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About Washington Adventist University

Washington Adventist University, or WAU for short, is a Seventh-day Adventist liberal arts university operating in Takoma Park, which is a city in Montgomery County, in the US state of Maryland, with a population estimated at a number of more than 17 000 inhabitants, during the 2000 census. Takoma Park, informally called ''Azalea City'', is a suburb of Washington, D.C. and it is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

WAU was established in 1904, being founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and it first started as Washington Training College, which, 3 years later, became Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, in 1914, being renamed again, as Washington Missionary College. In 1961, the institution was renamed, once again, this time to Columbia Union College, in 2009, the university finally receiving its current name.

Athletics

The athletic teams at Washington Adventist University are known as the Shock and Lady Shock, who compete in NCAA Division II, in various sports, including in basketball, softball, soccer and volleyball, as well as in men's baseball, in which the Shock have won the 2008 USCAA National Championship, the first national championship in the school's history.

The distinctive colors of the Shock are blue and gold.

Notable Alumni

The list of notable WAU alumni contains resonant names, such as: Dr. Leonard L Bailey - pediatric heart surgeon, David Curfman - neurological surgeon, musician, historian, Faith Esham - Grammy award winning performer (opera) and recitalist, Thomas L. Saaty - mathematician and inventor of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Rachel Roy - fashion designer.