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[email protected]. THE ANDREWS UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SPRING 2008, VOLUME 44, NO. 2 servant to the world C hur C H standing out F or young people and C hrist l l in focus Flagship? Mother Ship? Recently I attended a committee meeting (the bane of academic life) where a professional development consultant gave an overview of the history of the university’s current capital campaign. This individual, who is not a member of the Adventist Church, has a long-standing relationship with Andrews University, and over the years has developed a respect for the faith-based and values-driven education we provide. THE ANDREWS UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE As he traveled the country visiting key friends of this university to gauge their level Editor of support for the campaign he came to the conclusion that, in the eyes of many of Patricia Spangler (BS ’04) our alumni and other key friends, we are perceived as the “flagship institution” of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He also understood the reluctance some of us had to Contributing Editors identify ourselves with that term.