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Acclaimed trumpeter Nolan Shaheed will perform at La Sierra University on May 22. (Photo courtesy of Nolan Shaheed)

Trumpeter Shaheed to lead Pierce Street performance

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Throughout a decades-long music career, trumpeter Nolan Shaheed has performed and recorded with numerous notable acts. On May…

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Capacity audience gathers for 2024 Alumni Awards honoring 10

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Ten La Sierra University alumni from the fields of education, ministry, finance, real estate, healthcare management and…

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Freshman music major Alvin Estrada said his involvement in the university’s music department has moved him past insecurities and toward a degree in music performance with an emphasis in education and career path as a teacher in middle or high school.

Beyond textbooks: Students find foundation, transformation at La Sierra

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When senior exercise science major and soccer player Madyson Cornish enrolled at La Sierra University four years ago, she could…

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La Sierra University senior Molly Gram looks forward to a teaching career in the Seventh-day Adventist school system.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Education major to pay it forward with Adventist schools career

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When Molly Gram was coming up through the Seventh-day Adventist school system, she encountered teachers who became her guides…

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Joni Adamson, President’s Professor of Environmental Humanities at Arizona State University will speak for the inaugural Sustainability Speaker Series on April 8. (Photo courtesy of Joni Adamson)

La Sierra University launches public lectures focused on sustainability

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – In April, La Sierra University will set in motion a new lecture series focused on the broad topic of sustainability toward…

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Randy Roberts, left, senior pastor of the Loma Linda University Church (LLUC) with Weniger awardee, Kimo Smith,  LLUC organist and music professor at La Sierra University.

49th Weniger meeting honors La Sierra music prof, former school dean among trailblazing awardees

LOMA LINDA, Calif. – The news came as a shock to Kimo Smith, longtime La Sierra University music professor and organist for the Loma Linda…

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Noted UCSD prof to talk ancient metal working in archaeology lecture

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – It is an enigma that has puzzled archaeologists for more than 100 years – how did the early control of metal and other resources…

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Dr. Richard Osborn, interim La Sierra University president, presents the five-year budget and funding plan during a faculty and staff town hall on Jan. 30.

La Sierra University charts path toward growth

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Heading into 2024, La Sierra University is charting an upward trajectory based on enrollment targets, with near-term strategic…

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Artist Reifke presents 300-piece design show at Brandstater Gallery

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – From the still of the northwestern Sierra Nevada mountains, Nate Reifke arrived at Brandstater Gallery to display his artwork in…

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Dr. Marlene Ferreras poses with her book, "Insurrectionist Wisdoms: Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology.” Following are photos she took during three months of research in rural areas of the Yucatán and Chiapas states of southern Mexico.

Divinity School theologian wins national Hispanic book prize

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- For practical theology assistant professor Marlene Ferreras, the goal of the research trip to Yucatán, Mexico in November 2016…

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Marash Keshishian, La Sierra University health science and nutrition major and Iranian-Armenian immigrant aims for a career in medicine. She told the story recently of her and her family's journey from Iran to the U.S. and into American citizenship.

Giving up is not an option for Iranian-Armenian health sciences student

La Sierra undergrad lands $20k student research award

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – As a young ethnic Armenian girl growing up in Iran, Marash Keshishian…

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The annual La Sierra University Christmas Tree Lighting event, which involved the ceremonial lighting of the campus' 20-foot pine tree, holiday music, food and games, took place on Nov. 30, 2023.

La Sierra University celebrates the Christmas season

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- In the weeks leading up to Christmas, La Sierra University's various departments and student groups pull out all the stops in…

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