Excellence - Washington Adventist University

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P r e s i d e n t ’s P e r s p e c t i v e
D e a r F r i e n d s,
“Vision 2020 – Growing with Excellence,” is the motto
we have adopted to reflect our transforming journey from a good University to a
great one. It is an initiative to grow Washington Adventist University into a thriving
and distinctive institution of higher education, defined by excellence in all that we do.
Our Inaugural Visionaries Gala, held September 22 at the Congressional Country
Club, in Bethesda, Maryland, officially launched Vision 2020 and captured the essence of what we want to become as
an institution. I am grateful to all of you who supported the initiative and ensured the overwhelming success that it was.
Ultimately, our four honorees: Mr. Dikembe Mutombo, Dr. Evelyn Bata, Dr. James Bingham, and Mr. Rory Pullens
embody the character and competence that we want our students to model as we prepare them to serve communities
around the world. We recognize that in order to do that, we must provide the resources they need and offer relevant
and cutting edge programs that will ensure their competitiveness. We have been making steady progress evident by the
completion of the Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center in 2011, the renovation of the dining hall in 2012, and the completion this spring of the students’ activity center. Other critical projects are on the table.
In a challenging marketplace, we need the support of our entire community to take these initiatives from
vision to reality. I thank you for all that you have done for WAU and for Christian education and I look forward to
your continued support.
Sincerely,
W e y m o u t h S p e n c e , E d .D.
President
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D e p a r t m e n t s
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Student Led As Jesus Would
On a cruise to the Caribbean in January 2013, Brittany Bower proved the perfect
example of Christian humility and compassion.
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Growing with Excellence:
The Inaugural Visionaries Gala
Washington Adventist University’s Inaugural Visionaries Gala was held September
22, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The gala is envisioned as
an annual event to support Vision 2020, a blueprint for campus development over
the next seven years.
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Charles McMillan, A Model of Excellence
The director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and president of Los Alamos
National Security: his journey began at WAU.
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John Chang,
2 WAU News
12 Ministry News
26 Alumni News
28 Advancement
31 Class Notes
33 Scrapbook
34 Gifts
38 In Memoriam
40 Meet the Board
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New
Provost
Cheryl Harris Kisunzu, Ph.D., MSN, FNP, RN
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heryl Harris Kisunzu
has been appointed
provost of Wash-
of performance excellence
and Harper College, Palatine,
at our nation’s three Mal-
Ill. She currently retains an
colm Baldrige Award winning
adjunct faculty position in the
institutions, through which she
doctoral program of leader-
determined strategies used by
ship at Andrews University.
academic leaders of distinc-
As the WAU chief academic
tion for anchoring change in
officer she serves as profes-
higher education.
sor. Of significance is that
She has held senior
Dr. Kisunzu believes in the
level positions of progressive
unique value and potential of
ington Adventist University
academic and administrative
each student entrusted to the
(WAU), effective August
leadership, including grant
University’s care. She consid-
2013. She is the former
administrator at Eastfield
ers it a joy to lead in a manner
executive dean and director
College in Mesquite, Texas for
that ensures that learning pre-
of nursing at Mountain View
its historic $1.4 million Texas
pares students for Daniel 1:20
College in Dallas, Texas.
Workforce Commission Grant;
distinctiveness such that their
Kisunzu holds a Ph.D. in
vice president for Human
life service responds to the
educational leadership from
Resources and Organiza-
needs of our global society in
Andrews University in Ber-
tional Development; as well
a manner that is both relevant
rien Springs, Mich.; an M.S.
as the administrator for the
and progressively enriching.
in nursing as a family nurse
Life Science Human Services
practitioner from Rush Univer-
Division and director of the
Kisunzu, is an independent
sity, Chicago, Ill.; and a B.S.
nursing program at Harper
consultant in mathematics ed-
in nursing, also from Andrews
College, Palatine, Ill. She also
ucation. They are blessed with
University. Her special area
has more than 14 years of
two children – Jessica, who
of interest is that of leading
teaching experience achieved
will be finishing her doctorate
change for progressive excel-
through faculty appointment
in organic chemistry from Uni-
lence in higher education as
at Vanderbilt University,
versity of California Berkeley in
defined by Kotter’s 8-Step
Nashville, Tenn., Loma Linda
May 2014; their son, Conrad, is
Model. Consistent with this
University, Loma Linda, Calif.,
a sophomore student of engi-
passion, the focus of her doc-
St. Louis Community College
neering at Stanford University,
toral research is the analysis
at Meramec, St. Louis, Mo.
also in California.
Her husband, Dr. Phillip
University Embraces New
Higher Education Network
ashington Adventist
membership in the organiza-
addressing local and global
Engagement, heeding the
University President
tion is in keeping with WAU’s
community issues through
national call to action and
Weymouth Spence, Ed.D.,
commitment to civic engage-
student service, civic engage-
fulfilling America’s promise as
recently joined Maryland
ment embodied in its mission
ment, academically based
outlined in the Association of
higher education leaders at
statement. “This cosmopolitan
service-learning, and campus-
American Colleges and Uni-
Montgomery College for the
institution challenges students
community partnerships.
versities’ 2012 report, A Cruci-
inauguration of the Mary-
to seize the opportunities
The launch event celebrated
ble Moment: College Learning
land-DC Campus Compact
for learning in the nation’s
the expansion of this higher
and Democracy’s Future. Dr.
(MDCCC), the largest higher
capital in order to become
education network to include
Richard Guarasci, president
education association in the
moral leaders in communities
colleges and universities in
of Wagner College, N.Y. and a
region, comprised of the
throughout the world.”
Washington, D.C.
member of the National Task
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presidents of 30 colleges
and universities.
The president affirmed that
The MDCCC is a consortium
Presidents attending the
Force on Civic Learning and
of higher education institutions
event signed the Declaration of
Democratic Engagement,
committed to collaboratively
Civic Learning and Democratic
gave the keynote address.
A Whole New Ethic
32nd Keough Lecture Calls for Profound Changes in the Approach to Global Problems
“
e need a new ethic
Embrace?—Justice and Provi-
affairs of the world, one does
vations and ingenuity the world
that will be committed
sion of Global Social Goods in
not need Nostradamus, nor
can master,” said Mikov.
to justice and equity in the
an Era of Crises, Needs, and
are SDA prophetic eschato-
world… The narrative must
Increasing Scarcities.”
logical interpretations needed
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shift from ‘national interest’ to
He identified three mega
to conclude that the future of
what is just and what would be
trends—defined as major
our world does not look rosy,”
in support of the global good.”
environmental, social, or
said Mikov.
This is the view of interna-
economic shifts that will
He noted that innovation,
Paul Mikov is executive advisor for
the Boris Trajkovski International
Foundation and a visiting scholar
at the School of International
and Public Affairs of Columbia
University in New York. Prior to
tional development scholar
substantially change the way
transfer of technology, manda-
and practitioner, Paul Mikov,
people live—that pose seri-
tory secondary education,
who spoke at the 32nd G.
ous threats to the delivery/
dealing with corruption, South-
Arthur Keough Lecture, hosted
provision of national and
South cooperation, public-pri-
Jonathan Papoulidis, senior
by the Department of Religion,
global public goods: 1) contin-
vate partnership, and greater
policy advisor, Peace build-
Richard’s Hall, March 22 and
ued rapid population growth,
involvement of the private sec-
ing and Humanitarian Affairs
23. The annual lecture honors
2) increasing scarcity of fun-
tor, are among the traditional
at World Vision Canada, and
Keough, a former faculty
damental resources such as
solutions advanced.
visiting scholar at Columbia Uni-
member in the Department of
water, food, and energy, and
Religion at WAU.
3) climate change.
Mikov was one of two keynote
“When one considers the
“I propose that what is
this, he worked with World Vision
International for nine years.
versity’s School of International
needed, and what comes with
and Public Affairs, delivered the
the greatest potential for posi-
second lecture titled, “Prospects
presenters who spoke under
convergence of these three
tion change and impact, is a
and Perils in the Delivery of
the broad theme, “Destination
mega trends, and the likely re-
whole new ethic; as much, if
Global Public Goods in an Age of
2020: Will Justice and Peace
sults and implications for the
not more, than all of the inno-
Conflict and Interdependence.”
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WAU N e w s
Enactus Team Wins
at U.S. Regional Competition
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he Washington
transforming lives in Takoma
Adventist Univer-
Park, Maryland.”
sity (WAU) Enactus
common commitment.
Sarah Quimby, president of
team organized projects in
the Takoma Park community,
Enactus is a community
the WAU club, attributes the
including JobQuest, a part-
team, formerly Students In
of student, academic, and
team’s success to its growth
nership with Adventist Com-
Free Enterprise (SIFE), was
business leaders committed
as a unit over the past year
munity Services of Greater
named a regional champion
to using the power of entre-
and the amount of work its
Washington that provides job
at a competition held in Bal-
preneurial action to enable
members put in.
readiness training for unem-
timore, Maryland on March
human progress.
23, 2013. The event was one
Spence said the experi-
“The impact we have made
is incredible. The amount of
ployed residents.
The culmination of the pro-
of 10 regional competitions
ence was hugely significant in
hours and hard work each
gram is an annual series of
held across the United States
helping students develop the
member has put in to mak-
competitions that showcases
during March and April.
kinds of talent and perspec-
ing this a successful year is
the results of each team’s
tives that are essential to
impressive,” she said.
projects and provides op-
“Our students presented
three local projects they were
leadership in an increasingly
involved with to a panel of
complicated and challenging
more than 500 in the United
to be evaluated by business
judges under a rigid set of
world. He expressed pride
States. Participating students
leaders serving as judges.
competition standards,” said
that the 44 WAU students and
use business concepts to
Teams compete first at the
President Weymouth Spence,
their projects counted among
develop community outreach
regional and national levels,
Ed.D. “It was a joy to observe
62,000 from 38 countries
projects, transform lives,
then at the international level
them at the regional level in
representing 1,600 universi-
and shape a better, more
when the national champion
competition, showcasing how
ties and 7,300,000 project
sustainable world. During the
teams from each country
they are engaging minds and
volunteer hours toward a
2012-2013 academic year, the
meet at the World Cup.
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The WAU program is one of
portunities for their projects
Students Win
T
Maryland Music Award
wo Washington Adventist
work.” One judge described
University music majors
Tucker’s singing as “exquisite”
walked away with the Maryland
and compared him to a young
State Music Teachers Associa-
Placido Domingo. Another
tion Chamber Music Festival
judge praised Keplinger’s
Award at an annual competi-
“beautiful tone” on the piano.
tion held March 17 in the Leroy
Tucker studies voice with Dr.
and Lois Peters Music Center
Medea Namoradze at WAU,
on the University campus.
while Keplinger studies piano
Tenor Aaron Tucker and
with Dr. Daniel Lau. The festi-
piano performance major
val is a statewide competition
Jonathan Keplinger performed
of chamber music for duos,
three works for the competi-
trios, and quartets in three
tion: “Una furtiva lagrima”
divisions: pre-high school, high
from the opera The Elixir
school, and collegiate.
of Love by Gaetano Doni-
The collegiate division of
New
Leadership Society
Chartered
zetti, “Allerseelen” by Richard
the Chamber Music Festival is
Strauss, and “Widmung” by
open to all undergraduate and
Robert Schumann.
graduate students in the state
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of Maryland. The festival is co-
community officially became
honor society, is the first of
pianist Yoon Huh and violinist
chaired by WAU music faculty
members of Omicron Delta
its kind to give recognition for
Eva Cappelletti Chao, praised
members Dr. Daniel Lau and
Kappa, one of the nation’s
leadership. It dates back to
the duo for their “great team-
Dr. Mark Di Pinto.
most prestigious honor societ-
1914, when on December 3,
ies, at a charter ceremony held
15 student and faculty leaders
at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist
met at Washington and Lee
Church on April 14, 2013.
University in Virginia, seeking
The two judges for the event,
Jonathan Keplinger (left) and Aaron Tucker (right)
wenty-eight aspiring leaders from the University
Omicron Delta Kappa (OΔK),
a diverse national leadership
The new inductees included
to unify students and faculty
President Weymouth Spence,
of “all phases of college life,”
Ed.D.; five alumni, led by Charles
into one body of leaders. In the
McMillan, Ph.D. (’77) , direc-
shaping of this organization,
tor of the Los Alamos Lab, and
the founders sought to portray
2013 alumnus of the year; and
the idealism and leadership of
three faculty members, including
George Washington, America’s
charter sponsor Ralph Johnson,
first president, and Gen-
Ph.D., dean of Student Success
eral Robert E. Lee. The idea
and Faculty Development.
gained recognition and more
“I am very excited that it is
and more colleges established
here,” said Johnson, a 1982
their “Circles.” Presently, there
initiate of OΔK. “Washington
are Circles of Omicron Delta
Adventist University is the only
Kappa on the campuses of
Seventh-day Adventist institu-
more than 300 institutions
tion to have a Circle. The level
of higher learning, a number
of exposure that it gives our
that now includes Washington
campus is enormous!”
Adventist University.
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Honor Societies Inductees Challenged to
High Standards of Conduct
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ixty new inductees
of the White House Office
versity students. Those who
standing. The WAU chapter
into two national
of Public Engagement, who
have earned a grade point av-
was chartered in 1984.
honor societies
gave the keynote address at
erage of 3.50 or above while
at Washington Adventist
the April 7 event, explained
taking a full academic load
presented at the induction
University (WAU) were chal-
that excellence is a quality
during their first semester are
ceremony: Interim Provost Dr.
lenged to exhibit three highly
that has to be internalized
eligible. The WAU chapter,
Patrick Williams received an
important qualities neces-
before it can be outwardly
which was chartered in 1985,
honorary Alpha Chi member-
sary to succeed in the world
recognized or labeled; humil-
was awarded the Commenda-
ship, while student Robert
today: excellence, humility,
ity means helping and think-
tion of Excellence in 2012.
