONT ROW: Karlyn Bond, Benjamin Cawthra, Angie (St. Clair) Devitt, Lorraine Jacobs, Cynthia Jernee, Janelle (Smith) Clendenon, ROW 2: Rafat Shirinzadeh,

Jaime Rodriguez, Daniel Williams, Michelle Dressler, Valerie Bass, Lisa (Jones) Scholl, ROW 3: Darryl Conrad, Charles Reel, Stephen Ing, Sherman McCormick, Wendy Unger, Linda Abdel-Malek

Class of 1994 FRONT ROW: Vanessa Van Stee, Darlene (Hintz) Anderson, Jessica (Galvan-Koch) Davidson, Janine Childs, Pedrito (Maynard-Reid II) Maynard-Zhang, Mark Cockerham,

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ROW 1: Tammy (Dimke) Poole, Sylvia ( Green) Matterand, Patty (McIntyre) Knittel, Diane (LeMaster) Liston, Fonny M. Oei, Melinda Schulze,

ROW 2: Glenn Balkins, Denny Krause, David Russell, Dennis Olson, Judy (Cooksley) Cushman,

ROW 3: John Christensen, Steve Tatro, George Fearing, Warren Kay, Bob Cushman

Class of 1984

ROW 1: Sandy (Finch) Gales, Bob Radke, Tracy (Winter) Harder, Renita (Reeves) Carlin, Sandra (Gonzalez) Graham, Sandra (Curtis) Palinka, Cindy (Kaye) Williams, Bonnie (Van Fossen) Parle,

ROW 2: Randy Yaw, Kraig Scott, Bill Gerber, Don Schafer, Paul Richardson, Lenny McGill, Ruby (Eastwood) Harden, Cheryl (Ball) Nelson,

ROW 3: Bill Green, Brian Ford, Gary Tetz, Stephen Tucker, Douglas Reeves, Mark Horsman, Ken Rose, Jeff Humbert

Class of 1994 FRONT ROW: Vanessa Van Stee, Darlene (Hintz) Anderson, Jessica (Galvan-Koch) Davidson, Janine Childs, Pedrito (Maynard-Reid II) Maynard-Zhang, Mark Cockerham,

ROW 2: Lori (Koberstine) Hermanson, Laura (Constanti-nescu) Pierce, Trenton Pierce, Brian Davidson, Mindy Nich-olson, Robin (Dixson) Browning, Craig Connell, Steven Reitz

Class of 2004 ROW 1: Jenni (Swisher) Royer, Marie Baumgartner, Kelley (Gillette) Carr, Renee Corbett, Melissa (Rote) Claridge, Jacqueline (Gifford) Shawler, ROW 2: Laurie

Krause, John McMackin, Maria Zeman, Charla (Aguilar) Burke, Aaron Heinrichs, Nelita Davamony-Crawford, ROW 3: Nic Ivy, Zachary Burke, Brandon Watt, Greg Cheney, David Crawford

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AlumNotesGet up-to-date with just a few of our alumni. Send AlumNote information to alumni@wallawalla.edu

1950sJune (Brooks) Dorner ’54 and her husband, Roger ’55, live in Wenatchee, Wash. June volun-teers at a thrift store and works three hours a week at the commu-nity center. June and Roger have traveled to places such as Europe, Africa, Trinidad, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Haiti. She is grateful for health, her marriage to Roger for 59 years, and her two kids and grandchildren. Her favorite WWU

memories are her first “home” with a flush toilet, her first date ever, and her first time to eat olives, lentils, garbanzos, and soy products.

James Brown ’54 and his wife, Diana, live in Vista, Calif. James has been doing Maranatha projects since retirement. He has traveled to Honduras where he initiated the construction of a church. With all the projects that James wants to participate in, he gladly bids farewell to retirement. James and Diana have two sons, David ’76 and Donald att., and a grandson, Michael ’05. James’ favorite WWU memories are washing dishes in the cafeteria, attending engineering classes, in-organic chemistry, and spending time with his roommate, Stanley Beddoe att.

