ASBURY UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE || SSPPRRIINNGG 22001166 THE WORLD. OUR MISSION. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Reunion 2016 Preview & Registration • Alumni & Student Spotlights • Meet Larry Brown ’80, New Chairman of the Asbury Board of Trustees Thanks for the Memories Campus Post Office, gymnasium, pool, theater, bookstore, recreation areas and special events – for decades Doddridge-Holland was home to a variety of student activities. Dedicated in 1952, the Doddridge-Holland Student Union was named in honor of William Holland, professor of Religion, and Ethel Doddridge-Holland, professor of English, who met and married while teaching at Asbury. Doddridge-Holland stored up a wealth of memories. Its greatest legacy, though, is friendship and community as it makes way for AU’s new, state-of-the-art Collaborative Learning Center (see page 14). s. e v hi c Ar y sit er v ni U y ur b s A of y s e urt o c s o ot h p All As students strive to be “a ready people for ASBURY UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE a waiting world,” the Asbury Initiative Program VOL. 43 | ISSUE 1 | SPRING 2016 is opening doors for cultural exploration. President Dr. Sandra C. Gray Vice President for Institutional Advancement 10 Charlie Shepard ’99 Director of Alumni Relations Lisa Falin ’90 Harper Staff Assistant, Alumni Relations Liz Stephan ’09 Features Director of Marketing & Communications Brad Johnson Production & Digital Media Coordinator Gabe Gibitz 10 Staff Writer Cover Story: The World. Our Mission. Joel Sams ’15 14 Senior Graphic Designer Sowing Seeds: CLC and Student Center Gifts Teri Harvey ’93 Jarrard 16 Graphic Designer You're Invited! Reunion 2016 Preview & Registration Victor Howard 18 Other Contributors Q&A with Asbury’s New Chairman of the Board Asbury Archives; Lori Duckworth; Bryan Garrett ’16; HoneyHeart 20 On Board: Volunteers Making a Difference Photography; Larry Jarrard ’93; Scott Kulaga ’16; Brenden Steury ’16; 24 AU/Lilly Partner for Youth Leadership Institute ASBURY UNIVERSITY is a private, 25 Christian, liberal arts institution, High School Students Explore Calling at ImpactU providing academic excellence in a context of spiritual vitality. This nationally recognized, non- denominational university offers more than 50 undergraduate majors, plus degree-completion, graduate degrees and high school dual-enrollment programs to a student body of more than 1,900 students. Founded in 1890, the University’s globally aware heritage has produced more than 22,000 living alumni who live and serve in all 50 of the United States and more than 80 nations. 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P President’s Message: Changing Lives; Changing the World The familiar Asbury University phrase, "the sun never These are just a few of the ways our alumni embrace the sets on Asburians," will ring true as you turn the mission of the Kingdom. From the boardroom to the pages of this Ambassador edition. It is heartwarming and concert hall, the pulpit to the television studio, Asburians encouraging — at times breathtaking — to discover how find their mission in every area of life. God is using Asbury alumni to further His work around the world. Asburians respond to God's call, living out the At Asbury, we know that mission is not accomplished realities of God’s Kingdom, in every corner of the globe. alone. We rely on the alumni community for prayer, gifts We call it mission, doing the work our Lord has given us to and service. We rely on faculty and staff for instruction, do. You will see it is still our mission. mentorship and essential tasks that From a human perspective, this is a humbling claim that make our mission “From the boardroom to the God should choose to work through us. We echo the possible. Most Psalmist, "Who are we that God should be mindful of importantly, we rely concert hall, the pulpit us?" (Psalm 8:4). But from a Kingdom perspective, it is the on the presence of to the television studio, powerful reality of being led by the Spirit. I am reminded Christ Himself, as He of Paul’s words to the church at Ephesus that we “who promised before His Asburians find their mission once were far away have been brought near through Ascension: “And surely in every area of life.” the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:13). We are now citizens of a I am with you always, heavenly Kingdom, and our actions reflect that truth. to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). In this issue of the Ambassador, we see beautiful, powerful, life-giving examples of Asbury