Machado, a graduating se-
and integrity.
ing about others more than
Alpha Chi encourages
The new inductees became
Two other awards were
nior, received the Edward Da-
oneself; and integrity means
sound scholarship and
vis Award for leadership and
members of Phi Eta Sigma
being principled in one’s per-
devotion to truth among its
service to the community.
and Alpha Chi, the highest
sonal and professional life.
members. Membership is
college academic honors
available to students.
Attorney-at-law D. Paul
Monteiro, associate director
The event was organized by
Phi Eta Sigma Honor
restricted to the top 10 per-
the Betty Howard Center for
Society encourages high
cent of students in the junior
Student Success and Faculty
scholastic attainment among
and senior classes who are
Development.
first-year college and uni-
in good academic and social
(above) Guest speaker,
Attorney-at-law D. Paul Monteiro
(left) Beulah Manuel, Associate
Director of the Betty Howard
Center, with new inductee,
Brielyn Sampson
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Administrator Wins
Best Paper Award
J
anette Neufville, Washington Adventist University
“We included a goal for each
indicator, with a target year,
associate vice president for
and assigned an individual
Institutional Research and Effec-
institutional leader,” explained
tiveness, won the award for the
Neufville. “Provision on the doc-
fall 2012 Best Paper presented
ument was made for notes to
at the Maryland Association
explain calculations and include
for Institutional Researchers
some drill down information,
(MdAIR) conference held on
such as differentiating between
October 19, 2012 at Morgan
faculty and staff data. We later
State University.
included benchmark data, which
The presentation, which was
allowed for comparison against
titled, “Using Balanced Score-
national norms, peer groups,
cards with a Focus on Bench-
and aspirant peer groups.”
marking,” discussed the use of
Neufville said her presentation
balanced scorecards, which are
emphasized finding and report-
President Receives Notable
based on Kaplan and Norton’s
ing benchmark comparisons.
Person of Honor Award
measurement tool (early 90s)
P
resident Weymouth
Spence, Ed.D., is one
Washington Adventist
University experienced its
of five recipients of the
highest enrollment ever during
inaugural Notable Person
the 2011–2012 academic year,
of Honor Award from the
with a total of 1,493 students.
Columbia Union Conference
Spence, in his response,
of Seventh-day Adventists.
said he was surprised to be
The awards were presented
named an honoree. “This
at a special luncheon dur-
goes to the entire learning
ing year-end meetings in
community,” he said.
November 2012.
“Before Dr. Spence came to
The Notable Person of Honor Award is a new recognition
the University, WAU was on a
designed to spotlight confer-
downward spiral, but thanks
ence members for their contri-
to him, we have seen an
bution to the cause of Christ.
overall financial turnaround,
Other 2012 honorees were:
capital improvement, and
Joyce Newmyer, president of
the second highest enroll-
Washington Adventist Hospital
ment in the school’s history
in Takoma Park, Maryland;
this fall, with 1,402 students.
Larry Boggess, president
He is loved by the students,
of the Mountain View Con-
respected by the board, and
ference; José H. Cortés,
challenged by the faculty,”
president of the New Jersey
said Rob Vandeman, Colum-
Conference; and Josephine
bia Union executive secretary.
Benton, a retired pastor.
Each spring, the Association
advocating measurement of key
for Institutional Researchers
performance indicators from four
(AIR) hosts a four-day confer-
perspectives: financial, internal
ence (AIR Forum) that brings
processes, employee learning
together approximately 1,600
and growth, and customer.
institutional research profes-
These indicators collec-
sionals from around the world
tively measure the health
representing all sectors of
of an organization against
higher education. As a recipient
established goals.
of the award, Neufville will rep-
Created in 2008, WAU’s bal-
resent Maryland and speak at
anced scorecard focused on
the conference in Long Beach,
proving a historical trend of four
California as an AIR Affiliate
years for each KPI.
Best Paper Award Winner.
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WA U N e w s
Students Get New
Activity
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Beloved Campus Personality
Says Goodbye
Center
ashington Adventist
dent of the Student Association
University students
and one of the students in-
now have a new multipurpose
volved, said she is excited about
venue for their group study,
this update to the campus.
lectures and presentations,
“Students are generally
Singspiration, Sabbath wor-
happy with the idea of a more
ship, and other general meet-
defined space and a student-
ings and campus events.
oriented location. It will allow
The attractive space, ca-
them to have a common meet-
pable of seating more than 350
ing place other than Wilkinson
students, was completed in the
Hall’s lobby. They realize that we
ssistant registrar Deria
teacher’s assistant at Vestal
spring. It is a redesign of the
are still in need of the Student
Gale Anderson Gadsden
Hills Seventh-day Adventist
pool area, executed at a cost
Center, but they feel that WAU is
said goodbye to Washing-
(SDA) School in Binghamton,
of just under $900,000.
heading in the right direction.”
ton Adventist University last
New York. She later became
summer after 16 years at the
school board chair, sat on
completed under our Campus
sity completed a $1 million
University and 30 years in
the board of Union Springs
Master Plan,” said President
renovation of the dining hall,
Adventist Christian education.
Academy, and served on the
Weymouth Spence, Ed.D.
the first since the construction
Her service to the University
K–12 Board of Education for
“We are serious about
of Wilkinson Hall more than
was recognized during alumni
New York Conference. She
transforming this campus into
40 years ago. The renovation
weekend, April 12–14, when
later moved to Poughkeepsie,
a comfortable and modern
changed the area aesthetical-
she was named an honorary
and worked at Poughkeepsie
facility, which is so important
ly and functionally. It included
WAU alumna.
SDA School as a teacher’s
to our students’ sense of well-
the removal of all existing
A
“It has been an honor to
“This is another project
Last August, the Univer-
assistant. Her next stop was
being and their motivation
carpet and the installation
work in this vineyard for the
Garden State Academy,
to be excellent at everything
of quarry tiles and planked
Lord. I have learned a deep
where she worked as assis-
that they do.”
wood flooring, repairing and
trust in His plan and purpose
tant registrar, class sponsor,
for my life,” Mrs. Gadsden
and yearbook sponsor.
“Several students were
repainting walls; installing
involved in the selection of
new ceilings and light fixtures;
“The Alumni Association
colors, furniture, and finish-
upgrading air conditioning
honors one individual every
es,” said Angie Crews (’07),
vents; fresh paint and new fur-
year who, although not a WAU
Business and Community
niture, as well as the addition
1997. Since then, she has
graduate, has demonstrated
Development coordinator
and redesign of service and
impacted the lives of hundreds
commitment to and love of
and assistant to the presi-
eating areas.
of students. Tough as nails
Washington Adventist Univer-
dent. “FOCUS: Architects +
and loving as a mother, she
sity and its students. It was our
Design developed three finish
to renovate the ball field. This
encouraged the values of hard
pleasure to recognize Mrs. G’s
boards that we made selec-
project is going through the
work and pride.
many years of service and to
tions from. The final selection
county approval phase. Along
said. “CUC/WAU has fond
memories for me.”
Gadsden joined WAU in
An alumna of Atlantic Union
Plans are also under way
officially recognize her as an
was a casual cross between
with upgrades to the parking
College and the University of
honorary alumna,” said Ellie
earthy and contemporary
lots, the ball field project is
Nebraska, Gadsden began
Barker (’08), director of Alumni
lounge furniture.”
expected to cost approximately
her career in education as a
Relations.
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Alcira Groomes, former presi-
$1 million.
Hundreds Paid Tribute to WGTS
H
undreds of people gathered at Sligo Seventh-day
special kind of exuberance.
Konrad
able to sit down with Jesus and
“He was [a] special, unique,
have Him explain it, and I know
he lived… I know because he
Adventist Church, January 12,
one-of-a-kind, and sometimes
He will, but until then, my heart
made a difference in my life.”
2013 to celebrate the life of John
exasperating individual. There
is empty and I cannot explain it.”
Konrad (’94), vice president and
were times when we asked
general manager of Washing-
God why he had blessed us
tion Technology, Gregory
1996, led the station through
ton’s contemporary Christian
with this boy, but mostly, we
Ingram, said John was his best
a transition from classical
music station, WGTS 91.9, FM.
were glad he did,” he said.
friend since seventh grade.
music to a contemporary
Konrad, 43, died at the Univer-
“He was so young,” Konrad
Vice President for Informa-
“John taught me how
Konrad, who became
WGTS General Manager in
Christian format in the late
sity of Maryland Medical Center
added. “He just lived a little
important life is and to stay
1990s. Under his leadership,
in Baltimore on January 2, 2013
more than half of the promised
focused on my beliefs.” Ingram
the station grew from 10,000
after a short illness.
three scores and ten which the
said. “He showed me that one
weekly listeners to more than
Bible speaks about,” he said.
person can make a difference.
600,000. The station now
spoke in memory of a son whom
“I know there will come a time
He did this by staying focused
ranks among the top 10 in the
he said approached life with a
in the New Earth when I will be
on his beliefs and [by] the way
Washington D.C. market.
Al Konrad, John’s father,
Gospel Choir Makes Sweet Music in Barbados
W
ashington Adventist
University (WAU) Black
Joan A. Francis, Ph.D., chair
of History and Political Studies;
motivated him to invite the group
worship, whether at school
to Barbados.
or in the church, gave us
Student Union Gospel Choir is
Desiree Dixon (’12), admissions
the latest group to travel over-
counselor; and Jean Innocent
and Annabel Greaves, attended
God with others and move
seas on a mission to promote
(’12), assistant dean of men,
and spoke highly of their time at
them into a closer relation-
the University and expose
were the sponsors.
WAU. We would like more of our
ship with Him through song,”
youth to experience Christ at our
said Ramone Griffith, senior
sister institution,” Haynes said.
theology music major.
others to its special mission as a
faith-based institution.
The group of 24 students and
In his letter of invitation,
Haynes said he believed
Adventist education is a pillar
“Two of your students, Asara
The choir partnered with the
another opportunity to share
On Friday, the group per-
three sponsors travelled to the
in preparing young people to
East Caribbean Conference
formed at the Indian Ground
West Indies January 7–14 at
“serve and make their calling
to perform at several local
Church in the north of the
the invitation of East Caribbean
an election sure.” That, and the
academies, including opening
island and thrilled the small
Conference Youth Ministries
opportunities that Washington
assembly at the Barbados SDA
congregation, happy to have a
director, Dayle Haynes.
Adventist University had to offer,
Secondary School.
choir from Washington Adven-
Following the performance,
the group answered questions
from fifth form students inter-
tist University as part of their
vesper series.
The final concert was held
ested in medicine, business, en-
on Sunday night at a mid-island
gineering, and other areas, and
church. This hour-long concert,
Dr. Francis presented a dozen
as one attendee said, “touched
books to the school library.
all the emotions and gave us
“Every experience of
some of everything.”
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WA U N e w s
New
Faces on Campus
Louri Aaron (’08) is a coordinator in the
School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
She comes to us from the U.S. government,
where she served for five years as senior executive assistant for the General Services Administration (GSA) for the Office of Real Property
Utilization and Disposal. Aaron holds a master’s
degree in public administration and a bachelor’s
degree in counseling psychology from Washington Adventist University.
Ellie Barker (’08) is the director of Alumni
Relations. Prior to joining Washington Adventist
University (WAU), she worked as a graduate
admissions counselor at the Tai Sophia Institute.
Barker holds a Master of Arts in public administration and a bachelor’s in political science from
WAU.
Dorothy Barker, Ph.D., is a faculty member
in the Department of Nursing. Prior to joining WAU,
she worked as a visiting professor at the George
Washington University School of Nursing. Barker
holds a doctorate in occupational and environmental health from the University of Maryland
School of Nursing, a master’s in community and
public health nursing, also from the University of
Maryland, and a bachelor’s in nursing from Texas
Woman’s University.
Sophia Boswell (’13) is an administrative
grant specialist in the School of Health Professions, Science and Wellness. She previously
worked as a receptionist in accounting services.
She holds a master’s degree in business administration from WAU and a bachelor’s degree in
communication from Kennesaw State University.
Wanda Colon–Canales is director of Admissions and Recruitment. Prior to her appointment,
she worked at Central State University as senior
admission diversity officer for four years. She holds
a Bachelor of Science in general studies from the
University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and an associate
of applied science from Temple Junior College.
Carol Cogen is the program coordinator for
the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Prior to joining WAU, she worked as a consultant
with Aathome Pediatric Nursing Team, Inc. Cogen
holds a master’s in business administration and
a Master of Science in health care administration
from the University of Maryland University College. She also has a bachelor’s in communication
from Rutgers University.
Sandra Esteves, Ph.D., is a professor of
modern languages in the Department of English.
Prior to joining WAU, she worked as a director at
the French Institute. Esteves holds a doctorate
in modern foreign languages and a master’s in
French from the University of Tennessee. She also
holds a bachelor’s in modern languages and literature from Universidade de Letras de Lisboa.
Doreen Hardware is a faculty member in
the Department of Nursing. Prior to joining WAU,
she was a charge nurse at Washington Adventist
Hospital. She holds a Master of Science in nursing from Loma Linda University.
Ralph Johnson, Ph.D., is dean of the Center
Laurel Bryant (’12) is the assistant registrar.
She began her career as a receptionist at WAU.
