01 November 2011 Bracknell, United Kingdom [tedNEWS] On Thursday 27 October the Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) Board of Directors voted to welcome Newbold College as an affiliate member of Adventist Colleges Abroad, a consortium of Colleges and Universities in the North-American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
“We believe passionately that this partnership can afford significant opportunities for North-American students who choose to explore, live and learn abroad in England for a year” Dr Philip Brown, Principal, Newbold College said in welcoming the decision. “Our wish is that students who are attracted to Newbold will discover not only the unique diversity of our college community but seek out the numerous opportunities afforded on and off campus to cultivate their spirituality and learn for life” Dr Brown added.
“It is my joy to announce to you that the ACA Board of Directors voted to welcome Newbold College into the Adventist Colleges Abroad, a consortium of Colleges and Universities in the North-American Division” Dr Odette Ferreira, Secretary of the ACA Executive Board and Director, ACA advised Dr Brown in writing last week. “We are looking forward to this partnership and to the opportunity of offering our North-American students this new international experience which, with God’s help, will be unique in their lives.” Dr Ferreira said. “The Office of Education, as well as the North American Division administration rejoice over this new venture” she concluded.
“By approving a studies abroad program in Newbold College, England, ACA is expanding its offerings of international education in new and exciting ways” Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen, Vice Chair of the ACA Executive Board announced. “In addition to studying several languages, ACA students can now explore the arts, letters, humanities, social sciences, and religion in a European setting while being exposed to more traditional British ways of teaching and learning” Dr Andreasen added.
“I am delighted about this news. It was part of the restructuring plan in February to achieve this objective” Dr Bertil Wiklander, Chair of the Newbold College Board of Trustees said in also welcoming the decision. “Well done, Newbold! We are thankful to North America for including us in ACA and will provide an offer to students that is difficult to resist!” Dr Wiklander stated.
“I am delighted that Newbold College has been received into the ACA consortium’ Dr John Baildam, Deputy Principal, Newbold College said upon hearing of the ACA Board of Directors decision. “This will give students from the USA a unique opportunity to study English literature within just an hour’s drive of where much of it was written, and to develop intercultural competencies and understandings, especially in terms of learning to appreciate and use a very different form of the English language” Dr Baildam emphasised. “We look forward to welcoming this new cohort of students to our multicultural campus” he said.
“I believe that an international experience is one of the most exciting and enriching experiences that a student can have. Encountering different cultures, habits and people makes you open-minded and gives you the ability to look at life from a whole different perspective” Izak Juric, recently elected President of the Newbold Student Association (NSA) commented. “Newbold College is in itself a melting pot of various nations and with London and the best low cost airline connections with the rest of the Europe in it’s immediate vicinity, it is the place where students searching for real international experience want to be” Izak enthused.
Newbold will now be profiled in the upcoming ACA Bulletin and catalogue in readiness for the 2012-13 recruitment cycle across North America. “I have received confirmation that Newbold will also be featured in other ACA displays and materials and presentations for the schools sector over the year ahead” Dr Philip Brown advised. “We have also been offered the opportunity to send a representative on two promotional trips – one from late January 2012 (US east coast providers i.e., Andrews University, Southern Adventist University, Oakwood University, Union College and Washington Adventist University) and the other from late February 2012 (US west coast providers i.e., Walla Walla, Pacific Union College and La Sierra University)” Dr Brown confirmed. [tedNEWS]
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