Washington Adventist University invites Board members, Faculty, and Staff to attend WAU Dedication Sabbath beginning this weekend, September 24, 2011 at Sligo Church. This occasion is a time for the WAU leadership community to convene for corporate worship, fellowship, and a campus tour. Dedication Sabbath will begin at 11:15am with worship service. Dave Weigley, Chair of the Board of Trustees …
The Washington Adventist University Student Association hosted “The September 11 Memorial Concert” in Sligo SDA church on Sunday September 11, 2011.
The concert featured various artists and groups such as Living Springs SDA Choir from Glenn Bernie, MD, Wendell Phipps; a WAU freshmen who is also a Pre-Engineering major, Michael Patterson; a third year WAU music major, Jidong Zhong from Takoma Academy and Amber Bullock from Saint Louis who is a WAU alum.
Along with the beginning of the 2011-2012 Academic Year comes the traditions and nuances of University life.One such tradition is weekly Convocation, the one campus event that hopes to bring together every student, faculty, and staff member for a spiritual moment of inspiration, remembrance, and prayer. Read More >>
August 30, 2011
Dr. Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, Beloved Director and Educator, Dies
Dr. Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, professor and director of the New England Youth Ensemble at Washington Adventist University passed away early this morning in Massachusetts.
“The Washington Adventist University family is deeply saddened at the passing of a true pioneer in Seventh-day Adventist education. She was a driving innovative force with the orchestra and the programs she began,” says Dr. Weymouth Spence, university president.
WAU held its Summer Commencement ceremony on the night of Thursday, July 28, 2011. The ceremony began at 7:00 pm at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church and concluded with a welcoming line in the Sligo Church Atrium.
Current and prospective students from Atlantic Union College (AUC) in South Lancaster, Mass., are being notified of a transition plan that will enable them to attend Washington Adventist University (WAU) at the Takoma Park, Md., campus for the fall 2011 semester.
After signing a memorandum of understanding and obtaining support from constituents of both the Atlantic Union Conference and Columbia Union Conference during the spring, leaders of the university have been working to secure approval from required federal, state, regional and church accrediting agencies for the establishment of a branch campus in South Lancaster, Mass.
WAU Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Coach, Patrick Crarey’s job did not end with the final whistle of the season. This summer, he has teamed up with childhood friend and Orlando Magic Scouting Coordinator, Brian Wright to conduct the WAU Basketball Skills Clinic for kids aged 4 to 15. Read More>>
Washington Adventist University’s music building is well on its way to being completed this year. As scheduled for the first week of June, all steel has been put up for the structure of the building. The steel was topped out Wednesday June 8th and the crane is now gone. The first floor metal deck has …
Thirteen representatives from WAU participated in the Takoma Park 4th of July Parade. The theme of the parade was “Going Green” in an effort to bring awareness to environmental issues. The WAU contingent handed out more than a thousand specially-made WAU rulers and pencils to the parade spectators.
Washington Adventist University’s Department of Religion has recently returned from one of their two summer mission trips this year. In the month of May, two groups went overseas, one to the city of Lusaka in Zambia and another to Costa Rica.
Eleven WAU students went to the city of Luska for two weeks. Each student had different backgrounds and majors but all had one thing in common; they were there to win souls for Lord.