Pacific University News

The sunny morning provided the perfect background for the Granite Bay High School 2012 commencement, which was held on campus Saturday.

After 29 years with the Claremont Unified School District, Chaparral Elementary School teacher Karen Corrette has been named Teacher of the Year.

VBS will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 11 through Friday, June 15 at the church, located at 776 W. Grand Ave.

The following announcement was made by Sharp Grossmont Hospital on Friday, June 1, 2012: Toni Bingham, RN, Sharp HospiceCare, received the April 2012 KYXY Cares Award and will be one of nine nurses in the San Diego to be honored during a luncheon Friday at the Hotel Del Coronado.

When Roosevelt University began developing its College of Pharmacy, it made a series of choices right from the start to help distinguish it from other programs.

Stenson, who has served as Tuality president and chief executive officer since 1992, was the winner of the Emma C. McKinney Distinguished Citizen Award.

At least one new member of the Porterville City Council is certain after the June 5 election because incumbent Ron Irish is not seeking re-election. Eleven candidates are running for three seats.

A Redmond company plans to build a senior assisted living center next to Queen Anne Bowl, surprising some neighbors who believed the land was part of the city park.

The Music in May festival was started at Pacific University in 1948 by former music education professor Richard Greenfield as a way to cultivate the talents of high school string musicians.

Two recent Pacific University graduates and another student have produced video segments that will appear on KGW NewsChannel 8's Grant's Getaways this weekend.

Cox has served in numerous educational positions, including literary coach of Hmong International Academy in Minneapolis, Minn.; elementary principal at the American School of Bombay in Mumbai, India; elementary-middle school principal at American Community School in Amman, Jordan and principal at Groveland Park Elementary School in St.

"When someone tells you you can't be the first, it doesn't matter what they say.

Fowler High School had a unique "College Signing Day" Tuesday to celebrate the 59 seniors who have been accepted into a four-year college or the Fresno City College Honors program.

On maps of the city, the green of David Rodgers Park on North Queen Anne Hill stretches northward to include the Queen Anne Bowl track and sports field and the adjacent tennis courts.

U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono on Monday declined an offer from Hawaii Pacific University to participate in a forum on Thursday between Hirono and former congressman Ed Case in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Mary Jo Morelli will lead tours of historic downtown Forest Grove on Wednesday evenings starting June 6. Here, he marvels at the Giant Sequoia trees on the Pacific University campus.

James Elsasser was appointed as superintendent of schools Thursday night by the Board of Education of the Claremont Unified School District.

Moorpark Patch salutes the graduates! Congratulations to the following Moorpark residents who earned their degrees from various institutions around the country: Clara Galvez graduated from Concordia University in Portand, Oregon and received a Master of Education in Educational Leadership.

Fairbanks resident and Azusa Pacific University student Zachariah D. Ginn made the academic dean's list with a fall semester 2011 academic standing of a 3.5 or better grade-point average.

Lori Freeman Cleveland, who grew up in La Canada and attended La Canada Presbyterian Church, is going to Uganda with the Peace Corps.