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The desperate airlift out of Kabul, Afghanistan, had barely kicked into gear last month when a call went out to Wisconsin’s Volunteer Organization Active in Disaster (VOAD) group. There was an urgent need for clothing to help the displaced Afghans arriving in Wisconsin in early September with only what they had on them. Alice Garrett, the Wisconsin Adventist Community Services director started the drive for clothing with a flurry of emails for help on short notice. The response was overwhelming.

On Oct. 1, 2021, Southern Adventist University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the formal opening of the Bietz Center for Student Life.

Jay Johnson, Ph.D., professor of engineering, was recently awarded the Shen Kuo Award for Interdisciplinary Achievements from the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA). Scientists within the IAGA study the magnetic and electrical properties of planets.

Adventist Health recently appointed two new leaders for its system board of directors as a result of the recent retirement of the system board of directors’ chair, Ricardo B. Graham.

Preparing for a new baby is stressful. So is planning for the approach of a dangerous storm. Lindsay Friedmann recently had to do both — at the same time.

An annual college guide published Sept. 21, 2021, by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Times Higher Education (THE) has once again ranked La Sierra University No. 1 in the nation for its "Environment," a classification that scores various aspects of a school’s diversity.

Beginning Oct. 8, 2021, It Is Written will air Revelation Today: The Great Reset. Pastor John Bradshaw, It Is Written speaker/director, will present the full-length evangelistic series from the Chattanooga First Seventh-day Adventist Church. Viewers may register and watch at revelationtoday.com.

Southern Adventist University is pleased to welcome Ellen Hostetler as the new vice president for advancement. Hostetler, who began her responsibilities last week, is no stranger to Southern. Since 2017, she has served as an adjunct instructor in the School of Business, teaching introduction to business and personal finance courses.

Marvin Leroy Moore, editor of Signs of the Times, died in the morning of September 27, 2021, at his home in Caldwell, Idaho, with his wife, Lois, by his side. He was 84.

On a sunny Sabbath afternoon this September, below the pillars of H.M.S. Richard’s building on the campus of Washington Adventist University, a group gathered to honor the lives of Henry and Sharon Fordham in a department naming ceremony.