La Sierra University News

The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced the President's 2013 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll -the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for commitment to community service.

Paulette Jumalon, Marc Robles, and Susana Leiva, all students at La Sierra University in Riverside, are the 2013 recipients of college scholarships given by the Raincross Chorale and the Riverside Opera Guild.

An Assembly committee Wednesday approved legislation that would shrink a liquor-free buffer around La Sierra University from 1 mile to one-half mile.

About 350 La Sierra University graduates will obtain their diplomas on June 16, and receive words of inspiration from one of California's newest legislators before heading down different paths.

La Sierra University's Division of Continuing Studies and the Criminal Justice program will offer a CSI Camp this summer for youth ages 14 to 18. Each day, students will study skills used in today's crime fighting and learn what it takes to work in the fields of forensics and criminal justice.

La Sierra University Big Band saxophonists Sai Masumoto, left, and Emmanuel Esparza.

Riverside's La Sierra University has amended the powers of its governing board in an effort to lift a warning issued by the commission that accredits California universities and colleges.

Under direction of Argentina native Ariel Quintana, La Sierra University's choral groups will present a concert of varied works at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, June 1. The Choral Home Concert will be held in La Sierra's Hole Memorial Auditorium.

La Sierra University students, Alyssa James, Nicholas Feldkamp, Erin Hotchkiss, Alexis Sadakane and Ashley Aylsworth , along with their classmates, are selling cause bracelets and other items this Sunday, June 2, to benefit a local after school program.

Two musicians whose talents on the oboe and organ have garnered awards, scholarships and featured performances, will join forces in a recital at La Sierra University.

A graffiti eradication team used 43 gallons of paint and removed more than 200 tags near Olivewood Cemetery and 120 square feet of wall was restored as part of Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful's Great American Cleanup event on May 11, 2013.

For its spring concert this year, La Sierra University's orchestra decided to try a different venue - outside, along an expanse of grass, picnic perfect with lush trees and landscaping.

The Alvord Unified School District Child Nutrition Services Department and the Alvord Wellness Committee are sponsoring the Alvord "We Fit" Family Fair and Farmers Market from 3:30 to 7 pm Wednesday, May 22, at the La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside.