Washington Adventist University

Date: Aug 28 2010
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
CUC, now called Washington Adventist University, is a college for those who want a balance of religion and hard work and preparation for the real world. It is a Seventh-day Adventist school.

Read between the lines here. If you?re living on campus, don?t expect to have the ability to go out every night clubbing. As a matter of fact, don?t even expect to be able to booze it up in your rooms. Just about everything and everyone is monitored, and that?s mostly because the school is very small. In addition to that, don?t let the religion thing scare you. It helps instill ethics, something that this world really does need. Granted, I?m not a Jesus freak, but I do have a certain level of respect for my religion.

The truth is that CUC/WAU has come a long ways, but still has a long way to go. About 20% of the faculty care about boosting the school?s ratings and try hard to make the students accountable for their work (some of the students I?ve encountered are a bit lazy), and the other 80% are very flexible. That?s partly because the evening program is compromised of working adults and the day program are your traditional students.

In my humble opinion, the big problem is the administration. President Spence has done a lot thus far to bring the school into the 21st century, but unfortunately he cannot do all the work. I?m sure he must know that the admissions counselors, financial aid representatives and those who work in the accounting office are on the front lines and these are often the one?s who turn students off or give them a sour taste of CUC/WAU.

I?ve had a member of the staff actually say to me, verbatim, ?I didn?t know colored people [lived where you lived].? Seriously. I wish I were lying about this. I thought about suing the school, but decided that it really wasn?t my motus apperendi; my motto has always been, ?I have bigger fish to fry.?

So for those thinking about CUC/WAU, understand that it?s the individual students that can truly make the difference. It?s not a big named school outside the Adventist community. It is a small student body, but that just means that you, as one person, you have the power to effect changes. Fight for what you believe, understand that it?s ok to learn about a Higher Power and be positive throughout your tenure there.