John Sipkens ’59 and his wife, Ruth, live in Yuma, Ariz. They have two sons, John att. and Gordon

att. John taught 34 years in Adven-tist education as an elementary school teacher, an academy prin-cipal, a professor at Loma Linda University, an academic dean at Hong Kong College, and a country director and division director for ADRA in the Philippines and Far East Division. He also worked as the secretary/treasurer of the Cey-lon Union. John’s favorite college memories are working for Stanley Sargent in maintenance and con-struction and working for Art Spoo in finance and administration.

1960sMary (Richards) Aaron ’61 and her husband, Tom att., live in Shelton, Wash. Both are retired school teachers. They celebrated 50 years of marriage on May 24, 2014. Tom and Mary have three grown children: Rob ‘90, Ann Bar-rios, and Marilyn. They also have four grandchildren.

Ray Erwin ’64 and his wife, Doro-thy, live in Selma, Ore. Ray has volunteered to distribute Signs of the Times magazine and other missionary literature to neighbors as well as helping them with odd jobs such as yard cleaning and splitting wood. Some of his hob-bies include horseback riding, bik-ing, canoeing, hiking, and working outdoors. Ray and Dorothy have two children, Carey att. and Sheryl, and two granddaughters. Ray’s favorite WWU memory is Elder Paul Heubach’s class, “Life and Teachings of Jesus.”

Donald Murray ’64 and his wife, Susan (Glantz) att., live in Saint Joseph, Mich. Donald is retired and self-employed. He owns Home Helpers/Direct Link & Developer of DWM2 Educational

a TV game show and won seven days in a row. “That experience freed me to choose other options in life,” she says. She worked as a sale executive for 10 years. She had children at 38, 44, and 45, when she became a stay-at-home mom for 10 years. Then she worked for a mortgage bank and then as a public speaker. Tenny’s favorite WWU memories are earning her communications degree and working as Donnie Rigby’s reader and assistant for four years.

Floyd Petersen ’69 and his wife, Eileen (Perry) att., live in Loma Linda, Calif. Floyd works as an as-sistant professor of biostatistics at Loma Linda University. Floyd has also taught and consulted internationally, including organi-zations in China, India, Kenya, and Indonesia, to name a few. Floyd has participated in research stud-ies on topics such as air pollution in California, tobacco prevention, and iron metabolism alterations in Alzheimer’s disease. He has also been published in myriad

books and journals. Floyd was named Honorary Sheriff’s Deputy of San Bernardino County, Calif., in 1990 through 2010. Floyd has served on the Loma Linda City Council for more than 20 years, and has been mayor of the city for 10 years.

Jonathan Watt ’69 and his wife, Abbie (LamYuen) ’69, live in Vancouver, Wash. Jonathan is self-employed as a physician. He did locums tenens at various hospitals and clinics in Wash-ington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii. Jonathan keeps busy with woodworking projects and maintaining his 5-acre family property. He also likes working on engines and spending summers on the family ranch in Montana. Jonathan and Abbie enjoy visiting their grandchildren and volunteer-ing professionally for the medical field. Jonathan and Abbie have four children, Rena Couch, Shawn Steward ’96, Jonathan ’02, and Brandon ’04.

Ministries. Donald spent 42 years as a residence hall dean at three academies and two colleges. He felt privileged to be a co-founder of the Adventist Student Person-nel Association. They have two children, Marcia Jo Hales and Ryan Murray. His favorite WWU memories include the time he proposed to Sue at the top of Whitman Monument and then they were the second couple to be married in the new Heubach Chapel in 1963. He also remem-bers Gordon Balharrie inscribing his name on the new church steeple that was to be put in place the following day.

Dale VonBergen ’64 and his wife, Nancy (Ruuska) ’86, live in Cash-mere, Wash. Dale is a retired Up-per Columbia Conference teacher. During his career, he taught junior high Bible and English for 41 years. Dale loves writing and video production. In 1974, he com-pleted his master of arts degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. For 16 summers, Dale has built trails and bridges for the U.S. Forest Service as a contractor with his sons. Today, Dale enjoys volunteering as a juvenile center chaplain and teaching ESL classes. He has taken mission trips to So-nora, Chihuahua states, Tanzania, and China. Dale enjoys sailing his Hobie 16, flying his paraglider, hik-ing and skiing with his sons and grandkids, and riding horses with his wife. Dale and Nancy have two adult children, Scott ’67 and Todd att. Some of Dale’s favorite WWU memories are the late nights spent working on the Collegian and Mountain Ash.