Bryant holds a bachelor’s degree in health care
administration and an associate of applied science in respiratory care from WAU.
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for Student Success and Faculty Development in
the Betty Howard Center for Student Success. He
previously worked as an associate dean of student
life at Johns Hopkins University and as interim
provost at WAU. Johnson holds a doctorate in educational administration/higher education from the
University of South Carolina, a Master of Science in
student personnel administration from Florida State
University, and a bachelor’s in speech pathology
from the University of Alabama.
Cheryl Harris Kisunzu, Ph.D., is provost
and head of Academic Administration. Prior to
joining WAU, Kisunzu was the executive dean and
director of nursing at Mountain View College. She
has held senior level positions in academic and
administrative leadership, including grant administrator at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, and
at different times, had responsibility for nursing,
the life sciences, and human resources at Harper
College in Palatine, Illinois. She holds a doctorate
in educational leadership from Andrews University, a master’s in nursing from Rush University, and
a bachelor’s in nursing from Andrews University.
Linda Lowe (’06) is the assistant dean of
women. She previously worked at WAU as an administrative coordinator and demographic specialist.
Lowe holds a master’s degree in youth ministry from
Andrews University and a bachelor’s degree in political studies from Columbia Union College.
Lincoln Roo McKenzie, Ed.D., is the vice
president of Advancement and University Relations. Prior to joining WAU, he served as an education evangelist for the Southeastern California
Conference. McKenzie holds a master’s and doctorate in administration and leadership from Loma
Linda University and a bachelor’s in theology from
Northern Caribbean University, then West Indies
College. He also has a certificate in fundraising
from Indiana University.
Herma Percy, Ph.D., is an associate professor and Homeland Security program director.
She previously taught at Howard University and
Clayton College and she authored an American
Government course for Griggs University. Percy
earned her doctorate and master’s degree in political science from Howard University, Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s in communication from
Oakwood University in Alabama.
Cheryl Robertson is an assistant professor
in the Department of Nursing. She previously
worked as an instructor at the George Washington
School of Nursing. Robertson holds a master’s
in nursing from the University of Maryland, and a
bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Iowa.
Selena Simmons is a faculty member in the
Department of Nursing. She previously worked
as a clinical educator at the Bermuda Hospitals
Board. Simmons holds a Master of Science in
health systems management from Vanderbilt
University and a master’s in nursing education
from Wayne State University. She also holds an
educational specialist degree in curriculum and
instruction and a Bachelor of Science in nursing
from Andrews University.
Jahmela Williams is the counselor in
Joel Mercado (’13) is an advisor in the Student Financial Services department. He holds a
bachelor’s in mathematics with a psychology
minor from WAU.
Jessica Michelle Mihos (’10) is
a program coordinator for the School of
Graduate and Professional Studies. She
previously served as an administrative assistant in the Office of Admissions. Mihos
holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in
counseling psychology from WAU.
the Student Life department. She previously
worked as a base mental health therapist with
Universal Counseling Services. Williams holds
a Master of Education from North Central
University, a post-master’s in human services
from Capella University, a master’s in school
counseling from Bowie State University, and a
bachelor’s in elementary education from Oakwood University.
Lissette Reyes Wright is executive
assistant to the provost. She previously
worked at the Ohio Conference as academy registrar. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology and Spanish from
Wright State University.
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Ministry News
It was a robust year for the Ministry department, with mission trips to the Caribbean,
Mauritius, and India as well as a week of revival, which significantly impacted the
campus. The department also hosted Service Day in collaboration with the Department
of Social Work. Following are Ministry department news and highlights.
without shoes, it was a chance
to make up for it.”
Bower, an aspiring dentist,
Led As Jesus Would
O
On their second stop, St.
Thomas in the U.S. Virgin
was one of 17 WAU students
Islands, the group led wor-
who sailed aboard the Royal
ship and played volleyball with
Caribbean’s Enchantment of
students from St. John/St.
the Seas for the 9 days and
Thomas Seventh-day Adven-
10 nights trip, led by Chap-
tist School; handed out bags of
lain Kaneil Williams (’07) and
toys and supplies to students
sponsored by Zack Plantak,
at Nanna Baby Care, a state
Ph.D., chair of the religion
funded orphanage; played
department.
games with troubled young
While they enjoyed life
Brittany Bower
by the students.
people at Sea View Adoles-
aboard the cruise liner and the
cent Center, and encouraged
adventure of travel, it was the
them to make the right choices
opportunity to serve that beck-
for their future.
oned and fulfilled them most.
The last stop was Samana,
“As an active member of
Dominican Republic. Students
the United States Air Force
led worship with members of the
National Guard, I have said the
community in Downtown Wilm-
words, “service before self…”
ore and painted a local church.
many times before, but this trip
“The distribution in Wilmore
brought new meaning to the
was the highlight of our trip,”
words as I went on my first mis-
said Williams. “In the midst of
sion ever; only [this time] I was
rain showers, students passed
n the Ministry depart-
afternoon in her socks until a
a soldier in the Lord’s army,”
out pain medicines, vitamins,
ment’s “Cruise with
group member loaned her a pair
said Chenelle Chichester.
and supplies to residents. None
a Purpose,” January
of size 13 flip-flops.
5–14, Brittany Bower proved
“It actually began with a little
The La Perla community in
complained and everyone
Puerto Rico, known as one
worked together to make sure
that everyone got something.”
the perfect example of Chris-
boy who kept tugging at my
of the island’s most notorious
tian humility and compassion.
clothes. I had given him a shirt
neighborhoods for violence and
It was here that Bower gave
and some pants but he needed
drug trafficking, was the group’s
away her shoes and gave real
young girl who arrived at an
Moved by the plight of a
some shoes. I looked around
first stop. Undeterred, the group
meaning to Jesus’ teaching:
event in the Dominican Republic
and this one boy, who already
played a friendly basketball
“Verily I say unto you, Inas-
without shoes, Bower, a junior
had shoes, had gotten another
match with residents before
much as ye did it not to one of
biology major from Baltimore,
pair. I felt badly that I did not
moving to the local community
the least of these, ye did it not
promptly removed her shoes
have an extra pair for the
center for worship and distribu-
to me” (Matt. 25:45).
and handed them to the teen-
little boy, so when I saw this
tion of clothing, toys, and health
ager. She spent the rest of the
girl, who was about 12 or 13,
and food supplies, all donated
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“That experience was worth
the whole trip,” Williams said.
Students Put Feet and Hands to Faith on
Service Day 2013
ore than 400
Roberts, Professor Joseph
us to help in the area, which is
Center ice rink, Assistant
students blanketed
Tobing (’87), and Dean of Men
her regional area. We received
Professor Alvin Fuentés and
the greater Silver
Tim Nelson (’98) led a large
help from Enactus through
Professor Jasline Moreno were
Spring area Wednesday, April
contingency on a clean-up of
Melanie, and now we are help-
joined briefly by a roving Mu-
3, to perform acts of service
Sligo Creek Park.
ing back,” Pichot said, explain-
ganda. The group, along with
ing why she took up the project.
40 students, set up a health
M
for the community. Community
Kimberly Pichot, chair of the
clean up, health clinics, and
Department of Business, led 12
service to the sick or margin-
students through parts of New
in the Langley Park shop-
health screenings, information
alized were the focus of the
Hampshire Avenue and East-
ping center students—led by
on stress management, exer-
day’s event.
West Highway to pick up litter.
Professor Rebecca Hacker—
cise, and nutrition. A second
Pichot is also the sponsor for
checked for heart disease,
group of nursing students
students put feet and hands to
WAU’s chapter of Enactus, which
breast health, STDs, high
screened patients for diabetes.
their faith,” said Vice President
was named a regional champion
blood pressure, and diabetes,
of Ministry Baraka Muganda.
at a competition held in Balti-
among other ailments.
“Faith in action is seen all over
more, Maryland, March 23.
“Service Day is a time when
the University during our two
annual service days.”
Professors Zdravko (Zack)
Enactus is an international
At a health clinic set up
“Students get practical expe-
clinic that included mental
“Nursing is all about service.
It’s nice to collaborate with
other departments and work
rience meeting people where
together as a team. Students
nonprofit organization that
they are, rather than having
also benefit by being exposed
brings together students and
them come over to us. We are
to preventive medicine and
Plantak, Bogdan Scur, and
academic and business lead-
reaching people who might
educating the general popula-
Gaspar Colón accompanied
ers who are committed to us-
not otherwise get medical
tion,” Moreno said.
22 students from the Depart-
ing the power of entrepreneur-
care. We are also educating
ment of Religion to Food and
ial action to improve the quality
the patients so that they can
students, led by Khadene
Friends, a charity that feeds
of life and standard of living for
be informed consumers,” said
Taffe, assistant dean of the
AIDS/HIV victims in the Wash-
people in need, according to a
Professor Hacker. Bibles were
School of Health Professions,
ington, D.C. area, and deliv-
statement on its website.
also handed out to those who
Science & Wellness, visited
took advantage of the clinic.
the Salvation Army Store on
ered food packages to them.
Meanwhile, Professor Melvin
“Melanie Isis, one of the
Enactus board members, asked
At the Silver Spring Civic
Another group of nursing
New Hampshire Avenue.
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Ministry News
Mission Trip to India
Pulls Together Major Religious Faiths
S
tudents from Washing-
Seventh-day Adventist institu-
ton Adventist University
tion of higher learning in Pune.
continue to take the Institution’s
passion for excellence and
the locations and conducted
service abroad, this time with a
Vacation Bible School, attended
three-week trip to Pune, a bus-
mostly by children from Buddhist,
tling metropolis in Maharashtra,
Hindu, and Muslim homes.
India’s second largest state.
Missionaries from WAU to Haiti pose with community girl
Spring Break with a
Purpose in Haiti
pring Break 2013 was
million people were affected,
life-changing for 12
with more than 200,000 dead
and some 250,000 residences
sity students who used the
and 30,000 commercial
opportunity to visit Haiti on
buildings either collapsed or
March 10–18, and minister to
severely damaged.
S
the needs of children there.
Led by sponsors Chaplain
Students distributed clothing
and health products and also
Kaneil Williams (’07) and
provided information on good
Assistant Dean Khadene
health practices. Four young
Taffe, students conducted a
people were baptized as a
week of prayer at the English
result of the students’ efforts.
Adventist Academy of Haiti
“Missions is more alive
(EAAH) as well as health and
than it has ever been at
education sessions at the
WAU,” said Williams. “But
Adventist Development and
we celebrate our success in
Relief Agency (ADRA) loca-
sobriety, knowing that much
tions in Diquini, Haiti.
work remains and greater
For Haiti, the poorest
country in the Western
things are yet to come.”
Ronisha Watson, a junior
Hemisphere, an already dif-
nursing major, described the
ficult socioeconomic situation
trip as a life-changing experi-
was made worse in January
ence for her. “Seeing the living
2010 when a devastating 7.0
conditions really made me
magnitude earthquake rattled
evaluate the way I view life,”
the country, its epicenter just
she said. “Overall, the trip has
outside the capital, Port-Au-
made me more grateful for
Prince. An estimated three
what I have.”
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Students also preached at
Fifteen students made the
“It was awesome to hear
these children sing with joy
trip, led by Vice President of
and excitement, and not only
Ministry Baraka Muganda,
at the schools but also in their
Ed.D. and Chaplain for Minis-
own homes. What these young
try, Regina Johnson (’12). The
missionaries from Washington
students left the University
Adventist University have done
June 7 and returned June 23.
in Pune will go a long way to
“Washington Adventist Uni-
plant seeds of faith among
versity is preparing students
the people of Pune,” said
not only academically but
Thomson Parackal, pastor of
also spiritually, to impact the
the Good Shepherd Church in
local and global world through
Pune and coordinator for the
service,” said Muganda.
group’s evangelistic activities.
Students participated in a
“This mission trip planted the
health fair, under the theme
seeds of Jesus in many Indian
NEWSTART (nutrition, exercise,
homes in the city of Pune. The
water, sunlight, temperance, air,
children in those homes are
rest, and trust in divine power)
now singing songs like, ‘Jesus
and visited the Good Shepherd
Loves Me’ and ‘He Is Able.’”
School and the Roger School,
The trip ended June 22
both secondary institutions,
with the baptism of 30 new
and Spicer Memorial College, a
converts.
Student missionaries to India pose at health fair
Ministry Department Lends a Hand to
Hurricane Victims
I
n the spirit of Christian ser-
out and do what I love to do—
vice, Washington Adventist
serve others,” said nursing
University’s Department of
major Trecy Jefford. “I thank
Ministry led a team of stu-
God for using me on this day,
dents to storm-ravaged New
for choosing me to go out in
Jersey to provide food and
the community and be a light
comfort for residents. Led by
to others.”
Chaplain Kaneil Williams (’07),
Forty students and three
16 students embarked on the
parents from Takoma Acad-
three and a half hour journey
emy, led by music teacher
to Pleasantville, New Jersey,
Lulu Mwangi Mupfumbu,
November 11.
also shared the trip, pro-
“It was a pleasure to put
aside my 26-page paper to go
viding songs of inspiration
throughout.
Mission to Mauritius
W
a Huge Success Says Muganda
ashington Adventist
visitors who attended the
University’s (WAU) trip
meetings.
to Mauritius is being hailed as
The team also conducted
a success by Vice President
devotions every morning at
of Ministry Baraka Muganda,
the only Seventh-day Adven-
who, along with Assistant Pro-
tist Academy in Mauritius and
fessor Alvin Fuentés, led nine
played games with the students.
students to the island in the
“The trip has brought me
Indian Ocean, off the south-
closer to God,” said junior the-
east coast of Africa.
ology major Danielle Barnard.
