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In Mogen Hall on Nov. 15, students prepare donations for first responders. An outdoor memorial south of Highway 101 honors Borderline victims. Therapy horses come to campus Nov. 19.
students and began on Friday, Nov. 9. She has often supplemented the Cal Lutheran staff at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) on a per diem basis. This time, she left her private practice for two weeks without a day off to assess the needs of students who walked into the CAPS office on Luther Street. Samuelson Chapel had opened its doors about three hours after the shooting and stayed open continuously, staffed by other CAPS, Campus Ministry and Religion Department counselors. Meanwhile, a 24-hour crisis telephone hotline was made available through a third party. During this period at Cal Lutheran, particularly the nonstop first two weeks, students and others threw themselves into the work of collective emotional recovery. The Rev. Hazel Salazar-Davidson, who was hired as campus minister in August and formally ordained five days before Borderline, talked about the nature of that work during a Nov. 15 chapel service: Some of us aren’t able to continue with regular life, and some of us, although we struggle, can and do. This is normal. Some of us can give and some of us can receive, and this is community. Is it easy? No-o-o! Giving and receiving is a holy act. Students were performing this work when, unbidden, they organized events to make sandwiches for a food bank and to fill bags with supplies for first responders to wildfires.
They were still doing the work when they got in line to pick up the first of the 574 handmade quilts, blankets, prayer shawls, scarves and purses that were donated by congregations and individuals around the country. Hundreds of quilts were distributed in 20 minutes outside of Starbucks. There were students who telephoned the counseling office after Borderline to cancel scheduled appointments because someone else needed the time more, according to CAPS director Ginny Maril. When Logan arrived at the former residence where CAPS is housed, it was already serving as one refuge from seeming chaos. The Hill Fire was burning, and the larger Woolsey Fire would not be fully contained until the day before Thanksgiving. Six golden retrievers from Lutheran Church Comfort Dog Ministry in Chicago that had been flown in and brought to Samuelson Chapel the previous night were now lying around on the floor of CAPS with students. Logan talked with the walk-ins, both one at a time and in groups, about when they’d last eaten and slept, who they had available to connect with and whether they’d reached out. She referred some for follow-up with staff clinicians. “How to get you through today” was a worthwhile subject in November, she said. “Tomorrow we’ll deal with tomorrow.” —Kevin Matthews
Chris Kimball, PhD President Leanne Neilson, PsyD Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Regina D. Biddings-Muro, EdD Vice President for University Advancement Karen Davis, MBA ’95 Vice President for Administration and Finance Melissa Maxwell-Doherty ’77, MDiv ’81 Vice President for Mission and Identity Melinda Roper, EdD Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Matthew Ward, PhD Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing Gerhard Apfelthaler, PhD Dean of the School of Management Michael Hillis, PhD Dean of the Graduate School of Education Richard Holigrocki, PhD Dean of the Graduate School of Psychology Jessica Lavariega Monforti, PhD Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences The Rev. Raymond Pickett, PhD Rector of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary The Rev. Alicia Vargas, MDiv ’95, PhD Dean of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary BOARD OF REGENTS Susan Lundeen-Smuck ’88, Chair Deborah Sweeney, Vice Chair Bill Camarillo, Secretary Linda Baumhefner The Rev. Jim Bessey ’66 Ann Boynton ’83 Wallace Brohaugh Andrew Castro ’16 Sue Chadwick Dennis Erickson, PhD Randall Foster Alexis Ghattas ’19 Rod Gilbert, H’16 The Rev. Mark Hanson The Rev. Mark Holmerud Jon Irwin Chris Kimball, PhD Judy Larsen, PhD Jill Lederer Rick Lemmo Malcolm McNeil The Rev. David Nagler, MDiv ’93 The Rev. Frank Nausin ’70, MDiv ’74 Carrie Nebens Kären Olson ’83 Jim Overton Debra Papageorge ’12 Dennis Robbins ’86 Erin (Rivers ’97) Rulon, MBA ’06 Mike Soules Mark Stegemoeller Allison Wee, PhD Russell Young ’71 CAL LUTHERAN MISSION The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
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