Susan Hoffman of Mosier was among four women honored with Women’s History Month awards at California’s Biola University on March 18.
Four influential women were honored at the ninth annual Ruby Awards at Biola’s Women’s History Month luncheon. The Ruby Awards celebrate women in the Biola community who inspire others with their unique voice of courage and who exemplify “Godly traits and values that align with select women of the Bible,” according to a press release. For almost a decade, awards have been given to alumni, staff, faculty, students and friends of the university..
The four awards being awarded are the “Priscilla Award for Teaching and Mentoring,” the “Deborah Award for Leadership and Wisdom,” the “Esther Award for Obedience and Servanthood” and the “Anna Horton Award for Student Mentoring.”
The “Anna Horton Award for Student Mentoring” was awarded to Susan Hoffman. Hoffman, along with her husband Donald, founded the Hoffman awards which are awarded to Biola’s non-faculty staff members for their outstanding work.
In addition to creating the Hoffman Awards, Hoffman has also contributed towards the renovation of the Rose of Sharon Prayer Chapel located on Biola’s campus. This chapel is a place for the students, staff and faculty to pray and reflect at any hour of the day.
The clippings go on and on, essentially reading, ‘Hoffman goes to …” Oklahoma, Alaska, Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania, California …
Hoffman has taken her nursing skills to Saipan, Ghana, Vietnam, Ecuador, and Kosovo, in addition to the U.S., to help victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters, as well as the man-made plane crashes of Sept. 11, 2001.
An April 6, 1994 Hood River News Kaleidoscope on Hoffmann was titled “Have Compassion, Will Travel”.
‘”It’s providing the right assistance in the right form, at the right time, for the right reason.” Said Hoffman, who since 2011 has shifted away from disaster relief to serving the Red Cross as a relief planner.
Susan is a native of Grass Valley, in Sherman County. She and her husband, Don, who is long-time board chair of Horizon Christian School, moved to the Gorge in 1989.
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