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After a four-year hiatus, the annual Angwin to Angwish trail run made a triumphant return to 海角视频. Due to wildfire threats and the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 was the last time this event was held.But early on a sunshine-filled Sunday, May 7, 100 runners of all ages from the college and in the greater community gathered atop the mountain to run and have fun. All funds from the race went to support the PUC department of athletics.Race director Abraham Garrido, also PUC鈥檚 head coach for both men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross-country teams, said he was surprised and excited about the number of participants. 鈥淭hey all had a great time, and that's something that stood out,鈥� he said.Angwin to Angwish, which began in 1974, is a beautiful forested trail run through PUC鈥檚 backwoods property. This year鈥檚 event offered four races of varied difficulty and terrain. A 10k, half marathon, and 30k took runners up and over the aptly named 鈥淎ngwish Hill.鈥� There was also a 1-mile fun run for kids.鈥淧UC has managed the forest well, opened it up to the surrounding area; it鈥檚 a huge community asset,鈥� said Napa County Supervisor Anne Cottrell. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great to feature it as part of...

海角视频 and Adventist Health have announced a new partnership to better serve rural communities in Central and Northern California, including in Lake and Mendocino counties. This collaboration will further the college's goals of growing its nursing program and help meet the rising need for highly qualified healthcare professionals in these areas. 鈥淧artnering with nursing schools is the best way for hospitals to ensure there is a pipeline for recruitment of nurses,鈥� said PUC Department of Nursing Chair Kimberly Dunker. 鈥淏ecause of the long-standing history between our Adventist organizations, we are able to not only partner but share the same values and beliefs for nursing education and talent acquisition.鈥� The Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program will be open to Adventist Health employees and community members in the local areas of Lake and Mendocino counties looking to move into the nursing field. Classes will begin in September. Judson Howe, president of the North Coast Network for Adventist Health, said creating a local nursing workforce is one of the organization鈥檚 top priorities. 鈥淭he nursing program at 海角视频 creates an additional avenue for our community members to receive a world-class registered nursing education,鈥� Howe said. 鈥淎dventist Health North...

海角视频 is excited about the new interdisciplinary, customizable Language & Culture Studies BA. In the new program, students select a language emphasis plus a second area selected from a large list 鈥� or they can propose their own second emphasis.聽鈥淲e have very creative students out there who see the connection between Italian and music, but maybe also between Spanish and environmental science, for example,鈥� says Chair and Professor of World Languages Sylvia Rasi Gregorutti. 鈥淲e all love to have an individualized, 鈥榗urated,鈥� experience鈥攕o this is the equivalent in a B.A. degree!鈥漈he Language & Culture Studies B.A. includes an academic year of study abroad at a host campus, amazing trips in the tuition itself, and the degree is structured so as to be easily combined with a second major. 鈥淚 would have been so excited to have an option like this as a student鈥攕o at least now I鈥檓 able to create and offer it!鈥� shares Gregorutti.聽Since PUC is a member of the Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) consortium, the department offers a degree encompassing experiences at host campuses abroad where coursework is offered in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. (ACA also offers Biblical Hebrew during a summer course...

Student-athletes are the penultimate students on campus in part because they have so much to juggle. If you ask Pioneers at 海角视频 what the hardest part about being a student-athlete is, they will say balancing time between school and sports. During a regular sports season, they must balance homework, class, labs, and extracurriculars鈥攁ll while honing their athletic craft with all their practices, conditioning, weightlifting, games, and travels.聽They are also leaders and are often the public face of the college more than other students. While at PUC, they鈥檝e experienced a lot of pressure to achieve, and these students have done so at very high levels. Many of PUC鈥檚 student-athletes are in the 3.5+ and 4.0 range.聽A fantastic 85% of student-athletes were awarded at the Pioneers Athlete Awards Banquet April 30 at the Angwin Fire Station. This annual awards banquet recognizes the Pioneers athletes for all their hard work throughout the year. Student-athletes receive sports-related and academic-based awards. The academic awards are for juniors and seniors; it shows that they have been able to achieve a high standing in academics, while still competing at the collegiate level.Joonsuh 鈥淏en鈥� Huh was named Presidential Scholar Athlete of the Year. As a junior...

In March, over spring vacation, a group of students and faculty from 海角视频 traveled to Mana Island, Fiji, for a 10-day mission trip.It鈥檚 been nearly a decade since the first PUC trip to this remote location. Mana is very small, with only a population of about 500 people. Each mission trip has focused on meeting their needs in a variety of areas. A deep connection between PUC and the community has developed with each return trip to the island.Under the leadership of former Missions Director Fabio Maia and two co-leaders, Biology Professor Floyd Hayes and Nursing Professor Sandra Ringer, this year鈥檚 mission trip included 12 nursing students and three non-nursing students. Nicolette Piaubert, a nursing professor at PUC, also went on the trip and helped lead healthcare services.鈥淭his year, we focused mostly on providing medical and dental care for the residents of the island, working as a team with American and Brazilian health care professionals,鈥� Hayes said. 鈥淲e also provided laptop computers, snorkeling gear, solar power systems, Vacation Bible School, and trash removal.鈥滱t a spring Week of Prayer program in April, Ringer told students about the recent trip to Fiji and said there is virtually no healthcare on...