Tenny (Thompson) Garner ’69 and her husband, John ’68, live in Troutdale, Ore. Tenny taught high school English at Orangewood Academy for 10 years. She had a life-changing experience at Bur-bank Studios where she was in

1970sJames Kincaid ’74 and his wife, Linda (Surdal) Kincaid ’76, live in Kotzebue, Alaska, where they own and operate Northwestern Aviation Services Inc. After James served the Alaska Conference for 27 years as pastor, pilot, and administrator, he and Linda decided to have an adventure before they got too old. They both are pilots and pur-chased a small air taxi company in northwest Alaska to support their volunteer ministry among the Inu-piat people in the 11 villages in that region. They operate four wheel planes and one floatplane, special-izing in remote access to some of the most beautiful topography in the world. They support scientific research, archaeology, eco-tours, hunters, and sport fishermen. James and Linda have two sons, Douglas ’01 and Jonathan.

Frank Meidell ’74 and his wife, Marilyn (McWilliams) att., live in Rolla, Mo. Frank works as a teacher in the Iowa-Missouri Con-ference. He has taught in the Ad-ventist elementary school system for over 40 years. Frank’s favorite WWU memory is the Bible classes with Joe Barnes and spending time in the Student Association Center. Frank and Marilyn have four children, Kimberly, Kamella, Kory, and Kylie att.

Diane (Ludlam) Crane ’79 and her husband, Donald, live in Dayton, Md. Diane is president of Elternhaus Incorporated, Assisted Living, and is semi-retired. She earned two degrees from WWU: a home economics degree and a nursing degree. Diane says that her home economics degree helped her live a full life as a wife, mother, and missionary in Central America. Donald has worked in the Oregon Conference and their two children, David and Deb-bie, attended Hoodview Church and School. Diane says that her nursing degree helped to educate the kids and start an Adventist assisted-living company in Mary-land. Donald is retired from the General Conference.

1980sStuart Ware ’84 and his wife, Janel, live in Ashton, Md. Stuart

works for Argon ST as a product engineering manager. They have a son, Carter ’97 and a daugh-ter, Peyton ’98. Stuart’s favorite memory at WWU is the people he met during his college years, including Mark Aden, Don and Susan Barton, Stephanie Phillips, Tony Reece, and many others. He remembers the work he did during college, including statistics and dynamics, feedback and control, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and other engineering classes. He remembers hanging out at the gas station/sub shop watching Magnum P.I., playing basketball, cleaning classrooms, and Camp Mivoden.

Grace (Carr) Killin ’89 and her husband, Andrew, live in Holland Park, Australia. Grace works as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Mater Mothers Hospi-tal. Grace and Andrew have been married over 20 years and have spent their married life between Australia and the United States. They have two sons, Thomas and Alexander, who were both born in Australia. They lived in Washington D.C. for five years before returning to Australia where they live now. Grace has been working in nursing since college. Most of her career has been spent in the neonatal ICU but while in Washington D.C., she worked in surgery for three years. Grace’s favorite WWU memories are Sabbath afternoons spent driving to places all over the valley. She enjoyed hiking and picnicking with her brother Dan Carr ’88 and all of their friends.

Jeff Walikonis ’89 and his wife, Connie, live in San Carlos, Calif. Jeff is self-employed as a vocational counselor/ergonomist. He says

that he feels blessed to work for himself for over 20 years. He has been able to assist thousands of injured workers who are in need of finding a new career. Most recently, he has been working in ergonomics, helping to set up people’s workstations to help prevent injuries. He has been able to work with people at many well-known companies such as Adobe,

Twitter, LinkedIn, Amazon, and Wal-Mart. Jeff and Connie have two children, Jamie and Ben. Jeff’s favorite memory of WWU is when he and his friends converted a sta-tion wagon into a convertible.

