For 36 years Auntie Edna ‘pulled ears’ and eased fears

For many the transition starts on the long, dark ride from Portland International Airport to Forest Grove.
“We pick them up at the airport,” says Auntie Edna Gehring, the soon-to-be retired director of Pacific University’s Hawaii Outreach and Programming Office. “And as they are passing the cornfields at night, you can see it on their faces: ‘What did I get myself into?’
“They’re fresh and young and away from home for the very first time,” sa