Issue: 03 Vol: 21 May - June 2016 Please Remember Africa University in Your Will Give Now Mississippi Conference Exceeds Goal on AU Campaign Africa University Development Office | P O Box 340007 | Nashville, TN 37203 Tel. (615) 340-7438 | Fax. (615) 340-7290 | Email: [email protected] Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. and Mrs. Delphine Swanson were elated and deeply moved by the announcement that the conference has named a scholar- ship in their honor. 800+ Graduates for 2016 Degree certificates were awarded to 843 students at Africa University’s 22nd commencement, which took place in Mutare, Zimbabwe on Saturday, June 11. There were 23 African countries represented among the graduates. The graduat- ing class of 2016 also included the first nine graduates to be awarded the master’s degree in Human Rights, Peace and Development from the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University. The Illinois Great Rivers Conference expects to complete the “Making Dreams Possible” scholarship endowment campaign for Africa University within a month. The campaign honors and cel- ebrates the 40+ years of min- istry and leadership by Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton and Mrs. Beverly Keaton, who are retiring in August. A total of $970,883.95 has been given to the campaign to date, leaving it just $29,117.05 short of the goal of $1 million. “The people of this conference are wonderfully gener- ous,” said Rev. Beverly Wilkes-Null, chair of the IGRC’s Africa University Committee. “We have a great team and they just keep on telling the Africa University story, and that makes all the difference in the world.” Through this campaign, the conference aims to endow seven and a half scholarships at AU, named in honor of Bishop Keaton and Mrs. Keaton. One of the endowed schol- arships will assist students from the Fairfield Children’s Home at the Old Mutare UMC Mission to enroll at AU. IGRC Nears its $1M Goal BWC Presents Gift for Sports Complex The gift was raised as a “Love Offering” in honor of the Bishop Marcus Matthews and his four decades of ministry and leadership. led by Bishop Matthews, who is currently the interim chair of the Africa University Board of Directors. Bishop Matthews also chairs the Africa University Board and Advisory Development Committees. The gift coincides with Bishop Matthews’ retirement and is designated to help fund the construction of a sports complex on the Africa University campus. It recog- nizes his four decades of leadership con- tributions and lifelong passion for health and fitness. The BWC delegation joined students and staff for an official groundbreaking ceremony for the complex. The university’s vice chancellor, Prof. Munashe Furusa, expressed deep grati- tude to the conference for the gift, noting that the sports complex would greatly enhance student life. The facility is also expected to help Africa University to strengthen its competi- tiveness in the African higher education market. The Baltimore Washington Conference present- ed a gift of $300,000, raised in honor of Bishop Marcus Matthews, to Africa University on June 10th. The presentation was made by a six- person delegation Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton The Mississippi Conference’s $1.3M campaign to endow schol- arships for Africa University stu- dents has gone over the top, with total receipts of $1,354,769.00. Mississippi United Methodists celebrated the generous invest- ment of local churches and indi- vidual members, leading to the successful completion of the campaign, as they wrapped up the 2016 annual conference on June 11. “We found that local church- es and individuals had a keen awareness and deep commit- ment to AU,” said Rev. Jimmy Carr, who co-led the cam- paign with Mrs. Martha Scarborough. “That foundation and commitment are the reasons we were able to succeed.” Plans are underway for a delegation, led by Bishop Swanson, to visit the Africa University campus from March 20-28, 2017, for the offical handover of the gift and the university’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
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Issue: 03 Vol: 21 May - June 2016
Please Remember Africa University in Your Will Give Now
Mississippi Conference Exceeds Goal on AU Campaign
Africa University Development Office | P O Box 340007 | Nashville, TN 37203 Tel. (615) 340-7438 | Fax. (615) 340-7290 | Email: [email protected]
Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. and Mrs. Delphine Swanson were elated and deeply moved by the announcement that the conference has named a scholar-ship in their honor.
800+ Graduates for 2016
Degree certificates were awarded to 843 students at Africa University’s 22nd commencement, which took place in Mutare, Zimbabwe on Saturday, June 11. There were 23 African countries represented among the graduates. The graduat-ing class of 2016 also included the first nine graduates to be awarded the master’s degree in Human Rights, Peace and Development from the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University.
The Illinois Great Rivers Conference expects to complete the “Making Dreams Possible” scholarship endowment campaign for Africa University within a month.
The campaign honors and cel-ebrates the 40+ years of min-istry and leadership by Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton and Mrs. Beverly Keaton, who are retiring in August.
A total of $970,883.95 has been given to the campaign to date, leaving it just $29,117.05 short of the goal of $1 million.
“The people of this conference are wonderfully gener-ous,” said Rev. Beverly Wilkes-Null, chair of the IGRC’s Africa University Committee. “We have a great team and they just keep on telling the Africa University story, and that makes all the difference in the world.”
Through this campaign, the conference aims to endow seven and a half scholarships at AU, named in honor of Bishop Keaton and Mrs. Keaton. One of the endowed schol-arships will assist students from the Fairfield Children’s Home at the Old Mutare UMC Mission to enroll at AU.