1990sShannon (Fisher) Drake ’94 and her husband, Galen att., live in Vancouver, Wash. Shannon is a reg-istered nurse and has worked as an OB/GYN for the majority of her career. Her most rewarding job was working at Southwest Washington Medical Center in the Family Birth Center as a labor and delivery nurse. Since 2005, Shannon has been working at an OB/GYN private practice at Cascadia Women’s Clinic in Vancouver, Wash. Shannon and her husband have traveled over the years to Belize, Costa Rica, Europe, Mexico, and Canada.

2000sCalista Comstock ‘04 and her husband, Caleb Foss ’04, live in Spokane, Wash. She works as a physician’s assistant at Rockwood Clinic. Caleb works as a physical therapist for the Summit Rehabili-tation Associates. They have two children, Reef and Emery. Calista’s favorite memory from WWU is midnight kindness from strangers. Caleb’s favorite memories of WWU are the friends he made, dorm life, and the “midnight escapades” as he called them.

Erin (Kelly) Corbett ’04 and her husband, Eric, live in Bonner, Mont. Erin is a clinical coordinator at Community Medical Services. Her favorite memory of WWU is graduation.

Aaron Heinrichs ’04 and his wife, Diana (Cheek) ‘05, live in Apple Valley, Minn. They have two children, Avery and Emery. Aaron works as a commercial airline pilot for Compass Airlines. Early in their careers, Aaron worked as a pilot for Horizon Air, and Diana worked as a teacher at Auburn Adventist Academy. Recently, they moved to the Midwest for Aaron’s job op-portunity with Compass Airlines. Aaron’s favorite WWU memories are of Walla Walla sunsets, biking

on the open roads, and Wolfpack hockey road trips. He remembers flying solo above the Walla Walla Valley, taking in all the beauty.

Louisa (Fandrich) Kellar ’04 and her husband, Jesse ‘06, live in Baroda, Mich. They have two children, Jack and Ridley. Louisa works as the assistant to the regional manager (homemaker) at Kellar Farm. After graduation, Louisa spent a year in student missions as a dean and Spanish teacher. She loved teaching so much she came back to WWU to complete a masters in teaching degree, and she also met Jesse. Jesse graduated from Loma Linda University in 2010. When their first child was born, Louisa became full-time mom. They live on a Michigan farm enjoying the country life that they had always dreamed about.

Ashley (Gulke) Leavitt ’04 and her husband, Matt, live in North Dakota. Ashley works as an at-torney. She says, “criminal law is a challenge, but I love it.” After she graduated from WWU, she attended Santa Clara University where she scored into the 99th percentile in her national testing for the California Bar Exam. Ashley has been on CNBC five times as a live guest commentator on com-modities markets. She also owns a farming corporation in North Dakota, where she raises corn, wheat, beans, barley, and sunflow-ers. Ashley’s favorite memories from WWU are attending Heubach Chapel worship on Tuesday nights. She says that she felt something so spiritual about that.

Allison (Schmidt) Moor ’04 and her husband, Steve ’05, live in Bea-verton, Ore. They have a 2-year-old son named Corrigan. Allison works as a preschool director for Tualatin Valley Academy. They spent two years teaching in Thailand after Steve’s graduation in 2005. After they came back to Walla Walla, they returned to WWU to earn masters in teaching degrees. Steve also teaches at Tualatin Valley Academy. Allison’s favorite WWU memory is meeting Steve.

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Abrams – Edna (Johnson), for-mer Walla Walla University staff member, was born Oct. 22, 1920, in Woodworth, N.D., and died Feb. 9, 2014, in Walla Walla. Surviving: husband James of Walla Walla.

Anliker – Manford ’67 was born April 27, 1940, in Portland, Ore., and died Aug. 28, 2013, in Milton-Freewater, Ore. Surviving: wife Joyce (Ammundsen) att. of Milton-Freewater; sons Gregory of Walla Walla; and Jeffrey of Milton-Freewater; and daughter Heidi Brenes ’87 of College Place.

