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A drive-by shooting altered the life trajectory of two young PUC alumni. Now, Carla and Daniel Monnier are finding purpose amid a new set of challenges.Boy Scout Road is a rural stretch in Apopka, Florida.Groves of orange trees stand in contrast to their neighbors 鈥� unruly throngs of trees that push past property lines and creep over the road鈥檚 shoulder.Live oaks, tinseled with tufts of Spanish moss spread their wide limbs behind slim-trunked pines. A grizzled palm stands tall even while a coil of kudzu threatens to climb its way to the top.Every once in a while there鈥檚 a clearing, where driveways lead to tired single-story ranch houses.Carla Monnier took this road home from work every day.She didn鈥檛 live there. It was a shortcut between Orlando鈥檚 busy highways and southwest Apopka鈥檚 modern and serene neighborhoods where she and her husband Daniel lived.On a Thursday night in mid-October 2018, Carla had finally finished work at the rehab center. Dinner plans with her friend Mollie hadn鈥檛 worked out. So she got into her car and began the nearly 20-minute commute home.Shortly before Carla exited the highway to take her shortcut, Mollie called and they began discussing training plans for an upcoming Ironman...

Mary Johnson鈥檚 first international mission trip to Mexico led her to change her major 鈥� and marked a turning point in her life. During spring break of her freshman year at 海角视频, Mary and the Korean Club partnered with Maranatha Volunteers International to help build a church in Guam煤chil, Sinaloa, in Northwestern Mexico. She said she had several 鈥渞eal conversations鈥� with local residents about how wonderful it is to work for God and decided to switch her major from liberal studies to Spanish. Another memory from the trip made an indelible impact. 鈥淚 will never forget that last night, as we fellowshipped together in the newly built church, a young girl came up to me and said in Spanish, 鈥楾here will always be a place for you in Guam煤chil,鈥欌�� Mary recalls. 鈥淲hile I have yet to return to that little church we built, there has always been a place for me in missions.鈥� Indeed, since that trip nearly two decades ago, Mary has served on almost 70 mission trips locally and worldwide. She first graduated from PUC in 1999 with a degree in Spanish and later earned her master鈥檚 degree in education in 2001. After college, she spent...

With concentrations in management and healthcare administration, the program is designed for working professionals with busy schedules. Online programs for Master of Business Administration degrees have surged in popularity in recent years and even surpassed campus-based ones. The pandemic 鈥� and the remote world it brought about 鈥� further underscored the effectiveness of these online MBA programs. Now, 海角视频 is working to meet the growing demand. This fall, PUC began offering a new online MBA program with a choice of concentration in management or healthcare administration. Scott Perryman, chair of PUC鈥檚 Department of Business and director of the new program, said earning an MBA is 鈥渧aluable business knowledge鈥� for people in many different career fields. 鈥淔or professionals who aspire to move up in their organizations or are already in leadership, it鈥檚 become the table stakes,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t almost replaces an undergraduate degree as a requirement for management roles.鈥漃UC鈥檚 online WASC-approved MBA program is designed with the busy professional in mind. There are multiple start dates, for instance. Perryman described it as a six-quarter progression, meaning a student can begin at the start of any quarter (fall, winter, spring) and complete the program 18-24 months later. The exact...

海角视频 has launched a groundbreaking collaboration with St. Helena High School, giving students the opportunity to learn how technology is applied to the environmental challenges they face in their own local communities and beyond 鈥� including severe drought and wildfires.The 10-week class will meet in person on PUC鈥檚 campus and provides the students with the chance to earn college credit. 鈥淚t is very cutting-edge and taps into multiple local interests, blending them together in a very modern way,鈥� St. Helena High Principal Benjamin Scinto said. The new partnership with St. Helena High comes as PUC launches a first-of-its-kind conservation technology undergraduate program. Led by Dr. Scott Butterfield, the program prepares students for careers in environmental-based professions 鈥� including conservation technology. Students completing the four-year degree program will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation Technology. Butterfield serves as PUC鈥檚 Clark Professor of Conservation Technology. A local ecologist, he is the lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy鈥檚 land program and strategic restoration strategy in the San Joaquin Valley. Butterfield has more than 20 years of experience in the conservation field, with more than 40 published peer-reviewed articles and reports. The term 鈥渃onservation technology鈥� is relatively new, but the...

The 2022-2023 school year has officially started at PUC, and the first week was nothing short of eventful to welcome students back on campus. Welcome Day was on Wednesday, September 21, when new students arrived. Staff and student workers greeted new students and their families at the check-in station to register them for orientation and give them their name badges and welcome bags. Dorm workers, RA鈥檚, faculty, staff, and the president greeted them at the residence halls to assist them in moving in, distributing water, and answering questions. Student life added a prayer station by the campus center for new students and their families to be prayed for by faculty and staff. Classes began on Monday, September 26. With students getting back into the swing of a class schedule, they were given a food truck dinner at the campus center to enjoy, socialize, and take a break from a first busy day of school. At 10 p.m. on Wednesday, students, staff, and faculty, gathered together at the pacific auditorium for Pioneer Madness- a pep rally that happens every year on the first week of school to support the student-athletes. Everyone on the bleachers bring out their pom-poms, signs, and school...