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Dear WPU Community,
This is a most joyful time at Warner Pacific! This week we celebrate COMMENCEMENT – and I couldn’t be more delighted to personally congratulate each and every student who has arrived at this milestone this coming Saturday. In so many ways, this ceremony is a sacred reminder of our calling as an institution. As we prepare for the ceremony, I’d like to share a reflection based on a recent article that was published about WPU:
This month, Advance Magazine – the national magazine of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) published a cover story about one of the most famous commencements in Warner Pacific University’s history. The article, entitled “Recovering the Transcendent Values of the Church During Tumultuous Times”, is based on WPU’s 1976 commencement in which President Gerald Ford visited our campus to speak to the graduating class. The article recounts Ford’s visit and the words he spoke about the value of Christian education at the time. Our own Chief of Staff and Senior VP for University Relations, Jennifer Boehmer, convened a conversation of leaders from other Christian higher education institutions to discuss his remarks. The main question was: “Is President Ford’s 1976 commencement speech at WPU as relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago?”…

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Family Affair: Warner Pacific Alumna Brings in Four More
When Yvonne Sera of Tigard graduated from Warner Pacific University in 2013, she received her bachelor’s degree with a double major in business administration and accounting.
But she likes to joke that what she really should have gotten is a multi-student discount.
By the end of the decade, if all goes according to plan, Sera, her sons Mack and Jackson, Jackson’s girlfriend Samantha Howell and Howell’s cousin Dylan Hutchinson will all be Warner Pacific graduates…
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Visit Builds Cross-Cultural Bridges
Warner Pacific University welcomed colleagues from Mexican Universities last month as part of a World Oregon program.
The visit offered a chance for the groups to exchange ideas about administrative practices, partnerships, and diversity in the U.S. higher education system.
“It was an opportunity to learn what our Mexican colleagues are doing at their schools,” said DarilĂs GarcĂa, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Success & Engagement at WPU. “And to explore what we could do together…”
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WPU Expands Career Fair Reach
This year’s career fair at Warner Pacific University was bigger than ever.
Elise Burke, Assistant Director, Student Success and Career Services, partnered with Insight to organize the event.
About 157 people attended the April 17 career fair, which featured 25 employers from different sectors, offering information, internships and job opportunities.

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City Builders and Final Act Six Scholars Honored
Some students set to graduate this month were recently honored at a luncheon for Act Six and City Builders scholarship recipients.
Warner Pacific University hosted the event which was attended by program donors, staff, and faculty. The students were gifted a copy of the book “Maximize Life!: What Every 20 Year Old Should Learn b=Before They Are 40,” by keynote speaker Ian Beaty.
The final cadre of Act Six scholarship recipients graduates this year, as WPU expands its investment in the City Builders program…
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Student Leader Lands Spot in Red Cross Program
Elieza Mae Paule will be spending a couple of weeks in Washington, D.C. this summer after landing one of 13 coveted spots in the American Red Cross Collegiate Leadership Program.
Paule is a triple-major student at Warner Pacific University, focusing on kinesiology, sports medicine, and sports performance.…
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WPU Students Share Water and the Word
Students spent spring break sharing community, clean water, and the Gospel in Guatemala.
Warner Pacific University sophomore Natalie Siquina didn’t hesitate when a friend encouraged her to join the mission trip to Guatemala, organized by Christian nonprofit Filter of Hope.
“Without knowing anyone or anything, I said yes because when I was younger, I used to care about going around the world and helping people in need,” Siquina said. This was the second time Siquina has gone on a mission trip, the first was to El Salvador…
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Celebrating the Class of 2024
The Spring Commencement ceremony is upon us. Help us as we celebrate our newest class of graduates as they take their final bow and ready themselves to take their talents and callings outside of our campus. Congratulations graduates!
If you are interested in viewing our event by livestream, click the button below on Saturday, May 11 at 10:00 am.
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Warner Featured in National Magazine
WPU is featured in the Spring Issue of Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Advance Magazine! Read reflections about President Ford’s historic commencement address on the WPU campus.
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