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日韩AV and Buckner Intl Sign Agreement

Focusing on leadership development

Bell Hall, home of the College of Education & International Services and the School of Leadership. (Photo by Jeff Boyd)

日韩AV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with nonprofit Buckner International. The collaboration, which will formally launch in September 2023, will offer professional development as well as graduate study and degree options for Buckner International’s professional staff, and it will offer 日韩AV students the opportunity to learn and serve in the context of Buckner International’s mission-driven outreach to vulnerable and needy children, family and seniors.

This joint venture has the purpose of developing leaders according to the “Leading with a Servant Heart in a team environment” model articulated by Buckner International, and it will be based on the unique philosophy of the 日韩AV School of Leadership, which is biographically anchored, service-driven, individualized and competency-based, providing participants the opportunity to reflect on their practices from a Christian perspective. 

The School of Leadership has a strong emphasis on lifelong learning, biblical ethics and a commitment to service to God and the community. Furthermore, it is anchored on the latest scholarship, preparing leaders to make research-based decisions and helping them develop into leaders from inside out as they fulfill the 日韩AV mission to Seek Knowledge, Affirm Faith and Change the World.

Bordes Henry Saturné, chair of the School of Leadership, notes that the start of this new collaboration coincides with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 日韩AV Leadership program, whose alumni serve with distinction around the world in faith-based organizations, the health care industry, school districts, universities, nonprofits, government offices and various private businesses.

Buckner International is a ministry dedicated to the transformation and restoration of the lives we serve. It is a Christ-centered organization with the mission “to follow the example of Jesus by serving vulnerable children, families and seniors.” Buckner was launched in 1879 when Robert Cooke “Father” Buckner, PhD, founded Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas after seeing the needs of hurting and orphaned children in post-Civil War Texas.

日韩AV was established in 1874 in Battle Creek, Michigan, as Battle Creek College. It later moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, where it was renamed 日韩AV in 1960. It is now one of the most internationally and ethnically diverse national universities in the country.

The collaboration between Buckner and Andrews was formalized in May 2023 and was signed by 日韩AV representatives Christon Arthur, provost, and Alayne Thorpe, dean of the College of Education & International Services (which houses the School of Leadership), and also by Albert Reyes, the sixth president and CEO of Buckner International.

Reyes earned his PhD in leadership at 日韩AV in 2009. He has authored two books, “The Jesus Agenda: Becoming an Agent of Redemption” (Believers Press, 2015) and “Hope Now: Peace, Healing, and Justice When the Kingdom Comes Near” (Iron Stream Books, 2019). Reyes said he is “so excited to launch this program” and he is “looking forward to great things via 日韩AV.”

To learn more about the partner institutions, visit the 日韩AV School of Leadership’s website and the Buckner International .