WAU Celebrates Academic Achievement
Takoma Park, MD (April 26, 2018) Washington Adventist University held its fourth annual Awards Day on April 18 with ceremonies scheduled throughout the day and honor society induction ceremonies in the evening. Awards Day is an expansion of the University Academic Awards Chapel that has been occurring for many years, where academic departments have traditionally recognized outstanding students.
For the fifth time since WAU began participating in the prestigious Sullivan Awards program in 2014, two of our students were recognized for demonstrating their commitment to community service. Eloney Perry-Ryan, a senior, Political Studies major received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at the Academic Awards Chapel in the morning and Manuel Rosette, a Master of Business Administration major, received the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award at the SGPS Academic Awards Program in the afternoon. The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award was established in 1890 to honor students who demonstrate a notable record of service and the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award goes to a student who shows love for and helpfulness to others.
Various academic departments also took the time to recognize those students who performed with distinction in several of the university’s academic programs. Also recognized throughout the day were undergraduate/traditional students who maintained a 3.00 GPA with at least 12 cumulative hours completed and graduate students with a 3.75 GPA and 18 cumulative hours completed.
“WAU is proud to be among the 70 colleges and universities granted the opportunity to bestow the Sullivan awards to two students every year,” said Ralph Johnson, Ph.D., Dean of the WAU Betty Howard Center for Student Success. “We are also proud to recognize our students’ academic achievements and all their hard work.”
In the evening, students were inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Societies. Alpha Chi inductees are undergraduates and graduates who are in the top 10% of their class. Phi Eta Sigma is open to first-year students with at least a 3.5 GPA and 15 credit hours. Omicron Delta Kappa members have exemplified outstanding leadership, and are either a junior, senior or graduate student in the top 33% of their class.
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 nine graduate and 42 undergraduate programs. The 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.
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