2025-2026 Academic Bulletin (Review Copy) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Global Campus
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Alayne Thorpe, Dean
Bell Hall, Room 105
Christian Stuart, Associate Dean, International Education
Ad Building, Room 307D
Janine Lim, Associate Dean, Online Education
Griggs Hall, Room 117
La Ronda Forsey, Associate Dean, Griggs International Academy
Griggs Hall, Room 113
https://www.andrews.edu/global/
Global Campus
Global Campus extends access to Seventh-day Adventist education beyond campus, community and national boundaries. We support our faculty and students around the world by promoting best practices in distance education and international partnerships, and by creating a virtual community designed to nurture learning.
Global Campus provides leadership, faculty and student support, and professional resources in the following Andrews University services: international education, international partnerships, online education, compliance, credit for prior learning, and educational technology.
Global Campus also operates Griggs International Academy, and maintains the official records of Griggs University.
Global Campus Organization
Global Campus offers lifelong learning in the following areas with their respective sub-units:
Mission Statement
Global Campus extends access to Adventist education beyond campus, community, and national boundaries. We support our faculty and students around the world by promoting best practices in distance education and by creating a virtual community designed to nurture learning.
Global Campus serves Andrews University by providing leadership, faculty and student support, and professional resources for online learning, off-campus partnerships and educational technology. Global Campus also manages a subset of Andrews University’s undergraduate online degrees.
Core Values
To accomplish our mission, Global Campus is committed to these core values:
- Excellence: We view each student as a special creation, endowed by God with individual talents and abilities that we encourage them to develop by providing a quality, academically rigorous Seventh-day Adventist Christian education at all levels.
- Respect: We believe that it is our responsibility to uplift one another by demonstrating respect and consideration for all parents, students, and educators through learning that is student-centered and redemptive, and customer service that is helpful and friendly.
- Integrity: We recognize that mutual trust rests upon a foundation of honesty and transparency. We are honest and straightforward in our dealings, both business and academic, and expect no less from our parents, students, and faculty.
- Community: We believe that a safe learning environment and an accepting community are important to effective learning, especially in distance education. We strive to create a learning community where all participants (parents, students, faculty, and administrators) feel valued and understand that they are part of a team by providing opportunities for constructive interaction, and sharing of experiences.
History
Griggs University/Griggs International Academy began its work in 1909, when the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists voted to offer correspondence courses to meet the needs of its members and workers who were unable to attend a traditional campus-based school or college. GU/GIA was originally called Fireside Correspondence School and was founded by Frederick Griggs, one of the pioneer educational leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In 2009, the Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership formed a Commission on Distance Education Models and Structure. The intent of the commission was to conduct an in-depth investigation of current best practices for distance education and make recommendations to the Church on the possibility of using distance education to meet the needs of the worldwide constituency.
In 2010, the Commission brought a recommendation to the General Council and to Niels-Erik Andreasen, president of Andrews University, that ownership of Griggs University be transferred to Andrews University. During the summer of 2010, Andrews University faculty and administration met and deliberated on the impact that ownership of Griggs would make upon the University structure.
At the October 26, 2010, meeting of the Andrews University Board, it was voted to accept the gift of Griggs University and Griggs International Academy.
In 2024, the School of Distance Education was reorganized into the Global Campus, with the Office of Off-Campus Programs and Griggs International Academy merging into the Global Campus. Global Campus is primarily located in Griggs Hall, which used to be the Lake Union Office.
Consortium of Adventist Higher Education Online - CAREonline
Andrews University Global Campus participates in CAREonline, the Consortium of Adventist HigheR Education Online, which was established by the Adventist Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) in the summer of 2020. Andrews University offers courses through the shared platform, Acadeum. We are also a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Online Course Sharing Consortium, also served in the Acadeum platform. In addition to offering courses, Andrews University receives courses, when approved by department chairs, to fill gaps in students’ graduation requirements. A printed catalog for Global Campus courses offered through CAREonline can be requested from Global Campus.
The Consortium of Adventist Colleges and Universities has transitioned into the new CAREonline Consortium. In 1969, Home Study International partnered with Columbia Union College (now Washington Adventist University). In the 1990s, the agreement was expanded to include Andrews University and Oakwood University and branded as the Griggs Consortium. When Griggs University moved to Andrews University in 2011, the Griggs Consortium was rebranded as the Consortium of Adventist Colleges and Universities. This Consortium ended in 2021 and joined the Consortium of Adventist Higher Education Online.
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