“It was a very good trip,” Mu-
“It has shown me the purpose
ganda said. “It was satisfying
for my life; I feel like God
for all involved.”
made me for Mauritius and the
He said the young missionaries began preaching
on May 11 and continued for
church members affirmed me
as a theology teacher.”
At the end of the two weeks,
the next 15 days, ultimately
65 people were baptized in
reaching more than 2,500
several churches.
Missionaries pray with local leaders before heading out to their
individual evangelist campaigns
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Ministry News
Can I Live?
Revival Week Scored Big on Campus
Vice President for Ministry
Baraka Muganda and Edson
DePina prepare for baptism
evangelistic series.
The nightly program involved
lively singing led by different
praise teams and testimonies
from students and staff. Prayers
were held in small groups.
“To see students packed in
T
he week of March
31–April 6 saw a small
white tent occupying
that Christ can bring.
“We wanted to see the
tists. Johnson said conduct-
the tent every night sing-
ing the meetings in a neutral
ing, praying, testifying, and
students understand that life
place was just as impactful
giving their hearts to Jesus
pride of place on the Washing-
is short and God has called
as the practical sermons
brought joy in my heart,” said
ton Adventist University com-
them to a higher standard than
delivered by guest speaker,
WAU President Weymouth
mons. By day, it was some-
they have set for themselves,”
Noah Washington, pastor of
Spence, Ed.D.
thing different to look at—a
Johnson said, adding that “the
the Bladensburg Seventh-day
plastic structure constructed
tent brought a refreshing new
Adventist Church.
to look like a cozy country cot-
life to the campus that gave
tage. By night, it was a meeting
the students something to look
opportunity to learn practical
concert. Hundreds of students
place for dozens of students
forward to apart from the base-
Christianity,” said Slant Fran-
and members of the com-
hungry to explore topics of
ment of where they sleep.”
çois, a junior religion major who
munity attended to watch the
attended every night.
drama entitled, “He Won So
addiction and liberation, under
the theme: “Can I Live?”
By the end of the week, 28
students took a stand to be
baptized.
Chaplain of Ministry Regina
She said it was also intended
to appeal to those who might
“I am grateful that I had an
The meetings were an inspi-
On Friday night, April 5, the
meeting moved to Takoma
Academy for a Silent Judah
I Will Win.” The Northeastern
have lost interest in the church
ration for freshman psychology
Academy from New York joined
as a physical space.
major Daeshawn Gray as well.
WAU for the program.
Like most other tertiary
“I am incomplete from the
The next Week of Revival
institutions in the North Ameri-
top of my head to the soles
will be held in spring 2014. For
Johnson (’12) said the theme
can Division, WAU caters to
of my feet, but I am pieces of
more information about campus
was selected to encourage
students of different kinds of
the Master so they call me a
ministries at Washington Ad-
people to think about how they
religious affiliations, even if
Masterpiece,” he said, sum-
ventist University visit us online
live their lives and the change
most are Seventh-day Adven-
ming up his takeaway from the
at www.wau.edu.
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T H E
I NAUGU R A L V ISIONA R I ES
Growing
T
he Inaugural Visionaries Gala,
held on September 22 at the
Congressional Country Club in
Bethesda, Maryland, was a resounding success. The event, which was
sponsored by Washington Adventist
University (WAU), accomplished what
administrators set out to do: lay the
groundwork for Vision 2020: Growing
with Excellence, an initiative to transform the Takoma Park-based campus
into a cutting edge higher education
institution in the competitive United
States northeast.
The gala was a sold-out event, with
patrons from the University’s major
constituents—students, alumni, faculty,
staff, the board of trustees—as well as
major donors, friends of the University,
and representatives from the Takoma
Park government and other civic organizations.
“I am extremely pleased,” said L. Roo
McKenzie, Ed.D., vice pres
ident for Advancement
and University Relations.
“I prayed that it would be a
resounding success—and
it was.” McKenzie admitted that momentum for
the event built up slowly, but with much hard
work and prayer there
was a flurry of activity as the event drew
closer. Sales closed
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Excellence
WITH
2013 Gala awardees: James
Bingham, Dikembe Mutombo,
Evelyn Bata, and Rory Pullens
GA LA
with the University exceeding its initial
goal of 250 guests and 25 tables.
“The final count was 30 tables and just
around 300 patrons,” McKenzie said.
An enthusiastic Dave Weigley, president of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adven
tists and chair of the Washington
Adventist University Board of
Trustees, echoed McKenzie’s
sentiments.
“WAU is just taking off,”
Weigley said. “Two years ago, we
had the highest enrollment in the
history of the University, and we
built our first new building in over
40 years. This was an outstanding
event to celebrate WAU’s exceptional progress in recent years and
to recast a renewed vision called
Vision 2020.”
“I am deeply appreciative of the dedication of President Weymouth Spence,
Provost Cheryl Kisunzu, Vice President
for Finance and Administration Patrick
Farley, and the board, faculty, and staff
who are moving our mission forward
there,” Weigley added.
For his part, President Weymouth
Spence said the gala represents “a watershed moment in the history of Washington Adventist University.”
“We are signaling our intention to
grow this University and to deepen our
footprints as a higher education institution in the Washington, D.C. area and
the country in general,” Spence said.
“[We are] connecting more deeply with
the community.”
Gala highlights included the presentation of the WAU Visionary Award to
four individuals of extraordinary accomplishment and service: Dikembe
Mutombo, NBA legend; Evelyn Bata,
Ph.D., educator, businesswoman, activist, and philanthropist; Rory Pullens,
head of the Duke Ellington School of the
Arts; and James Bingham, Ph.D., chair
of the WAU Department of Music. Spence commended these individuals for reflecting the competence and character he
wants WAU students to emulate.
Born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dikembe Mutombo
received the award for excellence in
humanitarian service. The seventh of
ten children born to Samuel and the late
Biamba Marie Mutombo, Mutombo arrived in the United States in 1987 on an
academic scholarship to Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C.
In his second year, the 7’2” athlete
joined the university’s renowned basketball team and redirected his pre-med
ambitions, graduating with dual degrees in linguistics and diplomacy. He
played professional basketball for 18
years before retiring from the Houston
Rockets in 2009, and used much of his
wealth to build a modern hospital—the
Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital—in
his homeland.
Mutombo, who is fluent in nine languages, furthers his humanitarian efforts
through services to UNICEF, CARE International, and several other prominent
non-governmental organizations.
Evelyn J. Bata is a clinical counselor
and a University of Maryland University College professor. Bata received the
award for excellence in advocacy and
social justice. Prominent in the field of
education, business, and women’s issues, she holds two master’s degrees and
two doctorates in education, counseling,
psychology, and gerontology and has
taught on military bases in Europe and
Japan and currently in Maryland.
Bata’s support for education is reflected in her creation of the University
of Maryland University College scholarship funds for military families in
Europe and Asia (2001, 2006). She has
provided generous gifts for traditional
students at Washington Adventist University (2007, 2013), as well as funding
to initiate a mentoring program at Montgomery College to help students transition to four-year academic programs
(2008–2010).
Bata broke through the glass ceiling
for women on corporate boards when
she was elected as the first female director of Suburban Bank (1977), continuing
as a director of Sovran Bank of Virginia
and NationsBank of Maryland. As the
only woman on the five-member Prince
George’s County Personnel Board, she
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Vision 2020 speech
raised the consciousness of members
regarding harassment of women and
championed objective decisions. As the
first elected chairperson of the Commission for Women in Prince George’s
County (1973), she also formed a task
force on spousal assault and chaired
public hearings on battering. These experiences served as her impetus to establish a safe house for women and push
for domestic violence legislation.
Rory Pullens is head of school and
chief executive officer at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, whose inner
city urban students post annual graduation rates of 98 percent and college
acceptance rates of 95 percent. Pullens
received the award for excellence in
community transformation.
Prior to his appointment at the Duke
Ellington School of the Arts, Pullens
spent more than a decade as an arts administrator in Denver, Colorado, where
he designed the first elementary arts
school in Denver Public Schools and
two charter school programs. He also
worked in Los Angeles, California,
where his prior credits spanned nearly
two decades as a writer/director/producer in the entertainment industry. Pullens
sits on the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts Advisory Board
and the Ellington Fund Board, and is
first vice president of the national Arts
School Network Board.
James Bingham, Ph.D., chair of the
Department of Music and director of
choral activities at WAU since 1994, received the award for excellence in the
musical arts and humanities. Bingham
earned his undergraduate degrees at
Avondale College, New South Wales,
Australia, and his master’s and doctoral degree from Andrews University,
Michigan. Prior to joining WAU, he
chaired the Department of Music and
directed choirs at Kingsway College
in Canada from 1970–80 and Atlantic
Union College from 1985–94.
Bingham’s choirs have performed in
major concert halls, cathedrals, and
churches in Australia, Canada, China,
Europe, the Far East, the Middle East,
South Africa, and the United States.
As with his prior choirs, the Columbia
Collegiate Chorale and Pro Musica of
President Spence with
alumnus Farid Srour(’49)
Dikembe Mutombo
with students
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Pastors from around the Columbia
Union joined WAU to celebrate the
Inaugural Gala
WAU President Weymouth Spence,
Honoree Dikembe Mutombo,
and Columbia Union President
and Chairman of the Board
Dave Weigley
Washington Adventist University have
performed to both national and international acclaim.
Bingham was instrumental in the 2010–
11 construction of the first phase of a new
music facility at WAU, a pressing need at
the school for more than six decades. In
2012, he published a major work, Procession and Carols: A Christmas Suite for
Women’s Chorus and Harp.
Washington Adventist University’s
Visionaries Gala will be held annually to support Vision 2020, a blueprint
for campus development over the next
seven years. Guided by the motto, Vision 2020–Growing with Excellence,
WAU aims to improve all facets of its
operations to become a thriving University in the competitive higher education market. In academics, the University aims to exceed accreditation
standards; develop a strong curriculum
in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics; expand service learning;
conduct ongoing program
review; make strategic
reinvestment in the quality of programs; and promote and strengthen support services that
ref lect 21st
century best
practices.
F
or Charles McMillan, Ph.D.,
director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and president of Los Alamos National Security,
LLC (LANS), his journey to the top
began on the campus of Washington
Adventist University (WAU) in Takoma Park, Maryland.
It was here on the picturesque 19-acre
campus, that McMillan began earnest
preparation in maths and physics as well
as engaging in leadership activities that
would hold him in good stead later in his
life. McMillan, who graduated in 1977
from then Columbia Union College, was
named alumnus of the year during homecoming weekend, April 12–14, 2013.
“I was a nerd,” he said of himself as
a student. “ I was focused on work and
homework but I also engaged in student
government. I was the vice president of
the Student Association and I learned to
manage meetings, and the likes, there.”
McMillan said both the technical and
leadership skills he learned at CUC prepared him well for his current position.
He also credits his professors—particularly Ed Karlow, Spike Oms, and Gary
Gleason—for helping to lay the groundwork for the successes he now enjoys.
Located in New Mexico, the Los
Alamos Lab is one of only two in the
United States that undertake classified work toward the design of nuclear
weapons, and is one of the largest of its
kind in the world. In addition to national
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security, areas of research include space
exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing, according to its website. It has an
operational budget of $2.2 billion and
employs approximately 9,000 direct employees and 650 contractors.
“My team and I are responsible for
the day-to-day operation of the
laboratory, the way we address
our missions, and the quality of our science,” McMillan
explained. “We are a national
security science laboratory—
applying the science and technology to
the nation’s most difficult security problems. Over half of our budget is in the
nuclear weapons program.”
Among his duties, McMillan must
send an annual notification through the
secretaries of Energy and Defense to the
president and Congress assessing the
health of the U.S. nuclear weapons for
which Los Alamos has responsibility.
His 2013 letter was sent in September.
McMillan, who was the guest of honor
at the annual alumni awards banquet
held in Bethesda, Maryland, April 13,
has earned two Department of Energy
Awards of Excellence; one of them for
developing an innovative holographic
tool that enhances the ability of scientists to predict nuclear performance.
In a brief address to the gathering, McMillan paid tribute to WAU’s emphasis on
service as a valuable part of the learning
experience. He expressed pleasure that
the Gateway, the University’s iconic
emblem of service, remains on the campus. His graduating class, the class of
1977, replaced it after it was destroyed
by fire in 1970.
“Service of the highest level requires
education of the best quality,” McMillan
physics. In that capacity, he oversaw the
safety, reliability, and performance of
the U.S. nuclear deterrent, which is the
lab’s main mission.
McMillan, who describes himself as
passionate about education, said integrity, quality, and a strong STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math-
“Service of the highest level requires
education of the best quality”
said. “Education is not just about the acquisition of knowledge; it is about asking the right questions and how to know
if the answers make sense.”
True to form, McMillan embarked on
a path of service immediately following
his graduation in 1977. Together with his
wife, Janet, he departed on a missionary year to Zambia where he taught at
Rusangu Secondary School for a year.
He returned to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the prestigious
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) from which he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees.
He began his career in 1983 as an experimental physicist at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
in California. He later moved into computational science and management at
LLNL before joining Los Alamos in
2006 as associate director for weapons
ematics) focus are increasingly critical
to students’ success in the world today.
Sustaining interest in these subjects at
the elementary and middle schools level,
he believes is particularly important. At
the tertiary level, he believes it is important for students to be in an environment
that matches their learning style.
“Some will thrive in large Universities
and others will do better in the small,
personalized setting offered by institutions like WAU,” he said.
