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The Washington Adventist University Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team was named a Rookie of the Year and first runner-up Region Champion at the USA Regional Competition held April 4, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. The event is one of 11 regional Competitions being held across the United States in March and April.

“We started our team six months ago and had so much to accomplish in a short time.  Our team of 20 students worked hard, completing over 1000 hours of volunteer work in our community and on campus,” said Professor Kimberly Pichot, faculty advisor.  “I am very proud of our students accomplishments.”

April event expected to bring hundreds to campus

TAKOMA PARK, MD (March 28) – More than a century of tradition will be on display, April 12-15, when Washington Adventist University hosts its 107^th annual Alumni Weekend.  Hundreds of alumni are expected to visit the campus for the weekend, which will culminate with the Family Fun Festival, starting Sunday at 12 p.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the WAU Commons.

“This is a much loved WAU tradition,” says Bruce Peifer, Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Affairs. “Our alumni mean so much; we look forward to them coming back, reconnecting with us, sharing their experiences and mentoring current students. We deeply value this annual event, and this year is even more special because of all the growth taking place here.”

Takoma Park Campus Celebrating Historic Growth

Washington Adventist University (WAU) will formally open the first new building on its campus in 40 years on April 14 at 8 p.m.   The Leroy and Lois Peters Music Centre, named for its major private donors, is expected to add enormously to the richness of its fine arts programs at a time when the campus  is experiencing historic growth.

A memorial dedicated to the late Virgina-Gene Rittenhouse, founder of the New England Youth Ensemble will be unveiled at the opening.   Founded 40 years ago, the performing group is a resident orchestra at Carnegie Hall.  Rittenhouse spent 17 years as professor music at WAU.

Washington Adventist University is not only the fastest growing institution among the United States North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists institutions; it is also the fastest growing among the Maryland Independent Colleges and University Association (MICUA).

The Association recorded just over 16 percent growth rate in undergraduate full time equivalents (FTEs) from fall 2010 to fall 2011 for WAU.

The Washington Adventist University Honors Program and the English Department will this month host a series of events dedicated to the study of the British modernist poet and artist, David Jones (1895-1974). Events include an exhibition, a conference, a film screening and poetry reading, beginning March 14 and ending April 20.

Washington Adventist University (WAU), located in Takoma Park, Md., is the fastest growing United States institution of higher education among those in the North American Division.

Data from WAU’s Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness shows that the six-year growth rate in headcount, from 2007-2011, is 38 percent while the one-year rate, from 2010-2011, is 17 percent. Both figures are higher than that of all other American institutions in the division. Last fall WAU set a new record for highest official headcount in its 107 years with 1,493 students.

Washington Adventist University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter has been awarded four mini-grants totaling $6,000 this year, signaling a strong comeback for an organization that was on a five- year hiatus up to a few months ago.

“We wrote five mini grant proposals and thought that we would be awarded one, but we were awarded four”, said Kimberly Pichot, faculty sponsor of WAU’s SIFE chapter,” It’s nice because we are making $6,000 in grant money, which allows the students to do a lot.”