April 9 Reception to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Takoma Park, MD (April 1, 2015) Takoma Park, MD (April 1, 2015) The 30th Anniversary of Washington Adventist University’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies will be celebrated on Thursday, April 9 at a reception on campus in the Student Activities Center, located next to the gymnasium. The event is part of the university’s alumni weekend activities scheduled for April 9-12.
The reception, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., will include a tribute to Gladstone Gurubatham, Ph.D., a life-long learner who founded the first adult evening program when the university was known as Columbia Union College. Gurubatham is one of the longest-serving faculty members at Washington Adventist University, and he continues to educate both graduate and undergraduate students at the university as a professor of psychology.
The reception will include celebrations of past, present and future. What began as an evening program for 35 working adults who were seeking undergraduate degrees grew over the years into the current School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS), which enrolled a record number of graduate students this past fall. The SGPS offers 11 accelerated undergraduate degree programs and eight graduate degree programs (including two master’s programs that are fully online).
For more information about the anniversary reception or the SGPS, call 301-891-4092 or email ncurrier@wau.edu.
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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. Approximately 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s eight graduate and 32 undergraduate programs. The 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.
Media Contacts:
Angie Crews, 301-891-4134, acrews@wau.edu
Donna Bigler, 240-286-1169, dbigler@wu.edu