Beucler – Sandra (Mabley) att. was born Oct. 7, 1948, in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, and died Dec. 2, 2013, in Reedley, Calif. Surviving: husband Terry att. of Reedley; sons Charles of Fairfield, Calif.; Donovan of Fairfield; Nathan of San Antonio, Texas; and Michael Jacob of Garden Valley, Idaho; daughters Shelly Duncan of Junction, Texas; Kelly Scott of San

Antonio; Angela Mabinty of St. Lucia; and Janet of Reedley; and brothers Lonnie Mabley ’73 of Knoxville, Tenn.; Gerald Mabley of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and Horace Mabley.

Brown – Merrilyn (Sornberger) ’55 was born March 13, 1933, in Denver, Colo., and died Dec. 14, 2013, in Brawley, Calif.

Calkins – Delbert Ordell ’49 was born March 12, 1925, in College Place, and died Nov. 2, 2013, in Roseville, Calif. Surviving: daughter Beverly; sons Merle and Duane; and brother Francis.

Ellis – Jack ’55, former Walla Walla University faculty member, was born Aug. 25, 1923, in Wa-trous, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died Dec. 24, 2013, in Walla Walla. Surviving: wife Margaret of Walla Walla; son Robert of Ver-mont; and daughter Cathryne of Seattle, Wash.

Harden – James ’94 was born Aug. 30, 1950, in San Diego, Calif., and died Nov. 30, 2013, in Richland, Wash. Surviving: wife Deborah of Pasco, Wash.; stepson Randy Larsen of Kennewick, Wash.; stepdaughter Jodie LaC-roix of Pasco; and sister Vickie Helgeson of Kennewick.

Magnuson – Evelyn (Grove) att. was born April 12, 1920, in Lancaster, Wash., and died March 2, 2014, in East Wenatchee, Wash. Surviving: son Jay ’65 of Quincy, Wash.; daughters Dianna Pewitt of Wenatchee; and Mary Lindsay of Lacey, Wash.; and sisters Vera Ruud of Walla Walla; and Roberta Schoepflin of Corvallis, Ore.

Matterand – Hazel (Allison) ’50 was born Dec. 22, 1920, in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died Aug. 7, 2013, in Arlington, Wash. Surviving: daughters Nina Molstad of Arlington; and Cheryl Wagner att. of Lake Havasu City,

In Memory

For 26 years, Robert “Bob” Noel taught at the Edward F. Cross School of Engineering, contributing significantly to the high standard of engineering education the school is known for. Beyond academics, Noel shone as an example of love, patience, and a true love of life.

Noel began his engineering career in corporate research and development before his first teaching job at Andrews University in 1954. After spending nine years there he came to Walla Walla University.

After his retirement from WWU in 1989, he put his spirit of service to work at Walla Walla General Hospital, where he volunteered for 19 years. He spent more than 4900 hours processing the outgo-ing mail at the hospital. For 15 years, he printed the mail labels for the local Meals on Wheels program and did weekly meal deliveries with his wife, Idana.

Noel’s hobbies included photography and rock and stamp collecting. During the 1990–91 school year, the couple volun-

teered at Maxwell Adventist Academy near Nairobi, Kenya, where he taught computing and algebra classes. This experience gave him the opportunity to see and photograph numerous animals and birds.

Noel’s family enjoyed traveling and had visited all 50 of the United States, as well as Mexico, Central

America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and China.

Noel was a registered profes-sional mechanical engineer in Illinois, Michigan, and Washington. He earned both his under-graduate and master’s degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Noel was born March 28, 1923, in Manitowoc, Wis., and died Jan. 1, 2014, in Walla Walla. He is survived by his wife Idana of College Place; son David of Walla Walla; daugh-ters Diane Rannow of Sutherlin, Ore., and Debra Brown of Canby, Ore.; brother James of Gladstone, Mich.; and sisters Grace Waydick of Racine, Wis., and Alice Olcott of Oceanside, Calif.

