The King's Connection Magazine Volume 25 // Number 1 | страница 4

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Romans 8:28

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
So hope is truly the centerpiece of our education, it is the capstone of our education.
Even when the classification of species, the assignment of historical dates, or that
one poem about a burning tiger, all begin to fade, we will be left, with a directed hope.
(Joseph Zondervan, Valedictorian 2015)

J

oseph stole the show. I wish you all could have been there to hear his convocation address.
It was profound and moving.

The King’s University is in a position of enviable strength. We know who we are as an
institution. We have a shared sense of mission. We have a strong support community, which
is invested in that mission. We have an excellent and growing reputation for the quality
of our teaching and research. We have the strategic advantage of being a liberal arts and
science undergraduate institution. All our degree programs are taught within a Christian
liberal arts framework. An education at King’s prepares students for a lifetime of learning,
service and professional success.
However, as Joseph so eloquently reminded us, the centerpiece of a King’s education is hope.
This edition of Connection is focused on ‘a directed hope’, to borrow Joseph’s lovely turn of
phrase. We are pleased to share with you, Shared Vision 2020 – a hope-filled vision for the
next five years of The King’s University.

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Summer 2015 THE KING’S CONNECTION