Stories & Commentaries
La Sierra University Professor Receives Fulbright Grant for India project
Margaret Solomon, an education administration and leadership professor at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, will be able to carry out an educational leadership training program in her native India — thanks to a recent Fulbright grant award.
Adventist World Church President to Speak at WAU Alumni Weekend, Inducted into Wall of Fame
The featured speaker for Washington Adventist University’s Alumni Weekend, April 6-9, 2017, is alumnus and General Conference (GC) president Ted N.C. Wilson.
Past Sonscreen Winners on Filmmaking, Faith, and the Festival
The 2017 Sonscreen Film Festival is just around the corner! This year’s festival is being held at Loma Linda University in California on April 6-8.
NAD Responds to Proposed Repeal of Johnson Amendment
Recent events by both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. Government have brought the Johnson Amendment and participation in elections by nonprofits (including churches) to the forefront.
Washington Adventist University Hosts Fifth Annual Campus Revival
A week-long campus revival is taking place through Saturday, April 1, 2017, on the grounds of Washington Adventist University (WAU) in Takoma Park, Maryland, and the public is invited to attend.
Adventists Appeal Court Ruling on Kellogg Sabbath Accommodation Case
On March 22, 2017, two former Kellogg employees made their appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit after a lower court found insufficient evidence that the two Adventist plaintiffs were treated unfairly when they were fired for failing to work on Sabbath.
Adventist Medical Student Becomes First Black Female Accepted Into Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Residency Program
On March 17, shortly after 26-year-old Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, originally from the Ashanti Region in Ghana, received the news that she had been accepted into the residency program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department, she posted this on Facebook: “What a way to begin the Sabbath!
Northern New England Conference Initiates Long-Term Church-Planting Project
In mid-2015, members of the leadership team in the Northern New England Conference (NNEC) were pondering the sober realization that every one of the major population centers in their three-state territory showed up on the list of the top 10 most secular cities in the United States.
Washington Adventist University and Howard Community College Sign Agreement
Washington Adventist University (WAU) and Howard Community College (HCC) have signed an articulated agreement that will smooth the transition for community college students seeking a bachelor’s degree in music.