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海角视频 has been named a 鈥淗ealthiest Company鈥� by the North Bay Business Journal for the second time. The college received the award for its commitment to promoting wellness and an active lifestyle among its employees. PUC first received the 鈥淗ealthiest Company鈥� award in 2012, and continues to encourage employees to focus on health and happiness while expanding wellness program opportunities. The Business Journal gathered nominations over the summer and through September, finally settling on 21 companies and organizations that were honored on November 13 at the Journal鈥檚 2013 Health Care Conference. The conference and special issue of the Journal draw attention to the 鈥渙utstanding efforts of businesses across the North Bay in the critical movement toward wellness.鈥� The companies selected for the award ranged from construction, education, banking, and technology; the healthiest companies were selected after a nomination and company survey process. 鈥淢illions of people spend at least half of their waking hours at work, so it makes perfect sense to make healthy choices a part of the workplace culture,鈥� said Brad Bollinger, editor and associate publisher of the Business Journal. 鈥淭he workplace wellness movement is unstoppable and is really a necessity if, as a society, we are...

Since the age of 10, 海角视频 freshmanSpencer Swetnam dreamed of competing in the world championships of his favoritesport. On November 2, his dream came true as he traveled to Taipei-City, Taiwan to compete in the 2013 Artistic Roller Skating WorldChampionships.Swetnam and his partner Katelyn Rodgersrepresented the United States on the world stage in the team dance category. 鈥淭heworld championships are as high as the sport of artistic roller skating gets,鈥漵aid Swetnam. 鈥淚t is not in the Olympics for one main reason: Most people donot know about it.鈥� Artistic roller skating is much like figure skating on ice,but with roller skates. The sport combines a careful balance of position,strength, and artistry in a single performance.A 2013 graduate of Portland Adventist Academy, Swetnamspent much of his senior year traveling to Boston to meet with Rodgers as theyprepared for the National Championship held in Albuquerque, New Mexico fromJuly 21 to August 4, 2013. The pair competed in the Junior World Class TeamDance Division. This division requires three components: two compulsory danceswith specific dances and steps, an original dance with a routine danced to arequired genre of music, and the free dance which allows the skaters to danceto any song of their...

After finishing 3rd in league play in the California Pacific Conference, 海角视频鈥檚 Pioneers women鈥檚 volleyball team completed their season at the Cal Pac playoffs. The Pioneers fell to Menlo College on Friday, November 15. Menlo College would go on to defeat La Sierra and head to the National Tournament. After the playoff match, three lady Pioneers and their head coach Brittany Brown were honored with Cal Pac Conference Awards. In a highly competitive conference, the lady Pioneers received the most conference honors in program history. Leading the Cal Pac with 584 digs, senior libero Lauren Secchitano was named to the California Pacific All Conference 1st Team and received the 2013 Conference Libero of the Year Award. Setter Kailey Faust and outside Viridiana Gallardo were also named to the California Pacific Conference 2nd Team. Faust led the Pioneers with an impressive 884 assists and 112 digs. Gallardo led with 245 kills, and was second on the team in digs with 345 throughout the season. 鈥淟auren Secchitano, Viridiana Gallardo, and Kailey Faust have all worked hard this season, and with the help of their dedicated teammates have earned this honor,鈥� stated Brown. 鈥淎ll of these athletes and this entire team...

On Saturday, November 11, actor and producer Brian Yang screened the documentary Linsanity at 海角视频. The film profiles the career of NBA player Jeremy Lin from his high school years in Palo Alto to Harvard and then on to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yang, a film and television actor who has been on the network show Hawaii Five-O, took time after the film to answer questions from the students and community members in the crowd. 鈥淭he film goes back in time from humble beginnings to his rise to the top,鈥� Yang said in his introduction of the documentary. 鈥淭he message you鈥檒l come away with is an inspirational story for all types of people.鈥� Yang described the film as the 鈥渢rue, full backstory鈥� of the many years of hard work and failure that Lin endured before his moment of success. Yang and his partners began filming three years ago when Lin was playing basketball for Harvard University. Though Yang and his partners first planned to create a small web series, Lin 鈥渞ewrote the end of the story鈥� when he was picked up by the New York Knicks and began playing at an amazing level. While the film profiles...

海角视频 began the 2013-2014 school year with the highest enrollment in 24 years. On October 14, the college鈥檚 census date, total enrollment stood at 1,678, an increase of 62 students over the 1,616 students at this time last year. The college realized both an increase of new students and growth in retention. Enrollment is the highest it has been since 1989, when the exact same number of students, 1,678, attended PUC. Significantly, the college saw an increase of 89 students attending PUC on the Angwin campus. There are currently 1,610 people pursuing degrees at PUC鈥檚 destination campus in the Napa Valley. 鈥淲e are delighted to have many more students on campus and pray that each student will truly thrive at PUC,鈥� shares Lisa Bissell Paulson, vice president for student services and dean of students. 鈥淲e are already experiencing such a strong campus climate as students get involved in spiritual and social life! Student participation is amazing and we look for opportunities to continue to enrich the student experience at PUC.鈥� A remarkable jump in new students fueled the enrollment increase. PUC was blessed to have 503 new students join the student body. The freshman and transfer students were...