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Ariz.; and sister Norma Rogers of Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

Mohr – Gretta Jean (Rowland) ’38 was born Sept. 15, 1916, in Singapore, and died Feb. 24, 2014, in Portland, Ore. Surviving: son Lyle ’67 of Tillamook, Ore.; and daughter Julene Dana-Anderson att. of Big Bear City, Calif.

Patchett Eby – Dorothy (Gould) ’45 was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Walla Walla, and died Jan. 30, 2014, in Pasco, Wash. Surviving: sons How-ard att. of Meadow Vista, Calif., Richard ’79 of Marshfield, Wis., and Clayton ’73;daughters Noni att. of Pasadena, Calif., and Peggy att. of Richland, Wash.

Riggins – Vera (Smith), for-mer Walla Walla University staff member, was born Dec. 3, 1914, in Wenatchee, Wash., and died Oct. 25, 2013, in Spokane, Wash. Surviv-ing: daughters Viola Peach ’60; and Ella Jackson of Vancouver, Wash.; and sister Eva Stutzman of Wenatchee, Wash.

Sonnenberg – Alma Mae (Fletcher) ’57 was born March 13, 1916, in Broadwater, Neb., and died Nov. 12, 2013, in Loma Linda, Calif. Surviving: son Craig ’79 of Walla Walla.

Visger – Dale ’58 was born Oct. 13, 1929, in Leedale, Alberta, Canada, and died Dec. 26, 2013, in Walla Walla. He was a WWU professor of technology. Surviving: wife Evelyn of College Place; sons Darryl att. of Henderson, Nev.; and Darcy of Airways Heights, Wash.; stepson Steve Grovlik of College Place; stepdaughter Roma Edmonds (Grovlik) ’87 of Kent, Wash.; and sisters Nora Simmons of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada; and Bonnie Triebwasser of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Wagner – Kara (Todorovich) att. was born March 19, 1942, in Walla Walla, and died July 19, 2013, in Walla Walla. Surviving: husband James of Walla Walla; sons Todd att. of Walla Walla; Jeffrey ’93 of Walla Walla; daughter Karalee Canfield att. of College Place; brothers Rod Todorovich ‘68 of Honolulu, Hawaii; Terry Todorov-ich ‘81 of Walla Walla; and sisters Pam Meidinger att. of Enumclaw, Wash.; and Linda Blaser ’81 of Auburn, Wash.

Willey – Ruby (Simmons) ’50 was born April 12, 1917, in Hunt County, Texas, and died Jan. 20, 2014, in Harrah, Okla. O

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Richard Flaiz ’74 President-Elect

Flaiz has practiced ENT surgery in Hermiston, Ore., for more than 20 years. He is married to Claudia (Benson) ’05 who has a master’s in social work degree from WWU. Together, they raised their four children in Hermiston, most of whom attended WWU. He served as senior class president at WWC and still enjoys leadership roles.

Christian Bell ’10

Board Member

Bell is the director of community relations at the University Church. Since graduating, he’s worked in the U.S. House of Representatives, earned a master’s degree from Duke University, worked for his family-owned marketing company, and currently serves on the board of Helpline, a social service agency.

Heather (Dickerson) Schermann ’03

Treasurer

Schermann recently relocated to College Place and is a financial analyst at Key Technology. While at WWU, she worked for student financial services and The Collegian, and was secretary of her senior class. She has been an active member of the Exchange Club of Walla Walla and the Walla Walla Choral Society.

Larry Schwisher ’71 Board Member

Schwisher is in private practice in general dentistry and orthodon-tics in Kennewick, Wash. His wife, Suzanne (Shephard) ’72, and their three children have all attended WWU. Larry is active in his local church and has directed Pathfind-ers for the past 28 years.

New Alumni Officers to Serve Alumni AssociationWalla Walla University alumni have elected four new officers to serve on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Back to You BYA view from the field

Perspectives From the ClassroomBy Martin Surridge

FOR 14 YEARS, my educa-tion experience has been in Seventh-day Adven-tist schools, either as a student or an academy

English teacher. Now, though, I find myself back where I began my grade-school education: the public school system.

