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WPU Awarded $50,000 Grant


Warner Pacific University and the William H. and Mary L. Bauman Foundation share a demonstrated commitment to supporting education and improving student achievement. In recognition of that commitment, the Bauman Foundation recently awarded WPU a $50,000 grant in support of the Act 6 and City Builders scholarship programs.

 

“Now, more than ever, higher education is critical to individual success,” said President Brian Johnson, Ph.D. “Warner Pacific is committed to providing the highest level of leadership, academic, and social opportunities to diverse, first-generation, and low-income students. The Bauman Foundation’s continued support of these innovative scholarship programs will provide emerging, urban scholar-leaders a proven plan for success that will not only benefit them but our community as well.”

 

The Bauman Foundation’s generosity creates life‐changing opportunities for underserved, first generation college students who, rather than being selected solely based on their high school GPA or SAT scores, were nominated and selected for their demonstrated academic and leadership potential. During the current academic year, 2022‐2023, Warner Pacific University will support 13 Act Six and 27 City Builder scholars.

 

About the Bauman Foundation:

Born August 21, 1921, In Lancaster, PA, William Bauman moved to Oregon in 1939, and lived most of his live in the Sweet Home and Lebanon areas. In 1952, Mr. Bauman built his first lumber mill in Sweet Home. After selling the mill in 1962, he built the Bauman Lumber Company in Lebanon and later purchased the Lebanon Lumber Company. He operated the two mills for a number of years before selling the businesses to Willamette Industries in 1973. He also owned BCK Lumber Company in Oregon City which he sold to Publishers Paper Company in 1974. Mr. Bauman was a board member for the timber industry’s Forest Products Council.

 

He served as a board member for Western Evangelical Seminary for 30 years and as chairman of the board for nine years. He was previously a member of Evangelical Church in Sweet Home and had served on the board of trustees for the Pacific Conference of Evangelical Churches. He was a member of Valley View Evangelical Church in Clackamas. During his years in Lebanon, Mr. Bauman served as president of the local Rotary Club and was director of the Lebanon Community Hospital. He also had served as director for Home Federal Savings and Loan. 

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Leaders on and off the court

Although the Women's Basketball Team record is currently 0-14, it hasn’t slowed the Lady Knights down from helping out in the community. In fact, a commitment to “Service to Community” has been a core component of the team’s focus for the last several years.


The WPU Women's Basketball team consistently stays engaged in the community by hosting camps and open gyms for local youth and orchestrating a "Hoopin for the Homeless" campaign to collect donated socks each February. In December, the team collected more than 1,000 pairs of socks and put together 175 hygiene kits for delivery to the Portland Rescue Mission.


Their efforts have not gone unnoticed. In 2020 the team was voted National Champions of Character Team of the Year and in 2022 named the Cascade Conference Champion of Character Team of the Year.


“I am so proud of the effort the women put in on the court,” Coach Matt Gregg said of the team. “Although this year certainly isn't going as we had hoped, and we can’t change the outcome of games, we can try and make a difference in our communities.”

 

In 2013, Team Impact, an organization that matches children facing serious illness with college sports teams contacted Gregg. Then 10 year-old Lexy De Los Reyes was matched with the team and has been announced with the starting lineup at every home game she is healthy enough to attend. For Coach Gregg, the best part of a game day is the 15 minutes he sits with Lexy on the bench to chat and "trade candy bars."

In her ten years with the Knights, Lexy has celebrated her Sweet 16, attended every Christmas party, and sat the bench for nearly every home game. She has truly become a member of the Warner family.

Read Lexy's Story

Winter Athletic Schedules

Women's Basketball

Men's Basketball

Wrestling

National Emotional First Aid Course - One Day Only Workshop!

Saturday, February 4 McGuire Auditorium


Have you wondered what to say to someone during or after a time of crisis? The TIP National Emotional First Aid Course will give you the specific skills needed to assist friends, neighbors, coworkers, clients, family members and strangers immediately following any type of tragedy.


Learn More

For More Information and to Register, please call 503-517-1024 or email yroseby@warnerpacific.edu

January 17 Classes Resume

February 17 Preview Day

February 20 President's Day



Schlatter Chapel Worship

Wednesdays @ 7pm beginning 1/25



Every student deserves an opportunity to earn an affordable, high-quality degree that offers a clear path forward. And that’s why we are asking generous community members like you to be part of supporting this vision for 2023.


Your contribution to Warner Pacific is a gift of wisdom, opportunity, hope, and joy!

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