Asked what advice he would give to
current students who aspire to meaningful positions of leadership, McMillan offered three key principles: 1) Be a real
expert in your field in order to secure
the respect and loyalty of those you seek
to lead; 2) Understand people and what
makes them tick; and 3) Learn to communicate effectively with the people you
hope to lead.
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Commencement A Fitting End to
Weekend
C
ommencement 2013, held at the DAR Constitution Hall,
May 5, marked a fitting end to the 2012-2013 academic year.
Consistent with the trend at Washington Adventist University (WAU), it was bigger than ever, as large numbers of graduates,
their friends, and families attended a weekend of activities, which
included Consecration on Friday May 3, the Baccalaureate Ceremony
on Saturday, May 4, at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, and culminated with the Commencement ceremony on Sunday at the historic
Washington, D.C. facility.
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, a distinguished scientist and
scholar and vice president for Medical Affairs at the University of
Maryland, delivered the keynote address on Sunday, urging students
to relentlessly pursue excellence in all that they do.
Reece cited a number of influential figures who attained great success after first experiencing hardship in some ways. His list included
Apple’s former CEO, the late Steve Jobs, media mogul Oprah Winfrey,
and renowned author of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rollins, now one of the
wealthiest women in the United Kingdom.
“Live your life in the relentless pursuit of excellence if you are to make a
positive impact,” Reece said. “You cannot accomplish anything without being committed and focused on your goals and on Jesus.”
Further, Reece cautioned that graduates might have to discard some maps
and charts that have been made for them and urged them to take advantage
of their place “on the precipice of a special time in history when science, art,
and technology are converging to change the world.”
At the Baccalaureate service, Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North
American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, urged graduates to live purposefully lest they become among “the vague, the thoughtless, and the foolish.”
“Do not lose your lives because you lack creativity—because you lack a
plan,” he said. “Live with purpose! Live with passion! Live proactively!”
And at the Consecration Service on Friday, Pastor Gary Wimbish noted a
changing world in which wrong and right are increasingly indistinguishable.
He urged graduates to heed the biblical admonition and enter life through
the “narrow gate.”
“The essence of true happiness is to be an earnest seeker of truth and virtue,” he said. “This is beyond the development of the mind; one must have a
passion for true virtue.”
Commencement 2013 marked the first year that WAU is celebrating this
rite of passage as a single event. Historically, the school has held two ceremonies—one in April and a second in July.
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Alumni News
made an honorary alumna for
pleased with this year’s Alumni
her years of dedication to WAU,
Weekend. “This year’s Alumni
Glen Milam (’82) received the
celebration was great. I am so
Zella Holbert Service Award
excited to be working with the
for his involvement with the
Alumni Association and the
NAD Pathfinder Organization,
University to grow and engage
and Dr. Charles McMillan (’77),
our alumni population!”
director of the Los Alamos
Alumni Weekend 2013
Empowered to Serve!
During the annual Alumni
National Laboratory, received
Association business meeting
the Alumni Association’s high-
new association officers were
est honor, Alumnus of the Year.
elected; President-Elect Aaron
Other highlights of the weekend
Wilson (’12) and Secretary
included the student missionary
Laselle Carpenter(’12). There
dedication, honor class events,
was also a vote to amend the
a painting dedication to the
association’s constitution and
Betty Howard Center for Stu-
by-laws to create a Board of
dent Success, the chartering of
Directors for a new govern-
WAU’s chapter of the National
ing structure. “This was an
Leadership Honor Society
excellent step forward for our
Omicron Delta Kappa, and
association. We are committed
pril 12–14 was Washing-
poverty. Friday vespers was
the Family Fun Festival, which
to growing this organization
ton Adventist University’s
also the last concert for Bruce
brought hundreds of community
and continuing to support our
annual Alumni Weekend.
Wilson, the longtime WAU
members to the campus for
alma mater,” reflected Mark
Scores of graduates, former
Concert Winds director who
food and fun. Director of Alumni
Young, the current association
students, faculty, staff, and
retired at the end of the year.
Relations Ellie Barker was very
president.
board members returned to
A special scholarship for band
campus to celebrate. The
students was created in his
weekend’s theme “Empowered
honor at the event.
A
to Serve,” highlighted how
The featured speaker for
WAU empowers hundreds of
the weekend was Pastor
students to live lives of service.
Damon Hendrickson (’02). He
The weekend kicked off
serves as a pastor and the
Friday with a reception hosted
Associate Media Director for
by WAU President Weymouth
the Bermuda Conference of
Spence. Alumni heard from
Seventh-day Adventists. Hen-
two outstanding students who
drickson’s powerful message
have been empowered to
on Sabbath morning “Fol-
serve during Friday vespers.
low the Leader” challenged
Student Association President
everyone to live purposefully
Alcira Groomes reflected on
for service like Christ.
the story of Jonah and, how
The Saturday evening Alumni
like him, she shied away from
Awards Banquet was among
her calling to service. Transfer
the many highlights of the
student Daniel Graves spoke
weekend. The sold out event
about the passion for service
honored three individuals for
that lead him to create a non-
their outstanding professional
profit organization dedicated
and personal accomplish-
to empowering people out of
ments. Deria Gadsden was
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Alumni Weekend 2014
Excellence in Service
Strength in Diversity
April 10-13, 2014
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Kendra Haloviak Valentine
(‘89)
Honor Class Reunions for 1954,
1959, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1989, 1994,
2004
For more information visit
www.wau.edu/alumni
by
Ellie Ba r k er
Alumni Inspiring a New
W
Generation of Students
hen I accepted the
here now. Thankfully, he did
facilities for our students. And
alumni director’s posi-
not sway my decision because
the list goes on...
Please visit our website,
www.wau.edu/alumni, to learn
tion in January 2013, I had no
I got here and found faculty
idea what I was in for. More than
who wanted me to succeed as
that no alumni will ever again
are not receiving our Alumni
ever, I am happy that I seized
a Christian and a professional,
say to a prospective student,
E-News, update your contact
the opportunity to serve my
and fellow students living our
“nothing good is happening
information on the website.
alma mater. The decision was
motto “Gateway to Service.” I
there.” So, it is with excitement
You can also like us on Face-
rooted in a personal experience,
heard success stories of alumni
we announce the Alumni Am-
book at www.facebook.com/
almost a decade ago, as I con-
making a difference in the world.
bassadors program, a project
WashingtonAdventistUniver-
templated attending Washing-
One of my goals is to ensure
between the offices of Alumni
sityAlumni and join our group:
ton Adventist University, then
happen at WAU. This year,
Relations and Admissions. The
Columbia Union College.
almost 100 students served
program will invite you to share
sity Alumni Association. Feel
as missionaries in several
the good news about WAU. We
free to email me anytime at
reached out to the only alum-
countries, 24 students were
will share with ambassadors
alumni@wau.edu with your
nus I knew to hear about his
baptized at our campus
ongoing developments here
questions or suggestions.
experience.
As a prospective student, I
Great things continue to
more and get involved. If you
revival, and our Enactus team
and help them share informa-
We look forward to seeing
“Don’t go there,” he said.
won a regional championship
tion with prospective students
you at Alumni Weekend 2014,
April 11–13, 2014!
Although he had a great
and ranked among the top 10
in their churches and com-
experience when he attended
percent in the country. Several
munities. We hope to inspire a
college in the 50s, he felt there
building projects are improv-
new generation of students to
was “nothing good” happening
ing learning and recreational
attend WAU.
Alumni Association Elects New
A
Ellie Barker (’08) is director of
alumni relations.
Leadership
s the Washington Alumni
and the Filipino American Stu-
Congress, she says WAU’s
Association gains mo-
The newly elected officers
dent Association. He was also
emphasis on service contin-
are urging alumni to pray
mentum, a new generation of
a member of the Columbia
ues to resonate with her.
for continued guidance for
leaders is poised to take the or-
Collegiate Chorale and Pro-
ganization to a new level. In the
Musica. Now, Wilson wants to
help the Association grow, “she
the association and the
2013 spring elections, Aaron
continue his tradition of service
said. “I believe I can help.”
Office of Alumni Relations,
Wilson (’11) was elected pres-
with the Alumni Association.
Wilson and Carpenter are
“There is a need to mobilize
currently learning from sitting
ident-elect; he will take up the
“I want to give back. I want to
position of president in 2014.
alumni to be invested in what
president Mark Young
Wilson, who served as a town
is happening at WAU,” Wilson
(’95)
council member for Fairmont
said. “I want to help bridge the
term will end next year,
Heights in Prince George’s
gap between new and seasoned
and historian Lee Wisel
County, is a library technician at
alumni. I want to see alumni be-
(’74). Young and Wisel
Bowie State University.
come active promoters of WAU
have been instrumen-
in their communities.”
tal in moving the asso-
While at WAU, Wilson was
whose
the institution, engage with
and give of time, talent, and
treasure to WAU.
second
executive vice-president of the
Laselle Carpenter (’08)
ciation forward, includ-
Student Association, president
was elected secretary of
ing the transition from
of the Black Student Union,
the Association. Currently a
an alumni council to a
member of the Pre-Law Club
proofreader at the Library of
board of directors.
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A d va n c e m e n t
Dear Alumni an d Fr i e n d s,
I bring you good wishes for a wonderful new year.
The 2013–2014 academic year began with the usual excitement at WAU, but for many of our students,
the excitement hid a sobering reality: they desperately need financial assistance to continue their
education. Thanks to some very generous donors, we were able to help scores of them begin classes.
As you begin the new year, please remember that every act of kindness, even to people whom
you have never met, is a legacy that you leave to bless generations to come. Whatever you give to
WAU is a gift toward preparing our students to serve humanity with compassion and expertise in
their fields.
Please make a special gift to one of our students. This same student could one day serve you or
your family as a physician, therapist, attorney, pastor, nurse, or teacher. Please use the
attached envelope to make your tax deductible gift today.
I pray abundant blessings on you, now and forevermore,
L. R o o M c K e n z i e
Vi c e Pr e s i d e n t
for
A d va n c e m e n t
Growing With Excellence
Vice President for Advancement Welcomes the Challenge
L
incoln Roo McKenzie,
Ed.D., Washington
Adventist University
our greatest example.”
McKenzie began his tenure
part to his rich insight, steady
proved that. With much work
leadership, evenhandedness,
to do and working against the
at WAU on July 1, 2013, but
a determination to be calm in
grain much of the time, the
(WAU) vice president for
as early as March, he began
the midst of the storm, and
gala nonetheless turned out
advancement, is the prover-
working remotely with the
most importantly to enjoy
to be a spectacular success.
bial open book—refreshingly
University from his home in
every task, every minute of
honest with deep insights
California, helping to plan
the day. That too is a part of
the rest,” McKenzie said.
into what is asked of him as
Alumni Weekend 2013 and
his guiding philosophy.
“We needed this event to be
a human being, a Christian
the Inaugural Visionaries
educator, and the Institution’s
Gala, held September 22 at
believe that the God whom
so many needs at WAU. We
new chief fundraiser.
the Congressional Country
we serve is willing and able to
want to upgrade many more
Club. Although he was not yet
handle our most difficult chal-
of our facilities, and put up
is clear on what drives him:
on staff, he jumped into the
lenges. We simply need to do
some new buildings to facili-
“Excellence,” he says. “We
role with gusto, determined to
what is possible for us and
tate the introduction of new
must offer genuine excel-
In all three areas, McKenzie
“As Christians, we have to
“We did well and God did
a success because we have
make the event a success.
leave the ‘impossible’ to him.”
programs, but all of this takes
lence in all that we do. Jesus
Both events have come
This approach has never
money. So, I prayed all along
Christ was the embodiment of
and gone. Both have been
failed, McKenzie said, and his
that the gala would succeed
excellence and He should be
highly successful, thanks in
first major initiative at WAU
beyond our wildest expecta-
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McKenzie, who earned his
bachelor’s in theology from
Northern Caribbean University (formerly West Indies
College), Jamaica, a master’s
and doctorate in administration and leadership from
Loma Linda University, and a
certificate in fundraising from
John Chang with President
Charles Hirsch (1959-65)
Indiana University, said while
the aim is for the gala to be
a signature annual event on
the University’s calendar, it
is only one component of the
capital campaign he plans to
launch in support of Vision
2020, the University’s blueprint for development for the
next seven years.
Guided by the motto, Vision
2020–Growing with Excellence, WAU aims to improve
all facets of its operations to
become a thriving University
in the competitive higher education market and to reflect
21st century best practices.
The Health Professions and
Wellness Center, conceived in
collaboration with like-minded
organizations, is central to
the plan, which also includes
Phase Two of the Leroy & Lois
Peters Music Center.
In a competitive higher
education market and a difficult economy, Vision 2020
is an ambitious plan—but
only if one forgets the man in
charge: Roo McKenzie.
John Chang
Businessman and Philanthropist Extraordinaire
C
all it the John Chang story.
gen Beetle to further his efforts.
offered him a position as as-
It is about academic
When he thought a new car
sistant secretary for literature
prowess, creativity, diligence,
would serve him better, he sold
evangelism, which he took up
hard work, and purposefulness
the car and bought a new one.
after graduation.
when he attended Washing-
With John’s prowess as a
After 10 years in the United
ton Adventist University, then
business administration major
States, John went back to
Washington Missionary College,
clearly on display, the Student
Hong Kong to help his sister
in the 1950s.
