We've had a time change for our weekly prayer time and would love for you to join us. Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system: https://bgu.zoom.us/meeting/u5Akc-ivqz8tlZMUXx7Zv-zKhv2ol8WGQA/ics?icsToken=98tyKu-spz8rHdGRt1yCc60qW4X7b-G5ln10h5ZlhEjfFW1JSQvgZO1OaoVYIfmB Time: every week on Monday at 11 am (Eastern Time, US and Canada) Place: Zoom meeting https://bgu.zoom.us/j/649417547 Meeting ID: 649 417 547 One tap mobile +13017158592,,649417547# US (Washington … [Read more...]
Weekly BGU Community Prayer Time
Graduation Celebration – June 5th, 2021
It is with a great deal of excitement that we are able to announce that BGU will host both an in person and virtual graduation ceremony this year in Dallas, Texas. Graduation Day has always been the highlight of each year for me here at BGU so having to cancel last year because of COVID was a big disappointment. So, on Saturday, June 5 at 3:00 PM (Central time) we will celebrate the graduates of both 2020 and 2021. Our graduates represent top leaders from countries around the globe and we are so pleased to be able to celebrate their … [Read more...]
January 2021 Ice Age Course
The world is facing so many unique leadership challenges related to the impact of the pandemic. BGU has been adjusting in significant ways, and one way that we responded was by forming a new class called Transformational Strategies for the Ice Age* that was taught during the July 2020 module. The course was successful at equipping leaders to change course during these trying times that we’re living through. 17 leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Jamaica, South Africa, Guatemala, Haiti, and the United States produced some incredible projects that … [Read more...]
BGU was Zooming before Zoom was The Thing
BGU was Zooming before Zoom was The Thing: Now is Not A Time to Rest on One’s Laurels Many schools have been forced to use Zoom as a crisis strategy during COVID-19. BGU has been using Zoom and other video-conferencing technologies before Zoom as a central strategy for ten years. Zoom was essential to BGU’s mission to create cross-cultural learning environments before COVID. BGU students don’t just study ABOUT the world, they study WITH the world often with peers from 5 to 10 time zones in each of their classes. With 70% of BGU student … [Read more...]
Year End Giving within the BGU family
Would you stop for a minute and pray if God is leading you to provide a year-end donation to the BGU family? Thank you for taking the time to listen and explore if this is God’s leading for you. You can give at https://www.bgu.edu/giving/ or if you want to discuss your gift you can contact BGU’s President at brad.smith@bgu.edu to make a Zoom or phone appointment. The BGU family is a giving family. BGU is a lean organization with internationally distributed staff and faculty. Alumni often give to finance those students who follow them. 70% of … [Read more...]
