- Mailing Address
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8975 U.S. 31
Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104 - Phone
- (269) 471-7771
- Email address
- hr@andrews.edu
- Website
- https://www.andrews.edu/
- School Information
- Founded in 1874, Andrews University is the flagship institution of higher education for the Seventh-day Adventist church and offers over 200 areas of study including advanced degrees. Its main campus is in Berrien Springs, Mich., but the university also provides instruction at colleges and universities in over 30 countries around the world.
- General Information
- Andrews University began its anti-racist mission in 2017 with the naming of a VP of Diversity and Inclusion. It is also one of 24 universities with a “Racial Healing and Transformation on Campus Center.” The President has released extensive letters to students and faculty detailing her desire to commit the university to anti-racism, equity, recognizing unconscious bias, and defeating systemic racism. She offered a list of resources calling for reparations, promoting the 1619 Project, and supporting anti-racism videos for children. Andrews University requires “cultural diversity training” for its students and faculty.
Actions Taken
- Curriculum Changes and Requirements
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The Andrews Core Experience is a requirement for all Bachelors degree students. “The Andrews Core Experience Program at Andrews University includes an explicit emphasis on multiculturalism and diversity.” As part of this requirement, “the focus on multiculturalism and diversity includes specific emphasis in the following courses: COMM 104 - Communication Skills, ENGL 115 - College Writing I, RELT 100 - God and Human Life, and HIST 110 - Worldviews, Cultures and Gods.”
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- Political Actions and Support for Anti-Racism
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On June 19, 2020, President Andrea Luxton sent a letter to students saying, "On a personal level I have been outraged by the dispassionate and abusive use of authority and power that has resulted in the senseless killings of these three, now four Black lives. And yet strangely the phrase Black Lives Matter continues to cause debate over what this really means or implies. But this is not a time for debate, this is not a time for excuses, prevarications or words that are forged today and forgotten tomorrow. I’m convinced that we, corporately, as a nation and as a community, have a problem. Racism, here in the U.S. and wherever else it rears its head, directly leads to the sad repetition and heartache of such indefensible actions toward black individuals in our community. As a result, I believe that such systemic racism can only be resolved by corporate and intentional action. Andrews University stands for anti-racism."
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- Program and Research Funding
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"Andrews University is one of 24 United States universities and colleges who operate a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center." The TRHT Campus Center "is designed to focus on narrative change and racial healing to prepare the next generation of strategic leaders and thinkers as they break down racial hierarchies and achieve the positive transformation of society and communities which is so much needed right now."
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- Resources
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In 2017, the University named its first Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. Michael Nixon was awarded the position, promising "spiritual, administrative and academic leadership for the equity and diversity vision, resources and programs across the University."
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On June 17, 2021, President Andrea Luxton sent a letter to students promising to "commit to being an anti-racist institution." She added, "We commit to educating our Andrews University community on how to recognize their own unconscious bias..."
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On June 19, 2020, President Andrea Luxton offered a list of resources to better understand anti-racism. The writings include, "The Case for Reparations," "Whiteness as Property," "The 1619 Project," and "21 Anti-Racist Videos to Share With Kids."
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- Symbolic Actions
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On June 16, 2022, the University President issued a statement in honor of Juneteenth saying that “Andrews University’s commitment to biblically driven knowledge and understanding is behind our ongoing pledge to clearly stand against racism and hatred, to commit to being an anti-racist institution.”
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