Alumni
2024 Alumni Weekend
May 3-5, 2024
at PAA
Honor Classes: '49 (75-year class), ‘54, ‘64, ‘74 (50-year class), ‘84, ‘94, ‘99 (25-year class), ‘04, ‘14, ‘19 (5-year class)
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* Golden Agers Dinner - May 3, 2024, 6 PM - Welcoming alumni from the '50s and '60s. Contact Bob Winter '53 at (503) 784-2614 for information and to RSVP.
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* Sabbath Worship Service - May 4, 2024, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Speaker: Pastor Dick Duerksen; Roll Call, PAA Update, music by PAA's Alegria and Concert Choir.
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* Honor Class Photos - directly following Worship Service
* Lunch follows the Worship Service - no charge - donations accepted
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* Class Reunion Meetings - 2 pm - on campus and as planned
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NEW!
* Sunday, May 5, 10 am - Noon - Smash-a-Car for PAA Fundraiser, at PAA.
We'll provide the car, the sledgehammer, and the protective gear. Only $10 per entry 30 seconds to take as many swings of the sledgehammer as you can. Multiple entries encouraged. Let's see who can take the most swings! Proceeds will go toward the Auto Mechanics program and all the work that takes place for students at PAA.
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Honor Class Agents:
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Class of 1964 – TBA
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Class of 1974 – Tom Utt, tjautt@icloud.com or (509) 301-6321
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Class of 1984 – Jed Dart, jeddart@comcast.net, (303) 888-8844, Class of '84 Facebook page
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Class of 1994 – TBA
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Class of 1999 – TBA
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Class of 2004 – Joline Whichelow, jolinewhichelow@gmail.com or (503) 989-0093, or www.facebook.com/groups/PAAalumni04
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Class of 2014 – TBA
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Class of 2019 – TBA
Plan to join classmates, friends and the PAA family for the 2024 Alumni Reunion.
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Questions? Need help with planning or contacting your Honor Class classmates?
Contact the Alumni / Development Office at 971-351-9028 or alumni@paasda.org.
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If you have graduated from, attended or worked at PUA / PAA,
we consider you "alumni."
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2024 Cougar Athletics Hall of Fame: Oct. 5, 2024 at PAA
Honoring the 1985 Cougar Women’s Basketball team, winners of the Koinonia League (Christian schools) and their coach, Linda Neel, who also coached other women's sports during 32 years at PAA.
2025 Alumni Reunion Weekend: May 2-4, 2025 at PAA
PAA/PUA Vista Verde Newsletter
for Alumni and Friends
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Spring 2023 Vista Verde (published 3/30/23)
Alumni Weekend, Legacy Gift for Hand Bells, Alumni News, Campus Renewal Update
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Fall 2022 Vista Verde (published 11/14/22)
Alumni News, profile of 2018 alumnus Ivan Danilich, & more
Spring 2022 Vista Verde newsletter (published 3/31/22)
2022 Alumni Reunion schedule, campus renewal update, Alumni News,
including profile of 2006 alumna Deisy (Cholula) Haid.
Fall 2021 Vista Verde newsletter
Features news about the Fall Celebration, new hand bells, Cougar Hall of Fame and Alumni News.
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Summer 2021 Vista Verde newsletter
Features news about our facility updates as well as alumni profiles,
including extended profile of Deuce Nakashima, Class of 2003 alumnus
Alumni Weekend Archives
Watch the May 4, 2024 sermon at the Alumni Sabbath service here, presented by Pastor Dick Duerksen. The full worship service can be viewed on YouTube here.
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Watch the May 6, 2023 recorded Alumni Sabbath service here.
Thanks to members of the Class of 1993 for participating in our worship service. Guest speaker: Pastor Jose Vicente Rojas
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Special thanks again to our friends and neighbors at Sunnyside SDA Church. Also thanks to guest speaker, Dr. Karl Haffner, VP at Loma Linda University; PAA’s music department Alegria, Bel Canto, and soloists.
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Special thanks to our friends and neighbors at Sunnyside SDA Church. Also thanks to guest speaker, Dr. John McVay, Walla Walla University president; PAA’s music department String Ensemble, Alegria, Bel Canto, and soloists.
Let's Connect!
We invite you to join our private PAA Alumni Facebook group. Get in touch with “old” friends and teachers. Share memories, pictures, and make plans for class reunions. Join by clicking HERE! Keep in touch with PAA and all the alumni news and events by updating your contact information HERE. For more information contact the Development & Alumni Office at 503-255-8372 ext. 218 or by emailing Director of Development, U'Lee Brown ubrown@paasda.org.
Share Your Update
Classmates and friends want to know what you’re up to!
​Click HERE to share your UPDATE!
We’ll share it in the Alumni News section of the Vista Verde newsletter. Please take a few moments to update your information.​
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Share your name and maiden name
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Year(s) you attended PAA and/or graduated
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Where you’re living and working
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Where you attend church
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and if you have kids and/or grandkids
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or other updates you'd like to share with classmates and friends
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​Click HERE to share your UPDATE!