Association asked him to serve
Helen with her garment manu-
Today, it’s about generosity
as advertising manager for the
facturing business. She tasked
as Chang gives back some of
student publication, Sligonian.
him naturally with developing
what his effort earned him. He
John’s automobile allowed
international markets and once
has just established a scholar-
him freedom of movement, so
again, he excelled. He worked
ship for students of Chinese
rather than working only the
with his sister for nine years.
descent at Washington Adven-
businesses on campus, he so-
As Helen’s company ma-
tist University with an initial
licited stores in the large shop-
tured, John, also a talented
value of $40,000.
ping centers off campus. As
artist, started his own fashion
A native of Clear Water
income increased, he became
design and manufacturing
Bay, Hong Kong, John came
known throughout the campus
company—J.C. International,
to the University in 1958 after
as a fine money manager. He
a high fashion designer of
completing high school in
was eventually elected treasurer
women’s clothing. The designs
Avondale, Australia. He worked
of the Student Association.
were very well received and he
as a colporteur, selling books in
During the summer between
roamed fashion shows in Mi-
Hanover, Pennsylvania, to pay
his junior and senior years,
lan, Paris, and London to keep
for his education.
John went back to Hanover. At
up with the latest trends. At the
the end of that 12-week period,
height of his career, he sold
With a determination and
An educator for more than 40
focus that would characterize
he had broken all previous
the business and semi-retired
years and a fundraiser for 14,
all his endeavors, John outdid
literature sales records. He
to Southern California.
McKenzie served as an education
himself each summer, earn-
promptly sold his one-year-old
evangelist for the Southeastern
ing as much as thrice what he
VW Beetle, and purchased a
ergy in a different way today:
California Conference, prior to
would need, and eventually
red sports model.
helping needy students secure
joining WAU.
buying himself an old Volkswa-
The Pennsylvania Conference
John uses his creative en-
an education.
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Class Notes
May 20, 2013, from the Uni-
cation and a Master in Public
versity of Maryland. Thurlow
Administration from Wright
Valerie Landis Eastman and
teaches applied voice and all
State University.
Wilfred W. Eastman Jr. (’74)
vocal-related coursework for
Union College with a degree
celebrated 42 years of marriage
the department of music. She
in library science. She worked
this year. They graduated from
is also the director of WAU’s
as a teacher for Pennsylvania
then Columbia Union Col-
performance workshop.
Conference and librarian at
lege—Valerie with a Bachelor of
Pine Forge Academy. She is
Science degree in nursing and
currently the executive assis-
Wilfred with a Bachelor of Arts
tant to the president for Allegh-
in biology. They later attended
eny East Conference. She has
Loma Linda, and pursued a mas-
held this position since 1989,
ter’s in nursing and a medical
serving three presidents. She
degree respectively. They gradu-
is the author of two books.
ated in 1977. Wilfred, who went
1960s
1970s
Gwendolyn Bradford (’68)
graduated from Columbia
sociation of Physician Assis-
Marcie Drur y Brown (’98)
tants’ Diversity Committee.
celebrated the bir th of their
He received the Advanced
son, Samuel Arnold Brown,
Communicator Gold and Ad-
June 6, 2012.
vanced Leader Silver awards
at Toastmasters, a nonprofit
educational organization,
where he now serves as a
club coach.
1980s
David J. Miller (’92) married
Carol D’Souza, November
Peregrine White (’87) serves in
16, 2012 in Ellicott City,
local government and commu-
Maryland.
nity service in Nags Head, N.C.
the founder and chairman of the
vice chair of the Roanoke Island
board of the Center for Reform
Commission. White, who was
of School Systems. He has
inducted in the North Carolina
been a research professor at
GOP Hall of Fame, celebrated
the University of Houston and
his 55th wedding anniversary in
an independent quality man-
August with Kaye Milleson White.
the Veterans Affairs Physiand member of the Ohio As-
surgical practice in Yreka, Calif.
mittees and boards and is the
served as a board member of
Jack Brown (’97) and
recently completed 30 years of
Donald R. McAdams (’63) is
ing physician assistant. He
cian Assistant Association,
1990s
on to train in orthopedic surgery,
He serves on several town com-
Benin Lee (’91) is a practic-
Joyce Frazier (’95) founder
2000s
of “Psalms One Ministries”
recently released her first
book “Doing it Right-A guide
to Teen Sexuality.”
agement consultant with national and international clients in
manufacturing, mining, travel,
financial services, healthcare,
Claude–Marthe Cheriz-
and education. He recently
ard (’13) graduated with a
published his third book (with
bachelor’s degree in biology/
Dan Katzir): “The Redesign of
pre-med. She is the owner
Urban School Systems: Case
Sung Kwon (’93), a theology
of Elegante Closet, an online
Studies in District Governance”
graduate, obtained his Ph.D.
women’s store providing af-
(Harvard Education Press,
Deborah Thurlow (’85),
in Leadership from Andrews
fordable fashion to women
2013) and “Instructor’s Guide,
adjunct instructor in the De-
University in August, 2013.
aged 16 to 35.
The Redesign of Urban School
partment of Music at Wash-
In addition, he received the
Systems: Case Studies in
ington Adventist University,
Milton Murray Foundation
District Governance” (Harvard
received her Doctor of Musical
Fellowship for Harvard Busi-
Education Press, 2013.)
Arts in vocal performance,
ness School Executive Edu-
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Class Notes
Mary Krystyne Burgess
Cherisse Walcott (’09)
(’12) earned her ECE/SPED
graduated from Loyola Uni-
degree in 2012. She recently
versity, Chicago, May 2013,
graduated from George
with a master’s degree in
Washington University with a
social work with an emphasis
master’s in special education
in health, mental health, and
and human development. She
gerontology. She currently
is an early childhood teacher
works for the Jewish Asso-
in Prince George’s County.
ciation Serving the Aging in
Giovanna Garnique (’10)
New York.
married Eric Wells, July 7,
2013, in Morristown, N.J.
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Gifts
The following represents those who contributed cash gifts or gifts-in-kind to Washington
Adventist University from July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013. Thank you for selecting Washington
Adventist University as the recipient of your donation. We are also thankful for the
organizations in the community that share our mission, values, and vision. If we have
inadvertently left your name off the list, please accept our apology and contact the Office
of Advancement at 301-891-4133. Gifts given by Seventh-day Adventist Conferences under
the direction of the president are listed by conference name under the specific sections.
The following list represents
Report of Gifts
Board of Trustees
Total - $128,439.40
Raj Attiken
Seth Bardu
Larry Boggess
Bruce E. Boyer
Hamlet Canosa
Vijayan Charles
Jose Cortes
Patrick K. Farley
Joan Francis
Ray Hartwell
Gregory W. Ingram
William E. Jackson
Erytheia Lambert–Jones
Sandra M. Loughlin
Margaret McFarland
Donald E. Melnick
William Miller
Baraka Muganda
Janette R. Neufville
Joyce Newmyer
Jonathan Peter
Lois Peters
William G. Robertson
Weymouth Spence
Carol Stewart
Rob Vandeman
A. Jean Warden
Dave Weigley
Patrick A. Williams
Mark A. Young
Churches and
Conferences
Total - $62,612.77
French-American Seventhday Adventist Church
Margate Seventh-day
Adventist Church
North American Division of
Seventh-day Adventists
Riverview Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Schenectady Seventh-day
Adventist Church
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Sligo Seventh-day Adventist
Church
The Kerala Adventist
Church, Inc.
Businesses and
Foundations
Total - $143,499.89
Adventist HealthCare
Adventist Risk Management
Equator Home Improvement
Faithsearch Partners, Inc.
Friedenwald Memorial
Fund, Inc.
Gideon Services Inc.
J.S.H. Property
Management
Medical Group
Foundation, Inc.
Peters Education
Foundation, Inc.
San Ysidro Dental Clinic
Schwab Charitable Fund
Skanska USA Building Inc.
The Community Foundation
for the National Capital
Region
The Herbert N.
Gundersheimer
Foundation, Inc.
The Norman Law Firm
PLLC
Verizon Foundation
Verizon Foundation,
Verizon Volunteers
Program
Western Adventist
Foundation
YBM Construction, Inc.
Columbia Union
Constituents
Total - $26,719.94
Samuel J. Bange
Paula Barnes
James Bingham
Larry Boggess
Bruce E. Boyer
Earl B. Cale
Israel Castro
Vijayan Charles
Gaspar Colon
Sharon R. Conway
Patrick K. Farley
Ray Hartwell
Joanne Knowlton
Patricia Kolpack
Martha J. Lee
Gunnar G. Leitma
Sandra M. Loughlin
Alexander Mandracken
Margaret McFarland
Donald E. Melnick
William Miller
Jerry Murrell
Duane O. Reid
Lee M. Roberts
William G. Robertson
Candace W. Rose
Bogdan Scur
Weymouth Spence
Loren Stone
Joseph P. Tobing
Michael Wabby
A. J. Warden
Lee M. Wisel
Lloyd Yutuc
Adjunct Faculty
Total - $544.30
Nikolaus Satelmajer
Myschelle W. Spears
Deborah A. Thurlow
Leona A. Woodrupp
Roselyn Adetumbi
Raj Attiken
Wilbur P. Atwood
Randy Bange
Current Faculty and Staff
Total - $49,149.84
Rebecca J. Alignay
Ellie R. Barker
Viola Battle
Karen Benn Marshall
Glen H. Bennett
James Bingham
Janet Brode
Krista Byrd
Adelheid Chow
Gaspar Colon
Sharon R. Conway
Vladimir Corea
Angie Crews
Daniella S. Daley
Desiree R. Dixon
Sonia Donaldson
Jude Edwards
William Ellis
Patrick K. Farley
Lahna C. Farver
Jose A. Fuentes
Brian Gauthier
Lana Greaves–Benjamin
Gladstone Gurubatham
Kathy E. Hecht
Olive Hemmings
Gregory W. Ingram
William E. Jackson
Ralph Johnson
Michael Lee
Gunnar G. Leitma
Louise P. Lewis
Linda D. Lowe
Lorena Martinez
Adrienne Matthews
Jonelle Matthews
Chantel D. Miller
Emily Mize
Edwin Monge
Douglas Morgan
Baraka Muganda
Timothy L. Nelson
Alana Pabon
Jonathan Peter
Devie L. Phipps
Marilyn F. Riley
Curtis Roberts
Lee M. Roberts
Vicki S. Rosette
Dean Sadat–Aalaee
Anne V. Saggurthi
Bogdan Scur
Genevieve Singh
Weymouth Spence
Natalie Stark
Khadene Taffe
Joseph P. Tobing
Grace Virtue
A. J. Warden
Kaneil D. Williams
Patrick A. Williams
Lee M. Wisel
Leona A. Woodrupp
Lloyd Yutuc
Former Faculty and Staff
Total - $6,867.78
George H. Bestpitch
Steven C. Blackburn
LeRoy G. Cain
Aundre Cuffy
Pauline David
Sonia Donaldson
Pranitha S. Fielder
Joseph E. Gurubatham
Patricia Hare
William E. Hold
Linda D. Lowe
Linda J. Lundberg
Judy K. Reese
Duane O. Reid
Ruby A. Rice
Estevanny Turns
Russell J. Wetherell
Bruce Wilson
Honorary Alumni
Total - $5,400.00
Judith Cichosz
Visionary’s Society
($10,000.00 + )
Total - $349,048.55
H. M. S. Richards Society
($500.00 + )
Total - $19,144.74
Pioneers
($100.00 + )
Total - $15,324.43
Glen H. Bennett
John Y. Chang
Dennis & Linda Currier
Friedenwald Memorial
Fund, Inc.
General Conference of
Cheryl J. Guay (Estate)
M. L. & Janet Haas
Joan Hatt (Estate)
H. Lyndon Marter
Medical Group
Foundation, Inc.
Farid Srour
The Community Foundation
For The National Capital
Region
The Herbert N.
Gundersheimer
Foundation, Inc.
Ouida E. Westney
Adventist Risk Management
Saul Alas
Jerry C. Bokoles
Elmer Carreno
Gaspar Colon
Karnik Doukmetzian
Lahna C. Farver
French-American Seventhday Adventist Church
Jose A. Fuentes
Olive Hemmings
Grant Leitma
Margaret McFarland
Charles F. McMillan
Justin D. Mezetin
Baraka Muganda
Timothy L. Nelson
Richard & Norma Osborn
Peters Education
Foundation, Inc.
Christopher M. Quimby
Ruth M. Rivera
Nikolaus & Ruth Satelmajer
Linda D. Shaw
Genevieve Singh
Hilton & Doris Suddarth
Anthony S. Waite
Melissa L. Whitmill
Kaneil D. Williams
Patrick A. Williams
Lee M. Wisel
George P. Babcock
Kristian Bae
Barbara L. Baldwin
Danielle M. Barnard
Eliane M. Beach
Mitchell E. Beaven
Eileen Bedeau
Lee D. Beers
Karen Benn Marshall
Bernice H. Bergherm
George H. Bestpitch
Hooman H. Beygi
Gregory S. Black
William F. Blosser
Larry Boggess
John F. Bohner
Dolores M. Bouland
Sonia A. Bowen
Arthur L. Calhoun
Rebecca E. Caton
Adelheid Chow
Mark H. Clark
Elaine R. Congdon
Elizabeth M. Conley
Vladimir Corea
Anniechiel B. Correces
David P. Cote
Nancy L. Cross–Hall
Alice N. Cunningham–
Spindler
Bettye A. Darden
Pauline David
Charles W. Davis
Ruth L. Dennis
Judith A. Dunn
Mark E. Faehner
Sandra L. Fay
Leon D. Fountain
Dorothy M. Gardner
C. E. Gaskill
Ruth O. Gelford Ryle
Betty Giang
Gideon Services, Inc.
