News Archive

The Columbia Union Band Festival, originally scheduled for February 10-13, has been canceled due to severe winter weather in the entire Columbia Union region. Organizers have not yet determined if the......

Due to severe winter weather, the Men's Shock Basketball game at St. Paul, originally scheduled for Wednesday, February 10, at 7:30 pm, has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2010, at 2 pm.......

The WAU Black Student Union (BSU) Gospel Choir & Chorale head out today on a South Florida tour. The group, directed by sophomore theology and music student Ramon Griffith and recent WAU graduate Kenn......

We regret to announce the passing of WAU Alumnus, Adrian Theophilus Westney, DD, 82, who died last night after a brief illness. Westney, a pastor, chaplain, educator, and administrator, served the Sev......

The Computer Science Department announces a free review class for those who would like to take either the CPTR105 challenge or waiver examination in January 2010. The classes will run from 8 am to 12......

Do you Tweet? Have a Facebook page? Watch YouTube videos? If this is all gibberish, any teenager can help. More likely you already know that these are all a part of the new wave of social media websit......

In addition to teaching and mentoring students, WAU faculty members actively share their wealth of knowledge and expertise in worldwide events. Here we share just a few of the many activities they’......

Grammar tips, writing guidelines, and the functions of social media punctuated this year’s Writers’ Conference, hosted by the WAU Department of English. Meeting highlights included WAU Professor Miche......

Don A. Roth (B.A., ‘50) was awarded the Society of Adventist Communicators Lifetime Achievement Award at their recent convention in Newport Beach, California. “I was totally surprised at the award......

Washington Adventist University (WAU) and the Sligo Music Club presented members of the WAU music faculty in recital, including the WAU Chamber Music Players - featuring works by Maurice Ravel, and Dm......

The H1N1 virus is a form of influenza that is highly contagious is not “covered” by this year’s flu shot. The H1N1 virus spreads in the same way that seasonal flu spreads – primarily from person-to-pe......

Mention Tanzania and Ethiopia on the Washington Adventist University campus, and you are bound to see many faces light up with excitement about these two destinations for short-term mission trips......

More than 240 Washington Adventist University students, staff, and faculty took part in the university’s annual Service Day. The campus community served more than 13 nonprofit organizations and area s......

The WAU Alumni Association Presents... CUC MASS, John Tillery, John Stoddart, and Terrell Hunt in concert. This FREE concert also features New Life Praise Chorale, JADL......

Strategic planning is an important part of doing business for most organizations, including universities. Without strategic vision, institutions perish. The WAU Office of Ministry believes that a stra......

Several years ago a short statement became very popular in our country; it simply said, “Be patient, God isn’t finished with me yet.” When reflecting on that statement and thinking about student life......

I closed my eyes in deep meditation, Kenecia Grant carrying me to another world on the moving melody of Deep River. I let the music wash over me as I marvel at the extraordinary vocal talent of this ......

Washington Adventist University’s Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. Gaspar Colon, and his wife Dr. May-Ellen Colon recently received the highest North American Division award for exc......

Bruce Peifer has been selected to be WAU’s new Vice President of Advancement and Alumni Relations. Peifer assumed his new position in July, transitioning from the WAU athletic department where he ser......

The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act—the most generous veterans’ benefit for higher education since the WWII GI Bill—goes into effect on August 1, 2009. The bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program al......