Southwestern Adventist University Archives

05/30/2017

13 powerful personal insights from the book Steps to Christ

02/15/2016

Alumni! This is the Homecoming you want to attend! Whether you graduated 5 years ago or 50 years ago, there is something planned for YOU this weekend. There'...

08/12/2015

Looking forward to its debut in 2020. It would be another outlet for the history of Adventism in the Southwestern Union.

The

06/05/2015

Must watch.

We are so excited to have a small supporting role in these documentaries by National Geographic Channel. We just found out they will be premiered this weekend. Visit the National Geographic site for additional air dates. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/schedule/daily/

08/27/2014

Southwestern Adventist University has offered Christian education in Keene, Texas since 1893. The beautiful campus is home to quality professors, technologic...

01/22/2014

The second large structure built on campus, this building was first known as The Home. It later became the girl's dorm under the name North Hall. After renovations and expansions in the mid 20th century, the name changed again to Heritage Hall. It was razed in the early 1990s to make room for the Chan Shun Centennial Library.

01/09/2014

Group in front of Assemby Hall, a repurposed building, that was the first structure on the Keene Industrial Academy campus in 1894.

12/22/2013

This will soon be available at Southwestern's library and Ellen White Research Center. If you want your own, the ABC has a pre-publication special price until Dec. 31.

Correction: The book includes many photographs of Ellen White, but not every known picture. Click here to order the book: http://www.adventistbookcenter.com/...

11/05/2013

Ever wonder what it was like at Southwestern in the early days? Watch this video celebrating our 120th year:

http://vimeo.com/75516745

Southwestern Adventist University has offered Christian education in Keene, Texas since 1893. The beautiful campus is home to quality professors, technologically-advanced…

10/30/2013

Fall 2013 Newsletter is out.
https://library.swau.edu/adventist_heritage/newsletter.php

Feature
A Campus Drives Faith Home
by Alfredo Vergel

10/26/2013

Today is the anniversary of Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka's death. Southwestern's 1987 commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient, Kissekka was known as "The Great Physician" in his native Uganda where he led remarkable political and social reforms.

Happy Sabbath from the GC Archives!
On this evening of October 25 in 1999, Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka died. Born in Uganda in 1912, Kissekka studied medicine at Makerere Medical School, graduating in 1938. The first gazetted physician in Uganda, for decades he practiced medicine, even establishing a hospital. He was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1954, and remained a dedicated Adventist for the rest of his life.
Forced into exile from his country for five years, in his 70s Kisekka helped found the National Resistance Movement, which succeeded in causing a government regime change in Uganda in 1985. In a triumphant return to his country the next year, Kisekka was appointed prime minister of the central African nation, later serving as vice president from 1989 to 1994. His tenure was characterized by a campaign to heal political and racial divisions, an emphasis on greater government accountability, and a concern for the rights of ordinary people. Although he died in London, his body was flown back to Uganda and buried at his ancestral home of Ttemamgalo, near the capital, Kampala. His funeral service was held at the Najjanankumbi Adventist Church. To the 20 million countrymen he served, Samson Kisekka was known affectionately as “The Great Physician.”

-Here Kisekka is pictured at Southwestern Adventist University where he spoke in 1987