December 8, 2016: Pacific Union College President Heather Knight announced on Dec. 6 that she was resigning from her position effective January 8, 2017. She served as president for seven and a half years. In a statement included in an announcement of the resignation on PUC’s website, Knight addressed her decision: “It is always […]
December 7, 2016: Flagship Adventist Health facility Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) fired a nurse on December 2 due to a serious privacy breach involving hundreds of patient medical records. The privacy breach of 528 patient records was not limited to GAMC but also included 88 records at a sister Adventist Health hospital, White […]
December 6, 2016: A Center for Population Health Research will soon open at Adventist University of Health Sciences in Orlando (ADU). The idea behind population health research is to widen study beyond the health needs of an individual, with researchers instead looking at the health of an entire population. This big picture approach is said to […]
December 5, 2016: Adventist retired neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson was chosen by President-Elect Donald Trump as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development today. Carson’s appointment marks the highest ranking United States government position ever held by an active member of the Adventist Church in history. His appointment […]
December 4, 2016: A devastating fire ripped through the administration building of Union Springs Academy on Saturday, December 3. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:42 p.m. and were greeted by black smoke coming from the administration building, which also contains classrooms, offices and the gym. The Auburn Citizen newspaper reported that the fire started in […]
December 1, 2016: Two students from Monrovia’s Seventh-day Adventist Revelation High School were awarded the top prizes at Liberia’s Speak Out Girls’ Speech Competition, an event designed to empower girls. First place went to J. Blio Brownell, 18, of the Seventh-Day Adventist Revelation High School senior class. Her topic was early marriage, and she […]
November 30, 2016: The Brazilian soccer team members that perished in the tragic November 29 plane crash in Colombia were from the same top team that had offered Seventh-day Adventist soccer player, Carlos Vítor da Costa Ressurreição, a contract some months ago. Ressurreição turned down the contract with the Chapecoense Serie A team because […]
November 29, 2016: Ronald Melly, a Kenyan man accused of practicing medicine without the correct qualifications, used his internship at an Adventist hospital as a springboard to rise in his profession. Melly, currently branded by Kenyan media as the “fake doctor,” is suspected of using forgery and other forms of deception to ascend to […]
November 28, 2016: Juan Carlos Viera, a well-respected Adventist administrator originally from Uruguay, died on November 25 at the age of 78. Viera passed away at his home in Beaumont, California after an illness. Viera was the first, and so far only, director of the Ellen G. White Estate who did not hail from […]
November 27, 2016: Oakwood University recently celebrated its 120th anniversary with a week of activities ending on November 16. The festivities marked 120 years since Oakwood Industrial School opened its doors to 16 students. The historically black Adventist school is ranked among the Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Southern Region and the Best Historically […]
November 24, 2016: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is being considered for the position of Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary. President-Elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he was “seriously considering” Carson for the HUD post, adding that “he’s a greatly talented person who loves people!” The Adventist former GOP presidential candidate had previously said that […]
November 23, 2016: Sharlet Briggs, the former Chief Operating Officer at San Joaquin Community Hospital (SJCH), was named President and CEO of the Adventist Health facility on November 21, 2016, effective immediately. Briggs accepted the title after already having served in the role on an interim basis since September. Her rise to the top […]
