Babcock University
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Former names
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Adventist College of West Africa, Adventist Seminary of West Africa |
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| Motto | Knowledge, Truth, Service |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1959 |
| Affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| President | J. A. Kayode Makinde |
| Chaplain | Tunde Ojewole |
| Students | 10,000+ |
| Location | , , |
| Government accreditation | 1999 |
| Website | www.babcock.edu.ng |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Babcock University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university is located equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos. Enrolment was about 6,000 as of 2009.[1]
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[2][3][4] [5]
History
Babcock University was named after an American missionary by the name of David C. Babcock, who pioneered the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria in 1914. He was based in Erunmu in Oyo State, Nigeria.
The university was established as the Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA) in 1959, initially with seven students. In 1975, it changed its name to Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA). The university was officially inaugurated on April 20, 1999.[6]
Academic divisions
From the initial four schools, Babcock has added a postgraduate school in the third quarter of 2010 and a medical school in January 2012. The latest additions are the Music and Educational Foundations departments to the Joel Awoniyi School of Education & Humanities. As at 2013, Babcock hosts nine schools and one college: They are:[7]
- School of Agriculture & Industrial Technology
- Babcock Business School
- College of Health & Medical Sciences
- School of Basic & Applied Science (formerly known as Science & Technology)
- School of Computing &Engineering Sciences
- School of Education and Humanities
- School of Law & Security Studies
- School of Nursing
- School of Public & Allied Health
- School of Post Graduate Studies
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- Seventh-day Adventist education
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Adventist Colleges and Universities
References
- ↑ Nigeria's Adventist university commended for exemplary educational standards. Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2009-08-22
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
- ↑ http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm
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- ↑ History. Babcock University. Retrieved 2009-08-22
- ↑ About Babcock
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