IGRC Nears its $1M Goal
BWC Presents Gift for Sports Complex
The gift was raised as a “Love Offering” in honor of the Bishop Marcus Matthews and his four decades of ministry and leadership.
led by Bishop Matthews, who is currently the interim chair of the Africa University Board of Directors. Bishop Matthews also chairs the Africa University Board and Advisory Development Committees. The gift coincides with Bishop Matthews’ retirement and is designated to help fund the construction of a sports complex on the Africa University campus. It recog-nizes his four decades of leadership con-tributions and lifelong passion for health and fitness.
The BWC delegation joined students and staff for an official groundbreaking ceremony for the complex.
The university’s vice chancellor, Prof. Munashe Furusa, expressed deep grati-tude to the conference for the gift, noting that the sports complex would greatly enhance student life.
The facility is also expected to help Africa University to strengthen its competi-tiveness in the African higher education market.
The Baltimore W a s h i n g t o n Conference present-ed a gift of $300,000, raised in honor of Bishop Marcus Matthews, to Africa University on June 10th. The presentation was made by a six-person delegation
Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton
The Mississippi Conference’s $1.3M campaign to endow schol-arships for Africa University stu-dents has gone over the top, with total receipts of $1,354,769.00.
Mississippi United Methodists celebrated the generous invest-ment of local churches and indi-vidual members, leading to the successful completion of the campaign, as they wrapped up the 2016 annual conference on June 11.
“We found that local church-es and individuals had a keen awareness and deep commit-
ment to AU,” said Rev. Jimmy Carr, who co-led the cam-paign with Mrs. Martha Scarborough. “That foundation and commitment are the reasons we were able to succeed.”
Plans are underway for a delegation, led by Bishop Swanson, to visit the Africa University campus from March 20-28, 2017, for the offical handover of the gift and the university’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
Matching gifts programs are exten-sions of corporate philanthropy and are designed to be the means by which companies support employees’ charitable giving.
For the Jones family of Seattle, WA, sup-port of AU is a family affair. Christopher’s parents, William and Patricia Jones of Surprise, AZ, are former members of the Pacific Northwest Conference Jubilate! Choir. The Jones family traveled with the Jubilate! Choir to AU for the 20th anniver-sary celebrations in 2012.
Christopher’s substantial gift, which the family designated for the PNW Jubilate! Choir Chair in Music, was matched
Matching Gifts: Combining the Power of Individuals with Companies!
dollar-for dollar by his employer, Microsoft, thereby doubling the impact of the family’s
General Board of Higher Education and MinistryThe United Methodist ChurchP O Box 340007Nashville, Tennessee 37203-0007
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transformational gift. The Jones family believes strongly in AU’s mission and its role in building community across the con-tinent of Africa.
Join the growing number of donors—like the Jones family—who are maxi-mizing the impact of their gifts to Africa University. For more information about matching gifts, please call or write to our Director of Planned Giving, Elaine Jenkins, Africa University Development Office, P. O. Box 340007, Nashville, TN, 37203-0007, 615/340-7428 (telephone), 615/340-7290 (fax), [email protected]; or visit the planned giving website at http://www.africau.plannedgiving.org/.
(L to R): Christopher, Mackenzie, Sydney, and Jeanine
Alumni and friends gathered to share sto-ries and give thanks for Africa University’s growth and impact on May 15th in Portland. The presence of more than 100 AU graduates and students at the General Conference was cause for celebration.
“The Africa University story is a beau-tiful story,” said Rev. Kalaba Chali, a Zambian graduate of the school of the-ology. Kalaba urged his fellow alumni, and the many friends and stakeholders who attended the reception, “not to get stuck on money.” He urged them to tell the university’s story to garner support and keep the institution moving forward.
Giving Back at GC2016AUF Apportionment Approved for 2017-2020The 2016 General
Conference of The United Methodist Church approved the continuation of the Africa University Fund (AUF) appor-tionment as part of the general church budget for the 2017-2020 quadrennium.
Delegates voted overwhe lming ly in support of re-approval of the AUF. Their action set the AUF apportion-ment at $9,368,872 in total over the four years—reflecting a further reduction of $187,691 from the fund level initially pro-posed by the GCFA.
On May 16, the Africa University Report to the 2016 General Conference brought delegates to their feet, dancing and cel-ebrating as the institution’s student choir
sang.The report high-
lighted the university’s growth and the impact of its graduates. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Munashe Furusa thanked the denomina-tion for its faithful sup-port.
He assured the del-egates that Africa
University will continue to be a good steward of all the resources entrust-
ed to it. “Thank you for your shared dedication and overwhelming generosity,” Furusa said. “Together with you, Africa University is shaping the values, outlook and talents of a generation—equipping women and men to heal, feed, inspire hope, and build peace and abundance in all the places and situations to which God has called them.”.
Prof. Munashe Furusa, vice chancellor of Africa University, addressing the delegates..
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