Donna Greenidge
Patricia Hare
Ray Hartwell
Edith M. Ho
Sharon L. Hoyle
J.S.H. Property
Management
Andre L. Johnson
Robin M. Kinard
Joanne Knowlton
Charles J. Kovalchick
Lorraine Lamm
Sheryl P. Lane
Lilibeth J. Lee
Martha J. Lee
Robert E. Lemon
Josephine Y. Loh
Migdonio Marin
Lorena Martinez
Claudette H. Mattice
Jonathan McCottry
Gail A. McDermott
John & Julianne Melnick
Claude H. Melton
Emily Mize
John R. Moore
John L. Murdoch
Stella Nambi
Founder’s Society
($5,000.00 + )
Total - $46,708.00
Charmaine Bainum
LeRoy G. Cain
Vijayan Charles
Patrick K. Farley
Michael Lee
Richard H. Paul
Charles Suraci
Douglas Wear
James Lawhead Society
($1,000.00 + )
Total - $52,046.79
Ronald & Beverly Anderson
Anonymous
Russell & Nancy Arnold
Roy P. Benson
James Bingham
Bruce E. Boyer
Israel Castro
Sharon S. Christiansen
Judith Cichosz
Frances L. Clarke
Faithsearch Partners, Inc.
Jeannette B. Griffiths
Raina E. Groover
Cynthia L. Isensee–Boyle
Young S. Kim
Emily Kurlinski
Frances A. Laing
Benjamin & Esther Lau
Celestino & Rhona Magpayo
Margate SDA Church
Angus W. McDonald
Donald E. Melnick
Anita N. Olsen
William & Della Robertson
Joan Silver
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Ruben Smith
Weymouth Spence
Kanchana Sukachevin
The Kerala Adventist
Church, Inc.
Joseph P. Tobing
Lloyd Yutuc
Gateway Society
($250.00 + )
Total - $9,007.43
Rebecca J. Alignay
Raj Attiken
Cleveland Campbell
Hillarene M. Donovan
Jude Edwards
William Ellis
Equator Home Improvement
Mee J. Foo
Lila S. Glass
Richard & Linda Guldin
Kathy E. Hecht
Marilyn J. Herrmann
Frank D. Howard
Karl R. Janetzko
Edwin A. Macalinao
Adrienne Matthews
Janet L. Nelson
North American Division of
Carol Olsby
Molly S. Peters
Duane O. Reid
Riverview Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Charles R. Ryan
San Ysidro Dental Clinic
Schwab Charitable Fund
Bogdan Scur
John L. Shaw
Palmer Tetz
A. J. Warden
Russell J. Wetherell
Pamela L. Neal
Cleta P. Nelson
Delores L. Nichols
Joan M. Parker
Jean A. Patterson
Kathryn S. Pearson
Douglas S. Pelley
Ricardo L. Peverini
Becky A. Ratana
Cheryl S. Rice
Ruby A. Rice
Alice F. Rich
Marilyn F. Riley
Carol A. Ringering
Betty C. Rivera
Curtis Roberts
Lee M. Roberts
Doris A. Roth
Jldemaro Rueda
Dean Sadat–Aalaee
Marguerite N. Satelmajer
Schenectady Seventh-day
Adventist Church
William G. Seth
Anesther O. Shaw
Carl Shaw
Ken L. Shaw
Michael K. Shelton
Shake Shennar
Lorene B. Sherrill
Phyllis Y. Simons
Sligo Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Myschelle W. Spears
Linda L. Steinberg
Deborah A. Strachan
Anna Tang–Kwok
Sandra L. Teichman
David R. Thaxton
The Norman Law Firm
PLLC
Sanjay S. Thomas
Deborah A. Thurlow
Mohtaram M. Vatankhahi
Robert Visser
Christine E. Waring
Paulett N. Warren
Elies L. Whitfield
Hattie J. Williams
Bruce & Joan Wilson
Leona A. Woodrupp
Ruth E. Wright
YBM Construction, Inc.
Mark A. Young
Earl J. Zager
Charlotte C. Zane
Naomi Zeismer
Esther V. Zuill
Lilibeth J. Lee
Daisy M. Lopez
Margarita Merriman
Albert Miller
Anita N. Olsen
Antonio Paruolo
Douglas S. Pelley
Leroy & Lois Peters
Shirley M. Potts
Ellis Rich
Marguerite N. Satelmajer
John L. Shaw
Lorene B. Sherrill
Linda L. Steinberg
Kanchana Sukachevin
Robert Visser
Dixie Waite
Renate Wehtje
$0–$99 Donors
Total - $7,123.05
Roselyn Adetumbi
Wilbur P. Atwood
Sandra K. Bachert
Randy Bange
Samuel J. Bange
Howard F. Bankes
Kari L. Banks
Ellie R. Barker
Paula Barnes
Viola Battle
R T. Beason
Lynda Bedean
Natalie A. Bennett
David Berglund
Steven & Brenda Blackburn
Bonnie B. Bortel
Carver Brereton
Janet Brode
Charles F. Brown
Shirley C. Brown
Jacqueline Bryce
Herbert C. Buchanan
Billie J. Burris
Daniel A. Burrow
Khalida S. Burton
Krista Byrd
Carol M. Byrkit
Earl B. Cale
Carmen Castellanos
Ruby Charles
Miriam L. Christian
Arthur L. Collins
Marshall E. Conner
Sharon R. Conway
Phyllis Coruts
Richard G. Craig
Angie Crews
Aundre Cuffy
Daniella S. Daley
Terri-Jo Daley
Kristia Davidson
Thomas L. Diggs
Desiree R. Dixon
Sonia Donaldson
Carmen D. Downey
Rita G. Duvra
George W. Edwards
Derek C. Eggleston
David C. Eklund
Albert M. Ellis
Carlene Elmore–Johnson
Sylvia Fagal
Richard D. Fearing
Friend’s Gifts
Total - $218,047.50
Evelyn J. Bata
William F. Blosser
Carmen Castellanos
Dennis & Linda Currier
Bettye A. Darden
Betty Giang
Sandra L. Gibb
A. R. Gravatt
Jeannette B. Griffiths
Frank D. Howard
Marjorie W. Howes
Charles J. Kovalchick
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Pranitha S. Fielder
Maria B. Figueiredo
Elizabeth R. Fleetwood
Laverne Flowers
Shabnam Foroughi
Joan E. Franklin
Virgil T. Fryling
Eileen G. Fuller
Vera J. Gamble
Brian Gauthier
Brendon Gelford
Esther K. Ghazi
Sandra L. Gibb
Joi Glass
Maurice Glass
Ella Goddard
Arloene Y. Goley
Elsa M. Goris
Mildred L. Graham
A. R. Gravatt
Lana Greaves–Benjamin
Luis Gregorio
Richard & Betty Haas
Valerie J. Halliwell Smith
Robert W. Hayes
Gregory Headly
James R. Hicks
William E. Hold
Marjorie W. Howes
Gregory W. Ingram
Mary Iovino
William E. Jackson
James A. Jetton
Ralph Johnson
Carol V. Jones
Betty J. Kannenberg
Solomon M. Khandagale
Barbara E. King
Ruth S. Kloosterhuis
Patricia Kolpack
Charlotte A. Kyle
Ann M. Laurence
Victoria K. Lawrence
Louise P. Lewis
Zachary A. Lewis
Jean P. Lezama
Dorothy M. Libby
Ruby E. Lombard
Daisy M. Lopez
Linda D. Lowe
Linda J. Lundberg
Sandra E. Macknight–
Joseph
Alexander Mandracken
Joyce Martin
Elizabeth E. Matthews
Jonelle Matthews
Lillian Matthews
John W. McGraw
Daniel Mejia
Margarita Merriman
Albert Miller
Chantel D. Miller
Nancy M. Miller
Susan C. Miller
William Miller
Edwin Monge
Lourdes Morales–
Gudmundsson
Douglas Morgan
Pamela J. Morgan
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Gloria R. Moses
Jerry Murrell
Ruth E. Murrill
Andrew R. Musgrave
Linda A. Noel
Mary E. Norcliffe
Pat O’Mally
Edward Obrien
Clyde E. Ondrizek
Carol Onuska
Alana Pabon
Antonio Paruolo
Joyce Passer
Jonathan Peter
Bonnie Pfizenmayer
Devie L. Phipps
Doreth E. Pilliner
Grace B. Pitcher
Shirley M. Potts
Christopher G. Priano
Boston L. Raith
Judy K. Reese
Judith Rice
Annette V. Roberts
Rosabelle Roberts
Verolyn Roberts
Luther H. Robertson
Janice A. Rodney
Carmen M. Rosado
Candace W. Rose
Vicki S. Rosette
Donald J. Russell
Anne V. Saggurthi
Vernon R. Schubert
Marsha Scialdo
Judine B. Slaughter
Eleanore L. Smart
Natalie Stark
Loren Stone
Maria R. Stoughton
Khadene Taffe
Siegmund Teichman
Barbara H. Thurlow
Estevanny Turns
Edison A. Valerio
Adrienne Vaughn
Grace Virtue
Michael Wabby
Dixie Waite
Janet J. Walker
Donna R. Warren
Sheila F. Waters
Renate Wehtje
Nan Whalen
Cyrus White
Kathy L. Williams
Louise Williams
Sandra E. Williams
Debra W. Wood
Dania J. Wurster
Mary E. Young
Class Gifts
Classes of 1940–1949
Total - $16,370.00
Charmaine Bainum (1949)
Ruth L. Dennis (1949)
Ella Goddard (1948)
Frances A. Laing (1949)
Ruby E. Lombard (1949)
Ruth E. Murrill (1949)
Joyce Passer (1945)
Jean A. Patterson (1949)
Grace B. Pitcher (1944)
Boston L. Raith (1946)
Farid Srour (1949)
Total - $30,300.00
Russell G. Arnold (1959)
Barbara L. Baldwin (1950)
Howard F. Bankes (1953)
Eliane M. Beach (1959)
Lee D. Beers (1958)
Bernice H. Bergherm (1955)
John F. Bohner (1952)
Dolores M. Bouland (1952)
Daniel A. Burrow (1957)
Carol M. Byrkit (1953)
Nancy L. Cross–Hall (1957)
Alice N. Cunningham–
Spindler (1953)
Carmen D. Downey (1954)
Clarence U. Dunbebin (1952)
Virgil T. Fryling (1955)
Ruth O. Gelford Ryle (1953)
Arloene Y. Goley (1951)
Betty J. Haas (1956)
Edith M. Ho (1958)
James A. Jetton (1957)
Ann M. Laurence (1958)
Dorothy M. Libby (1953)
Elizabeth E. Matthews
(1958)
John W. McGraw (1950)
Claude H. Melton (1953)
John L. Murdoch (1959)
Andrew R. Musgrave (1955)
Clyde E. Ondrizek (1956)
Richard H. Paul (1956)
Ruby A. Rice (1956)
Doris A. Roth (1950)
Donald J. Russell (1954)
William G. Seth (1956)
Eleanore L. Smart (1951)
Doris Suddarth (1950)
Barbara H. Thurlow (1956)
Donna R. Warren (1954)
Ouida E. Westney (1959)
Earl J. Zager (1951)
Naomi Zeismer (1957)
Esther V. Zuill (1954)
Total - $29,935.00
Ronald L. Anderson (1964)
Wilbur P. Atwood (1965)
George P. Babcock (1961)
Mitchell E. Beaven (1963)
Roy P. Benson (1969)
Arthur L. Calhoun (1968)
Rebecca E. Caton (1960)
John Y. Chang (1962)
Frances L. Clarke (1964)
Elaine R. Congdon (1967)
Elizabeth M. Conley 1967)
David C. Eklund (1965)
Albert M. Ellis (1960)
Vera J. Gamble (1963)
Dorothy M. Gardner (1964)
(1966)
Valerie J. Halliwell Smith
(1969)
Marilyn J. Herrmann (1965)
William E. Hold (1963)
Sharon L. Hoyle (1967)
Betty J. Kannenberg (1964)
Young S. Kim (1961)
Charlotte A. Kyle (1963)
Victoria K. Lawrence (1960)
John R. Melnick (1967)
Cleta P. Nelson (1962)
Janet L. Nelson (1965)
Linda A. Noel (1969)
Carol Onuska (1964)
Richard C. Osborn (1969)
Joan M. Parker (1962)
Judith Rice (1963)
Carol A. Ringering (1961)
Ruth M. Rivera (1965)
Anesther O. Shaw (1966)
Shake Shennar (1962)
Joan Silver (1965)
Phyllis Y. Simons (1962)
Ruth E. Wright (1962)
Charlotte C. Zane (1960)
Total - $44,505.24
Glen H. Bennett (1970)
Gregory S. Black (1970)
Jerry C. Bokoles (1971)
Bonnie B. Bortel (1971)
Sharon S. Christiansen
(1977)
Arthur L. Collins (1973)
Judith A. Dunn (1971)
Mark E. Faehner (1970)
Sandra L. Fay (1978)
Richard D. Fearing (1974)
Joan E. Franklin (1970)
Eileen G. Fuller (1974)
Estate of Cheryl J. Guay
(1974)
William E. Jackson (1974)
Karl R. Janetzko (1971)
Gunnar G. Leitma (1978)
Robert E. Lemon (1973)
Louise P. Lewis (1977)
Josephine Y. Loh (1970)
Linda J. Lundberg (1970)
Joyce Martin (1976)
Lillian Matthews (1971)
Gail A. McDermott (1974)
Angus W. McDonald (1974)
Charles F. McMillan (1977)
Donald E. Melnick (1971)
Gloria R. Moses (1976)
Judy K. Reese (1974)
Vernon R. Schubert (1971)
Myschelle W. Spears (1970)
Christine E. Waring (1974)
Russell J. Wetherell (1974)
Hattie J. Williams (1970)
Kathy L. Williams (1970)
Lee M. Wisel (1974)
Total - $11,367.85
Kari L. Banks (1986)
Brenda G. Blackburn (1984)
Steven C. Blackburn (1984)
Patrick K. Farley (1981)
Elizabeth R. Fleetwood
(1980)
C. E. Gaskill (1987)
Patricia Hare (1989)
Robert W. Hayes (1986)
Kathy E. Hecht (1984)
Cynthia L. Isensee–Boyle
(1982)
Zachary A. Lewis (1988)
Delores L. Nichols (1987)
Carol Olsby (1987)
Kathryn S. Pearson (1984)
Molly S. Peters (1980)
Christopher M. Quimby
(1983)
Becky A. Ratana (1989)
Vicki S. Rosette (1986)
Anna Tang–Kwok (1988)
Deborah A. Thurlow (1986)
Joseph P. Tobing (1987)
Nan Whalen (1988)
Sandra E. Williams (1985)
Debra W. Wood (1982)
Total - $2,049.42
Rebecca J. Alignay (1999)
Natalie A. Bennett (1993)
George H. Bestpitch (1998)
Charles F. Brown (1990)
Mark H. Clark (1996)
Richard G. Craig (1994)
Esther K. Ghazi (1990)
Andre L. Johnson (1998)
Edwin A. Macalinao (1994)
Christopher G. Priano (1993)
Alice F. Rich (1991)
Annette V. Roberts (1996)
Anne V. Saggurthi (1996)
Deborah A. Strachan (1998)
Sheila F. Waters (1992)
Melissa L. Whitmill (1995)
Leona A. Woodrupp (1990)
Mark A. Young (1995)
Total - $6,269.34
Ellie R. Barker (2011)
Janet Brode (2011)
Billie J. Burris 2002)
Sharon R. Conway (2010)
Angie Crews (2007)
Aundre Cuffy (2012)
Daniella S. Daley (2010)
Thomas L. Diggs (2009)
Desiree R. Dixon (2012)
Pranitha S. Fielder (2007)
Raina E. Groover (2005)
Gregory W. Ingram (2009)
Robin M. Kinard (2001)
Ruth S. Kloosterhuis (2004)
Sandra M. Loughlin (2002)
Linda D. Lowe (2006)
Jonelle Matthews (2010)
Justin D. Mezetin (2006)
Timothy L. Nelson (2011)
Jonathan Peter (2010)
Duane O. Reid (2012)
Cheryl S. Rice (2003)
Marilyn F. Riley (2011)
Charles R. Ryan (2000)
Michael K. Shelton (2005)
Judine B. Slaughter (2003)
Estevanny Turns (2006)
Kaneil D. Williams (2007)
Mary E. Young (2012)
In Memoriam
George E. Messenger CUC/WAU Electrician for Many Years
George E. Messenger (’86) alumnus and longtime electrician for then Columbia Union College, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at
Elternhaus Assisted Living in Dayton, Maryland.