With her medals displayed on the platform of the PUC Church, Mary Whipple described her journey to gold during the November 7 installment of the Colloquy Speakers Series. Whipple was the coxswain of the United States Women鈥檚 8+ Rowing Team, leading the team to five world championships, a silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, and gold medals in the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London games. Whipple鈥檚 presentation began with a video clip of her team鈥檚 victory at the 2012 London Olympics. The footage showed the intensity of the race, as well as the incredible precision and coordination exhibited by the American team as they crossed the finish line well ahead of the rest of the pack. Whipple鈥檚 presentation described the extraordinary teamwork and determination required on the journey to that finish line. As the team鈥檚 coxswain, Whipple serves as an in-boat coach and calls instructions to the rowers. Her job is primarily to unite her teammates, Whipple explained. 鈥淚t鈥檚 my job to turn eight individuals into one person鈥攐ne dream.鈥� Whipple鈥檚 Olympic dream and involvement with rowing started out 鈥渋nnocently.鈥� While a student at Sacramento Adventist Academy, the Orangevale, Calif., native joined a rowing team at a local aquatic center,...

The 海角视频 iPhone and iPad app won the Best in Class award from the Society of Adventist Communicators at the Society鈥檚 convention in Salt Lake City, October 24-27. The app was recognized for usability, design, working links, and for being up to date. Nicholas Hubbard, PUC鈥檚 webmaster, developed the app as part of his work for the college鈥檚 office of public relations. 鈥淢obile continues to be the main form of communication with prospective and current students. We see the trend and want to stay on top of it,鈥� Hubbard explains. 鈥淒eveloping PUC Mobile in-house gives us a great deal of flexibility. From developing new features such as our upcoming Student Jobs feature, to updating our app for the newest OS update, or quickly fixing bugs that our users might have, we have the ability to quickly add or adjust our app for the best user experience.鈥� Beyond showcasing college news, photos, and events, the app has numerous other features. These include maps of on-campus and off-campus locations, class lists, the Library catalog, a campus contact directory, and a real-time listing of what is being served at the Dining Commons. The app has been remarkably popular, with over 6,000...

海角视频 is proud to have been recognized by multiple organizations for providing exceptional return on investment in rankings that identify the colleges where degrees pay off the most. The recent rankings confirm that the college is fulfilling its mission of providing an excellent and affordable Christian undergraduate education that prepares students for a lifetime of service in the career of their choice. In July, Affordable Colleges Online (AC Online) ranked PUC 22nd out of over 767 California colleges and universities, including private institutions and state schools, analyzed for return on investment (ROI). The ranking demonstrates that students who graduate from PUC enjoy a greater earnings gap than students without a four-year degree; PUC鈥檚 placement in the top three percent shows that its alums earn more on average than graduates from most California colleges. AC Online鈥檚 ranking is based on net tuition prices and graduate鈥檚 average starting salary, and used criteria from national sources such as the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Further recognition came in September, when PayScale, a provider of compensation data, ranked PUC in the top 15 percent of colleges on its national 2013 College Education ROI Rankings;...

During the week of October 6, PUC welcomed Pastor Jose Rojas to campus as the speaker for Fall Revival, an annual week of spiritual emphasis. Pastor Rojas, a PUC alum and acclaimed speaker, inspired and electrified the student body for a solid week, leaving many individuals with the new resolution to devote more of their time to ministry and missions. Rojas delivered weeknight sermons before concluding with a special vespers on Friday night and two church services the following morning. The well-attended weeknight meetings followed the theme of 鈥淏elieving God,鈥� while the special vespers and church services were focused on the missionary aspect of one鈥檚 Christian journey. The special Friday night vespers was streamed live to 532 viewers around the globe. Rojas communicated how belief in God is one of the most important steps on one鈥檚 spiritual journey. He shared how this belief can be the catalyst to success in faith, school, health, and relationships. Using inspirational stories and emphatic examples, Pastor Rojas punched one point repeatedly: 鈥淔irst, you must believe!鈥� Rojas also makes a habit of singing at the end of each of his sermons, concluding his message with a unique touch. Rojas emphasized the deep importance of missionary...

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, creator of over 25 films and owner of Journey Films, visited 海角视频 on October 10 to address students at the Adventist Heritage installment of the Colloquy Speaker Series. Introduced by President Heather J. Knight as a 鈥渘on-Adventist who is interested in how faith builds extraordinary beliefs and communities,鈥� Doblmeier first visited PUC in 2012 to present his film The ADVENTISTS, a documentary that focuses on Adventists鈥� work in healthcare. Though he did not intend to pursue further projects about Adventists, his next film The ADVENTISTS 2, looks at Adventism鈥檚 international healthcare ministry. 鈥淭he documentary explores the idea of how Adventism is a story of how people go to the far corners and take medical missions over the world,鈥� Doblmeier told the students, staff, and faculty gathered in the PUC Church. After showing a short clip of the film, Doblmeier told students about his approach to religion, faith, and spirituality. He began by saying, 鈥淚 find myself looking for God through the people of this world鈥� this is my mission.鈥� Doblmeier continued by describing how Christians can tend to force others into religion through 鈥渞eligious arrogance.鈥� He explained that we should rather have our...