Finding Love in Walker Hall (UC Davis)

Ted and Silvia Hillyer fell in love while on staff together in Applied Sciences at UC Davis. Their love for each other extended to their students and beyond — now retired, the couple is giving financially so that UC Davis can continue educating students now and into the future.

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Gina Pottenger
Studying heart diseases at the cellular level

I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Ye Chen-Izu, a researcher and professor in the College of Engineering at UC Davis, about her team’s research into the heart muscle at the cellular level. I was fascinated to learn about their innovative developments that enable them to see how varying stressors drive blood pressure, and how their discoveries will lead to new treatments for heart disease.

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Gina Pottenger
Article: A sheep in wolf's clothing

Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Brunson has described military chaplaincy like being a sheep in wolf’s clothing.

“You’re dressed like a wolf, but you’re really a sheep a sheep on the inside,” Brunson said. “We’re able to represent God and be a visible reminder of the presence of God in some dark places. We’re not combatants. The violence may be happening around us and to us, but as chaplains, we do not bear arms; we can’t carry weapons. You have to have people around you, usually an assistant, to protect you because we have no means to protect ourselves.”

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Gina Pottenger
Article: Dieudonne’s story: Evangelising through justice

Born in South Kivu, in Minembwe, Congo, Dieudonne was the oldest of six brothers and one sister.

Lack of hospitals and medical infrastructure was why his parents both died a short time apart. First, his father fell severely ill, dying within a week. Later, his mother died suddenly. They suspect it was a heart attack. But without a doctor’s examination and diagnosis, the children never learned exactly why their parents died.

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Gina Pottenger