students, Thank you for furthering the mission of Asbury University. alumni and friends living out their faith for the sake of I pray that, as a community, we will the Kingdom. Through the Asbury Initiative Program, an grow in the knowledge and love alumnus found her calling to serve in a red-light district of Christ and continue to be His in Mumbai — an area where she still ministers today. witnesses around the world. Through four brothers — using gifts in math, science and technology developed while here at Asbury — a strong foundation for kingdom witness has since been built, reaching the U.S. military, the technology industry and the church. Through a thriving alumni community in Washington, D.C., a support network has emerged as they encourage one another to pursue excellence for the glory Dr. Sandra C. Gray of God. President Spring 2016 • AMBASSADOR | 3 CampusCorner News, Notes & Other Items of Interest Asbury University and The Salvation Army Partner to Fight Poverty Already cooperating through customized online and on-campus degree programs, Asbury and The Salvation Army are teaming up to fight generational poverty. A new agreement signed by Asbury President Sandra C. Gray and Salvation Army Commissioner Donald C. Bell will grant five tuitions per year for Salvation Army students from the Southern Terrifory entering Asbury’s Master of Social Work program. The agreement signals Asbury’s partnership with the National Pathway of Hope, a Salvation Army initiative designed to combat generational poverty. AU Math Majors Model Success Every year, math takes center stage at Asbury University during Math Week, a series of events celebrating the role mathematics — and math majors — play in campus life. This year’s events included an interactive origami presentation, the American Mathematics Competition (grades 8-12) and the 29th-annual Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) Math Modeling Contest, an international contest that draws entries from more than 5,000 teams around the world, most outside the U.S. 4 | START HERE. IMPACT THE WORLD. | asbury.edu /AsburyUniversity @AsburyUniv @AsburyUniversity AsburyUniv Culture of Engagement and Impact With the launch of a new program for Chinese language and culture studies, Asbury University offers yet another tool for cultural engagement and global impact. A five-year Chinese language and culture program generously funded by an institute at the University of Kentucky, Asbury’s new program will offer Chinese language classes, an exchange program and activities related to Chinese language and culture, bolstered by interactive media equipment and 1,000 volumes of educational materials and textbooks. Asbury Leads the Pack with New Degree Asbury University is on the cutting edge of the fastest- degree — the demand for jobs has outgrown supply. growing job market you’ve probably never heard of Asbury’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies — Instructional Design. With approximately 1,400 new is filling the gap with its online Instructional Design Instructional Design jobs within a four-hour drive of program, specially crafted for the schedules of busy Wilmore, Ky., alone — many requiring only a bachelor’s adults. Enrollment is open for fall at asbury.edu/gps. Spring 2016 • AMBASSADOR | 5 CAMPUS Corner Where in Called to Happiness the World Asbury’s 2016 Holiness Emphasis Week are You? brought an encouraging message to campus with the theme “Called to be Recently moved? Scan the Happy; Called to be Holy.” This year’s code and update your contact speaker, Dr. David Ward, Dean of Theology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Indiana information. It’s an easy way for Wesleyan University, challenged campus you to stay connected. to think of holiness and happiness as essential elements of the same calling. “If you let duty drive you, not love, and joy and delight in God, you will never be holy,” Ward told students. “Holiness is not our duty; it’s our delight.” Friend us on Snapchat at AsburyUniv Stay tuned for the details of our new monthly Snapchat contest. Enter to win some Asbury swag! For more on what’s happening at Asbury, visit asbury.edu/news-events 6 | START HERE. IMPACT THE WORLD. | asbury.edu ASBURY BASEBALL GAINS A LIFETIME FAN IID bnrueeteccrierannnugats ltemyi o orynef satttuhli niranntt etIihn dhet ate oDdr a otachmntei ieo nUnni.cc,S aoI. nukfr nnRoetmeewpr su wIe bhriltvaihcidn dt tghuo ear wi snA ragsi bt mteuh irtesoys m ibsooaonmsn eitnebhtoa eonlrlfen tJ eiawmanimmutha ea rSdnyc.idoa rtee ly upon my return. 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