When I accepted a position as a ninth- and tenth-grade English teacher a little ways north of Seattle, the principal of my new public high school asked me quite good-naturedly, “Now, you won’t have a problem coming from Christian school, teaching in the public system?” I explained to her that, of course, I would be very respectful and professional and that I anticipated no problems, which has been true.

I’m nearly certain that during no time in my classes have I ever blurred the boundary of separation between church and state, and I’m always very careful when answering students’ questions and informing them of religious themes and terms in litera-ture. It can be a tricky balancing act, since there’s a legitimate amount of Judeo-Christian values in high school literature that can be hard to avoid at times. Trying to teach Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter or Elie Wiesel’s Night from a secular perspective was a little challeng-ing, reminding myself to instruct of religion and not with religion.

I also caught myself missing the opportunity to pray with a troubled student or pray at the beginning of each class period as I had done for several years as an academy teacher. Public school teachers, I had been told during my gradu-ate classes at WWU, often envy Christian school teachers for their chance to quiet the class down at the start of a period with a well-timed, thematic opening prayer. I now understand.

However, all of these changes have probably helped me rather than hurt me. They’re definitely making me more aware of my teaching style and methods. They’re also making me think more about my spirituality and

what Christianity and a relation-ship with God means when it’s not clearly on display to my students. It was a little easier to be Christian in an Adventist school. Although looking back I remember a teacher evaluation where many students gave me a relatively poor score in one category, something along the lines of “displaying Christ through classroom instruction.” It was a bit of a shock then but a rather telling moment for me today.

Now, teaching in public school, I have to think a lot more care-fully about religion on a daily basis. While I’m not able to pray, I can still show kindness to others, and can still reach out to people less fortu-nate and help them as best as I can. Demonstrating a Christ-like attitude is something I strive to achieve more than ever before—though now, ironically, I’ll never be evalu-ated by it—and yet I still fail at it probably as frequently as ever. Too often I’ll forget to view a student in the best possible light, fail to try my hardest to help a disadvantaged kid, or I’ll lack the strength to do what I know is right.

In just six months I’ve worked with runaways and juvenile offend-ers, with being shown the middle finger and sworn at, with interven-tions, homeless students, and those with 25 unexcused absences, and at times I wish I could invoke the power of public prayer and of community worship, but I contently remain forever silent in these mat-ters as I greatly appreciate our na-tion’s commitment to equality and freedom of religion. And one day, if I should return to teach in a Christian school, I hope to bring this renewed sense of focus with me, not because I anticipate imitating Christ any better than anyone else, but simply because I’ll be able to better appre-ciate working in religious education and a Christ-centered environment.

Martin Surridge, a 2010 education graduate, and his wife, Lauren (Peterson), also a WWU graduate, live in Bellingham, Wash.

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October 4The Longest Table is a Sabbath potluck like no other you’ve ever been to before. University Church members provide the food, fellowship and place settings at more than 150 tables to welcome our students to the campus and kick off the school year.

October 9-11Sports fans, enjoy a full schedule of soccer and volleyball games at the

annual Fall Classic, which draws more than 20 teams from academies across the country. See game schedule at wallawalla.edu/fallclassic.

October 24-26Welcome, families! We invite you to join your students on campus for

Family Weekend special events, including a downtown ice cream outing, Sabbath dinner, and the annual AGA Breast Cancer 5K Run. More at wallawalla.edu/family-weekend.

November 1Who’s got talent? You can be the judge of that at the annual OPS Amateur Hour, the highlight of

OPS Weekend. The show begins at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Gymnasium.

November 9 Spend an evening with WWU’s philosopher in residence, Linda Emmerson. The assistant professor of philosophy presents the 2014

Distinguished Faculty Lecture at 7 p.m. in the Melvin K. West Fine Arts Center.

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August 22-24Happy Birthday, Rosario! It’s the 60th anniversary of WWU’s Rosario Marine Laboratory. We’re celebrating with special events during Rosario Alumni Weekend. For schedule, visit wallawalla.edu/Rosario-Sabbath.