The following Warner Pacific College students were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 academic term. To qualify, students must be enrolled full-time and achieve a 3.5 or greater grade point average. Students with an asterisk (*) earned a 4.0 GPA.

Congratulations on your academic achievements!

This list includes only full-time undergraduate students (12 credits or more) with a 3.5 or higher semester GPA. Graduate students are not included on this list.

Students in the undergraduate Adult Degree Program who have completed at least 12 credits for classes during the period between November 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 are included.

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How can Portland’s faith communities use their land and resources to respond to the affordable housing crisis?

Representatives of several faith communities, Warner Pacific College, and local affordable housing providers joined together on Saturday, April 29 to learn how communities of faith can collaborate with housing developers to create homes for low-income people.

CONFERENCE RESOURCES

Possibilities Conference Program

Presentation Slides

• ECONorthwest
• Hacienda CDC
• Lombard Street Renewal
• Portland Bureau of Housing – State of Housing 2016
• Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
• ROSE Community Development

Videos

• Sacred Land, Common Ground – Gethsemane Lutheran
• Fulfilling Old Dreams in New Ways – Rivergate Community

Possibilities Conference Speakers

Thank You to our Community Partners

Your preschool-aged child will have fun this summer while learning about a variety of topics during one or more of Warner Pacific’s Early Learn Center Preschool Summer Camps.

Camps start in June and sessions run through mid-August. Each camp is two weeks, full or half-day, and explores a different subject.

Summer Camp Sessions:

• Camp 1: June 5 – June 16 – Ocean Odyssey
• Camp 2: June 19 – June 30 – Jungle Exploration
• Camp 3: July 10 – July 21 – Wonderful World of Water
• Camp 4: July 24 – August 4 – Amazing Animal Adventure
• Camp 5: August 7 – August 18 – Arts & Science Discovery

Cost per child per two-week camp:

• Full Day camp (8:00 am – 4:30 pm): $375
• Half Day camp (8:00 am – 12:00 pm): $250

Learn more about the ELC Preschool….

RSVP your child’s spot today!

Paul Young ’78 didn’t imagine a future as a New York Times best selling author when he put pen to paper and created an inspired Christmas gift for his six children. After sharing The Shack with friends and family, he heeded to their encouragement to have the novel published.

The struggling journey from tragedy to eternity resonated with readers. The Shack was on the New York Times Best Seller list for almost two years after gaining popularity in 2008 and becoming a USA Today best seller. Nine years later with over 22 million copies in print worldwide, The Shack was beautifully transformed for the big screen.

“I have never written a book with an agenda but rather climbed inside story to explore human questions; about faith, God, and what it means to be human beings in a broken world. Good creative work opens up more space than it uses,” explains Young. “It is my opinion that a good deal of modern creative work offered to the world by the faith community deteriorates into religious propaganda and loses its artistic beauty. We need to trust the Holy Spirit, not play the Holy Spirit.”

Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, Young and his missionary parents lived in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a technologically stone age tribal people, until he was six years old. “My father then worked as a pastor for a number of small churches in Western Canada; by the time I graduated from high school, I had attended 13 different schools.” Through the twists and turns of life, Young completed his undergraduate degree in Religion and graduated summa cum laude from Warner Pacific in 1978 and in December 2010, the College honored him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws.

Young hopes that Warner Pacific students will not only enjoy the movie, that they will be encouraged in their faith. “The Shack, novel or movie, opens up space and I believe is highly respectful to the audience member. I think every person who sees the movie with have an encounter, depending on who they are and what they brought with them. It may be comfort, or affirmation, or confrontation. Personally, I think the movie is a fantastic adaptation of the book and anyone who loved the novel will not be disappointed by the film.”

In theaters now, The Shack takes us on a father’s transformative journey that will show him the ultimate truth about love, loss, and forgiveness.

_KC

Twelve Warner Pacific athletes are among a total of 276 Cascade Collegiate Conference student-athletes in the spring sports of men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field, baseball, and softball have earned U.S. Bank Academic All-CCC honors for their performances in the classroom.

To earn recognition as a CCC scholar-athlete, a student must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 and sophomore standing.

Great Value Colleges recently reviewed colleges and universities located in the Portland area to create its list of top 10 colleges offering an online degree. Warner Pacific ranked 2nd in their 2016 list!

Convenience and flexibility of an online degree program fits well with the College’s Adult Degree Program, which already offers quality academic programs to fit today’s busy lifestyle. Currently half of the degrees offered through the ADP are also offered online.

They selected schools with high rankings from Forbes magazine, The Princeton Review, and U.S. News and World Report. Great Value Colleges chose only accredited colleges and universities, and schools that offered at least one online degree option.

Have fun with the family this Christmas making ornaments for your Tree. Warner Pacific’s Executive Chef, Tim Bartunek, shares this easy Cinnamon Ornament recipe from the Warner Pacific Kitchen: