Young adults from across the Pacific Northwest gathered in Seattle, Washington, for the third-annual North Pacific Union Young Adult Outreach Summit, where momentum for young adult-driven mission and outreach is growing.Over two days, Sept. 12–13, at Volunteer Park Church, they shared worship, networking connections, ministry idea sharing and presented pitches for ministry funding during Spark [...]
In the third week of spring quarter 2025, Walla Walla University's Student Development Center hosted its annual Spring Career Fair in Havstad Alumni Center. Alumni working in various industries are invited to the event to engage with students on campus, allowing them to build connections through networking experiences. The event speaker, Brandon Strachan, AdventHealth strategy recruitment [...]
Let me introduce you to Faithful Fixers. It is our Native-sponsored program initiative with support from a Sabbath School group at the Pleasant Valley Adventist Church in Oregon, where skilled laborers work alongside indigenous youth to learn skills in the trades and promote civic pride so that they can, in turn, work on projects in [...]
Most people wouldn’t put missions and aviation in the same category. But for my friend Lincoln Gordon and me, they’ve always fit together perfectly. We graduated from high school together in 2024, earned our pilot’s licenses, and felt eager to use aviation to spread the gospel as student missionary pilots. Long story short, in the fall [...]
When Doug McGinnis visited Big Lake Youth Camp, he struck up a conversation with Les Zollbrecht, camp director, that eventually led to a partnership with a local Native tribe.In their conversation, Zollbrecht discussed a fundraiser to allow kids from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to attend summer camps at Big Lake. Zollbrecht connected McGinnis [...]
Collegiate DiscipleTrek, a three-week deep dive into faith and spiritual leadership at Flag Mountain Camp in South Dakota’s Black Hills, drew 23 young adults this summer from 12 states. Participants left with strengthened faith, new ministry skills — and four decisions for baptism or rebaptism. This year’s collegiate participants came from Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Wisconsin, South [...]
This year’s Adventist Association of Movement Professionals Conference included virtual presentations by Maleah Moses and Alden Wilfley, Walla Walla University senior exercise majors. Both students gained unique first-hand experience presenting professionally curated ideas to well-known figures within their field and networking with professionals and peers from around the world. These students were chosen by the WWU [...]
NWAdventists.com can now be viewed with live translation in 12 languages: English, Filipino, French, Indonesian, Korean, Myanmar (Burmese), Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swahili and Ukrainian. "We recognize the need for our news and inspirational content to be accessible to a wider audience," said Heidi Baumgartner, North Pacific Union communicator director and Gleaner editor. "By offering site [...]
In early April 2024, renovations began at Walla Walla University's Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory. The project was completed in November 2024, providing 4,050 square feet of new classrooms, offices, restrooms and lobby space. This project took the largely unused basement of Lindgren Hall and completely transformed it. The space now holds two offices and three smart [...]
In the third week of spring quarter 2025, Associated Students of Walla Walla University hosted the second annual Multicultural Fair in the Winter Educational Complex. This fair, hosted by ASWWU Diversity and WWU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, is one of the many ways WWU celebrates and honors the diversity of students that make up [...]
