Washington Adventist University will receive a team of peer evaluators from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, March 25-28, as part of a reaccreditation process carried out every 10 years.

The institution will be evaluated on 14 standards, the first seven of which address the institutional context as follows: 1) mission and goals—the extent to which these are clearly identified and indicative of whom the institution serves; 2) planning, resource allocation, and institutional renewal; 3) institutional resources, including human, financial, technical, physical facilities, and other resources necessary to achieve an institution’s mission and goals; 4) leadership and governance; 5)administration; 6) Integrity; and 7) Institutional Assessment.

The first new building in 40 years at Washington Adventist University is now completed. The building—the Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center—was declared finished on December 5 by Larry E. Walker, principal for the construction company, the Walker Group.  Complete handover is scheduled for Dec. 16.

“It is with great pleasure that I confirm the completion of the music building. We sincerely hope that your administration, the Board of Trustees, alumni, students and the entire Washington Adventist University family are proud of the project,” Walker said in a letter to President Weymouth Spence, Ed.D.  “We are certainly proud of being a part of your team and providing you with this state of the art, sustainable project.”

Washington Adventist University has been awarded a Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegiate Challenge Mini Grant for the maximum amount of $1,000 by the Michigan Campus Compact in partnership with Wisconsin Campus Compact and the Corporation for National and Community Service.