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Dear WPU Community,
Our graduates have crossed the stage â literally and figuratively! In my last monthly message, I shared how the university was getting ready to celebrate this most exciting time of year, and the culminating point of our collective efforts as a learning community. I assure you, the work of our students and their commitment to Christ-centered education at Warner Pacific as paid off! These new leaders now take their place as men and women well-equipped to be servant-leaders in our community. Iâm so thankful for all the faculty, staff, parents, friends, siblings, community members, business partners and more that poured into our graduates. I hope you enjoy the fantastic photos we have assembled for your viewing in this e-newsletter! After all, whether you personally knew someone graduating this year or not, it is your interest in WPU that continues to pave the way for our continued work. Graduation is something we can ALL celebrate!
Now that our graduates have crossed their personal stages, I too am embarking on some exciting plans I wish to share with our community. This summer, Iâll be representing WPU on the national stage. Hereâs an overview of my activitiesâŠï»ż
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WPU Launches New Strategic Plan, âA Vision With Purposeâ
Warner Pacific University announced the launch of its new strategic plan, âA Vision With Purpose: The Strategic Plan for Warner Pacific University,â which will guide WPUâs efforts over the next five years. The plan was unanimously approved by the Universityâs Board of Trustees during their Spring Board Meeting.
With âA Vision With Purpose,â WPU will undertake 12 key objectives designed to support three key areas of mission fulfillment: (1) âWPU Todayâ â Serving students with quality, missional academic experience that leads to success; (2) âWPU Tomorrowâ â Advancing enrollment growth, campus improvement, resource development and reputational strength; (3) âWPU Alwaysâ â Engaging internal staff and faculty, and our external stakeholders, to bring forward their best skills and work collaboratively in support of our uncommon mission. Together, all three of these areas are in service to our most important aspiration of all: âTo express the love of Jesus Christ through excellent care and service to our learning community and to our worldâŠâ
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Graduates Shine at Spring 2024 Commencement
Portland brought out its best spring weather for our 2024 Commencement. Graduates and their families beamed with pride which was inspiring to all in attendance. We've put together a gallery of photos from the day. Please enjoy them. Congratulations to our graduates!
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Warnerâs Newest Class of Nurses Receive Their Pins
Taking their place in a tradition that dates back more than a century, Warner Pacific Universityâs eighth cohort of nursing students were recognized during the Division of Nursingâs Pinning Ceremony on May 10.
âThe Pinning Ceremony is unique to nursing,â said Linda Campbell, Dean and Professor of Nursing.
It is modeled after the ceremony in which Florence Nightingale received the Red Cross of St. George for her service during the Crimean War, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. It marks a studentâs completion of education and transition into the professionâŠ
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Nursing students, need some encouragement? These women are here to help.
A new mentoring program aims to encourage and support nursing students through their educational journey.
âThe idea of mentoring at nursing started before Covid in a conversation with Linda Campbell, followed by a long delay and then we returned to the idea early last winter,â said Monica Monroe, who leads the nursing student mentoring program. âIt was in (her) heart as shown through her experience, that students can benefit from mentors who are not faculty or staff but can enter the setting as âneutralâ supporters and people they can go to with concerns or frustrationsâŠâ
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Students' Educational Path Rooted in his Christ-Centered Upbringing
The Christ-centered community and being able to build connections with people are among Richie Baileyâs favorite aspects of being student Warner Pacific University.
âI believe the community, and how close-knit it is, makes (WPU) stand out,â Bailey said.
Part of his own involvement in the WPU community comes through playing on the menâs soccer team and being on the Chapel Team.
âWe help people sign in and just pray with people,â he said. âWe help people with their relationship with Christ. I lead a menâs bible studyâŠâ
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The Power of Representation â In and Around the Classroom
James Jones sees his younger self in the students he encounters at KairosPDX, and he delights in showing them the possibilities their futures can hold.
Jones is the Senior Front Office Coordinator at KairosPDX, a Portland charter school that started in 2014 and has a mission âto eliminate the prolific racial achievement and opportunity gaps by cultivating confident, creative, compassionate leaders.â Jones has worked there for a little more than a year after a job posting on Indeed caught his attentionâŠ
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Ysu Umbalo Answers His Calling
Ysu Umbaloâs journey to Lusaka, Zambia was not one he anticipated during his time at Warner Pacific University, but he accepted the call. Now an elder at Emmanuel Fellowship Ministries International (EFMI), heâs inviting other WPU alumni to support the work they are doing.
âI have spiritually blossomed at EFMI,â Umbalo said. âIt is here where I see that what God started preparing me for is bearing beautiful fruit.â
Umbalo, a 1999 graduate and 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, first heard his calling while attending WPUâŠ
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