Washington Adventist University Earns Place on President’s 2014 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Takoma Park, MD (May 27, 2015) Washington Adventist University (WAU) has just been recognized and congratulated by President of the United States Barack Obama for “the extraordinary and exemplary community service contributions of its students, faculty and staff in meeting critical community and national needs.”  The university has been awarded a place on the President’s 2014 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

“We are extremely pleased to receive this recognition that our programs and activities are making a significant contribution to the community,” said WAU President Weymouth Spence, Ed.D., R.T.  “We continuously strive to engage minds and transform lives, and to be acknowledged with a place on the Presidential Community Service Honor Roll is extraordinary.”

Washington Adventist University has long been considered by its faculty, staff and students to be a “gateway to service,” and the university regularly provides community service opportunities, both locally and nationally. The university also sponsors several mission trips abroad each year.

The 2014 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll presented to WAU is signed by U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service Wendy Spencer.

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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. A total of 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@wau.edu