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Pacific Union College's music ensembles are celebrating "The Reason for the Season" with two Christmas concerts this weekend. Six different music ensembles and guest harpist Beverly Wesner-Hoehn will present Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols," John Rutter's "Gloria," and traditional Christmas favorites in the Pacific Union College Church at 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 7. The concert will be repeated in the Mont La Salle chapel in Napa on Sunday, December 8, at 4 p.m. Both concerts are free to the public....

Edith Eva Eger, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi Germany, will speak about "The Celebration of Life" on Friday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. in Pacific Union College's church sanctuary. Admission is free. A 68-year-old clinical psychologist from La Jolla, Calif., Eger uses her past experiences to share a message of healing and personal growth. "People must acknowledge not what happens with us, but what we do with that. You can turn tragedy into victory," she says. Living amidst torture, cannibalism, and death in Auschwitz, 16-year-old Eger learned how to turn her suffering into survival. The same day she was separated from her parents, who were executed in the gas chambers, Eger was forced to dance for the infamous Nazi officer, Dr. Josef Mengele. Eger was routinely starved, beaten, and humiliated until her camp was liberated. Her nine-month ordeal ended on May 4, 1945, when her emaciated, 40-pound body was pulled out of a pile of corpses by an American soldier who saw Eger's hand move. She considers it a miracle that she was spared. Today, Eger is a sought-after clinical psychologist and lecturer, helping individuals and organizations overcome their limitations, discover their powers of self-renewal, and...

Pacific Union College's Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform in the college's Paulin Hall Auditorium on Saturday, November 16, at 7 p.m. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which includes faculty members as well as students, is composed of wind instruments such as flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and trumpets. It also includes percussion instruments. On November 16, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform a variety of pieces, including "Incantation and Dance" by John Barns Chance, "Fanfare and Flourishes" by James Curnow, "St. Martin's Suite" by Jan Van der Roost, and selections from the musical "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber....

Pacific Union College welcomes six new faculty members this school year. Donna Archer, assistant professor of nursing, teaches in the college's LVN to RN program. Archer was a major in the United States Air Force, where she was nurse manager of an alcohol and drug rehab unit and a mental health unit, before coming to PUC. She earned a master's degree in nursing at Loma Linda University in 1985. Monte Butler, assistant professor of social work, teaches social work classes in the behavioral science department. Butler received his bachelor's degree from PUC in 1988, and earned a master's degree in social work at the University of Utah. Before coming to PUC, Butler was treatment supervisor at Salt Lake City's Division of Aging and Adult Services. David Duran was formerly a senior scientist at Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., of Pasadena, CA, and an adjunct clinical professor at Loma Linda University's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. He earned a bachelor's degree at PUC in 1974, and a doctoral degree at the University of Nebraska. Now a professor at PUC, Duran teaches general chemistry and organic chemistry. Allan Payne, associate professor of technology and director of the college's flight center, teaches in...

Christian recording artist Steve Green will perform in concert at the Pacific Union College Church at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 24. He will sing songs from his new album, The Letter, as well as selections from the other albums of his decade-long solo career, which include Where Mercy Begins, We Believe, Find Us Faithful, and For God and God Alone. Green has received four Grammy Award nominations for best gospel performance (male), and has won seven Dove Awards: praise and worship album of the year (Coram Deo II, 1995); children's music album of the year, and choral collection album of the year (Hide 'Em In Your Heart and I Call You To Praise, 1991); inspirational album of the year (The Mission, 1990); musical album of the year (A Mighty Fortress); male vocalist of the year (1987), and male vocalist of the year (1985). Green's October 24 concert will be held at 7 p.m. in the church sanctuary of Pacific Union College. Doors open at 6 p.m. The concert will benefit Pacific Union College Preparatory School's Christian drama group, The Last Act, as well as its Worthy Student Fund. Admission is $10 for general admission at the door or $8...