Messenger, who graduated in 1949 with a bachelor’s degree in history, was born December 9, 1926, in Clarksburg, W.Va. to the late
Jesse and Leda Cain Messenger. He was an avid ham radio operator and enjoyed photography, trains, music, and spending time with
family and friends.
He was married to Catherine M. Messenger for 62 years. He is survived by children David and wife, Amy, of Frederick; Barry and
wife, Deborah, of Brinklow; Thomas and wife, Jacqueline, of Brookeville; Ronald and wife, Teresa, of Gaston, Ore.; and Susan Marcellino and husband, Joseph, of Sykesville, in addition to 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Following a memorial service at Westminster Seventh-day Adventist Church, Westminster, Md., where Messenger was a member,
he was interred in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Earnest W. Waring Former Dean of Men
Earnest, or Ernie, was born on October 30, 1926 in Belfast, Ireland. He attended both Newbold College and Canadian University
College, where he met his wife, Angelina. Ernie and Angie were married 35 years and had 4 children and 12 grandchildren. He passed
away on September 28, 2013 at the age of 86.
Ernie worked 37 years serving the Adventist Church. He served as Columbia Union College’s dean of men and worked in the Recruitment and Maintenance offices. Prior to joining the staff at CUC, he worked as dean of men and director of College Wood Products
at Middle East College in Lebanon. He will be remembered for his wit and wisdom.
CEO Harry R. House Jr. Served with Distinction
Harry House Jr., former member of WAU’s Board of Trustees, died June 1, 2013, in Clemson, S.C.
Born January 17, 1928, in Port Allegheny, Pa., he was a graduate of Takoma Academy, and then Washington Missionary College.
House was a teacher and guidance counselor in Prince George’s County, Maryland; longtime employee of Adventist Risk Management (ARM), and a retired member of the ARM Board of Directors. He was a member of WAU’s Board of Trustees, vice chair of the
board of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and chair of the John Nevins Andrews School Board in Takoma
Park, Maryland.
He was a key promoter of Christian education throughout his life and delighted in helping sponsor many students.
House is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dorothy H. House of Clemson, S.C.; his sister Joanna Crowe of Westminster, S.C.; and
four nieces.
Judge Connie Price Fought for Patients’ Rights
Alumna Connie S. Price (’86), died June 14, 2013, at the age of 55, after a battle with brain cancer.
Price was born April 11, 1958 in Dayton, Ohio. After graduating from Twin Valley North High School in Lewisburg, Ohio, she earned
an associate degree in nursing from Kettering College of Medical Arts in 1978, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from then Columbia
Union College.
Out of concern for patients’ rights, Price became interested in the law while she worked at Good Samaritan Hospital and decided to
pursue a career in law.
Price graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1990. She worked in private practice and served on the University of
Dayton School of Law Alumni Board. She began her judicial career as an elected county district court judge in 1998 and in 2009 was
appointed to fill a seat vacated as a Common Pleas judge.
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Name
Born
Died
Year Graduated/
Attended
9/2/31
4/29/13
1958
Helyne E. Beehler (Nelson)
10/15/24
2/17/13
1947
Marlene Benge (Trott)
6/19/33
5/28/13
1953
8/17/13
1961
Walter M. Booth
6/8/28
12/26/10
1951
Marjorie B. Buehle (Bell)
5/17/27
3/31/13
1949
Richard J. Barnett Sr.
Charles P. Blomeley
9/30/13
1957
Lois Edith Carr (Miller)
8/6/21
9/29/13
1942
Lyle A. Chamberlain
9/28/28
John R. Burton III
10/28/11
1965
Newton Chang
6/8/13
1961
Malcolm P. Cole
3/8/12
1960
3/22/13
1946–1947
7/24/13
1949
8/17/12
1944
6/20/13
1962
Edna M. Creech (Mercer)
5/8/25
Lillian A. Duska (Szana)
Melvin B. Elliston
7/2/19
Monica J. Girod (Maffullo)
Gilbert Gordon Hadley
5/3/21
Joseph M. Hadley
Susan Hinkley (Agnes)
11/20/54
Newton S. Kinzer
6/29/12
1943
7/22/12
1964–1967
9/5/12
1979
11/23/13
1949
John A. Kroncke
4/30/28
8/3/12
1950
Dorothy Corrine Kulisek (Wright)
4/7/26
2/1/13
1951
LaVerne Kunze (Cunningham)
4/25/27
4/17/13
1949
Wanda Kwapinski
1/6/16
12/24/12
1947
John T. Lamb Jr.
7/10/32
9/7/12
1951–1952
William L. Murrill
5/28/26
12/5/11
1949
3/15/13
1935
12/28/16
1/29/13
1958
Linda Ann Rose (Musser)
4/1/51
7/27/13
1973
Herbert J. Roth
4/18/25
2/11/12
1950
June Roys (Gleason)
6/12/35
9/19/12
1957
Janice L. Rowland (Kepner)
2/25/16
2/2/13
1942
2/3/13
1941
1/21/44
5/17/13
1967
9/1/12
1970
8/27/26
2/18/12
1947
11/8/12
1945
Helen H. Nehf (Euler)
Manuel Rosado
Launa M. Salsgiver
Sherry Lou Skidmore
Robert J. Stakiwicz
Mary J. Standing (Mitchell)
Charles Martin Stephenson
Robert C. Swartz Sr.
4/20/29
8/6/13
1950–1953
Robert J. Szana
12/29/43
11/11/12
1941–1943
Arthur Rainsford Teesdale
10/10/23
10/1/13
1942–1944
Mary E. Thumwood (Davis)
7/26/21
10/2/12
1942
Horace E. Walsh
6/14/20
8/29/13
1944
10/21/12
1951
2/29/12
1950
10/21/12
1976
Arne Wasli
Evelyn L. Warram (Rees)
3/26/18
Linda K. Weaver (Jones)
6/14/12
1950
Marjorie J. Whipple
2/15/26
12/24/12
1945
Stephen C. Wieder
2/22/54
6/14/11
1979
11/25/13
1958
Carolina Wheeler (Morgan)
Carol (Cody) Wilson (Avery)
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Spring 2014
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Meet
the
Board
E. Albert Reece
Distinguished Scientist and Scholar
E
Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D.,
MBA, vice president for
Reece earned a Bachelor
professor before being
of Science degree from Long
promoted to associ-
Medical Affairs at the University
Island University; an M.D. from
ate professor.
of Maryland, is a new appointee
New York University School of
Reece has also
to the Washington Adventist
Medicine; a Ph.D. in biochem-
served at Temple
University Board of Trustees.
istry from the University of the
University as the
He will serve on the academic
West Indies, Mona, Jamaica;
Abraham Roth
affairs subcommittee.
and an MBA from Temple
professor and chair
University.
of the Department of
Reece is the John Z. and
Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished
He completed an internship
Obstetrics, Gynecology,
Professor and dean of the
and residency in obstetrics
and Reproductive Sci-
School of Medicine at the Uni-
and gynecology at Columbia
ences; as vice chancellor
versity of Maryland. He is also
University Medical Center, and
of the University of Arkan-
a professor in the Department
a postdoctoral fellowship in
sas for Medical Sciences
funded research laboratory
of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
maternal-fetal medicine at Yale
and dean of the College of
and is also involved in educa-
Medicine, and Biochemistry
University School of Medicine.
Medicine. He was appointed
tion. He has written more than
and Molecular Biology, and
He remained on the full-time
to his current position in
500 articles, chapters, and ab-
he is a member of the Institute
faculty at Yale for almost 10
2006 and in 2010, served
stracts. He has also authored
of Medicine of the National
years as a clinical instruc-
as acting president of the
12 books, including revisions,
Academy of Sciences.
tor, and later as an assistant
University of Maryland.
and five monographs.
Reece leads an active NIH-
Henry Fordham III
President of Allegheny East Conference
Board of Trustees. Fordham,
who replaces retired President Charles Cheatham,
bia Union, and the General
Jewish history from Ohio State
Conference of Seventh-day
University. In December 2010,
Adventists Communications
advancement subcom-
he was awarded a doctorate in
Commission.
mittee.
theology after completing the
Fordham has received
United Theological Research
several recognitions from
University’s External Studies
members of the political estab-
and Research scheme.
lishment in Maryland, includ-
“Pastor Fordham is a
and I know WAU will
benefit enormously from
He has pastored churches in
ing former mayor of Baltimore
his contribution,” said Dave
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,
Kurt Schmoke, and former
Weigley, president of the
Washington, D.C., and New
congressman Kweisi Mfume
Columbia Union Confer-
Jersey. He has also pastored
(D-Md). He has served as
enry Fordham III, presi-
ence of Seventh-day Ad-
in South Africa, East Africa,
mayor for the day in Preston,
dent of the Allegheny
ventists and chair of WAU’s
West Africa, England, Australia,
England, and been declared
Board of Trustees.
Puerto Rico, and Colombia and
a distinguished citizen of Lou-
served on several committees
isville, Kentucky by its mayor,
with the Allegheny East Confer-
David L. Armstrong.
East Conference, is a new
appointee to the Washington
Adventist University (WAU)
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ence Corporation, the Colum-
sity and a master’s degree in
will serve on the Board’s
gifted and humble leader
H
theology from Oakwood Univer-
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Fordham earned his undergraduate degree in history and
Dear Friend of WGTS,
Her letter truly blessed me. As we look forward to a bright future, it seems appropriate to give
thanks for God’s blessings. Barb writes:
About a month ago I was told our office would be reorganized, and my day job would be
going away. I could apply to the new positions that were created. After 23 years in an office,
I now have to interview. I was shaken. I turned on your station when I got in the car, and the
song “He Reigns” by the Newsboys was on. And I realized it was a message to me-My God Reigns.
I don’t know whether I’ll get one of the new jobs or where I’ll end up. But I know it will be
where God wants me to be. I continue to listen to 91.9 every day for encouragement. I’m
glad I have the opportunity to contribute in a small way to this ministry.
There are times in life when we just don’t know where to turn. The next time one comes your way,
remember to be aware of how He might be speaking to you through those around you -- even through
a radio station. His still, small voice is there.
It is a privilege to join WGTS 91.9 and WAU at this amazing time of growth and expansion -- a time
of envisioning a future that is truly soaked in a mind-set of service. Like the literal gateway on campus,
like the call letters of our radio station, we are a Gateway to Service.
Today, I promise to serve -- our community, our church, our students, and our campus.
And, above all, I promise to serve our Lord God and to lift Jesus up to all who will listen as the hope
to the struggles of life, as the hope for eternal life.
Sincerely,
Kevin Krueger
Vice President / General Manager
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