Global Vision Week
November 3-7, 2008
Mission Statement
Global Vision Week seeks to expose the APU community to God’s global perspective in hopes of fulfilling the Great Commission throughout the world.
Chapels
Monday, November 3, 9:30 a.m.
Matthew Browning, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President for Internationalization
Browning holds a Doctor of Education from Pepperdine University and is the associate vice president for internationalization at Azusa Pacific University. He has a relentless passion for the people in God’s world. He is committed to providing as many opportunities as possible to mobilize APU faculty, staff, and students to answer the call to reach all nations and people groups for Christ. Prior to Azusa Pacific University, Browning served as the vice president for student programs at the English Language Institute China where he mobilized North Americans to serve as English teachers in Asia. He has traveled extensively around the world, spoken on many university and church campuses, and been a part of key leadership areas both at APU and other organizations. Browning, his wife, and two daughters reside in Southern California.
Wednesday, November 5, 9:30 a.m.
Hai Huynh, M.A.
Founder and Director, SuperKids English School
Danang, Vietnam
Hai Huynh was born in Vietnam in a Christian family of seven children. At the age of 15, Huynh developed a personal relationship with Jesus and is now involved in children’s ministry in his home country. In 1996, when Dr. Richard Slimbach of APU was visiting Danang University, Huynh was invited to be a visiting scholar to begin the M.A. TESOL program in 1998 with the assistance of World Vision and local pastors. During this time, Huynh met Teresa Fisher. After Huynh’s return to Vietnam, he and Teresa married in 2002. Hai and Teresa, along with their three children, Sarah (5), Andre (4), and Megan (2), currently minister with Fisher’s SuperKids English School in Danang. Their vision is to see many people (students, staff, and teachers) impacted positively through the ministry of teaching.
Friday, November 7, 9:30 a.m.
Helen Easterling Williams, Ed.D.
Dean and Professor, School of Education
Williams is the dean of APU’s School of Education. Her breadth of professional educational experience includes roles in administration, teaching, counseling, and speech and language therapy. Williams also has a passion for promoting international education and is an accomplished public speaker and presenter.
Additional Events
Cultural Events
A variety of cultural events will expose students to the diversity of the world
as the international students at APU sponsor World Market (includes
cultural foods and festival activities).
Missionaries Across Campus (MAC)
Missionaries Across Campus is a way of promoting the idea that the call to missions
is one that reaches to every Christian, whether he or she is planning a career
in accounting, communications, science, or any other field. The MAC program
involves class or residential hall visits by missionaries from organizations
ministering throughout the world.
Missionaries and Missions Agencies
Missionaries and missions agencies are invited to participate in our annual
Global Vision Week. Missionaries will be provided with numerous opportunities
to interact with APU students during this week. It is our hope, that through
these interactions, students will gain deeper insight of their place in world
evangelism and events.
Global Fest
A celebration of cultural diversity through performance, activities, and
food from different regions of the world.
For more information about events, visit the Global Vision Week schedule.
