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“Adventist Women and the Earth: A Response to Ecofeminism” will take place at the La Sierra University Church. The conference will feature talks, workshops, panels, a film screening, prayer labyrinth and community outreach activities. Keynote speaker and theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether will deliver an address April 25 titled “Ecofeminism and Theology: A Comparative Perspective.”

Ecofeminism, ecology key topics for women’s conference

What responsibilities do women, particularly Seventh-day Adventist women, have toward safeguarding planet Earth? What connection do religious beliefs…
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La Sierra Students Make Music For Missions

La Sierra Students Make Music For Missions

By Laura Samano The Student Association of La Sierra University (SALSU) hosted a benefit music festival on campus in early March that raised more…
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Cambridge University Press in September will release a book penned by Gary Chartier, La Sierra University associate professor of law and business ethics. Chartier's book, Economic Justice and Natural Law, offers an account of how persons can do justice and of how communal norms, rules, and institutions can foster justice.

Biz prof’s Cambridge book calls for economic justice

Costly business license requirements hinder the ability of poor people to start their own companies. Professional licensing rules and drug patents…
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Dr. Jim Erickson, the director of the new Center for Philanthropy at La Sierra University. Photo by Larry Becker.

New La Sierra University philanthropy center aims to aid region

Whether they provide after school programs, adult day care or meals for those in need, nonprofits and their philanthropic donors play vital roles in…
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La Sierra history major Steven Salcido breaks rock during an archaeological excavation in Jordan. The senior student participated in three Jordan digs through La Sierra's archaeology program and learned much about the work that is placing Adventist archaeologists on the global map.

La Sierra, SDAs lead archaeological legacy in Jordan

In 1953, under an azure Middle Eastern sky, Larry Geraty's father baptized him in the brown waters of the famed Jordan river. The baptism took place…
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La Sierra University alumnus Alan Woodson directs the Mt. Rubidoux Seventh-day Adventist Church Choir during a Verizon Wireless gospel music competition. The group won the Los Angeles regionals and performed as the only SDA choir in the national event in Atlanta. The group is comprised of La Sierra and Loma Linda students and alumni. Photo courtesy of Alan Woodson.

Gospel choir leader praises God for answered prayer

Gospel choir director and La Sierra University alumnus Alan Woodson stood in front of the three-member panel of judges in the Los Angeles Coliseum and…
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Image above created on batik fabric by La Sierra University sophomore Kiyomi Fukui.

Students to exhibit artistic best

The moving images on batik fabric seem captured in time, freeze-framed in a stained glass pattern of golds, deep reds, mauves and black. La Sierra…
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La Sierra University alumna, Ardyce Koobs.

Alumna’s legacy makes beautiful music at La Sierra

When Julia Park first saw La Sierra University's new black Steinway concert grand piano, she was smitten. “I played that piano when it arrived then…
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On Sun., April 5, La Sierra University’s director of keyboard studies Elvin Rodríguez will perform works by Latin-American composers.

Recital to sizzle with sounds of Latin America

On Sun., April 5, La Sierra University's director of keyboard studies Elvin Rodríguez, together with four other pianists, will perform works by…
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Martin Luther King High School students (left to right) Karas Jackson, Heather Mashier, Matthew Casillas and Samantha Aarts listen to World War II Navy veteran and La Sierra alum Ervin Mateer.

History, up close and personal

As World War II Navy veteran and La Sierra alum Ervin Mateer described what it was like to be under enemy fire on board a ship in the Pacific, four…

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La Sierra's stars recall university's influences

La Sierra's stars recall university's influences

Lilly Bond Nelson, a Seventh-day Adventist educator, wasn't sure what to do a few years ago when a doctoral program in Los Angeles required Sabbath…
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Ken Richards, son of H.M.S. Richards, Sr., pictured on right

Alumni step into history at gospel broadcaster's library

The familiar deep voice of famed radio evangelist H.M.S. Richards Sr., speaking on a 1953 recorded broadcast, resonated throughout La Sierra…
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